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Horizon Interactive Awards - 2008 Silver Winner (Best Blog Category)

Archive: RockStartUp

RockStartUp #48

Movin' On Up (to the 4th floor):
The Izea team is on the move again!  This time they're heading one floor up.  With construction of their new office underway, some of the team members reminisce about the journey so far.



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RockStartUp #46

The long awaited PostieCon episode is here!

The Day of Reckoning:
After months of planning and a large investment of time and money, its time for PostieCon.  The team hurries to set up before people arrive while Pete and Ted scramble to fix an oversight for their first public demo of SocialSpark.

Bonus!  Here is a new Izea Confessional!  Karen has some big news to share!

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Favorite Postie Patrol?

Does everybody remember Postie Patrols?  Postie patrols are spontaneous challenges for Posties.  We would show up at a Posties house or have them meet us somewhere and we would challenge them to contsests, scavenger hunts, trivia, whatever!  And if the Posties completed the challenge they were rewarded with cash, prizes and postie-stardom.  So far there have been six Postie Patrols, which one is your favorite?  Tell us which Postie Patrol you liked the best in the comments to this post.

Postie Patrol #1
Victor - New York City, NY

Postie Patrol #2
Guy - Maitland, FL

Postie Patrol #3
Robyn - Chicago, IL

Postie Patrol #4
Andreas - London

Postie Patrol #5
Executive Team - Key west, FL

Postie Patrol #6
Chris - Atlanta, GA

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IZEA receives two interactive awards

IZEA has been recognized by the 7th annual Horizon Interactive Awards.  The Horizon Interactive Awards is a prestigious international competition spotlighting outstanding achievement among interactive media producers; IZEA was awarded in two distinct categories, for two different products:

- RockStartUp:
"RockStartup" was awarded "Best of Category" in the Video-Documentary/Short Film category, ranking higher than even three properties owned by USA Networks.  If you've never watched RockStartUp or need to catch-up on the most recent episodes, simply visit RockStartUp.com.

- IZEA Company Blog(s):
The IZEA blog(s) won a Silver award in the "BLOG" category.  We strive to make the blogs valuable resources for advertisers & clients, bloggers, and those simply interested in learning more about IZEA as a company.  Current blogs are we maintain are:
- Advertiser blog
- Community blog
- Developer blog
- Postie blog

Thanks to all of the RockStartUp fans and blog readers who allow us to do what we do everyday.  And extra special thanks to the IZEA Team for being committed to the IZEA brand, showing up with energy everyday, and giving us rich content to feature throughout our various products.

If you would like to read the full press release about winning these awards click here.

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Casey's First Confessional

Introducing Casey "at the Bat" Jenks.  Here's his first confessional.

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IZEA Confessionals from April 30, 2008

A couple new confessionals for yous guys. Dan from sales is really busy with the release of SocialSpark, while Veronique drags Larry from Sales in to introduce him to the world.

Dan M.

Larry and Veronique

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RockStartUp #45

Now the Fun Starts:
The Blog America Tour comes to an end in Las Vegas, but there's no time to rest.  PostieCon is only a few days away.  After months and months of planning it's come down to the last few hours.  To get caught up on the PostieCon journey, check out the previous episodes below #45. Also, to get the full story go to rockstartup.com to watch all the episodes.

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RockStartUp #45

RockStartUp #22

Art of the Party Guys: Britt and Ashley begin the planning process for PostieCon.

RockStartUp #23

PostieCon-demned: The PostieCon team faces challenges bringing their vision to reality and must make some tough decisions.

RockStartUp #42

Tao Be or Not Tao Be: With PostieCon quickly approaching the team at IZEA scrambles to put the finishing touches on the SocialSpark demo, PostieCon, Blog America Tour and the Blogger Choice Awards.

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IZEA Confessional, Joe & Dan April 4, 2008

Joe and Dan discuss the release of SocialSpark and how it relates to the Sales Team.

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RockStartUp #44

Blog America Tour, Part 2:
Watch Ted, Travis and Ashley as they make their way across the country to PostieCon. Don't miss Ted as he gets bucked by a bull!

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...and in case you missed the beginning of the Blog America Tour, here's last episode!

And don't forget to join the new RockStartUp Network!

Visit RockStartUp

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Confessionals March 26, 2008

Some more confessionals for ya.  This week we have David, Carri, Gordon and Magical Trevor.

What do you guys think of the Blip.tv player?

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My site was nominated for Best Corporate Blog!
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Congratulations to our
Battle IV winner:

BasenjiMom
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