Comments on: Agency of the year shortlists revealed

By: Chris Walton

Chris Walton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:08 +0000

Fantastic to see so many classy entries already for the Best Whinge award. Numbers don’t usually jump until after the winners are announced, so clearly we are in for a bumper year.

By: Justin Polites

Justin Polites — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:32:30 +0000

Peter is right 80% comments are negative of:
– 75% are anon
– 2.5% counter competitive flaming
– 2.5% valid negative comments

I don’t really see the Mumbrella crowd any different than any other and are constantly surprised that people treat comments threads any different than IRL rumors.

By: mumbrella

mumbrella — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:18:31 +0000

I’d probably make two points there, D.

As your IP address is BMF, you’d probably know better than me what BMF is up to.

But hopefully you’d also know that most awards have to be entered. Indeed, BMF is pretty good at entering awards itself. I’m not sure that makes them fixed.

Why not go and have a chat to somebody senior at the agency and ask them to explain how it all works.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

By: D

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:55:27 +0000

Where the hell is bmf and clem….

Clearly this is a bit rigged if you have to ‘enter’

what a load!

By: mumbrella

mumbrella — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:29:03 +0000

Hi Peter,

That’s a good point. Once we publish the actual submissions tomorrow, everyone will be able to debate from a slightly more informed position.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

By: Peter Bray

Peter Bray — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:27:02 +0000

The Mumbrella crowd is a hard one to please. Proof of having “made it” would be having an article on Mumbrella about your work and having less than 80% of posters being negative. People giving social media a go on here get slaughtered (good on you all for giving it a go in my opinion!), and now people judge entrants in awards without even knowing what was in the actual entries.

Something to remember: 17 000 or so people read Mumbrella, only a small percentage comment, so don’t be discouraged people, the majority I suspect are far more supportive of our industry.

By: version

version — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:21:57 +0000

MItchells don’t enter awards.

By: moondoggie

moondoggie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:58:10 +0000

Jack W has it spot on. My bet is that the agencies turning out consistently good work for the year are all too busy to enter!

By: jack w

jack w — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:49:24 +0000

Good on you for trying something different Tim. But I am afraid the quality of the awards will ultimately depend on the quality of the entries. And obviously the good agencies didn’t both to enter….

By: Joel Pearson

Joel Pearson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:44:10 +0000

@indiancurry

I believe (and I could be wrong) that agencies had to enter the awards, so perhaps Mitchell did not apply?

By: indiancurry

indiancurry — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:09 +0000

I’m surprised Mitchell did not get a mention in the Media Agency. Is it to do with your recent interview on Harold?

By: mumbrella

mumbrella — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:08:50 +0000

The beauty of the awards, Scribe, is that the readers’ votes will decide.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

By: Scribe

Scribe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:01:05 +0000

PHD? Hmmm. C’mon Tim I know you and Mark Holden are good mates, but I dont think so.

By: Grief

Grief — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:34:23 +0000

Surely they were big enough to stand up to He Who Must Not be Named

By: junior

junior — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:14:17 +0000

congrats to all that got shortlisted, nice mix of big and small, looking forward to reading their submissions and placing my vote