Golden Twits

Your company: None

Twitter username: @henrykisssinger

Suggest a category: satire

Why do you deserve an award?: Why not? If Barry can get the Nobel Peace Prize just for not being the Boy Bush, shurely this is in order for your Uncle Henry?

What were the objectives?: To wake people up as to what’s really going on in the world. ie. shine a light on serious issues, but in a way that doesn’t alienate people.

What have you achieved?: A tweet from Christopher Hitchens…who I then mocked for not being as good as his brother, Peter. (Well, it made my day).

Twitter username: @ArchitectLeague

Why do you deserve an award?: An award would help other architects find us, and other people interested to engage with architects too.

What were the objectives?: I was looking for other construction people on twitter so that they could find each other and start engaging. But its become more than that.

What have you achieved?: We now have over 600 architects, students and practices sharing information and redefining the brand ‘architect’ in all its facets

Your company: Keep Britain Tidy

Twitter username: @KeepBritainTidy

Why do you deserve an award?: Litter isn’t sexy or techy yet we’ve got people tweeting about our cause everyday!We always tweet back and give advice, info and praise!

What were the objectives?: To directly speak to the public about their experiences of litter & help publicise those fighting litter successfully.Get our message out!

What have you achieved?: Daily interaction with people who care about our cause.Conversations about litter spread like wildfire & more litter fighters=less litter!:)

Your company: Leith Agency

Twitter username: @leithrecords

Suggest a category: Music

Why do you deserve an award?: We’re supporting local music, bands and musicians, plus pioneering music / agency models of the future. (Tho that makes us sound like tw*ts)

What were the objectives?: We wanted to promote the best local music in Leith, Edinburgh and Scotland via Twitter and http://leithrecords.com.

What have you achieved?: We’re now featuring artists, getting submissions, doing live gigs on the Leith Barge and broadcasting live. All in 1 month!

Your company: Bunnyfoot

Twitter username: @bunnyfootsays

Why do you deserve an award?: We regularly send round free tips & advice into the design community about making websites more usable, including our own Usability Toolkit

What were the objectives?: The objective is to bring a basic level of usability into all websites, bringing users a better experience and increasing ROI on the web.

What have you achieved?: Our links are regularly retweeted in the community and we have been thanked personally many times for their usefulness.

Your company: Archant Norfolk

Twitter username: @michaeljbailey

Suggest a category: Sport journalist to sport fans

Why do you deserve an award?: Trumpet blowing: I’m the office example of how to make good use of Twitter; proved it’s worth. I provide opinion, behind scenes info & fun.

What were the objectives?: To boost my following, get my name known as a journalist & NCFC authority, provide insight into the job, taste stories & to have my say.

What have you achieved?: I’ve a healthy following & regular twitchats with them. The papers and several hacks have set up twits & joined me. It’s part of what we do.

Your company: BHP Information Solutions

Twitter username: @MarketingDonut

Why do you deserve an award?: Our Twitter account has made small business advice accessible, engaging and an enjoyable daily resource to help small firms to thrive

What were the objectives?: Use Twitter as a means of sharing the best ideas & using our following to get involved to share experiences with a wider connected audience

What have you achieved?: #mydonut trending topic online conference for smallbiz. UGC from our followers to create a Marketing Manifesto. Fun, laughter & conversation

Your company: Green Party (of Ireland)

Twitter username: @greenparty_ie

Suggest a category: Politics / Environmentalism

Why do you deserve an award?: We’re saving the world, 140 characters at a time. We’re engaging online. And we exclusively tweeted a government programme. A world first?

What were the objectives?: 2 parties in Irish Government agreed new work programme. Everyone wanted it. We were in media crosshairs & needed it out fast so we tweeted.

What have you achieved?: It was our 559th tweet and picked up 1482 clicks in a few hours – 10 times the average click rate. http://short.ie/z0xnem. Followers soared.

Your company: Moray Firth Live

Twitter username: @morayfirthlive

Suggest a category: News aggregation

Why do you deserve an award?: Because I want break the tradition that exists in the news industry that it is competitive. Collaboration will save the news industry.

What were the objectives?: To gather and distribute news and information economically and informatively, using video, audio, text, pictures and links

What have you achieved?: A top 50 tweeters in Scotland listing, top google ranking, Good YouTube ranking for news videos, hosted a live charity auction for twestival

Your company: Contently Managed

Twitter username: @snowleopard_man

Why do you deserve an award?: Raising awareness of the endangered plight of the Snow Leopard cat

What were the objectives?: Ongoing attempt to raise awareness and funds for the Snow Leopard Cat (and SL Vodka which is set up to raise funds too)

What have you achieved?: Ongoing awareness scheme. Awareness has been raised, looking to do more.

Your company: System One Travelcards

Twitter username: @systemonetravel

Why do you deserve an award?: Because unlike the Meerkats, it’s not necessarily ’simples’ to make public transport engaging!

What were the objectives?: Engage with local businesses and consumers, link travelcards to local activities/venues, show added value, develop the brand personality.

What have you achieved?: Bringing the brand to life, steadily extending brand reach locally, one new biz enquiry since launch last month.

Your company: The Beluga Club

Twitter username: @TheBelugaClub

Why do you deserve an award?: We are so good that @NuriaS424 has stolen our tweets. We offer great advice on love & romance and we make people smile.

What were the objectives?: The original objective was to raise awareness of our brand & show how unique The Beluga Club is in the dating sector.

What have you achieved?: Lots. 40% of traffic to our site comes from Twitter. We also help people with their love/dating questions and enjoy topical debates daily.