A New Badge Is Born: Be The Blog

November 7, 2007

Earlier this year I was tagged with the blogging tip meme in which the tip I offered was “Be the Blog“. That phrase stuck with me because I think that really sums up what a successful blogger does. And what I mean by successful is that they make it their own, stay with it, are interactive with their readers, and just plain have fun.

Since then I’ve been thinking about creating an award of my own, but with so many out there, it’s hard to find a niche that remains untapped for recognition. So I said, “What the heck?”, and decided to shape the phrase into an award called (you guessed it): Be The Blog.

To accommodate a variety of blog themes, I have created three different “flavors” of badges: Creamy Cabernet, Midnight Oil, and Pink Smoothie.

I present this award to the following bloggers: Brown Baron, Mike, Christy, Bobby, Forest, Tish, Aaron, Marzie and Bush. You guys are a joy to read, you teach me, and you make me think and laugh (okay, and sometimes make me jealous, but let’s not go there ). Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Present and future recipients of the award are encouraged to drop by this post and pick their favorite flavor to copy and paste the code (intact) to their blogs.

Now, what do you say we take blogging to the next level?!

Creamy Cabernet	<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/');" href="http://www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/"><img src="http://www.meandmydrum.com/images/btb_creamy_cabernet.png" alt="Be The Blog award" /></a>
Midnight Oil	<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/');" href="http://www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/"><img src="http://www.meandmydrum.com/images/btb_midnight_oil.png" alt="Be The Blog award" /></a>
Pink Smoothie	<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/');" href="http://www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/"><img src="http://www.meandmydrum.com/images/btb_pink_smoothie.png" alt="Be The Blog award" /></a>
Purple Passion	<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/');" href="http://www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/"><img src="http://www.meandmydrum.com/images/btb_purple_passion.png" alt="Be The Blog award" /></a> (Updated by request on 11/22/07)
Blueberry Tart	<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/');" href="http://www.meandmydrum.com/a-new-badge-is-born-be-the-blog/"><img src="http://www.meandmydrum.com/images/btb_blueberry_tart.png" alt="Be The Blog award" /></a> (Updated by request on 12/01/07)

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Written by Mark · Filed Under Blogging

Comments

115 Responses to “A New Badge Is Born: Be The Blog”

Jenny on November 7th, 2007 10:22 am

I like the pink badge
Jenny’s last blog post is: Be Grateful for your Babies
Mike on November 7th, 2007 11:56 am

Sweet looking award, buddy! Thanks
Mike’s last blog post is: Using two gamertags on one xbox360
Mark on November 7th, 2007 12:06 pm

@Jenny:
Thanks for saying so!

@Mike:
And thank you, too, and you’re welcome.
Bush Mackel on November 7th, 2007 12:43 pm

I make you laugh? Hmph. I make you chuckle? Do I look a freakin’ clown to you?

Thanks for the award Mark! I’ll try to not take anymore two week vacations anytime soon!

Bush Mackel’s last blog post is: How Do You Treat Your Sponsored Posts?
Brown Baron on November 7th, 2007 12:46 pm

This is shaping up to be a fantastic month! First I get a smashing review from Darn Good Reviews, then I get the sexy BTB award. Tell me I’m not dreaming
I’m going to be wearing a BIG smile for the whole month. Thanks buddy!

Brown Baron’s last blog post is: Microsoft Releases Windows Live Desktop Suite
Mark on November 7th, 2007 12:59 pm

@Bush:
Hehe…I’m sure that clown thing will pass if you see a doctor.
Kyle Eslick on November 7th, 2007 6:18 pm

Nice buttons Mark! Did you make those yourself?

Kyle Eslick’s last blog post is: Easily Find Good Domain Names with PC Names
Mark on November 7th, 2007 6:46 pm

@Baron:
Oh there’s one more thing: you’ll find it parked out in front tomorrow morning.

@Kyle:
Thanks man. Yep, sure did.
Mark on November 7th, 2007 6:54 pm

@everyone:
Hopefully, those of you who have commented here have subscribed to this post. I made a modification to the code in each of the boxes. I apologize for the inconvenience, but please update your copy accordingly. Thanks!
Mariuca on November 8th, 2007 8:19 am

Woo hoo!!! Thanks so much Mark for thinking of me! Obviously I’m taking the pretty pink one yay!! Love ya and keep in touch!
Mariuca’s last blog post is: Get Smorty!
Tish on November 8th, 2007 9:25 pm

Aww, thanks so much, Mark! You’re the best. I’m so glad you enjoy my blog. I enjoy yours too, and I am so happy to have you on the BlogsWeLuv team!

Tish’s last blog post is: Thursday Thoughts #4
Mark on November 8th, 2007 10:36 pm

@Marzie:
You’re most welcome! I had a feeling the pink one would be your choice.

@Tish:
You’re welcome, too! And I’m glad to be a part of the BWL team. It’s good to see how it’s growing so strongly.
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Aaron Cook on November 9th, 2007 1:34 am

Hey, thanks a million for the reward Mark! Awesome!

Btw, those badges are stellar! Probably the best I’ve seen. What’s ya use to make ‘em?

Shine on,
Aaron
Christy on November 9th, 2007 11:02 am

Sorry it took me so long to get over here, your new badge is awesome. That’s the most professional looking badge I’ve seen, I love it. I’m going to post them on three of my blogs if that’s ok with you. It will be fun to see if I can get the pink one on my Typepad blog. (Typepad can be a pain).

I really appreciate you thinking of me! Hope you have an awesome weekend
Christy’s last blog post is: 35 and Counting….
Mark on November 9th, 2007 7:55 pm

@Aaron:
You’re very welcome, buddy. And thank you. I used something called Inkscape, which is a free vector program similar to Illustrator.

@Christy:
Hello there Miss Christy — birthday girl! Thanks for the compliment, too! And I’m absolutely fine with you putting it on as many blogs as you want — spread those babies around!
Tigga76 on November 10th, 2007 12:05 pm

Maybe one day I’ll be good enough to get an award. I just started blogging and I’m learning a lot from the vets such as yourselves. YOu guys are great. Blogging rules!!!

Tigga76’s last blog post is: The five o five : Friday, November 9, 2007
Mark on November 10th, 2007 1:46 pm

@Tigga76:
Thanks for commenting and for your kind words.
Having a passion for blogging definitely helps. Have you a network of other bloggers that you can bestow this award or one of your own to? That’s one way getting some legs under your blog.
Forest Parks on November 10th, 2007 8:14 pm

Thanks very very much!!!

I am privileged and will display the badge at once!!
Jos on November 11th, 2007 4:47 am

Hi Mark, this is awesome. Christy awarded me with this BtB award, but I just had to come over here and tell you that I think it’s not only a great badge, but the idea behind it is great too! I think you have found the perfect ‘niche’
Thanks!

Jos’s last blog post is: Since 1945 there have only been 26 days of peace in the world
Mark on November 11th, 2007 10:20 am

@Jos:
Thank you very much!
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Mel on November 11th, 2007 12:09 pm

Hi,
I was just awarded this award by Jackie of The Painted Veil. Just so that you know, I think that these types of awards are sneaky, nefarious, and a underhanded way of getting links by imbedding your site in the award, oh and did I also mention very, very clever.

Now that I have added your link to my site, I was wondering if you would like to participate in a rather successful viral meme. Come take a look: http://mondaymorningpower.blogspot.com/2007/10/spread-word-complete-list.html

Mel’s last blog post is: 38 Things About Me
Mark on November 11th, 2007 3:10 pm

@Mel:
Hi there, and thanks for stopping by. That’s quite a meme you have going there! WOW! I’ll read it through very soon. And congratulations on your “underhanded” award. LOL
Eric "Speedccat Hollydale" on November 11th, 2007 3:24 pm

I am here for the code to this award, and wanted to say “hello” before going back to post it up. This sure is one sharp looking badge.

Thanks from Eric “Speedcat Hollydale”
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Mark on November 11th, 2007 5:54 pm

@Eric:
Thanks for taking the time to comment while you’re here. I really appreciate that. And thanks for the compliment on the badge. It was fun to make and I’m glad to see it getting some mileage.
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Aaron Cook on November 11th, 2007 10:57 pm

I’ll have to check out Inkscape then. Looks like it’ll come in pretty handy.
Colin on November 12th, 2007 5:45 am

Hi Mark,

I popped over to check out this awesome badge after receiving it from Jos, now I can pick up the code and see about posting it….absolutely awesome creation

Have a great week,
Colin

Colin’s last blog post is: A Day To Remember - 11th November 2007
Caribbean Web Development on November 12th, 2007 7:16 am

great graphics work on the badges

Caribbean Web Development’s last blog post is: Yahoo Search Builder - customizable search engine
Mark on November 12th, 2007 7:30 am

@Caribbean Web Development:
I appreciate you saying so!
Mark on November 12th, 2007 7:31 am

@Colin:
Thanks for the compliment! And congratulations on receiving the award.
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Max Coutinho on November 12th, 2007 9:51 am

Hey Mark,

I was recently awarded with this badge, and I would like to congratulate you for such a gorgeous and creative badge :)!

Complimenti!

Cheers

Max Coutinho’s last blog post is: Awarded: Superstar & BTB
Max Coutinho on November 12th, 2007 9:52 am

Hey Mark,

Congratulations for such a beautiful badge (I had left another comment, however it disappeared *shrugging*)!

Cheers

Max Coutinho’s last blog post is: Awarded: Superstar & BTB
Jenny on November 12th, 2007 11:57 am

I love the pink one. Very cool award idea.
Jenny’s last blog post is: Be Grateful for your Babies
Mark on November 12th, 2007 1:00 pm

@Jenny:
Thank you so much! And good to see you here.
BillyWarhol on November 12th, 2007 11:44 pm

I have to thank Zubli Zainordin for this Award - I am truly Honoured + it’s Nice to be in such Great Company of Fellow Bloggers he nominated + all of U here as swell!! Cheers Everybody! Billy
Peace*

BillyWarhol’s last blog post is: Free Range in the Range
Mark on November 12th, 2007 11:48 pm

@Billy:
Glad to have ya! Thanks for taking the time to comment. I always welcome that.
Kitty on November 13th, 2007 4:18 am

Hi … I was given your Be The Blog award by Dawn of ‘Twisted Sister’. I love that we can choose our own colourway! Seriously, ‘Being The Blog’ is really the only way to go - thanks for instigating a great award!

Take care
Mark on November 13th, 2007 7:01 am

@Kitty:
I’m glad you like it. Thanks for “being the blog” and for commenting.
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David on November 13th, 2007 3:12 pm

Be The Blog… I like it
David’s last blog post is: Furniture Niches
Mark on November 13th, 2007 5:41 pm

@David
I’m glad you like it and also appreciate you dropping by.
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Buzzing with Ange on November 17th, 2007 9:26 am

Thanks for making this beautiful badge Mark
It was passed onto me by Diane from Much of a Muchness and Colin from Life and looks great on my blog!!

Ange

Buzzing with Ange’s last blog post is: A Prosperity Blessing
Mike French on November 17th, 2007 11:44 am

Heh great award, just been given it by Buzzing with Ange.

Mike French’s last blog post is: BE THE BLOG Award
Mark on November 17th, 2007 11:56 am

@Mike French
Thanks! I’m glad you like it. It seems to be a hit. Thanks for stopping by to comment!
@Buzzing with Ange
You’re welcome and thanks for commenting! I hope to see you and Mike here often.
cardiogirl on November 17th, 2007 5:32 pm

Any chance that badge could come in purple or lavender? Maybe? It would be cool. I think it would be cool. But if not that’s okay. Oh, you could call it Purple Passion!

But if not, I can deal with Pink Smoothie. I’m just saying Purple Passion has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Mark on November 17th, 2007 6:33 pm

@cardiogirl
Hi! Hmm, I should be able to accommodate that request. I need a couple of days, but I’ll update via comments here, so if you haven’t already, please subscribe to my comments (or my regular feed). Thanks so much for dropping by!
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Oh how exciting! Thank you!
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Karen on November 19th, 2007 2:36 pm

I got this award today after doing some really phenomenally stupid things in the morning. It was so nice to have something NICE happen. I love the pink one! Thank you so much for inventing it.
Mark on November 19th, 2007 6:46 pm

@Karen
You’re quite welcome! And thanks so much for taking the time to say so. I’ll be sure to check out your blog — I would have done that anyway.
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ronnie ferez on November 21st, 2007 2:32 pm

cool! ^^, i love the idea. count me in -I got the badge XD

cheers!

ronnie ferez’s last blog post is: Change Concepts: A Reflection
Mark on November 21st, 2007 5:32 pm

@ronnie ferez
I’m glad you do! Thanks for taking the time to comment and congratulations!
Hawk on November 22nd, 2007 5:10 pm

Mark, just wanted to say how cool the BTB award is. It is one which has a great aesthetic appeal as well as great meaning behind having the honor of being a recipient. A very nice job. I tip my hat!

Regards,

Hawk’s last blog post is: Where’s Billy Crystal? . . .
Mark on November 22nd, 2007 8:52 pm

@Hawk
Wow, thanks for the compliment! Congratulations!
cyberpunk on November 23rd, 2007 1:50 am

the badges look nice
cyberpunk’s last blog post is: A Stripper Tells All
Mark on November 23rd, 2007 1:59 am

@cyberpunk
I’m glad you like them. Thanks for dropping by to say so.
cardiogirl on November 23rd, 2007 4:59 am

Oh, be still my heart. Thank you so much for creating a purple badge! I can’t wait to put it up at my place!!

Thank you!
Mark on November 23rd, 2007 11:59 am

@cardiogirl
Hehe…glad to have started your heart like that.
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Thank you so much for creating this great award. Inspiration, kindness and good-will are rippling through the blogosphere as a result of your efforts. Wonderful! By the way, I see you have a Be The Blog Award in your sidebar but I gave you another (see comments on my post)… you could pick your second favorite color or just create it!

Robin Lee Sardini’s last blog post is: Awards & Blessings
Mark on November 24th, 2007 8:51 pm

@Robin
LOL Thank you very much! I’m tickled to see the effect it’s having. Very fun! And thanks for the award and for dropping by. Please do so again and again.
Mimi Lenox on November 25th, 2007 10:44 am

Hi Mark. I just received this lovely award from Robin at The Spirit Knows Best. Thank you for creating it. I will be back soon to read what other winners have written.

Peace,
Mimi

Mimi Lenox’s last blog post is: The Blue Tea Meme from a Virgin Memer
Mark on November 25th, 2007 11:24 am

@Mimi
Much obliged! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you back here soon.
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Debbie Dolphin on December 1st, 2007 1:50 pm

Hi Mark,

As the famous Award Architect, could you please add a new nautical blue flavor option to the flavors of “Be The Blog” for another Blog theme?
For a color reference, please visit The Beacon Blogosphere Awards
Mark on December 1st, 2007 2:02 pm

@Debbie
Me? Famous? Aw shucks.

I’ve added Blueberry Tart to the menu. I hope it’s the blue you were looking for. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you as a regular reader here on MeAndMyDrum.
Debbie Dolphin on December 1st, 2007 4:17 pm

Thank you, Mark…

Blueberry Tart is close yet, the navy blue and steel blue border “drums up” my nautical Blog theme. Hopefully, I can use the navy blue badge to drum up some support for you?

Love the Zeroes Parody! …enough to subscribe to your Drum Corps!
Mark on December 1st, 2007 4:29 pm

@Debbie
You’re welcome, but I’m not quite clear on your comment. Are you saying that this will do or is the blue off than what you were envisioning?
Debbie Dolphin on December 1st, 2007 4:43 pm

Hi Mark,

Seeking a more navy blue color shade similar to the badge at The Beacon Blogosphere Awards. With your permission, the navy blue badge can be added to my side bar linking back to you.
Mark on December 2nd, 2007 7:32 pm

@Debbie
Okay, having that color to refer to helped.
Anonme on December 3rd, 2007 9:59 am

Thats a wonderful concept!
i wish someday will bestow somethin of this enormity on me too!
Wonderful work!!

Anonme’s last blog post is: Spring all over again!
Mark on December 3rd, 2007 12:20 pm

@Anonme
Thanks for the compliment and for taking the time to say so.
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Cuckoo on December 12th, 2007 2:43 pm

Hi,

Thanks for giving us so many choices. I am just been given the BTB award by Vijay and I’ll pick up the purple passion which goes well with my blog.

Thanks.
Cuckoo’s last blog post..The Packaged Deal
Mark on December 12th, 2007 10:30 pm

@Cuckoo
My pleasure! Congratulations on winning the award. Be sure to pass it along to other worthy bloggers and thanks for stopping by.
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RennyBA on December 15th, 2007 6:55 pm

Sorry I’m late getting back to report that I’ve got your award and have found a way to return the favour: http://www.terella.no/awards

RennyBA’s last blog post..Link Love and Award Extreme
Mark on December 16th, 2007 1:31 am

@RennyBA
No problem. I’m glad you were given the award. And thank you too!
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How do we get to “BE-THE-BLOG”?

Rashmi’s last blog post..Child’s play
Mark on February 11th, 2008 7:50 am

@Rashmi
Welcome to MeAndMyDrum!

The way to get the award is to have someone give it to you. No hard and fast rules here, but essentially, the award is intended to be given to blogs who meet the original criteria above, and that is to say, you think someone has a good blog and are obviously keeping good care of it by interacting with their readers and writing posts.

Thanks for commenting.
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Debbie on March 26th, 2008 11:28 pm

Was trying to create an award for a fellow blogger and googled and found your award, it is very cool. Loved reading all the comments. Is it possible to be able to pass on your badge to this blogger?
Mark on March 30th, 2008 6:08 pm

@Debbie
You found my award via Google? Cool! Glad you like it. As to your question, consider it passed. And be sure to spread it far and wide.
AtomiK Kitten on April 22nd, 2008 10:03 am

The pink one is pretty awesome.

AtomiK Kitten’s last blog post..Thank YOU Femi-Nazis!