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Hi All,
I want to take the opportunity today to take you all through the plan running through to the end of the year! A few weeks ago I asked if there was any interest running an end of year ChocolateMission awards! Given the feedback I have indeed decided to run the awards over the following days and categories ...
December 19th - Best selection box product of 2009
December 20th - Biggest surprise of 2009
December 21st - Worst product of 2009
December 22nd - Readers Choice 2009
December 23rd - Best New Product of 2009
December 24th - Best overall product of 2009
The award on December 22nd is where you guys come in! If you send me your top 3 favourite products that I have reviewed in 2009 I will immediately enter you in to a competition for a Hotel Chocolat Cookies & Caramel Wreath - the winner will also be announced on the post that day.
Please send your votes to Jim{@}chocolatemission.net (take out the funny looking brackets!) with your postal address.
Please remember that all products in this years awards have to have been reviewed in 2009.
Thanks
JIM
### FAO of potential advertising partners ###
This week I received an e-mail from the company that runs my affiliate banners that they had received a complaint from a certain chocolate manufacture that I wasn't being complimentary enough about their products. Basically this e-mailed asked that I change the slant of my reviews to reflect this company more favourably ... thus driving traffic through to their own site.
Just for everyone's clarity THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL NOT DO. Products on this website get the reviews they deserve ... if you want a good review - make a decent product SIMPLE!!
### Post from other Blogs I enjoyed this week ###
Just before I launch into the other blogs if anyone picked up any news from the ChocolateMarket please share!!
* Impulsive Buy - Marvo posted his tenth video review podcast by taking a look at the new Ben & Jerrie's flavours, as well as some Special K products! Hilarious as usual ... SEE HERE
* ChocaBlog - Dom posted a nice review of the Cadbury Clusters ... which he liked more than the Cadbury Peanuts ...same here chap!! ... SEE HERE
* GiGiReviews - Gi had written an almost perfect review on the Cadbury Yule Logs until she inserted a picture of that muppet David Tennant! Tut tut ;) ... SEE HERE
* JapaneseSnackReviews - These guys managed to track down an EXCLUSIVE, Limited Edition Kit Kat from Okashi no Machioka ... nope I have no idea what that is either! Still though the mini dark chocolate Kit Kats look cool though ... SEE HERE
* Foodstufffinds - Cin thought a little more of the Thornton's Creme Brulee bar than I did ... SEE HERE
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12 comments:
Ha that is vaguely amusing. Could it have been thorntons by any chance?! I am only surmising of course.
Stand by your principles Jim!
P.s. Liking the awards business :)
Great idea jim I am e-mailing you now.
I am going to need some time to think about this. Can we have up until the day you post the award?
Rxxx
I was gonna say, I bet I know which manufacturer that was! Great to see you not giving in (I never imagined you would of course lol).
Like you say if they want a favourable review they should make better chocolate! They should use it to improve some of their products! :)
Love the awards idea too! :)
what cheeky buggers asking you to do that. i appreciate your honesty jim. i will start thinking about my nominations for the award.
Haha yeah I saw your twitter post about Thorntons Jim. What cheeky buggers! Just shows though that they do read this site...so Thorntons if you're listening, start improving your products and we will start visiting your site! Will start considering my nominations now..
That couldn't blatantly be more obvious that it was Thorntons.
It is good to hear you are standing by your principles. It is not like you give them bad reviews all the time anyway.
I applaud your honesty, Jim! Looking forward to the awards... I need to have a think about what I liked this year. :)
Just to get this 100% right - so the things we suggest all have to have been reviewed in 2009? Or do they have to be new as of 2009 e.g. Kit Kat Caramel?
I think he means just chocolate he has reviewed in 2009 but I guess we should wait for him to confirm.
Everyone
Thanks for the support - I hope you all trust that my reviews are never skewed by any external motives and that everything is 100% my own views.
Please do get your nominations in! The clock is ticking!!
Just to confirm that your votes have to be for products that I have reviewed in 2009 and not just products that have been released in 2009.
Thanks all
JIM
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