Wow. Seriously, wow.
I am completely blown away by the response to the Hottest Male Blogger contest.
Not only was my Inbox flooded with votes and veritable love letters to the nominees… not only did some of the nominees have a really good time with it… but this little experiment actually went viral, and got picked up by sites like mediabistro and Gawker.
GAWKER, people! Now that’s hot.
After tallying up all the votes that came in through email, Twitter and comments, a winner has emerged.
So without further ado, let’s congratulate…
PETER SHANKMAN, founder of HelpAReporter.com, for the honor of being voted HOTTEST MALE BLOGGER!
Why did he win? Well, he received the most votes, of course. (So many that at times I was cursing myself for giving my email address as a voting method.)
But behind the votes, there were the reasons why this blogger is so hot. There were many reasons. They were funny. They were poignant. They were touching. They were un-PC.
They were so great that I have to share them. Here are a few:
“The guy has nads the size of boulders. (GUESSING of course!)”
“He is hot because he genuinely wants to help people out. His belief in karma encourages others to be generous as well.”
“He’s one hot Jew!!”
“Brains, sense of humor, looks, the whole 9 yards!”
“He’s creative, funny, daring and his blog is actually useful and actionable on a daily basis.”
“He’s hot because nothing holds him back!”
“Not just hot, but very resourceful, helpful, innovative.”
“The type of guy who is extremely successful yet humble.”
“He truly rocks the boat of life.”
(At this point, I’m feeling the overwhelming urge to say, “Peter Shankman, this is your life.”)
Now, I would like to ask the runners-up to:
a.) step off the ledge, and…
b.) give yourselves a hand.
Just don’t go questioning your hotness, guys, because let me tell you… your fans were just as enthusiastic.
Proof? OK, here you go:
Pete Cashmore (um, some comments were totally NSFW; I’ll pick a tame one): “He’s not JUST nice to look at but smart as well.”
Mike Doe: “Fabulously funny and definitely hot.”
Jason Phillips: “I’m voting for Jason ’cause with a promise like that, he’d better deliver. Oh, and he’s pretty damn hot too.”
Jeremy Biser: “I am Jeremy’s wife. And he is ridiculously hot.” (Not even close to his only vote, of course, but just so cute I had to use it. Awww!)
Guy Kawasaki: “Brilliant, funny, good-looking, friends with everyone, and generous. What more could you ask?”
Joeprah: “Devoted dad, smart writer and funny. And oh yeah, really good looking.”
Ezra Klein: “Hello, a man who can cook… I am drooling already.”
And to you guys, I also give you these parting gifts from which to choose for your blog (designed by the lovely Dawn):
There were a bunch of write-in nominees, too. Apparently, there’s an amazing number of hot male bloggers out there, and plenty of people who want to spread the word about their hotness. Who knew?
To everyone who feels their favorite hot blogger was slighted, I will say this: duly noted, my friends, duly noted.
You may rest assured that as I type, I am rubbing my hands together with evil glee, preparing for Part II of this little experiment.
Stay tuned.
And, once again, CONGRATULATIONS, PETER!
Now go check out his service, HelpaReporter.com (HARO), which connects reporters looking for sources with, well… sources for their articles. That’s where you or your company comes in. And that equals publicity for you. Everyone wins!
Now go forth and spread the hotness.
25 responses so far ↓
1 Joe // Jul 15, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I still am quite perplexed how got on the list, as I sit reading this hair disheveled in a sweaty tee drinking a beer, of course Peter is hotter than me. I feel most people are, well maybe not Quirkee James, but most people. Thanks for including me in this list of amazing bloggers, for serious real that was awesome!! Congrats to us all. Word.
2 Hani // Jul 15, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Round of congrats to all. I’d optimistically predicted to Peter a few weeks ago that it would take 6-14 days to go from 10k subscribers to 20k. Well, I was off by a couple of weeks, but if your contest had run _then_ who knows what could have happened?
3 Suburban Oblivion // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:37 am
Just goes to show you women really do look at the overall package! (Not just THAT package..unless, you know, someone wants to show it..or, uh, something.)
Congrats!!!!
4 McMommy // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:40 am
Now this was one of your tweets, Jane, that I couldn’t help but check out!
Fun post! I’m off to visit his blog…
5 Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:44 am
I wonder if his newly crowned hotness will help him run faster this weekend?
6 Jessica // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:52 am
Bravo Jane! I definitely think you should make this an annual thing. So much fun! Great idea…so glad I was there to watch it hatch on Twitter.
7 Kate // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:55 am
Yay, so happy @skydiver won! I’m in love with HARO and Peter’s HARO intros are some of the best reading I get all day
Congrats to Peter!
8 Kate // Jul 16, 2008 at 9:56 am
oh, and I second Jessica - so happy to be part of the original “hatching” on Twitter that night
never going to tell who I anonymously nominated……..
9 Kristinia // Jul 16, 2008 at 10:50 am
Now we need to do the Hottest Female Blogger!
10 Daddy Papersurfer // Jul 16, 2008 at 11:37 am
I’m very disappointed about the whole sorry business …………. *sob*
11 Melanie Notkin // Jul 16, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Peter = Karma. Congrats Peter!
12 Bonnie // Jul 16, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Now, if we could do hot judges without getting sued that would be fun.
13 Karla Jo // Jul 16, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Peter rocks hotness — congrats!!!!
14 Tom Mahoney // Jul 16, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Not even ONE write-in for me?
15 Laura // Jul 16, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Check you out!!! I didn’t vote, but I did check out the nominees!! There were some definite hotties in the bunch!
16 Lisa Manyon // Jul 16, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Wow! I missed the contest but recently learned of Petr and HARO. Very HOT service.
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18 Nadine // Jul 17, 2008 at 2:16 am
I love the prize buttons. Congratulations to the winner.
19 Dario Salvelli // Jul 17, 2008 at 5:15 am
Mmm Shankman won but in your list there isn’t an Italian blogger or an European, righ?
20 JessieX // Jul 17, 2008 at 7:56 am
Congrats to Peter! Yeah, he’s hot.
21 John // Jul 17, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I SO expected to see my name there. I can’t help feeling a bit let down.
22 Jeremy (Discovering Dad) // Jul 18, 2008 at 1:52 am
This was fun Jane! Well done, and it definitely made me smile. Thanks!
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