In a total David vs Goliath scenario last night, this little website beat all of its competitors to take out the Netguide Best Lifestyle Site award!! I found out last night by text message (I had been offered free tickets at the last minute but opted instead to come home and pack my bags and get ready for the DYNZ conference) and many hours later I am still shocked!
To put this into perspective, the winners of the other categories are the likes of TVNZ , Telstra Clear, The Warehouse, Mighty Ape, Stuff.co.nz and Google. Does the song “one of these things is not like the other ones” spring to mind?
Overall, the out-take from this is that you lot are the most loyal group of readers Aaron and I could have. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Edit: the full winners list has been published here.
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Sarah wrote
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO – CONGRATULATIONS NIC!!! That is the best news ever!!!! The best – and so well deserved, you truly have made a mark for a minority population in NZ!!!! xxx
Chris P wrote
Congratulations! It is great to see websites such as yours being recognised.
Umesh wrote
Congratulations Nic – well done to you and Aaron and thank you to all those that voted.
Bec wrote
Nic! That is fantastic news! And so well deserved … this website is a godsend for those of us who are living with T1. Roll on all the press that this will drum up and rightly so. Congrats to you and Aaron. Looking forward to hearing about DYNZ …
Russ F wrote
Fantastic, and well deserved
Sianne wrote
Very well deserved. Congratulations!!!!!!! You have done an amazing job in providing info, support and many laughs for all of us. I know for me personally I felt so alone before I found beingdiabetic and now I have a huge bunch of people I can relate to and share all my ups and downs with. Good luck this weekend.
Sam wrote
That is so awesome congrats!!
Jan wrote
Thats amazing news, and a very well deserved acknowledgement of the support you give us all.
Gavin Ogden wrote
Awesome news – well done to all concerned!
dan wrote
nice one!!! keep up the good work!
Aaron wrote
This is such an amazing win and it is all thanks to Nic for having the idea in the first place and for you guys for voting for us, reading the blog and being the community that is beingdiabetic.
THANK YOU!
Lucy wrote
Yessss! That’s amazing. Well done guys!
Nic wrote
People, thank you all so much for your awesome comments and your votes. What a brilliant community. I’ve just talked to a friend of mine in media planning and the two sites we beat have 85x and 54x as many visitors every month, so you can appreciate how big a win this is. Just goes to show – if we speak with one voice we can make things happen. We really need to translate this into our lobbying of government etc don’t you think?
Donna wrote
Congratulations!!! fantastic news. I like Sianne also felt very alone but this site has been a great place to hook into and feel less alone
Jo wrote
CONGRATULATIONS! Brillant news for you, very proud. Well done!!!!!!!
Ainsley wrote
That’s awesome and so deserved! You help us all by having this forum!
Penny wrote
Congratulations. Very well earnt.
Misizith wrote
Hey Nic,
Big ups to you and Aaron and anyone else behind the scenes we don’t know about too.
Thank you for what you do, for the info and for” keeping it real”.
I’m charging my glass right now!
Debs wrote
Whoo Hoo! We did it!
Jolene wrote
Congratulations !! You guys deserve it !! Well done.
Alicia Grbic wrote
Well done Nic and Aaron (whereever you may be). Your dedication has been rewarded at last, well done. Your commitment is honorable with everything else you have going on in life!.
Roy wrote
I join with everyone and offer my congrats: to you and Aaron and I look forward to his posts from the home of our life giving magic elixir. I know that the trip to Rotovegas and the conference would have been taxing by themselves, but if I might say and you can call me old fashioned, I think you should have taken the tickets and gone to the awards, if only to wallow in a well deserved night of glitz and fame.
Nic wrote
Roy, if you had offered to be my date for the ball, Cinderella would have put on her gown
Roy wrote
Well shucks Nic, if I had only known. And to think, I brought a fresh pumpken on Thursday as well and it more than likely still has its fairy godmother enclosed, which means, you would have been out of there and on your way to Rotovegas right on the last stroke of midnight. Good on yah!