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Small Business Influencer 2011 Champions: Some Special Shout Outs & Recommendations for Next Year’s List
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 
As you know, KikScore was nominated for the top 100 list of the Small Business Influencer’s 2011 list of Champions. Late Monday evening, the winners for this honor were announced. We are happy to see those who made it in and couldn’t help but notice some names that are particularly important to KikScore. These people have been a great help to KikScore as well as the rest of the small business world and we cannot help but admire all they’ve done. It is with this that we are proud to give a special shout out to a select group of people!
Some Judges We Want to Mention
Ramon Ray – Ramon is an editor and technology evangelist for Smallbiztechnology. He has written tons of great articles, includin
g a write up on KikScore on BusinessInsider. We’re really grateful to have had Ramon take the time to help market KikScore and build the brand. Great job with everything you’ve been up to, whether helping us out or judging the Champions list!
Anita Campbell – Anita is a publisher for Small Business Trends and BizSugar, as well as another one of the judges for 
Small Business Influencer 2011. What makes Anita so special to us is her constant support of KikScore. She got us invited to the webinar for Focus.com on security for small and medium businesses and has suggested small businesses to use Kikscore. Thanks for all your help and keep up all of the amazing work Anita!
Ivana Taylor – Yet another judge, Ivana is DIY Marketers’ small business evangelist. In a nutshell, she’s an incredibly h
elpful source of information for all things small business. Our hats go off to you, Ivana! We can’t wait to see what you do next!
The Champions of this Year
Shashi Bellamkonda – Shashi, the business swami of Network Solutions who made it into the top 100 list of 
Champions, has been a huge supporter and incredible help to KikScore. Among the many things he’s done, Shashi was a big part of Social Commerce Camp DC, which was a blast. You’ve been and continue to be an enormous help to all of us at KikScore and we want to congratulate you on making it into the top 100!
Melinda Emerson – Also known as SmallBizLady, Melinda has also made it into the top 100. Among 
many things, Melinda is the host of Twitter’s weekly talk show, #SmallBizChat. Needless to say, she is the whole reason KikScore got the opportunity to be the guest of honor on #SmallBizChat one week. Congratulations Melinda! You’ve helped us so much and we’re really excited on your making it to the top 100!
John Lawson – Another Small Business Influencer 2011 Champion, John is CEO of 3rd Power Outlet and ColderICE 
Media. John helps KikScore out with introductions as well as with The KikScore Startup & Small Biz Daily. His efforts have been a great help and we at KikScore are lucky to benefit from his expertise. Thanks for all your work John and enjoy your Champion position!
Laurie McCabe – A partner at the SMB Group and a small to mid-sized market expert, Laurie is yet another deserving 
Champion. A while back, Laurie took the time to interview KikScore for one of SMB Group’s podcasts. This was a great opportunity as well as a great honor. You’ve been great Laurie! We’re so happy to see you make it to the top 100!
Our Recommendations for Next Year
Tinu Abayomi-Paul – Tinu is part owner of the amazing Free Traffic Tips. She is truly an example of a small business 
expert as well as great person. Thanks for all of the guidance you’ve given the small business community, Tinu!
Shonali Burke – Owner of Shonali Burke Consulting and editor of WomenGrowBusiness, Shonali has a 
treasure trove of advice for us all. Alongside being a PR expert for small businesses, she truly is digital PR pioneer. Keep up all the great work, Shonali!
Jill Foster – Jill has taken on many different roles. The founder of Live Your Talk, a public speaking advocate, 
a blogger, and the founding editor of WomenGrowBusiness, Jill has a thing or two to teach small businesses. You continue to teach us all and for that we thank you!
To those who made Small Business Influencer 2011 possible as well as those who provide inspiration to countless small business, thank you! To everyone who made it to the Small Business Influencer 2011 top 100 list, congratulations! We think it’s awesome what is being done to recognize the folks who enable small businesses’ success and are so happy that we were nominated! We hope to see you all make the list again next year!
