The “Social Media Awards” will be awarded during a ceremony to be held on October 26, 2011 at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City. For the first time awards will be given to the most influential personalities in social networks. The event will be attended by Ashton Kutcher.
These awards were created with the aim of highlighting the most influential people in social media, and the public will be the one to choose by voting through this website: Red10.com. The categories are:
Most influential in Social Media (male) • Yordi Rosado (@YordiRosado) • Carlos Loret de Mola (@CarlosLoret) • Felipe Calderón (@FelipeCalderon) • Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga1) • Werevertumorro (@werevertumorro)
Most influential in Social Media (female) • Anahí (@Anahi) • Carmen Aristegui (@aristeguicnn) • Ana de la Reguera (@ADELAREGUERA) • Adela Micha (@Adela_Micha) • Galilea Montijo (@GalileaMontijo)
Journalists/Opinion leaders: • Carlos Loret de Mola (@CarlosLoret) • Adela Micha (@Adela_Micha) • Javier Alatorre (@Javier_Alatorre) • Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga1) • Brozo (@brozoxmiswebs)
Politicians: • Enrique Peña Nieto (@EnriquePN) • Marcelo Ebrard (@m_ebrard) • Andrés Manuel López Obrador (@lopezobrador_) • Josefina Vázquez Mota (@JosefinaVM) • Ernesto Cordero (@ErnestoCordero)
Entrepreneurs: • Emilio Azcárraga Jean (@eazcarraga) • Arturo Elías Ayub (@arturoelias) • Ricardo Salinas Pliego (@RicardoBSalinas) • Lorenzo Zambrano Treviño (@LHZambrano) • Alejandro Martí (@Alejandro_Marti)
Technology: • Raúl Ramírez (@isopixel) • David Ochoa (@BytePodcast) • Akira Reiko Oscar Noriego (@akirareiko) • Javier Matuk (@jmatuk) • Nadia Molina (@nadia_molina)
Radio / TV broadcaster • Facundo (@facufacundo) • Adal Ramones (@AdalRamones) • Raúl Araiza (@negroaraiza) • Yordi Rosado (@YordiRosado) • Galilea Montijo (@GalileaMontijo)
Sports: • Cuauhtémoc Blanco (@cuauhtemocb10) • José Ramón Fernández (@joserra_espn) • Javier Alarcón (@Javier_Alarcon_) • Inés Sainz (@InesSainzG) • Jimena Sánchez (@jimenaofficial)
Finance and Business • Enrique Campos (@campossuarez) • Maricarmen Cortes (@mcmaricarmen) • José Yuste (@joseyuste) • Eduardo Ruiz-Healy (@ruizhealy ) • Francisco Gil Díaz (@FcoGilDiaz)
Comedy • Werevertumorro (@werevertumorro) • Polo Polo (@polo_polo) • DarKar (@vetealaversh) • Roberto G. Bolaños (@ChespiritoRGB) • Omar Chaparro (@OMARCHAPARRO)
Show business • Andrea Legarreta (@AndreaLegarreta) • Laura G (@LAURAGII) • Mauricio Clark (@PrimeroCLARK) • Juan José Origel (@Pepillo_Origel) • Paty Chapoy (@ChapoyPati)
Artist (male) • Jaime Camil (@jaimecamil) • Diego Luna (@diegoluna_) • Aleks Syntek (@syntekoficial) • Alejandro Fernández (@alexoficial) • Gael García Bernal (@gaelgarciab)
Artist (female) • Anahí (@Anahi) • Gloria Trevi (@GloriaTrevi) • Thalía (@thalia) • Dulce María (@DulceMaria) • Paulina Rubio (@paurubio)
Society • Barbie Condechy (@barbiecondechy) • Cindy La Regia (@cindylaregia) • Quién (@Quien) • Caras (@carasmexico) • MiReyBook (@MiReyBook)
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Jorge Chávez is Social Media Marketer at Mijo! Brands in México. Follow him @jorgemijobrands