Fourth Annual Zeta Buzz Social Media Awards

by Garrett Wilson on January 23, 2012

2011 marked the 4th annual Zeta Buzz Awards initiative which follows the success of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 award programs, where dozens of winners were announced, and categories were covered by hundreds of leading media outlets, including Folio, Forbes, Fortune, Huffington Post, Mashable, Reuters, The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and several others. The 2011 Zeta Buzz Awards included more categories and nominees than ever before.

Best Financial Services Brand of 2011

  1. E-Trade
  2. Chase (JP Morgan)
  3. HSBC
  4. Capital One
  5. AXA
  6. Santander
  7. Wachovia
  8. Barclays
  9. UBS
  10. Allianz

Best TV Ads of 2011

  1. E-Trade “Enzo the Tailor”
  2. Volkswagen “The Force/Darth Vader”
  3. Chrysler “Imported from Detroit”
  4. Chipotle “Back to the Start”
  5. Bud Light “Product Placement”
  6. CarMax “Kid in a Candy Store”
  7. Snickers “Logging”
  8. Nissan “Gas Powered Everything”
  9. Mercedez Benz “P Diddy/Welcome
  10. H2oh! “Braids”

Best Media Personality of 2011

  1. Anderson Cooper
  2. Jon Stewart
  3. Stephen Colbert
  4. Chris Matthews
  5. Al Roker
  6. Matt Lauer
  7. Bill O’Reilly
  8. Barbara Walters
  9. Sean Hannity
  10. Charlie Rose

Best News Outlet of 2011

(Media Outlet)

  1. Huffington Post
  2. The New York Times
  3. Reuters (Thomson Reuters)
  4. AOL.com
  5. CNN.com

(TV Outlet)

  1. CBS
  2. Fox
  3. NBC
  4. ABC
  5. CNN

Best Beverage Products (Non-Alcoholic) of 2011

  1. Diet Coke
  2. Coca Cola
  3. Pepsi
  4. Vitamin Water
  5. Gatorade
  6. Pepsi One
  7. 5-Hour Energy
  8. Snapple
  9. ZICO Coconut Water
  10. Red Bull

Best Cars of 2011

  1. Altima – Nissan
  2. 300 – Chrysler
  3. Legacy – Subaru
  4. Elantra – Hyundai
  5. Accent – Hyundai
  6. Lacrosse – Buick
  7. Accord – Honda
  8. Civic – Honda
  9. Sorento – Kia
  10. S60 – Volvo

Best Fashion Designers of 2011

  1. Michael Kors
  2. Vera Wang
  3. Christian Siriano
  4. John Galliano
  5. Tommy Hilfiger
  6. Marc Jacobs
  7. Donna Karan
  8. Calvin Klein
  9. Sarah Burton
  10. Jason Wu

Best E-Reader of 2011

  1. iPad
  2. Kindle Fire
  3. Slate 2
  4. Nook
  5. Galaxy
  6. BeBook
  7. Story
  8. Reader
  9. Novel
  10. Streak

Most buzzed CEOs of 2011

  1. Steve Jobs
  2. Jeff Bezos
  3. Carlos Brito
  4. Larry Page
  5. David Novak
  6. Alan Mulally
  7. Jamie Dimon
  8. Larry Fink
  9. Patrick Doyle
  10. Fujio Mitarai

Most buzzed Celebrity Couple of 2011

  1. Kate Middleton/Prince William
  2. Khloe Kardashian/Lamar Odom
  3. Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt
  4. Jessica Biel/Justin Timberlake
  5. David Beckham/Victoria Beckham

Best NYC Restaurant of 2011

  1. Eataly
  2. Nobu
  3. Mr. Chow
  4. Buddakan
  5. Babbo
  6. Per Se
  7. Le Cirque
  8. Le Bernardin
  9. Del Monico’s
  10. Del Posto

Best Pharma Brand of 2011

  1. Novartis
  2. Bayer
  3. AstraZeneca
  4. Merck
  5. Pfizer
  6. Johnson & Johnson
  7. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  8. Eli Lilly
  9. Teva Pharmaceuticals
  10. Mylan

Best Travel of 2011

(Destinations)

  1. London
  2. Paris
  3. Las Vegas
  4. New York
  5. Sydney

(Hotels)

  1. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (India)
  2. Mama Shelter (Paris)
  3. Hotel St Barthe (Isle de France)
  4. Mondrian (New York – SOHO)
  5. Hoxton Hotel (London)

Tech Controversy of 2011

  1. Blackberry Outage
  2. News Corp. Hacking Scandal
  3. HTC Infringement on Apple Patents
  4. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
  5. Facebook Smear Attempt on Google

Most Buzzed Social Networking Sites of 2011

  1. Twitter
  2. LinkedIn
  3. YouTube
  4. Facebook
  5. Match.com
  6. Meetup
  7. Groupon
  8. Flickr
  9. Ning
  10. Friendster

Questions?  email:  marketing@zetainteractive.com

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