IST 2009 Winner.... - Page 2 - TanToday

Jenna-Millennium Tanning · 3rd November 2009, 03:20 PM

Me either!

solarmeter® · 3rd November 2009, 04:22 PM

Quote:

That is funny.

You mean that Brian spoofed us saying TanSquawk won? I'm just amazed nobody checked the IST site to confirm or deny...

The companion thread over at Squawk has been taken down haha.

movieking · 3rd November 2009, 04:28 PM

Page 88 of the November IST online magazine says T A N T A L K.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/...7#/59452327/88

solman · 3rd November 2009, 04:37 PM

Many of the category "winners" have me scratching my head.

John · 3rd November 2009, 05:29 PM

I did see that the Magazine said Tan Talk the other day when I looked.

Can Looking Fit confirm this award?

Ezliving_Jim · 3rd November 2009, 05:31 PM

Does anybody else think it was a little self-serving and narcissistic for Vince to award himself the "Lifetime Achievement" AND the "Favorite Website" Industry Choice awards?

Jerry Deveney, Greg Henson, Susan Miller and Don Smith were also nominated for Lifetime Achievement, and Designer Skin, Devoted Creations, Ergoline and Performance Brands for Favorite Website.

I can understand the "Favorite Website" trophy for IST because, content wise, it is certainly richer than any bed or lotion website (in spite of annoying filler articles like "Foods Your Dog Should Never Eat" in every issue.

However, I think Vince jumped the shark with his self-aggrandizing awarding of the "Lifetime Achievement" trophy to himself. It just doesn't pass the smell test. Maybe it is just the way the votes tallied, and if so, I think Vince should have recused himself. It just seems to diminish the accolades for the other Industry Choice Award winners.

An appropriate analogy might be Looking Fit's "Top 250" Tanning Salon Award. It is a nice "attaboy" for a salon owner and their staff to win the plaque, and it certainly sounds more prestigious than if the owner had declared himself The Best Tanning Salon in (fill in a state) and called the newspapers. I think the salon owner's local peers would have a good laugh at the absurdity of a masturbatory "Best Salon" award. I suspect the folks at Looking Fit and Tanning Trends are laughing about this.

Vince didn't need to go there. The trophy would have looked just as nice on his bookshelf if it said, "Best Dad In The World."

aeltiger · 3rd November 2009, 06:08 PM

I'm still having MAJOR problems figuring out the AG Accelerator winning...I was shocked to see it nominated! Anyone notice that almost all the lotion winners are New Sunshine products (AG, DS, etc)? I hear more about Devoted these days than I do about any of those. Oh well, congrats to them anyway!

solarmeter® · 3rd November 2009, 06:13 PM

Movieking: I can't open the e-mag link... but look here:

Island Sun Times Then click Breaking News at the top - and you will see exactly what I posted: TanToday not TanTalk.

Wierd!

unity · 3rd November 2009, 06:26 PM

I see that too. In print its T-Talk and online its T-Today. Weird indeed. The other categories I skimmed over look like they match.

eileen · 3rd November 2009, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarmeter®

You mean that Brian spoofed us saying TanSquawk won? I'm just amazed nobody checked the IST site to confirm or deny...

The companion thread over at Squawk has been taken down haha.

I was the one to announce it over there. I read it in my issue of Island Sun Times that was mailed to me in print. Maybe when they were editing the site from last year the two sound so much alike they thought it didn't need to be changed which is more likely then getting it wrong in print.

I didn't know they took down my thread, I'll have to check on that. lol

eileen · 3rd November 2009, 06:48 PM

Either way it's still congrats to both for helping forward the industry as a whole.

movieking · 3rd November 2009, 06:48 PM

It's still there. Steve's just high again.

solarmeter® · 3rd November 2009, 08:02 PM

Yup - it is still there. I was checking in the News forum where it ought to be.

Will have to go mess with it now....

Brian Oshman · 4th November 2009, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarmeter®

You mean that Brian spoofed us saying TanSquawk won? I'm just amazed nobody checked the IST site to confirm or deny...

The companion thread over at Squawk has been taken down haha.

I don't post bull$h!t. The mag and on line mag show the winner. The on line Breaking news page is incorrect.

It is no longer Tan Squawk. We have new management, new direction, and pulling ahead of the rest. The people have spoken, now it;s time to give them what they want.

frankie · 4th November 2009, 02:07 AM

Brian sorry bud but it will always be Tan Squawk IMO. You being over there doesn`t change that. People come and go on both sites. That is just the way it is. Congratulations on winning. All it means is people over there worked harder to get the votes. I will say some of the other winners are a joke.

TonyG · 4th November 2009, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankie

Brian sorry bud but it will always be Tan Squawk IMO.

Actually, it is now Spray Squawk.

frankie · 4th November 2009, 03:27 AM

That for sure. We had someone just the other week trying to get in the PF with only 1 or 2 post. The address she gave for her salon I checked on google and it was actually a 3 bedroom, house.

I don`t know if people don`t have the money to actually open a salon or if they think with all the Sun Scare going on they will jump on the band wagon and get rich. A person could get into sunless sprays for around 200.00 so why not give it a try.

frankie · 4th November 2009, 03:28 AM

Ooops so didn`t mean to get off topic. Carry on.

Parrot Head · 4th November 2009, 09:09 AM

I have to ask; "just what does that IST award get ya anyway, other then bragging rights. Like Ezliving said, just a little bit funny and a lot flawed.

John · 4th November 2009, 09:43 AM

I emailed Ribby & he said I would need to contact Vince to see who the winner is?

3rd November 2009, 03:20 PM	#21 (permalink)
Jenna-Millennium Tanning Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 40	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Me either! __________________ www.millenniumtan.com We sell you a tan, not time!

3rd November 2009, 04:28 PM	#23 (permalink)
movieking Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 467	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Page 88 of the November IST online magazine says T A N T A L K. http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/...7#/59452327/88

3rd November 2009, 04:37 PM	#24 (permalink)
solman Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,454	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Many of the category "winners" have me scratching my head.

3rd November 2009, 05:29 PM	#25 (permalink)
John Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,608	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... I did see that the Magazine said Tan Talk the other day when I looked. Can Looking Fit confirm this award? __________________ 800-247-3251 X210 jhayes@uriworld.com

3rd November 2009, 05:31 PM	#26 (permalink)
Ezliving_Jim Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,376	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Does anybody else think it was a little self-serving and narcissistic for Vince to award himself the "Lifetime Achievement" AND the "Favorite Website" Industry Choice awards? Jerry Deveney, Greg Henson, Susan Miller and Don Smith were also nominated for Lifetime Achievement, and Designer Skin, Devoted Creations, Ergoline and Performance Brands for Favorite Website. I can understand the "Favorite Website" trophy for IST because, content wise, it is certainly richer than any bed or lotion website (in spite of annoying filler articles like "Foods Your Dog Should Never Eat" in every issue. However, I think Vince jumped the shark with his self-aggrandizing awarding of the "Lifetime Achievement" trophy to himself. It just doesn't pass the smell test. Maybe it is just the way the votes tallied, and if so, I think Vince should have recused himself. It just seems to diminish the accolades for the other Industry Choice Award winners. An appropriate analogy might be Looking Fit's "Top 250" Tanning Salon Award. It is a nice "attaboy" for a salon owner and their staff to win the plaque, and it certainly sounds more prestigious than if the owner had declared himself The Best Tanning Salon in (fill in a state) and called the newspapers. I think the salon owner's local peers would have a good laugh at the absurdity of a masturbatory "Best Salon" award. I suspect the folks at Looking Fit and Tanning Trends are laughing about this. Vince didn't need to go there. The trophy would have looked just as nice on his bookshelf if it said, "Best Dad In The World." __________________

3rd November 2009, 06:08 PM	#27 (permalink)
aeltiger Super Star Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 840	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... I'm still having MAJOR problems figuring out the AG Accelerator winning...I was shocked to see it nominated! Anyone notice that almost all the lotion winners are New Sunshine products (AG, DS, etc)? I hear more about Devoted these days than I do about any of those. Oh well, congrats to them anyway!

3rd November 2009, 06:13 PM	#28 (permalink)
solarmeter® UV Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,822	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Movieking: I can't open the e-mag link... but look here: Island Sun Times Then click Breaking News at the top - and you will see exactly what I posted: TanToday not TanTalk. Wierd! __________________ ......................Flashback 2001........................ "One of the 'ORIGINAL' TanToday Gang"

3rd November 2009, 06:26 PM	#29 (permalink)
unity Super Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 976	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... I see that too. In print its T-Talk and online its T-Today. Weird indeed. The other categories I skimmed over look like they match. __________________ “There is only so much logical space in our universe,” Binette said. “Think of it like a Chinese take-out box stuffed with Kung-Pao Shrimp. The more shrimp you stuff in, some shrimp pop out the bottom."

3rd November 2009, 06:48 PM	#31 (permalink)
eileen Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,761	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Either way it's still congrats to both for helping forward the industry as a whole. __________________ *"under exposure to uv light is as dangerous as over exposure to uv light"* ......eileen

3rd November 2009, 06:48 PM	#32 (permalink)
movieking Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 467	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... It's still there. Steve's just high again.

3rd November 2009, 08:02 PM	#33 (permalink)
solarmeter® UV Geek Squad Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,822	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Yup - it is still there. I was checking in the News forum where it ought to be. Will have to go mess with it now.... __________________ ......................Flashback 2001........................ "One of the 'ORIGINAL' TanToday Gang"

4th November 2009, 02:07 AM	#35 (permalink)
frankie Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,561	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Brian sorry bud but it will always be Tan Squawk IMO. You being over there doesn`t change that. People come and go on both sites. That is just the way it is. Congratulations on winning. All it means is people over there worked harder to get the votes. I will say some of the other winners are a joke. __________________ Frankie Burrell Southeast MRI Sales Rep 706.207.1000 mri.burrell@gmail.com WWW.MRINTERNATIONALPRODUCTS.COM http://www.h10o.com/

4th November 2009, 03:27 AM	#37 (permalink)
frankie Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,561	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... That for sure. We had someone just the other week trying to get in the PF with only 1 or 2 post. The address she gave for her salon I checked on google and it was actually a 3 bedroom, house. I don`t know if people don`t have the money to actually open a salon or if they think with all the Sun Scare going on they will jump on the band wagon and get rich. A person could get into sunless sprays for around 200.00 so why not give it a try. __________________ Frankie Burrell Southeast MRI Sales Rep 706.207.1000 mri.burrell@gmail.com WWW.MRINTERNATIONALPRODUCTS.COM http://www.h10o.com/

4th November 2009, 03:28 AM	#38 (permalink)
frankie Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,561	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... Ooops so didn`t mean to get off topic. Carry on. __________________ Frankie Burrell Southeast MRI Sales Rep 706.207.1000 mri.burrell@gmail.com WWW.MRINTERNATIONALPRODUCTS.COM http://www.h10o.com/

4th November 2009, 09:09 AM	#39 (permalink)
Parrot Head Super Star Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 563	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... I have to ask; "just what does that IST award get ya anyway, other then bragging rights. Like Ezliving said, just a little bit funny and a lot flawed.

4th November 2009, 09:43 AM	#40 (permalink)
John Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,608	Re: IST 2009 Winner.... I emailed Ribby & he said I would need to contact Vince to see who the winner is? __________________ 800-247-3251 X210 jhayes@uriworld.com

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