The Social Media Del Awards

With the Academy Awards fast approaching, we've created our own awards. The Social Media Del Awards reflect the highest achievement in Social Media. The categories are listed below, with three nominees per category.

Most Hilarious Tweeps

• @DeathStarPR
• @NickGenius
• @RobHuebel

Most Tweeted About Events

• Royal wedding
• Raid on Osama bin Laden
• Beyonce baby bump revelation

Best Viral Photo

• Vancouver riot kissing couple
• Royal wedding balcony kiss
• Hawkeye the dog at soldiers funeral

Best Business Collaboration Tool

• Yammer
• Salesforce Chatter
• Google+ Hangout

Best Social Media Tool

• HootSuite
• TweetDeck
• Sprout Social

Best Viral Video

• Ultimate Dog Tease[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw[/youtube]
• Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg[/youtube]
• Webcam 101 For Seniors[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcN08Tg3PWw[/youtube]

Best use of Social Media in Marketing Campaigns

• Diesel
• KLM
• Coca-Cola

Addiction of the Year

• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Spotify

Most Improved Platform

• Facebook
• Google+
• LinkedIn

Best Social Media for Writers

• Storyfix
• WritingRoom
• Scribd.

Top Social Media PR Fails in 2011

• Chrysler
• Kenneth Cole
• Anthony Weiner

Let the voting begin! Post your votes in the comments, or vote through Twitter @SocialMediaDel #SocialMediaDelAwards. Next week we will tally the votes and award the winners. Stay tuned!