Last night we were in the Final of this years Social Media Awards aka the Sockies (#Sockies15) We won 'Best use of Instagram', which is how we are here today so this means an awful lot! Sadly we didn't win in the other 2 categories of 'Best use of Facebook', and 'Best Blog'. Here is Dave with the winning prize. 
The rest of the winners were as follows: We got press coverage on Joe.ie here, radio station 98FM here, The Carlow Nationalist here, The Independent here and the Irish Examiner here. Use of Facebook by a Small Business (In-House team managed)
Use of Facebook by a Medium+ Business (In-House team managed)
Use of Facebook by a Business/Brand (Agency Run)
Use of Facebook by a Media Organisation
Use of Facebook by a Non-Profit/Organisation
Best Business Twitter account – Agency Run
Best Business Twitter account – In-House Run
Best Non-Profit/Organisation Twitter account
Best Business Twitter Campaign
AIB GAA - #TheToughest
Best Mobile App
World Rugby – Laws of Rugby
Best Use of Instagram
Best Blog of an SME
Best Use of Social Media by an SME
Cuckoo Events (Micro) and Tour America (Medium)
Best Use of Social Media by State Body
Customer Care using Social Media (Integrated)
Best Experimental Format (Vine, Whatsapp, Snapchat)
RTE Republic of Telly (Add 'republictelly')
Best Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast)
Dublin’s 98FM – 98FM Best of Dublin Awards
Best use of Realtime Marketing
Aviva Stadium Ireland vs. England
Zero Budget Social Media Campaign
Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club – Faces behind the Purple & Gold
Best Integrated Social Media Campaign
Dublin Zoo – Dublin Elephants
In-house Team of the Year
Agency of the Year
Grand Prix Award
Thank you to everyone who has supported this from day one, to the organisers and helpers of the Social Media Awards, and many more! We love working with people and other sites so get in touch, or if you have any beards, or ideas you would like on the site let us know contact us here or on Facebook, and Twitter. 