Take a Look at These Small Business Contests, Events and Awards


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The small business contests, events and awards have been chosen to help you start, run and grow your business. Join the best for events where you can learn and remember that you are not alone. Network with others, and make valuable business connections. Or apply for a contest or award to win valuable funding or services.

To see a full list or to submit your own event, contest or award listing, visit the Small Business Events Calendar.



webinarYear End Tax Planning Webinar
December 10, 2013, 3pm Eastern, Online

Join business experts for a FREE webinar.  Rohit Arora, CEO of Biz2Credit, veteran CPA Alan Goodman, and John Meyer of The Company Corporation.  Moderated by Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends.

Looks at year end tax planning, what CPAs are recommending to small businesses and how financing plans to meet your tax planning goals.


Productivity Strategies to Grow Your Holiday SalesProductivity Strategies to Grow Your Holiday Sales
December 11, 2013, Online

Make your holidays productive! Microsoft Office 365 and Meylah are teaming up to bring you world-class small business experts for an awesome FREE webinar filled with productivity tips and tricks! Register for your VIP Access – on Dec 11 at 11am PT/2pm ET.
Hashtag: #ProductiveHoliday


WordStream’s $25,000 Marketing Makeover
December 15, 2013, Online

Win $25,000 in pay-per-click advertising budget for 2014, plus marketing tools from WordStream and Constant Contact. Grade and get paid today! Hashtag: #25KforPPC


Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2014Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2014
March 19, 2014, San Francisco, CA

AM Days is the must attend event for affiliate managers who are responsible for their company’s affiliate marketing strategy, management and operations. Whether you have an existing affiliate program or you are creating a new initiative, AMDays offers you valuable insight into how other online retailers are successfully implementing and managing their affiliate programs. Topics include: Affiliate program set up; Affiliate recruitment techniques; Affiliate marketing fraud; M-commerce; and much more.
Hashtag: #AMDays


ICON14 by InfusionsoftICON14 by Infusionsoft
April 23, 2014, Phoenix, AZ

#ICON14 is the eighth annual conference for small business, hosted by Infusionsoft (previously called Infusioncon). Over 3,000 attendees expected. Confirmed speakers include Seth Godin, JJ Ramberg and Peter Shankman.

Hashtag: #ICON14
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More Events

More Contests

  • 2014 BIG Innovation Awards
    December 13, 2013, Online
  • Small Business ICON Contest
    December 17, 2013, Online
  • 200 Million HP LaserJet Sweepstakes
    December 24, 2013, Online
  • SBA’s National Small Business Week Awards
    January 17, 2014, Online
  • DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award
    February 03, 2014, Online

This weekly listing of small business events, contests and awards is provided as a community service by Small Business Trends and SmallBizTechnology.

5 Comments ▼

Laura Leites Laura Leites plans and manages events for clients through her company, L2 Event Production. Laura's projects include the Small Business Influencer Awards, The Small Business Summit, and many of SmallBizTechnology's live and virtual events, including the five-city Small Business Technology Tour.

5 Reactions
  1. Thanks for posting the links here. They will help me alot for starting some small business.

  2. There are some interesting events here. But what I am interested in is the Year End Tax Planning Webinar. First is because it is online and second is because it will really benefit a lot of businesses.

  3. John @ lead nurturing

    Thanks for finding a comprehensive list of events I can work on attending. I wanted to search these events out anyway and you were super helpful in putting it all together for me.