Welcome to our bi-weekly Guide of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses. We bring you this Contests Guide every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
If you’ve entered and won a contest or award listed here, let us know so we can share your news.
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Win a Pass to BlogWorld
Enter by September 21, 2011
Here on Small Business Trends we’re giving away 3 entrance passes to BlogWorld. To enter, all you need to do is submit your best social media tip. Submit your tip on Twitter (using hashtag #SBTblogworld in your tweet). Or leave a tip as a comment on our blog post. Go here for details.
Dream Big, Grow Here Business Grant Contest
Enter by September 23, 2011
Northeast Iowa Business Network and MyEntre.Net, Iowa’s online community for Iowa entrepreneurs and small business, have announced the launch of the new “Dream Big, Grow Here” contest for small businesses in Northeast Iowa. Applicants can submit a video or email about their business and share their dreams for how they would like to grow their Iowa company and what it means to them to be in business in Iowa.
Other visitors to Dream Big Grow Here will have the opportunity to vote on the ideas they like the best, with the winning entrepreneur will receive $5,000 for their business. Regional winners can then go on to compete for the grand prize of $10,000 against the other regional winners.
ProjectREV
Enter by September 30, 2011
Project REV was launched in 2010 as a contest that gives small business owners a chance to receive a yearlong marketing makeover. Each participant is teamed up with a Deluxe marketing advisor and a business counselor from SCORE. At the kick-off event, the business owner will work with their advisor to analyze the business’s current marketplace situation and create a customized plan applying up to $15,000 in marketing products and services from Deluxe, including website design and hosting, branding, social media marketing, SEO, email marketing and more. See the website for more details.
Road Warrior 2.0 Challenge
Enter by October 6, 2011
Hyatt Place has launched the Road Warrior 2.0 Challenge, asking real-world business travelers to help redefine today’s Road Warrior for a chance to win a head-to-toe business traveler makeover. To enter the contest, visit www.facebook.com/hyattplace and tell how you embody or define the modern day Road Warrior, and create an original, fun name for the modern day Road Warrior.
Weekly winners receive a free night at Hyatt Place, and a grand prize winner will win a complete head-to-toe business makeover to help this “Road Warrior 2.0” maximize their efficiency on the road, and have a little fun along the way.
To find more small business events, contests and awards, visit our Small Business Events Calendar.
If you are putting on a small business contest, award or competition, and want to get the word out to the community, please submit it through our Small Business Event and Contests Form (it’s free).
Please note: The descriptions provided here are for convenience only and are NOT the official rules. ALWAYS read official rules carefully at the site holding the competition, contest or award.
Joel Libava
Thanks for the contest updates!
I really like that REV $15,000 marketing one. It includes web hosting, and SEO services. Pretty amazing…and generous.
Great stuff.
The Franchise King®