INFORMATION
This annual contest is a copyright of The Lakeside Life magazine and its sponsor Free State Outfitters Co. established July 1, 2020.
DURATION: The contest begins JULY 1, 2020, with votes ending NOVEMBER 1, 2020 for publishing in the last issue of the year.
SPECIAL NOTE TO BUSINESSES:
WELCOME! You do NOT have to be an advertiser with the magazine in order to be entered. This is an open contest for ALL businesses who serve the Smith Lake area and are Alabama based businesses. We encourage you to reach out to your fans to have them vote for you. If your business wins the vote fair and square, it WINS!
We hope everyone will be gracious, complimentary and congratulatory towards the winners, and we wish you all the best! This will be an annual contest, so you will always have another year to win. All categories are up for grabs, so get your tribe of fans together and VOTE. ENJOY!
If you see that we should add a category, or if you have other revisions to offer, please text us at 256-708-7679 or email us at info.thelakesidelife@gmail.com.
DURATION: The contest begins JULY 1, 2020, with votes ending NOVEMBER 1, 2020 for publishing in the last issue of the year.
SPECIAL NOTE TO BUSINESSES:
WELCOME! You do NOT have to be an advertiser with the magazine in order to be entered. This is an open contest for ALL businesses who serve the Smith Lake area and are Alabama based businesses. We encourage you to reach out to your fans to have them vote for you. If your business wins the vote fair and square, it WINS!
We hope everyone will be gracious, complimentary and congratulatory towards the winners, and we wish you all the best! This will be an annual contest, so you will always have another year to win. All categories are up for grabs, so get your tribe of fans together and VOTE. ENJOY!
If you see that we should add a category, or if you have other revisions to offer, please text us at 256-708-7679 or email us at info.thelakesidelife@gmail.com.
PRIZES:
The Top 3 entries with the most votes overall, no matter the category, will receive the following prizes from The Lakeside Life magazine and Free State Outfitters Co.
ALSO...
All Top 3 winners above will be:
PLUS...
ALL winners in all categories:
This is just the beginning, we may have some more things to offer or add soon, so check back with us! BEST OF LUCK!
The Top 3 entries with the most votes overall, no matter the category, will receive the following prizes from The Lakeside Life magazine and Free State Outfitters Co.
- 1st Place - Full Page AD for 1 quarter (worth $850) PLUS a feature article approximately 2 pages in the magazine for their business
- 2nd Place - Half Page AD for 1 quarter (worth $500)
- 3rd Place - Quarter Page AD for 1 quarter (worth $300)
ALSO...
All Top 3 winners above will be:
- mentioned prominently in the Top 3 positions in the magazine article about the event
- tagged on our social media pages announcing their wins
- featured in a spotlight on our social media pages during the 2020 holidays
- shown prominently for 1 year in a free AD on our magazine website
- shown as a sponsor for 1 year on our Facebook community group page "Smith Lake Community" and "Visit Smith Lake"
- added to our MARKETPLACE tab on the website for 1 year with a free AD and the winning place badge placed on their AD
- awarded a weekly post on our business social media from the week of Thanksgiving to the last week of 2020
PLUS...
ALL winners in all categories:
- are listed in the magazine in the last issue of 2020 AND on the website for one year, November 2020 - November 2021 with a short bio for each, including active linked social media tags. We will also happily push your social media reposts as long as you TAG us on the posts, and we'll place your WINNING badge in posts we repost for you.
- (during the contest, the Top 3 nominees for each category) will be shown each month on the "BEST OF SMITH LAKE" peek page. We will put the date of each update at the top of the page when we add this field soon.
This is just the beginning, we may have some more things to offer or add soon, so check back with us! BEST OF LUCK!