VOTING is now open for the 2024 contest. Voting ends for 2024 on midnight 10/15/24. Votes stay open all year for this ongoing contest, however we promote it on social media near fall of each year. All voting after 11/15/23 will be applied to 2024 votes.
Remember, you can vote in any single categories, or as many as you like, you do not have to vote in ALL categories unless you want to. If you decide to return to vote in other categories later, just sign back in on the VOTE page. We are giving away a prize this year to a lucky winner among those who vote in the most categories, so stay tuned about that prize.
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INFORMATIONWhy have an annual BEST OF contest for the lake area? The local community is a fantastic gauge when it comes to what businesses are the best of the best in their opinion. We believe ALL Smith Lake area businesses are the best, so it's just a fun community survey each year to see what businesses the community feels has delivered customer service at a premium level in that year. It's all just for fun, so jump in, VOTE and support your favorite local businesses! It's a great way to thank them for all their hard work.
DURATION: The 2024 contest officially begins JULY 1, 2024, with votes ending OCTOBER 15, 2024 for publishing on social media by the end of the year of early the next. However, voters can actually vote all year long each year. We promote the contest late each fall and push votes to the next year that come in after a voting deadline. VOTES: repeat votes are auto-disqualified by the software, so no need to do repeat votes. What will disqualify a vote is: incorrect email or phone numbers - those are checked by the AI software, so no need to waste time by putting in wrong information. PRIZE ACCEPTANCE (for all levels/categories of prizes): For each year since inception of contest, for a given award period, winners MUST contact us within 90 days of first announcement of winners on social media to facilitate acceptance of prizes or they will be forfeited for that 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 ANY & ALL businesses who serve the Smith Lake area and are Alabama based businesses or near our North Alabama area. Enter you business, and we encourage you to reach out to your fans to have them vote for you - it's YOUR responsibility to get those votes coming in. If your business wins the vote fair and square, it WINS! The community is always gracious, complimentary and congratulatory towards the winners!
This is 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 have them VOTE. We wish you all the best! Should we add a category? Other revisions to offer? Call/text or email. |
Brought to you in 2023 by The Lakeside Life Magazine, GoTees Screen Printing & Embroidery, TowBoatUS-Smith Lake.
Annual event to be sponsored for 2023 by Realtors Melinda Edwards and Brooke Edwards of Lake Homes Realty.
ANNUAL EVENT (to be announced): We are planning an annual event for this contest, so please follow us and our event sponsors for more details:
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This annual contest is a copyright of The Lakeside Life magazine with its sponsors, established July 1, 2020.
PRIZES for 2023
PRIZE ACCEPTANCE (for all levels/categories of prizes): For each year since inception of contest, for a given award period, winners MUST contact us within 90 days of first announcement of winners on social media to facilitate acceptance of prizes or they will be forfeited for that year.
The Top 3 entries with the most votes overall, no matter the category, will receive the following prizes from The Lakeside Life magazine and the sponsors. :
*If winner happens to be a current advertiser, the amount will be deducted at the current commitment value scale for the award quarter or at value based on that scale for the size AD won.
ALSO...
All Top 3 overall winners will be:
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1st Place winners in all individual categories:
We hope to have more things to add in the future, so check back with us! GOOD LUCK!
VOTERS WIN TOO!!!
The voter who votes in all categories (if several voters do this, they'll all be entered into a drawing) will win a $100 cash card, $100 worth of gift certificate(s) from a local business(es) and a free 1 year subscription to the magazine plus a free 1 year subscription for a friend, OR the voter may issue a complimentary quarter-sized AD to the business of their choice (total prize worth up to $260). Other voters who voted in all categories but did not win the main prize, will still win a free 1 year subscription to the magazine.
- 1st Place - Full Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2024 (worth up to $600*), PLUS a feature article (approximately 2 pages in the magazine) for their business (worth up to $1,200*). If a winner has won in a previous year and the article has already been done, we simply boost their article with updates on the blog to run on social media, and the winner is always provided with the link.
- 2nd Place - Half Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2024 (worth up to $400*)
- 3rd Place - Quarter Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2024 (worth $200*)
*If winner happens to be a current advertiser, the amount will be deducted at the current commitment value scale for the award quarter or at value based on that scale for the size AD won.
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All Top 3 overall winners will be:
- mentioned prominently in the printed magazine announcement about the event
- Other prizes:
- receive a certificate and a decal for your store window or vehicle
- tagged on our social media pages announcing the win
- featured in a spotlight on our social media pages during the following year
- shown prominently for 1 year in a free AD on our magazine website on the MarketPlace page, the Business Index, and the "Best of Smith Lake" status page with winning badge placement
- shown as a sponsor for 1 year on our Facebook community group page "Smith Lake Community"
- receive a feature post on our social media main feed and at @smithlakebiz, and may tag us any time during the year for reposts to our stories - winners MUST "@" tag us on posts they wish to promote in this way.
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1st Place winners in all individual categories:
- are listed on the website FINAL results with live link(s). 1st Place winners will continue to show with live links for at least a year, and shown in website archives for up to a total of 3 years.
- Other prizes:
- Winners can be shown with an added short bio provided by the winners for each of the top winners if desired.
- We will also happily push your social media reposts (as long as winners "@" mention us on posts they need reposted), and we'll place your WINNING badge in reposts if requested.
We hope to have more things to add in the future, so check back with us! GOOD LUCK!
VOTERS WIN TOO!!!
The voter who votes in all categories (if several voters do this, they'll all be entered into a drawing) will win a $100 cash card, $100 worth of gift certificate(s) from a local business(es) and a free 1 year subscription to the magazine plus a free 1 year subscription for a friend, OR the voter may issue a complimentary quarter-sized AD to the business of their choice (total prize worth up to $260). Other voters who voted in all categories but did not win the main prize, will still win a free 1 year subscription to the magazine.
NOTE: Past Winners - if for any reason you did not receive a certificate and decal for your 2020-current wins, or have misplaced or damaged yours, please contact us and we'll get replacements to you ASAP. And remember, your business name and link stays visible on the RESULTS page for at least 3 years retrograde - so double-check during the year if/when you have changes to your information to make sure we have your link correct.
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