INFORMATION

Why have an annual BEST OF contest for the lake area?  We believe that the community is the gauge when it comes to who is the best of the best.  We believe ALL Smith Lake area businesses are the best, so it's just a fun community survey each year to see who they feel has delivered customer service at the highest level.  It's just for fun, so jump in, VOTE and support your favorite local businesses!

DURATION:  The next contest officially begins JULY 1, 2021, with votes ending OCTOBER 1, 2021 for publishing by the end of the year.  Voters can actually vote all year long, but we'll promote the contest more fully for the 2021 period during the dates outlined above.  

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 or near our North Alabama area.  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!
This annual contest is a copyright of The Lakeside Life magazine and its sponsors, established July 1, 2020.
Click here >>VOTE<<  to go to the vote page!
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 have them 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 FOR 2021 will be announced in JULY 2021, but for reference, review these PRIZES FOR 2020:

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.   
  • 1st Place - Full Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2021 (worth $850), PLUS a feature article approximately 2 pages in the magazine for their business, featured in 2021
  • 2nd Place - Half Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2021 (worth $500) 
  • 3rd Place - Quarter Page AD for 1 quarter of their choice in 2021 (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 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" and "Visit Smith Lake"
  • receive a weekly post on our business social media (winner MUST tag us on posts they wish to promote this way).

AND...
1st Place winners in all individual categories:
  • are listed on the magazine website FINAL results with live links.  The top 3 shown remain on the website for early 2021, but the 1st Place winners will continue to show with live links for a full year.  
  • These can be shown with an added short bio provided by the winners for each of the top winners (contact us regarding this). 
  • We will also happily push your social media reposts (as long as winners TAG us on posts they need reposted), and we'll place your WINNING badge in posts we repost for you if desired, just ask.

​During the contest, before annual final results, the Top 3 nominees for each category will be shown each month on the BEST OF SMITH LAKE status page to show the status of nominees as of that date.  We will put the date of each update at the top of the page and the FINALS will be listed at the top of the page when the results are announced and released for the year.  

This is just the beginning, we may have some more things to offer or add soon, so check back with us!  BEST OF LUCK!