--- title: 5 Tips for Winning Advertising Awards in The 2012 ABAs description: The Stevie® Awards shares five tips for winning advertising awards in The 2012 American Business Awards. Submit entries by April 25. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813450-jpg/images/stevies2012_logo_profile.jpg --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # 5 Tips for Winning Advertising Awards in The 2012 ABAs Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/author/liz-dean) on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 @ 08:36 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The entry deadline for The 2012 [American Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba), the premier [business awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3655.cfm) program in the U.S.A., is quickly approaching on **Wednesday, April 25 **and we thought it would be helpful for communications professionals if we provided some tips for winning [advertising awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21307.cfm). (If you haven't already downloaded your entry kit, you can [request an entry kit here](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/general/72_194_904.cfm) and you will receive it right away.) **![Stevie Awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813450-jpg/images/stevies2012_logo_profile.jpg)1. Review the categories.** We have several [corporate awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3655.cfm) categories including [app awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21308.cfm) categories, [live event awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm#BUSINESS%20OR%20INDUSTRIAL%20THEATRE%20PRODUCTION) categories, [video awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21309.cfm) categories, [website awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm#WebSiteCraft) categories, [corporate literature awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21307.cfm) categories, [PR awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3658.cfm) categories, and [marketing awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14099.cfm) categories, among others that may be of interest to communications professionals. **2. Review past winner's entries. **Our 2011 ABA winners in the above categories include  [IDEXX Laboratories](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2649_21233.cfm)*,* [CME Group](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2649_21236.cfm), [XPLANE](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2649_21235.cfm), [Sun Life Financial Inc., Wellesley Hills, MA: One of the Best Kept Secrets of World War II](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2634_20511.cfm), and [Dawson + Murray + Teague Communications](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2634_20512.cfm), among others. [See all 2011 ABA winners here.](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2183_21006.cfm) **3. Pick who you would like to recognize and what for.** There are hundreds of categories to choose from as well as awards for individuals, teams, and departments. [Click here to see the entire list of categories.](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3655.cfm) ** 4. Watch our video, *****[How to Enter The 2012 American Business Awards](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-c9iTPloK4&feature=player_embedded).**** *Get step-by-step instruction on how to submit your 2012 entries. **5. Contact us!** We want to help you highlight your organization's achievements. Contact us at [help@stevieawards.com](mailto:help@stevieawards.com) and we'll help direct you to categories that are right for your organization. ***How will your highlight your organization in the 2012 ABAs?*** Topics: [Advertising awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/advertising-awards), [business awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/business-awards), [corporate awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/corporate-awards), [app awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/app-awards), [live event awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/live-event-awards), [video awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/video-awards), [website awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/website-awards), [corporate literature awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/corporate-literature-awards), [marketing awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/marketing-awards), [American business awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/topic/american-business-awards) ### Request an entry kit for one or more of the stevie awards programs [Remove my information](https://blog.stevieawards.com/advertising-awards/bid/74319/5-Tips-for-Winning-Advertising-Awards-in-The-2012-ABAs#) Entry kit will be sent to you by email. 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