--- title: Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Announce Finalists in 8th Annual Competition description: Finalists in the 8th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales Customer Service, the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business developm image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-468623269-jpg/images/sascs_logo.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 # Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Announce Finalists in 8th Annual Competition Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 @ 10:59 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![SASCS logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-468623269-jpg/images/sascs_logo.jpg)Finalists in the 8th Annual [Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales)**, **the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development, and sales professionals**, **were announced today. A diverse group of organizations and individuals around the world are among those recognized in the [customer service awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales), [contact center awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales), and [sales awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) categories.  Organizations with Finalists in multiple categories include AllClear ID, Bluegreen Vacations, Cars.com, Delta Air Lines, DHL Express, EMKAY, FedEx TechConnect, Canada's FreshBooks, John Hancock, Lennox Industries, LiveAnswer, Marriott Vacation Club, Marsh U.S. Consumer, Parlant Technology, PetRays Veterinary Telemedicine Consultants, Property Insight, Richardson, Salesforce, SoftPro, SurePayroll, Inc., Turkey's Turk Economy Bank, ValueSelling Associates, VIZIO, Inc., Turkey's Vodafone, and Wyndham Vacation Ownership. For a full list of Finalists by category, visit [www.StevieAwards.com/Sales](http://www.StevieAwards.com/Sales).  Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced during a gala banquet on Friday, February 21 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.  [Tickets are now on sale](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/tickets/404_2062_13373.cfm). More than 1,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition, an increase of 36% over 2013.  Finalists were determined by the average scores of 129 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges.  Entries were considered in 43 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; 43 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services and solution providers.  More than 100 members of seven specialized judging committees will determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging, to take place January 27 - February 5.   Beginning today, the general public will be able to cast their votes for their favorite providers of [good customer service](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) in the People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Customer Service Department.  Voting is open at [http://www.stevieawards.com/Service.peopleschoice](http://www.stevieawards.com/Service.peopleschoice). Winners of the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service in multiple industries will be determined in mid-February and honored at the awards gala in Las Vegas on February 21. **About The Stevie Awards**** **Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  A sixth program, the German Stevie Awards, will debut later this year.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards at [www.StevieAwards.com](http://www.stevieawards.com/). Sponsors and supporters of the eighth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include the BusinessTalkRadio Network, Competence Call Center, and ValueSelling Associates. ** ** Topics: [sales excellence](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/sales-excellence), [best customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/best-customer-service), [best sales department](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/best-sales-department), [business awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/business-awards), [stevie awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/stevie-awards), [Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/stevie-awards-for-sales-customer-service), [company awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/company-awards), [contact center awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/contact-center-awards), [customer service excellence](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/customer-service-excellence), [Customer Service Team of the Year](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/customer-service-team-of-the-year), [award-winning customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/award-winning-customer-service), [best sales practices](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/best-sales-practices), [peoples choice stevie awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/peoples-choice-stevie-awards), [sales award](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/sales-award), [Sales & Customer Service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/sales-customer-service), [sales team awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/topic/sales-team-awards) ### Request an entry kit for one or more of the stevie awards programs [Remove my information](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/bid/88852/Stevie-Awards-for-Sales-Customer-Service-Announce-Finalists-in-8th-Annual-Competition#) Entry kit will be sent to you by email. 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