The 2018 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are accepting entries. These are the world's top honors for customer service, contact center, business development and sales professionals. All organizations and individuals worldwide are eligible to submit entries to the 12th annual competition.
The early-bird entry deadline, with discounted entry fees, is this October 18. The final entry deadline is November 15, but late entries will be accepted through next January 11 with payment of a late fee.
There are four new new-product categories:- Best Sales Enablement Product - New
- Best Sales Enablement Product - New Version
- Best Sales & Marketing Mobile Application - New
- Best Sales & Marketing Mobile Application - New Version
A number of the existing sales and customer service categories have been split into multiple categories based on industry. These include:
- Sales Support Team of the Year
- Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year
- Award for Innovation in Sales
- Back-Office Customer Service Professional of the Year
- Young Customer Service Professional of the Year
- Customer Service Team of the Year - Recovery Situation
- Customer Service Complaints Team of the Year
- Customer Service Training Team of the Year
- e-Commerce Customer Service Award
- Best Use of Technology in Customer Service
Learn more about what’s new and different in the 2018 edition of the awards.