--- title: 4 Tips for Winning Customer Service Awards in The 2012 ABAs description: The Stevie® Awards shares four tips for winning customer service awards in The 2012 American Business Awards. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813054-gif/images/head_abalogo.gif --- [![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 # 4 Tips for Winning Customer Service Awards in The 2012 ABAs Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/customer-service-awards/author/liz-dean) on Fri, Apr 13, 2012 @ 11:16 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The entry deadline for The 10th Annual [American Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba), the premier business awards program in the U.S.A., is **April 25, 2012, **and we want to help you highlight your organization's [good customer service](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm). If you haven't received an entry kit yet, you can [request your entry kit here](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/general/72_194_904.cfm). To make the most out of your [customer service awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm) entries, we suggest the following four tips: **1. Review the[ business awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3655.cfm) categories. ** There are three [customer service award](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm) categories: 1. **[Customer Service Department of the Year![The American Business Awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813054-gif/images/head_abalogo.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm)** 2. **[Customer Service Team of the Year](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm)** 3. **[Customer Service Executive of the Year](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm)** **2. 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