--- title: 10 Reasons to Enter the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service description: Submit your entries for The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813263-gif/images/middle_01.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 # 10 Reasons to Enter the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/author/liz-dean) on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 @ 12:47 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) As the November 18 deadline for [The Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales/) approaches, we encourage everyone to submit their entries for the 2012 awards as soon as possible- [get your entry kit here](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/mailinglist/402_2060_13407.cfm). Here are the top 10 reasons why you should enter: 1. **Great staff recognition.** Applying for the Stevie Awards is a simple (and affordable) way to ![SASCS logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813263-gif/images/middle_01.gif)recognize your employees' sales excellence and customer service excellence. 2. **Free publicity.** Stevie Awards winners are not only recognized in an awards ceremony but receive acknowledgment globally via press coverage and our radio cast and Internet streaming.  3. **Company size equality. **You don't have to be a big company to win a Stevie. Small organizations have just as much chance to win sales awards and customer service awards as big companies do.  4. **Flexible ****categories**. There are dozens of [categories](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/general/399_2065_13423.cfm) for customer service, call center, contact center, and sales professionals, teams, and departments.  And there are a range of categories to recognize products and services and solution providers. 5. **Networking opportunities. **Stevie Award winners will be recognized during a gala awards dinner attended by executives from around the world. 6. **Low entry fees. **The [entry fees](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/general/399_2065_13409.cfm) are nominal compared to the publicity boon your firm can reap when you become a Stevie winner. 7. **Earn industry status. **The Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service is a great way to benchmark your achievements against competitors in *your *industry. 8. **Oscar-like trophies. **The [Stevie Award](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/398_2049_13360.cfm) trophies are magnificent - among the most coveted prizes in the world and produced by the same company that the Oscars use. 9. **Great PR for your company. **Stevie winners can get [extra copies](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/merchandise/403_2061_13372.cfm) of their awards to share with employees, executives, and clients. 10. **The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards** - and you know you and your team deserve that kind of positive recognition. ***What's your number one reason for applying for the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?*** Topics: [sales excellence](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/sales-excellence), [customer service awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/customer-service-awards), [customer service excellence](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/customer-service-excellence), [The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/the-stevie-awards-for-sales-customer-service), [sales award](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/sales-award), [Sales & Customer Service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/sales-customer-service) ### Request an entry kit for one or more of the stevie awards programs [Remove my information](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/bid/67112/10-Reasons-to-Enter-the-Stevie-Awards-for-Sales-Customer-Service#) Entry kit will be sent to you by email. 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