Sales Awards Blog

We have added three new sales teams categories to The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, which recognize the members of individual teams within your overall sales department. (Request your entry kit for the 2012 awards and it will be emailed to you right away. The entry deadline is November 18.)

Submit your entry to our three newest Sales & Customer Service categories:

1. Field Sales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams that obtain the majority of their business out of the office at face-to-face meetings with clients.

2. Sales Operations Team of the Year
Recognizing teams that help sales organizations to run effectively, efficiently and in support of business strategies and objectives.

3. Sales Management Team of the Year
Recognizing the leadership teams of sales organizations for their achievements.

Recognize sales excellence and customer service excellence in one of our other sales teams categories:

1. Global Sales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams whose industry, client, or other focus has a global scope.

2. National Sales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams whose industry, client, or other focus has a national scope.

3. Government Sales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams whose charge is selling to government clients.

4. Telesales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams that obtain the majority of their business by telephone.

5. Online Sales Team of the Year
Recognizing sales teams that obtain the majority of their business via online and social media.

6. Sales Support Team of the Year
Recognizing teams that provide administrative, logistical, or resource support to sales organizations.

All entries in these categories require an essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee’s accomplishments since July 1, 2010 a brief biography (up to 100 words) of the nominee and an optional inclusion of links to online news stories, videos, photographs, press releases, etc. that support your nomination. See all of the Sales & Customer Service categories here.

Recognize your company's sales performance and nominate teams by submitting entries for sales awards that highlight sales excellence here!

We invite you to apply to be a preliminary-round judge for the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Interested?  Apply here.

How does preliminary-round judging work?

• All sales award and customer service award judging take place in November 2011 - January 2012.
• All judging is done online so judges will be able to review nominations on their own time and at their own pace.
• Judges will be assigned categories based on their experience, function, and industry.
• There is no limit to how many (or how few) nominations judges can review.

What are the benefits of being a Stevie Awards judge?

• Judges get an inside look at how other organizations and individuals are achieving success and confronting challenges. 
• All active judges will receive a certificate of appreciation, suitable for framing.
• All judges will have a chance to win two free tickets to the February 2012 awards banquet in Las Vegas.

Need more information?

• Get the application form.
• Learn more about the judging and awards process.
• Meet the 2011 preliminary-round judges.
• Contact us at help@stevieawards.com.

Apply to be a judge and be a part of a worldwide coalition of business heroes.

What's your favorite reason for applying to be a 2012 Sales & Customer Service judge?

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service recognize the achievements of call center, customer service, and sales professionals worldwide. Recognize your company's sales performance and nominate individuals by submitting entries for sales awards that highlight sales excellence. (Request your entry kit for the 2012 awards and it will be emailed to you right away.  The entry deadline is November 18.)

Individual Sales Awards:

1. Senior Sales Executive of the Year
Recognizing senior sales executives with titles such as Chief Sales Officer.  This category may also be used to recognize senior corporate executives for their role in driving sales achievements.

2. Worldwide VP of Sales of the Year
Recognizing VPs of sales with responsibility for sales performance on a global level.

3. National VP of Sales of the Year
Recognizing VPs of sales with responsibility for sales performance on a national level.

4. Sales Director of the Year
Recognizing the achievements of sales directors at organizations of any size, of any type.

5. Sales Manager of the Year
Recognizing the achievements of sales managers and sales professionals with a managerial role at organizations of any size, of any type.

6. Sales Operations Professional of the Year
Recognizing sales executives and sales professionals with a managerial role for their achievements in managing sales organizations that run effectively, efficiently and in support of business strategies and objectives.

7. Sales Training or Education Professional of the Year
Recognizing sales executives and sales professionals with a managerial role who manage, design, or deliver sales training or education in any aspect of work life.

8. Sales Representative of the Year
Recognizing individual sales representatives for their personal contributions to organizations’ sales results.

All entries in these categories require an essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee’s accomplishments since July 1, 2010 a brief biography (up to 100 words) of the nominee and an optional inclusion of links to online news stories, videos, photographs, press releases, etc. that support your nomination. See all of the Sales & Customer Service categories here.

Need help choosing the best category? Contact us at help@stevieawards.com.

As the November 18 deadline for The Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service approaches, we encourage everyone to submit their entries for the 2012 awards as soon as possible- get your entry kit here.

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 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 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 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 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 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?