Latest Small Business Influencer News

• Join Us at the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards Gala!
  August 22, 2012 -- Join us for an exciting evening of networking with top small business influencers! This networking event and awards ceremony will honor the 2012 Small Business Influencer Award honorees, on the evening of October 17, 2012, in New York City at the Javits Convention Center. We're going to rock the Javits - hope you'll be there! Fun, High-Energy Evening Gala! The Awards Gala begins at 5:30 pm with a networking reception. At 6:30 pm the official awards ceremony starts. All… Read More
• Congratulations to the 2012 Honorees!
  August 8, 2012 -- We're absolutely delighted to announce this year's choices in the Small Business Influencer Awards for 2012! Congratulations to the: Top 100 Champions and Honorable Mentions Community Choice Honorees The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America, through the products, services, knowledge, information or support they provide to the small business market. The Awards are designed to recognize the unsung heroes… Read More
• Update on Known Issue Re Voting Buttons
  August 5, 2012 -- This is an update to our message this morning on the @SMBinfluencer Twitter account about a known issue involving the voting buttons. Overnight, due to an issue with the javascript used for the voting buttons, the vote counts were not being updated live on the site. Votes were, in fact, being registered in the system. The only issue is that the vote totals were not changing on the front end for people to see, for a period of several hours. All voting buttons were impacted… Read More
• How to Vote
  July 26, 2012 -- Voting takes one click. No registration is required. All you do is click on the big yellow VOTE button on the nominee's page, to the left of the nominee's name. See below for a screenshot. See where the red arrow is pointing? That is the button you click. Once you click, the vote count will go up by one. The yellow button will then change to "VOTED." The count will show one more vote. See the following screenshot showing your vote is now logged. Here… Read More
• How We Count #SMBInfluencer Votes
  July 24, 2012 -- We've had a lot of questions about voting. Some of you have written to us saying, "People report that they've tried to vote, but it says they've already voted. Is my nomination page broken?" Here's the scoop on voting. What's My IP Address? Our voting program uses IP addresses to distinguish one voter from another. Now, let me explain what that means. The IP address that you have for your computer is probably different from the IP address that the world sees. Internet… Read More
• Over 980 #SMBInfluencer Nominees: Vote Through August 5, 2012!
  July 19, 2012 -- It's time to vote! A two-and-a-half month nomination period netted 985 approved nominations for the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards. That's nearly double the number from 2011. Congratulations to all nominated. And now it's time for YOU to vote and show your support. Voting remains open through August 5, 2012, at 11:59 pm Los Angeles time. Just a few reminders for everyone: For Supporters - Vote daily. Yes, you are allowed to vote once each day, i.e., once every… Read More
• Nomination Period Soon Closing for the 2012 Awards
  June 25, 2012 -- You've still got three weeks (through July 15, 2012) to submit nominations for 2012 in the Small Business Influencer Awards. But don't wait -- the time will run out fast. Check out the Press Release we issued today through PRNewswire as part of our ongoing call for nominations. Then hit that nomination page! BIG Thank You to Our Sponsors Many thanks to title sponsor BlackBerry, as well as sponsors Infusionsoft, Vocus and GetResponse. And thanks to our many partners. Follow… Read More
• What's New for 2012
  May 30, 2012 -- This year, for 2012, we've made some changes to the Small Business Influencer Awards that we hope you will find valuable. Changes include: - A 6th category - for apps - was added. We added this category because a particular software or mobile app may be much beloved by entrepreneurs and small biz people, while the company behind it may serve many different markets and different sized businesses. By designating the app, people can get specific when nominating their favorites.… Read More
• Kick Off! Second Annual Small Business Influencer Awards for 2012
  May 1, 2012 -- We are delighted to kick off the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards! For the second year in a row, the Small Business Influencer Awards will honor those organizations, companies and individuals who are influential to small businesses in North America through the products, services, knowledge or support they provide to the small business market. This year there are six categories: apps, news outlets, corporations, journalists, leaders, and small business experts. Important… Read More

2011 News

• Download the Printed Program From the Awards Gala!
  October 12, 2011 -- The Small Business Influencer Awards Gala held on September 13, 2011 in New York City was an event enjoyed by over 225 people. A number of you who could not attend have asked for a copy of the printed program. We're delighted to be able to provide it. Go here to download your print-quality PDF of the program -- it's a large file due to the graphics, so please give it time to download: Printed program - Small Business Influencer Awards Gala 2011 Read More
• Hotel Information for Gala Awards
  September 2, 2011 -- We've been asked about hotels for the Awards Gala on September 13, 2011. This year, since it's a first year event, we did not get a room block. However, since I am traveling to New York from Cleveland, I did some digging around for my own arrangements. The closest hotel appears to be the Empire Hotel, about a block away. Rooms run $450 and up, and going fast, so book soon. If the Empire Hotel is not available, your best best is to try any of the hotels in Midtown… Read More
• Announcing the 2011 Small Business Influencer Champions
  August 23, 2011 -- With 520 nominations, over 125,000 votes and thousands more Tweets and Likes, Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com are happy to announce the Small Business Influencer 2011 Champions and Honorees. Congratulations to all nominees who participated – being nominated is itself an honor. The Small Business Influencer 2011 awards -- sponsored by BlackBerry, Infusionsoft and Sage -- is an opportunity for individuals, companies and organizations in North America to be… Read More
• Update on Voting Process
  August 10, 2011 - A HUGE thank you goes to every nominee and to everyone who voted in the Small Business Influencer 2011 recognitions and awards. Over 125,000 votes were cast, on behalf of 520 nominees. We know you're all excited to learn who the Top 100 are. A few things to keep in mind: (1) The popular voting on the site is weighted at 40%. Those who did well in the popular voting -- congratulations! You have demonstrated that you can influence a large number of people to support you in… Read More
• Another BlackBerry PlayBook Giveaway - Through August 1st
  UPDATE AUGUST 6, 2011: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. WE HAVE 2 WINNERS IN OUR RANDOM DRAWING FOR THE PLAYBOOKS. CONGRATULATIONS TO @ChellyElite AND @inkscrblr -- THE WINNERS! It's so exciting! There are now more than 65,000 votes for 520 Small Business Influencer nominees as of July 27 -- thanks to YOUR support. And in honor of the great response, we're giving away another two BlackBerry PlayBooks. The PlayBook is a new compact tablet, and we have… Read More
• Join Us On July 25 For a Twitter Chat - #BBSMBchat
  Twitter chats are a great way to share ideas and tips -- and also make new connections on Twitter. Mark your calendar for Monday, July 25, 2011. Ramon Ray and Anita Campbell, Co-Founders of Small Business Influencers, will be chatting with you online at Twitter. The chat, called #BBSMBchat, will be from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Eastern time. This chat is hosted by BlackBerry, and the @BlackBerry4Biz Twitter team will be moderating and asking questions. We also hope to have some of the nominees,… Read More
• 520 Is the Final Nominee Count
  We're delighted to announce that the final nominee count came in at 520 nominations. We did a final once-over for any duplicates. Despite our best efforts to check everything during the nomination period, a couple of duplicates had managed to get through until we did our final review of them. Also, we removed any nominations that did not meet the eligibility criteria. For example, we received several nominations of people and companies from outside of North America, and so we had to disqualify… Read More
• Announcing The Winners Of BlackBerry PlayBooks
  Wow! We're delighted to announce the two winners in our BlackBerry PlayBook giveway. This was a Twitter contest and the Twitter screen names of our winners are @dianetowin and @bigvincec. Diane, @dianetowin, is from Pennsylvania and in her profile she says "I like to tweet, I like to learn about new products and yes, I would like to win things occasionally. :)" Li, @bigvincec, is from Kentucky and according to his profile, he likes sports and vg. Thank you to all of you who participated… Read More
• Win a BlackBerry Playbook!
  THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING - THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER. WE HAVE TWO WINNERS AND WILL BE ANNOUNCING THEM SHORTLY. We're giving away 2 exciting new BlackBerry Playbooks. To enter for a chance to win a Playbook, all you have to do is tweet and show your support of Small Business Influencer 2011! The Playbook is a compact tablet from BlackBerry. Thanks to our sponsor, BlackBerry, we have two 16 GB Playbooks for a random drawing. About the BlackBerry Playbook The Playbook is BlackBerry’s… Read More
• Launch: we have lift off!
  Woo-hoo! The Small Business Influencer awards has kicked off. Nominations are now being accepted. And the excitement builds! Read More
• #SMBinfluencer on Twitter
  You can keep tabs on who is being nominated, via Twitter. Just search for the #SMBinfluencer hashtag on Twitter. Read More

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