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2009 2010 Small business contests Internet Marketing Campaign Home Business Awards 2010 SBA Small Business Awards Great TCBY Store Giveaway

Win an Internet Marketing Campaign worth $5,000 from Vertical Measures

Enter by: November 3, 2009

Healthcare and wellness businesses can submit a 3 minute video or an essay explaining, in fewer than 600 words and at least one and up to 5 images, why winning an internet marketing campaign is vital for their business. Go here for instructions for entering the contest. A second place winner will receive a customized internet marketing campaign valued at $1,000. Every submission will receive a free Vertical Measures shirt.

 2009 Home Business Awards (United Kingdom Only)

Enter by: November 6, 2009

Run by UK home-business website, Enterprise Nation, there are five categories with thousands of pounds worth of profiles and prizes to be won. Deadline date for entry is 6 November with winners being announced at the Enterprise Nation Conference on Home Enterprise Day on Friday 20 November.

* Home Business of the Year
* Home Business Couple of the Year
* Home Office of the Year
* Young Home Business Owner of the Year (under age of 35)
* The 5 to 9 Home Business (open to anyone holding a day job and building the business at nights and weekends)

Prizes include a company profile on the Enterprise Nation site and in a national newspaper, home office supplies and technology from companies including Regus, Staples, Douwe Egberts, Access Storage and Moneypenny, a brand review with top creative agency, free entry to the Enterprise Nation Conference, and a romantic get-away break for the Home Business Couple of the Year.  To enter download the entry form here.

2010 SBA Small Business Awards

Enter by: November 13, 2009

The SBA is now accepting entries at the state level for Small Business awards in multiple categories, including:

Small Business Person of the Year
Small Business Exporter of the Year
SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year
Financial Services Champion of the Year
Home-Based Business Champion of the Year
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year
Women in Business Champion of the Year
Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery
Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
Winners will be chosen  at the district level (in multi-district states), the State level (from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) and then the National winner for each award is selected from the State winners.

The Great TCBY Store Giveaway

Enter by: November 30, 2009

TCBY (the frozen yogurt stores) is holding a competition to give away a brand new TCBY franchise store for FREE. To enter you must:

Create a video up to 2 minutes long indicating why you should win a TCBY store.
Complete the application form and submit it with your video.
Legal residents of the U.S. who are 21 and older are eligible to participate.

2009 2010 Small business contests Internet Marketing Campaign Home Business Awards 2010 SBA Small Business Awards Great TCBY Store Giveaway