{"id":9061,"date":"2013-07-05T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=9061"},"modified":"2016-11-16T19:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:41:55","slug":"small-business-awards-the-influencers-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/small-business-awards-the-influencers-2013","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Awards: The Influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/images\/2013\/logo\/Logo-square-2013.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the third year in a row, the most influential companies, organizations, vendors, apps and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market will be honored at an Awards Gala in New York City in October.<\/p>\n<p>And, <i>you<\/i> get to vote on which ones you feel should be there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Produced By\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Small Business Influencer Awards<\/strong> are produced by <a title=\"about small biz trends\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smallbiztrends.com\/about\">Small Business Trends<\/a>, an award-winning online publication and <a title=\"technology ramon ray\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smallbiztechnology.com\/about\/\">SmallBizTechnology.com<\/a>, a media company that produces online content and live events.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2012 small business awards winners\" href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/2012-top-champions-and-honorable-mentions\/\">Go here to check out last year\u2019s winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Who Are They Going To Be In 2013?<\/h2>\n<p>The Top 100 Small Business Influencers are well\u2026influential.<\/p>\n<p>They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leaders (<i>executives, academics, government officials, or key employees who are part of companies or other organizations serving the small business market<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Corporations (<i>companies that provide products and services to the small business market, and non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and advocacy and support organizations<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Journalists (<i>individual journalists, reporters, editors, broadcasters, bloggers, podcasters, freelance writers<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>News Outlets (<i>media companies, newspapers, magazines, broadcasting companies<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Apps (<i>software applications, software as a service or SaaS, mobile apps, tablet apps<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Experts (<i>mavens, authors, speakers, consultants, advocates, professionals such as lawyers or CPAs<\/i>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Nominations Have Started<\/h2>\n<p>Who should be nominated this year for these <strong>small business awards<\/strong>? Who are <strong>the influencers<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Who has influenced small business in a big way?<\/p>\n<p>Are there people in <a title=\"franchising\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-fit-you-will-take-a-hit-if-you-dont-really-fit\">franchising<\/a> that should be nominated this year? (<i>There were last year<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>This <a title=\"dina-dwyer owens award winner\" href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/small-business-leaders-2012\/dwyer-owens-dina\/\">Undercover Boss participant<\/a> from the franchise industry was a Small Business Influencer Award winner last year, and we got to spend some time together at the awards ceremony. (<i>I was an official Judge for the awards<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>Who are you going to nominate?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/rules\/\">Go here for the official rules<\/a>, as things are being done differently this year.<\/p>\n<p>And, for the third year in a row, I\u2019m honored to be <a title=\"judges for business awards\" href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/judges\/\">an Official Judge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Start nominating and voting today!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s show the small business community how those of us in franchising influence small business.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"nominations\" href=\"https:\/\/influencers.smallbiztrends.com\/nominate\/\">Nominate<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For the third year in a row, the most influential companies, organizations, vendors, apps and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market will be honored at an Awards Gala in New York City in October. 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