Solopreneurs and mom-owned businesses have a wonderful opportunity to get seen, heard and celebrated in the StartUp Nation annual contest to identify the top 100 home based businesses. It’s really a great vehicle to guide serious business owners in the art of building buzz and inviting interest in how they serve the world.
Those who are recognized among the top 100 certainly get the additional visibility and recognition that goes along with it. That certainly makes it a whole lot easier to attract more perfect clients and fuel your prosperity.
Those who enter should be engaged in putting their best image and story forward to touch the hearts and minds of those who are voting.
Serious candidates should most definitely learn to be active commenters and posters in networking sites and blogs like StartUpNation and other communities where they can elevate their brands by providing value and all the while maintaining links to posts to their contestant’s profile, making it easy for others to vote for them.
It all sounds like a pretty darn good exercise to me. That is why I put my own business in the ring in the “Recession Buster” category.
Here are the other categories:
Most Innovative
Boomers Back in Business
Greenest
Yummiest
Wackiest
Savviest in Social Media
Most Slacker Friendly
Most Glamorous
Highest Vote Getters
Consider if a “win” in one of these categories would be a favorable reflection on your brand and reputation and help to attract more of the right people to benefit from how your business serves the marketplace. If your answer is “YES,” enter your story and start your own campaign to build support for your candidacy.
You just might earn bragging rights that could open up a world of new opportunity for your business and the customers and clients you can potentially serve in your own backyard and well beyond. But you can’t win if you don’t enter.
And, if you are so inclined to cast your vote for Authentic Visibility, I’d be honored. You can even sign up for daily email reminders to cast another vote. This contest continues through September 30, 2010. You can vote once each day. Thanks in advance for your support.
Oh, by the way, my colleague and friend PR Coach Pam Perry has entered her business in the social media category. You can cast your vote for Pam at this link. She’s so worthy.
