Good for Business – Murray-Riverina Regional Business Awards

26 July

Written By Tumut Regional Chamber of Commerce

Enter now and help promote your business. With resources stretched from the ongoing COVID pandemic, high petrol prices and retaining employees putting yourself forward for business awards is not always the top of mind. However here’s five reasons why simply entering an award could be good for your business:

1. Free marketing

Business awards can be an overlooked as a marketing tool. Just being shortlisted can improve brand awareness to your existing clientele and promote your business to new customers. Winning a business award can open doors to getting contracts, finding new supply channels and breaking into new markets.

2. Benchmarking

The application process for entering a business award can help you to look at your business from a different perspective and compare yourself to your competitors. This can help you think about ways you could be doing things better and also identify areas for improvement. This could be a bigger benefit and be more valuable than the award itself!

3. Increased credibility

A business award win, short-listing or nomination can act as a positive endorsement for your business. It’s a great way to differentiate your business from your competitors and enhance your relationships with new or existing suppliers. It’s a sure sign of quality and professionalism to potential customers and it can also help with your sales pitch.

4. Employee motivation

By including your employees in the process you allow them to be recognised for their contribution to the business. Awards recognise the hard work and achievements of your employees and just entering can help boost staff morale and improve motivation. Inviting your staff to the awards ceremony or dinner (even via zoom at a local restaurant!) can yield networking opportunities as well as being a great night out.

5. Attract talent

By participating in business awards you can validate your business to new recruits from outside the Snowy Valleys region. It is a great way to promote your business at a time when attracting new employees is very competitive. Increased employee morale will likewise will help your business attract and retain new recruits.

Entries are now open for the 2022 Business NSW Murray-Riverina Regional Business Awards. This year there are 13 individual and business categories that you could enter. Enter today and see where it takes your business!

The awards presentation dinner will be held at the iconic Whitton Malt House in Whitton on Friday October 21.

Go to the website to enter now: Murray-Riverina Regional Business Awards Entries close on Monday 15 AUGUST 2022