Because of the many requests we received for entry deadline extensions, we extended the entry deadline for the 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service to December 16 for everyone.

If you haven't yet submitted your entries, there will be no additional penalty for your late entries.

The web site at http://www.stevieawards.com/sales, and the online entry kit at http://thestevies.com/EntryKits/SASCS08/EntryKit.html, have been updated to reflect the extended deadline.

There are 68 categories to choose from: 41 categories honoring sales and business development professionals, and 27 categories honoring call center and customer service professionals.

Finalists will be notified on January 13, and the third annual awards dinner will take place in Las Vegas on Monday, February 9.

Stevie Award-winning entries will be automatically entered in next year's American Business Awards or International Business Awards.

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This Friday, December 12 is the second early-bird entry deadline for The 2009 (7th annual) American Business Awards. Entry fees at this deadline are discounted by as much as 20%.

The online entry kit for the ABAs is available at
http://thestevies.com/EntryKits/
ABA09EntryKit.html.

Choose from dozens of categories, honoring individuals, companies, teams, products, and advertising and other forms of corporate media.  

The final entry deadline for the 2009 ABAs is March 31. Late entries will be accepted through April 30. Finalists will be announced in mid-May, and the 2009 awards gala will be on Monday, June 22 in New York.

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The 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business were presented in New York on November 14. Among this year's honorees was Gloria Rodriguez, founder, president and CEO of Comunicad, a multicultural marketing communications company headquartered in the Washington, DC area, with a presence in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Detroit, San Juan, Mexico, Argentina, and Spain. Gloria was recognized for Lifetime Achievement in the Advertising, Marketing, and PR industries.

We spoke with Gloria about how she got her start in business, how and why she founded Comunicad, and what multicultural marketing is all about

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		Read Gloria Rodriguez's Stevie Award-winning Entry,,

Coming in 2009: The People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products - a nationwide public vote for the general public's favorite new products of the year. Every product or service nominated in The 2009 American Business Awards will automatically be included in the People's Choice Stevie Awards vote. Voting will open in April, and winners will be announced at the ABA gala in New York on June 22...

The menu of sponsorship opportunities for The 2009 (7th annual) American Business Awards is now available. You'll find the menu at http://thestevies.com/ABA09SponsorshipPackages.pdf...

We invite you to apply to be a preliminary judge for the 2008 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. As a judge you'll get to see how businesses around the world are creating success for themselves and their organizations. Judging will be done online, at your convenience, in December-January. The two preliminary judges who score the most entries will be offered two free tickets to the awards dinner in Las Vegas in February..,.

December 12 : Second early-bird entry deadline for 2009 American Business Awards

December 15: Stevie Awards reception for Japanese business leaders, Conrad Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

December 16: Extended entry deadline for 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

January 13: Finalists notified in 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

February 9: Awards gala for 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Las Vegas