{"id":1146,"date":"2017-03-09T10:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T19:56:41","slug":"best-small-business-websites-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/best-small-business-websites-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Small Business Websites of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WebAward17_Banners_250x250.jpg\" alt=\"WebAward17_Banners_250x250\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WebAward17_Banners_250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WebAward17_Banners_250x250-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WebAward17_Banners_250x250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best small business Websites in the world as part of their 21st annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/?utm_source=WMABlog&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=Advertising&amp;utm_content=CFE&amp;utm_campaign=WebAward\">WebAward Web site<\/a>. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including small business web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for advertising web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/winners_detail.asp?yr=all&amp;award_level=best&amp;category=Small%20Business&amp;utm_source=WMABlog&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=Advertising&amp;utm_content=CFE&amp;utm_campaign=WebAward\">Best Small Business Website WebAward<\/a> winners:<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2013 DynamiX for Zerorez<br \/>\n2015 &#8211; TopSpot Internet Marketing for Punum Roofing of Houston Website<br \/>\n2014 \u2013 screenagers for 99 reasons why our website is not online yet<br \/>\n2013 &#8211; DASH Co. for DASH Co. Website<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; My1Stop.com for My1Stop.com &#8211; Printing Made Easy<br \/>\n2011 &#8211; Overstock.com for Overstock.com<br \/>\n2010 &#8211; CityMax.com for Small Business Website Builder<br \/>\n2009 &#8211; Risdall Marketing Group for Peter\u2019s Body Shop Web Site Design<\/p>\n<p>All small business entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward\u2019s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Small Business Website can submit their website for consideration at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/?utm_source=WMABlog&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=SmBiz&amp;utm_content=CFE&amp;utm_campaign=WebAward\">WebAward.org<\/a>. Winners of a WebAward in the advertising and marketing categories will also receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Handsome statue or certificate of achievement<\/li>\n<li>Increased visibility for their company<\/li>\n<li>Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media<\/li>\n<li>Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO<\/li>\n<li>A highlight for your resume.<\/li>\n<li>Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best small business Websites in the world as part of their 21st annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including small business web sites, based on the seven criteria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webawards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}