Mountain Peaks is excited to announce its inaugural Best of Mountain Top readers choice awards program.
Readers can vote for their favorite businesses across a variety of categories from Mountain Top and surrounding areas including Nuangola, Dorrance, Drums, White Haven, Freeland, Conyngham and Weatherly.
Best of the Mountain Top 2022 nominations open to the public on Oct. 3 and run through Oct. 21, giving our readers the opportunity to recognize excellence among local businesses and organizations.
And, keeping with enhancements made to the longstanding program in 2021, the Times Leader Media Group is offering a wide range of platforms for potential nominees to get the word out among voters.
“We have so many ways to help our local businesses encourage votes,” Times Leader Media Group Publisher Kerry Miscavage said, including a special tool kit for local businesses to spread the word on social media and in their locations.
“This program puts our local business owners in a spotlight where they deserve to be,” Miscavage said.
How it works
Readers will have an opportunity to nominate their favorites in every category and then cast their ballots for the top nominees in each category.
• Nominations open Oct. 3 at mt-peaks.com/bomt. The nomination period closes Oct. 21.
• There are 14 categories in which you can vote for your favorite local businesses. Remember, this is a local business contest, so national chain properties will not be included.
• You can vote one time per email address per day.
• After the nomination round is over we will move into the voting phase, in which you will be able to go into the ballot and vote for the top five nominees per category. More information will be released on that as it draws nearer.
• When the voting round is over, the ballot will select the top winners in each category.
• Winners will be announced after all votes are counted.
This just shows how important the nomination phase is to your business. The more nominations you have, the better chance that you will have to be a finalist in the voting round.
This is the readers’ choice best practice, and it allows more businesses to have an opportunity to be voted Best of the Best.
Putting businesses in the spotlight
Advertising Manager Diane McGee said the program enables Times Leader Media Group to highlight and celebrate as many local businesses as possible, bringing valuable recognition from the community.
Over the years, that spotlight has brought positive accolades to many proud winners in our region, often for several years running.
“We frequently hear from winners about the positive feedback they receive via word-of-mouth, from customers coming in the door, and increasingly on social media,” McGee said.
“It’s a powerful demonstration of how much respect the program has built up over the years, and how the awards leave an impression on readers — which can only help boost business,” she explained.
