They’re back and better than ever! For seven years Charlotte parents have given their biggest shout-outs to local businesses and professionals through the Charlotte Smarty Pants Awards. We absolutely LOVE this pink ‘n green award because we {heart} anything local and we love recognizing how awesome our city is. This year is no exception! We want Y-O-U, Smarty Charlotte, to vote for your QC favorites.
We will accept nominations now through 10 PM on February 26th. We’ll tally all entries (one per Smarty email address, please) and announce the winners on Tuesday, March 24th. Vote here now!
Presenting the 2015 Charlotte Smarty Pants Awards
Categories:
1) Best maternity boutique
2) Best place to find a baby shower gift
3) Best kid-friendly restaurant
4) Best gal pals lunch spot
5) Best place to get a healthy lunch
6) Best meal service delivery
7) Best date-night spot
8) Best QC workout
9) Best fitness instructor
10) Best children’s boutique
11) Best children’s shoe store
12) Best bakery
13) Best place to get a frozen treat
14) Best birthday party venue
15) Best local toy store
16) Best pediatrician
17) Best pediatric dentist
18) Best orthodontist
19) Best OB/GYN
20) Best primary care physician
21) Best dermatologist
22) Best salon/spa
23) Best place to get a kids haircut
24) Best local consignment sale
25) Best preschool
26) Best daycare
27) Best private school
28) Best place to take the kids on a rainy day
29) Best family photographer
30) Best summer camp
31) Best dance studio
32) Best place to take swimming lessons
33) Best gymnastics facility
34) Best kids sports program
35) Best gift/stationery boutique
36) Best women’s boutique
37) Best interior designer
38) Best organizer
39) Best nutritionist
40) Best Smarty Mompreneur
Smarty Tools to Spread the Word
It’s no small feat to get your favorites to win – you’ve got to shout it from the ROOFTOPS (and by “rooftops” we mean ALL social media outlets). Get all of your friends excited and ready to vote. Here’s how:
1. Tell your favorite businesses about the 2015 Smarty Awards so they can send out to their biggest fans to vote and score bragging rights. Encourage them to use this on all forms of social media to get the word out.
2. Use email, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, you name it – spread the word! Sharing on Facebook is EASY – just hit the “Like” button to share to your friends. KEEP SHARING! Who says you can only share once? Keep reminding your friends to vote!
You can also link to this page to help expedite the voting process!
Winners will receive a sign to post in their business/online and one month of inclusion in our new Pinkbook & Smarty Steals offers, just because we {heart} all things local. Winners will also receive year-round placement as a 2015 Smarty Awards Winner on our site. Let’s get Smarty and VOTE HERE TODAY!
We look forward to sharing our 2015 Smarty Awards in our newsletter with you on Thursday, March 19th. Please make sure you are subscribed to the CSP newsletter for all the scoop! Let the Smarty voting begin!
