6 Tips To Entering Biz Contests To Win

Improve your odds of walking away with prizes and publicity to help grow your company. According to Inc.com, even if you lose, just applying to a competition can help boost business.

Here’s some tips to beating out the competition.

1. Follow the Instructions
With thousands of competitors, the first round of elimination may come down to ruling out applicants who fail to follow the rules.

2. Take Your Time
You may be juggling a lot of duties, but don’t rush it. Do a rough draft. Write all of the answers out and then take a day to step away from the application.

3. Keep it Simple
The genius is in brevity. Don’t over complicate it. Don’t try to impress the judges with a lot of jargon. Make sure you write, communicate, and present in a fashion that the least common denominator can also understand