2026 Nomination Toolkit

Who Needs Attention? You Do!

Best of the Pines success starts with Round 1: Nominations. Let's do this.

5 Ways to Get Nominations

Ask for them: We’ve created “Nominate Us” ads that you can use on your website (below). Be sure to place one in a prominent position so your customers see it, and then link back to www.bestofthepines.com so they can easily access the ballot.

  • Send reminders: Post regularly on your social media accounts, asking your followers to nominate your business and provide this link: www.bestofthepines.com]
  • Let us help: Download our free social media graphics. They are pre-formatted and labeled for the appropriate platform.
  • Repeat: Send emails to your customer database. Recommended dates:
    • June 1: Nominations are open!
    • June 10: Friendly reminder to make nominations
    • June 19: Last call – nominations end June 22!
  • Speak up: Tell your customers which categories you want to be nominated in. Download this PDF flyer to put by your register and make it a priority to ask your customers to nominate you. If you’ve purchased text-to-nominate keywords, there are more flyers below that you can use to share your text keywords.

Note: The Pilot owns all copyright, including Best of the Pines images and other intellectual property rights in materials that are created by The Pilot for our advertisers. Reproduction of those materials without our expressed consent is a violation of the copyright law. All Best of the Pines images must include the “Nominate Us” or “Vote for Us” verbiage; use of the blank contest logo is prohibited. If you have any questions, please contact our ad director Samantha Cunningham at 910-693-2505.

Printable Flyers

NOMINATE US FLYER

Print this out and fill in the blanks with the categories you’d like your customers to support you in.

TEXT TO NOMINATE FLYER: 1 category

If you’ve purchased a texting keyword for one category, print this out and fill in the blank space with your unique texting keyword.

TEXT TO NOMINATE FLYER: multiple categories

If you’ve purchased texting keywords for more than one category, fill in the blank spaces with your categories and corresponding texting keyword.

If you are a business interested in purchasing a text-to-nominate keyword, contact your account rep at The Pilot or email bestofthepines@thepilot.com. 

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