The BT Home Business Award

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The BT Home Business Award Category is open to anyone running a home business, large or small, who can demonstrate how they promote flexible working solutions with home working options  or remote working.

BT Business provides IT and communications information, products and services to more than a million UK business, see http://business.bt.com for more information.

Last year Dean Rhodes-Brandon, Carshalton, Surrey won the BT Home Business Award. Dean’s company yourlocalcinema.com is a cinema-listings service for subtitled and audio-described (narrated) cinema releases and shows, for people with hearing or visual problems.

Dean is profoundly deaf and corresponds almost entirely by email. Read Dean's winning story here.

The BT Home Business Award

The winner of this award will receive BT products and services to the value of £1000!

Award Criteria: Anyone running a Home Business, large or small

You will need to show the judges the following:

1. Demonstrate Your Home Based Business.
* What does your business do? When did your business start up? What is innovative or unique about your home based business? Give an example of a challenge you have had to overcome to get your business started.
 
2. Why should you be Home Business of the Year?
* Why does your business deserve to win the BT Home Business Award?
* What impact have you made on commerce or customers?
* What technology are you using to support your home business or remote-working employees? 

3. Your Home Business in Action.
* How many employees do you have?
* What percentage are home or remote workers? "Describe how being a home-based business has helped you reduce your carbon footprint. Supply any metrics to support your achievements."
* What is the biggest impact remote or home working had on your business? Please give details of why you feel you have the most engaging home business.

Finalist Prizes
A finalist will receive a copy of Paula Wynne's book 'Create a Successful Website', published in Autumn 2010. Read more about Paula's biog here.

Create A Successful Website ...
is aimed at new business start ups, small businesses and individual business owners who see the benefit of some sound ‘Do It Yourself’ advice.

As a Do It Yourself enthusiast, Paula Wynne shares a set of ‘DIY’ ethics to help you avoid online potholes and guide you into creating a successful online business.

Do it Yourself Websites has extremely comprehensive chapters on keywords and how to use them as well as search engine optimisation (SEO) and how to become Googles No 1 with on page and off page optimisation.

What you’ll learn when you read this book:
* Planning, research and branding
* Free websites, hosted sites and bespoke development
* Finding content and earning revenue
* Keywords and search engine optimisation
* How to become Google's No 1
* Go live and marketing your site.

Jam packed with:
* To Dos
* Pros and Cons
* Bulleted lists
* Checklists
* Questions to ask
* Dos and Don’ts
* Expert’s advise
 
This down to earth book will give you the basics of creating a successful online business or web presence, plus a good foundation in which to direct your online business.

About The Author

After a career as a publicist and marketer, , Paula Wynne is now an award-winning businesswoman, an online entrepreneur, woman's ambassador, speaker and a panelist.

Paula is Co Founder of Remote Employment, a job board that champions remote and home working. And she is the organiser of The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business. 

Workshops:
If you don't want to wait for the book to hit the bookstores and Amazon sales in August 2010, why not sign up for a workshop or masterclass.

Or win a free workshop.

Paula's Business Awards:
* Winner of BT Small Business Week 'Responsible Business Day' Award
* Winner of BT FreshIdeas Events Mentor Competition
* Nominated Top 100 Business in Barclays Trading Places Award
* Runner Up in the Enterprise Challenge in the 2009 Enterprising Women Awards
* Finalist for Best Online Business in Women on their Way Awards

See our list of Runner Up Prizes.

Early entrants who are shortlisted as a Semi Finalist will benefit from extra publicity!

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