Question 1

What is Best of the 603?

Accepted Answer

The Best of the 603 invites, engages, and allows you, our audience, to recognize the best businesses, organizations, and people in our area. Our focus is on businesses and professionals that support, serve, and do business in Southern New Hampshire.

Question 2

Do I Have to Register?

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Nomination surveys require registration of basic information from the submitter on the occasion we need to clarify an entry. However, we do offer you the opportunity to share your name and email with us so that we can keep you up to date on the program. You may submit your nominees in any given topic area and return to complete the survey any time before deadline.
 
Registration may be necessary in the voting phase to promote fair voting. You may be asked for your name and email address.
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Manchester Radio Group does not review or consider factors such as business licenses, trade affiliations, Better Business Bureau ratings, or online ratings when determining nominees or winners. Best of the 603 nominations and winners are solely chosen by the public through online nominations and voting.

Question 3

Where can I add my FAQs?

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FAQs can be added to any page on your site or to your Wix mobile app, giving access to members on the go.

Question 4

Can I Vote by Paper or in Person?

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No. All nominations and voting are done through our website and links to our voting platform at Votethe603.com.

Question 5

How Does Nominating Work?

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The nomination period begins at 8 AM, Monday, May 20 and ends at 5 PM on Friday, May 31 at Votethe603.com.
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We rely on our audience to supply us with the names of outstanding people, businesses and establishments in each of the 240+ categories. Once the nominees are finalized, our audience is asked to vote on one choice in each category. Per our guidelines, you are allowed to nominate without limits and during voting, vote once every 24 hours.
 
Our audience and business owners nominate their favorites by selecting one of 10 topic areas: Eat & Drink, Education, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Law, Motors, Real Estate, Services, Shopping, Things to Do. Nominees should be individuals and businesses that serve Southern New Hampshire.
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Nominating is as simple as entering a name and city in text entry fields. It’s best, but not required, to provide additional information on the nominee so that we can verify them (Phone number, address, URL). You may return any time before 5 PM on May 31 to add nominations.
 
Businesses with multiple locations will appear as a single nomination for the voting phase unless otherwise specified by the business.
 
Business associates and advertisers of Manchester Radio Group and any other owner-affiliated company are not given special treatment. 
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Users are not required to nominate in all categories but must submit the nomination form by hitting the "submit" button at the bottom of the page. Users are permitted to nominate a single business in more than one category.

Question 6

Will Everyone that is Nominated be on the Ballot?

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For a category to qualify for the ballot, there must be a minimum of 5 separate businesses that are competing for votes. If a category is not qualifying, we will make reasonable accommodations to move the nominee to a similar category. Once a category is qualified, we will ballot each individual business that has been nominated.

Question 7

I’ve Been Nominated, What is Required of Me?

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Businesses, organizations or individuals that are nominated by our audience will be placed on our ballot after they are verified. Should a business earn enough votes to be in the top two they may be required to complete a simple online questionnaire with basic business information including, Name, Location(s), Year Established, Business Hours, Phone Number, Web Address (if any) and submit or make available a photo of the business, organization or individual. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
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Don't forget to download your free promotional assets to use on your website, social media, and place of business to help promote yourself to customers and friends as a nominee during the voting period!

Question 8

How are Votes Tabulated?

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The regular voting period begins at 8 AM, Monday, June 17 and ends at 5 PM, Friday, July 5 at Votethe603.com 
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Nominations and votes are tabulated by a third-party. Manchester Radio Group and it's affiliates do not know the results of the contest until after the votes are tabulated. In each category, readers vote on their favorite nominee. Readers are permitted to vote in each category once per day. Businesses, institutions, individuals and schools are encouraged to promote the contest in order to gain nominations and/or votes. Competitive advertising, special offers, campaigns are permitted; however, Manchester Radio Group at it’s sole discretion, reserves the right to exclude from the competition any businesses or individuals that engage in activities intended to “rig” or “fix” the voting process. Votes that are suspect may be disqualified in the count.
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Use of bots, robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed, vote exchange websites, vote “farming”, scripts or other automated means designed to circumvent “one ballot per person per day” rule, are not allowed. Contestants discovered using these methods for vote acceleration are subject to suspected votes being disqualified without notice, and the jeopardy of the Contestant being completely disqualified and removed from the competition.
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Business associates and advertisers of Manchester Radio Group and any other owner affiliated company are not given special treatment.

Question 9

Can I “Write-In” a Business During Voting?

Accepted Answer

All nominations have to be verified prior to being placed on the final ballot. During the nomination process, we welcome all submissions.
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Our ballot is a closed ballot, however; we will consider late entries into an established category by request. All late entries must be emailed to support@bestofthe603.com for consideration.

Question 10

When will Winners be Announced?

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The names of the winners will be posted and announced online on Thursday, September 12 at Bestofthe603.comand honored in our Best of the 603 special winners' magazine. In the event of a tie in any category, more than one winner or runner-up may be awarded.

Question 11

I'm a winner! How do I get the winner's logo?

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Best of the 603 and the unique logos are property of Manchester Radio Group and may only be used with express, written permission. Logos are licensed to winners at a marketing spend or direct payment of $1,995 or more. Best of the 603 merchandise does not count towards the logo license spend. Contact us to request your logo.

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