7th April 2020

Construction Marketing Awards Open for Entry

Once again in 2020, Construct UK is supporting the Construction Marketing Awards – a great celebration of marketing talent across the industry. The awards are for everyone, with entries invited from any team or individual responsible for marketing and / or business development strategy within the Construction and Built Environment supply chain. This includes …..

….. companies involved in materials supply or manufacture, building or infrastructure design, build, maintenance, engineering, consulting service or solutions provider in the Built Environment sector.

This year there are 28 categories and you can enter as many categories as you wish. Entering is simple, you don’t need to engage an agency to help, you just need to set aside some time.

Why enter?
Feedback from entrants tells us that they select the Construction Marketing Awards because of their reputation in the industry. By entering an awards competition, and then being recognised, it acknowledges what the team has done and also provides a benchmark against others in the industry. Some entrants tell us that they set achieving a shortlisting as one of the KPIs for a marketing campaign. We have also been told by winners that they used the credibility gained from their win to justify future marketing budgets and strategies.

If your entry is good enough to be shortlisted there is the opportunity to attend the Gala Dinner in London on 26th November 2020. This is a great night out for the team, with the excitement of perhaps becoming a winner. But beside a possible win, it also showcases what other marketing teams have achieved – encouraging your team and providing inspiration for your future marketing activity.

A simple to use entry system
The online entry system uses software specifically designed for awards entries and has been tailored for the Construction Marketing Awards. It is intuitive, with entrants able to save and come back to complete their online entry form in stages.

This stop-start approach to completing your entry allows you to plan writing your entry around a busy schedule. You can start your entry, save and come back to it. You can create more than one entry for more than one category in parallel and upload multiple files to support your entry.

There are guidance notes against each field, to help you and the system allows you to upload supporting material in multiple file formats. And as well as guidance notes we also provide a whole wealth of other support materials to help you make the most of your entry.

Making the best of your entry
It’s surprising how many entries get rejected because they do not follow the Rules of Entry. This document holds all the relevant information in one place. You can download it, save it, print it, scribble on it and use it as your crib sheet to check you have met all the criteria the judges will be looking for.

If you are looking for more guidance then simply head to the how to enter section on the CMA website where there are further sources of information to help:

Writing your winning entry
What the judges will look for
FAQs

Start your entry now!
Treat your entry like any other marketing campaign – putting together a good award entry takes time and effort. Remember, your entry will be reviewed by a group of experienced judges. Consider how you will get their attention, attract their interest, make them want to read your material, and convince them to give you an award.

The Construction Marketing Awards are £60 + VAT per entry and entries are now OPEN. The deadline for entries is Friday, 18th September 2020.

Material referenced should have been completed between June 2019 and August 2020.

Chris Ashworth, who wrote this news article, is co-organiser of the Construction Marketing Awards.