Hampshire Digital Awards 2023

Key Dates

March 6th 2023
August 4th 2023
August 7th — Sep 1st 2023
Oct 2nd 2023

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Welcome to the Hampshire Digital Awards

The Hampshire Digital Awards is a new online award’s programme recognising the best campaigns, activities, and people in digital marketing from across Hampshire. Open to businesses in the county, the awards are free to enter and will be judged by a panel of senior digital marketing specialists in the region.

There are five award categories in 2023, including ‘Best Website ‘ and ‘Best Digital Marketing Rising Star or Exceptional Boss’.

  • Best Website

    This award recognises the best example of an excellent website for a business in Hampshire (entries based on great design, user experience, and SEO considered).

  • Best SEO or Digital Marketing Campaign

    This award recognises the best example of a successful SEO or digital marketing (including any area of online marketing) by a business in Hampshire.

  • Best In-house Digital Marketing Team

    This award recognises the best example of a successful in-house digital marketing team working in a business in Hampshire.

  • Best Digital Marketing Specialist(s)

    This award recognises the best example of a successful digital marketer or digital marketing team working in a business in Hampshire.

  • This award recognises the best example of new talent or an exceptional line manager working in digital marketing in a Hampshire.

Judging Criteria

Judges for the Hampshire Digital Awards will thoroughly review and pre-score all entry forms, taking into account the accompanying materials submitted.

They will be scoring each question within the entry form, as outlined in the category criteria.

These scores will be combined to give an overall score for each entry.

All judges’ pre-scores will then be totalled and the highest scoring entries will be chosen for the shortlist.

The judges will then come together to discuss the highest scoring entries and select the winners for each category.

Please note that entries should not exceed the character count for each form field and should pertain to work completed between January 1st, 2022 and December 31st, 2022.

There are 5 categories of awards:

  1. Best Website
  2. Best SEO or Digital Marketing Campaign
  3. Best In-House Digital Marketing Team
  4. Best Digital Marketing Specialist(s)
  5. Best Digital Marketing Rising Star or Exceptional Boss

The judges will be looking for clear objectives, creative and effective implementation, and tangible and demonstrable results in each category. They will also take into account the structure, presentation, and clarity of each entry. Each entry must include information under each of the headings on the form.

The Rules

The Hampshire Digital Awards have the following rules for entries:

  • Entries must be from businesses or individuals registered or residing in Hampshire at the time of entry.
  • Entries should not exceed the allowed character count, not including company information and URLs.
  • Work examples submitted must have been completed between January 1st, 2022 and December 31st, 2022.
  • Entrants must supply [dependent on the category entered] at least one company and/or organisation logo and/or an image of the individual or team being entered in JPEG or PDF format and upload it with their entry [these must be under 2MB].
  • A separate entry form must be completed and submitted for each individual entry. If multiple entries are submitted, each one must have its own form.
  • If an entry is being submitted in multiple categories, ensure that the correct category form is completed for each. Failure to do so may result in the entry being disqualified.
  • Entry form questions will vary depending on the chosen category, so please pay attention when filling out the form.
  • Entries must be sent from the email associated with your online registration.
  • Please review the terms and conditions and our privacy policy before submitting an entry.

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