New award for SMEs: Visable honors groundbreaking digital projects
On November 18, the first Digital SME Award—DIMA for short—will be presented. The award recognizes outstanding digital projects by SMEs in the DACH region. Entries showcasing digital transformation initiatives can be submitted through October 10, 2021. A jury consisting of experts from business, research, and digital media will select the best entries. The DIMA is sponsored by Visable.
With the Visable wants to win the Digital SME Award create a platform for SMEs and their ideas and innovations. Awards are given to pioneering digital projects from small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that make a significant contribution to making their own company more future-proof.
"The Digital SME Award pursues the same goal that we as a company have dedicated ourselves to: more visibility for SMEs on the Internet and now also on the DIMA stage," explains Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Visable and member of the jury. "We are convinced that innovative small and medium-sized companies are faster and more successful than many of their large competitors. With this award, we are putting these hidden champions in the spotlight."
Awards in four categories
Until October 10, SMEs in the DACH region can submit their digital projects free of charge in one or more of four categories. In the "Customer Experience" category, projects can be submitted that manage to pick up customers online and take them on a digital journey.The decisive factors here are ideas that invite interaction with the brand, product or service in B2B business.
The "Sales solutions" category is looking for smart digitalization measures that provide new impetus and customers for sales.In particular, this includes well thought-out digital approaches that create added value - for example in the sales process, in marketing or in customer loyalty.
The core of the "Sustainability in the company" category is the digital development and implementation of ideas that promote and advance the topic of sustainability in the company.
The "Innovation" category evaluates the development and implementation of new digital projects that are particularly surprising and convincing due to their high degree of innovation.
Expert jury honors digital achievements
The jury, which examines each of the submitted projects for its innovative character, its digital character and its impact in the corporate context, is made up of six experts from business, research and digital media.
Peter F. Schmid contributes his expertise in online retail and B2B business as a member of the jury. He will be joined by Miriam Wohlfarth, founder and CEO of the financial technology company Ratepay, business journalist Dr. Holger Schmidt, Jenny von Podewils, founder and co-CEO of the start-up Leapsome, Prof. Dr. Reiner Kurzhals from Münster University of Applied Sciences and founder of Westphalia DataLab, and marketing and trend expert Oliver Leisse.
Live broadcast of the award ceremony
The winners can be announced on November 18 after previous registration can be followed free of charge in the livestream. In addition to the actual award ceremony, the online event will include presentations on current developments in digitalization. In addition to an official award, the winners will also receive a company profile on Wlw and Europages worth a total of 25,000 euros.
