WHAt ARE THE #DESIGNHOUNDs INFLUENCER AWARDS?
Before I answer the question I posed with the title of this post, “WHAT ARE THE #DESIGNHOUNDS INFLUENCER AWARDS, I want to backtrack to Dec. 2019 and acknowledge the honor I felt at being named by FIXR.COM as one of their Top 200 Influencers In Home Design for 2020.
This was something I was chosen for based on their own internal criteria and the people included are some of the people I admire most in the industry.
However, as with any list like this, notable names were not included that should have been…….and the upcoming winners of Veronika Eagleson’s #DesignHounds Influencer Contest that you are about to read about will give them some more names to consider, too!
Thank you, FIXR.com!
So, what are the #DesignHounds Influencer Awards 2020 all about?
They are awards given in several categories for the top influencer in each category. People were allowed, in the pre-voting phase to nominate themselves and/or those they knew. Now, in the voting phase which lasts until Jan. 18th, 2020, people from around the world can vote for their favorites on the Design Hounds platform, every day, until Saturday, January 18th, when voting closes.
Afterwards, the number of votes + the individual decisions of a panel of judges will determine the final winners in each category and a major ceremony for the winners will take place at the upcoming Kitchen and Bath Associations’ annual tradeshow in Las Vegas on Thursday, January 24th.
So just what is #DesignHounds?
Design Hounds is the brainchild of Veronika Eagleson and it is an influencer marketing platform where all the true design influencers in the world of interior design and kitchen and bath design congregate.
Veronika and her team plan trips to many different places around the world for her #DesignHounds, which brands sponsor in return for extensive blog and social media coverage by those Veronika & the brand select for the trips.
There are many other activities Design Hounds participate in over the year, too, all of which are fun and exciting.
SIDE NOTE: I’ve known Veronika now for 10+ years, before she started #DesignHounds.
We met when I had just started working in the field of social media and when she first started MODENUS MEDIA, one of my own early brand side clients, Spirit of Sports, sponsored her first #BLOGTOUR to London in Sept. of 2011, which I also went on….an incredibly fun and memorable experience!
If you want to take a tour back through social media history, see this blog post that Stacey Holston Bewkes of Quintessence blog, who also went on that first Blog Tour, wrote about Spirit of Sports, my sponsoring client.
And for a deeper dive into Veronika’s mind about her very first Blog Tour, see this post on Susan Serra’s blog:
https://www.thekitchendesigner.org/blog/2011/9/19/london-design-festival-blog-tour-2011-and-modenuscom.html
Fast forward 10 years…and back to Veronika’s 4th annual Design Hounds Influencer Marketing Awards!
First, every single person nominated in her new contest is already a genuine influencer in their own right, but this contest she’s started culminates in the fabulous award ceremony mentioned above + a boatload of free PR and national visibility for the year ahead, AND, for the overall winner, a trip to the Eurocucina tradeshow in Milan!
I have been nominated ( I don’t know by who as I didn’t nominate myself…but thank you if you’re reading this! ) and many of my friends and our clients are nominated, too!
And make no mistake, even though Veronika doesn’t nominate herself, any * list * that doesn’t include her as a TOP INFLUENCER isn’t a complete list.
Because my clients are also nominated alongside me, I am not going to ask for votes, because I would rather see one of them win the trip to Eurocucina. See the clients I am voting for below, along with the links to their voting portals, if YOU would like to vote for them, too!
One of the things I love about Veronika’s contest is how each person’s bio + social links have been included in their nomination area on her site. This is a nice way for the brands and all of the influencers on her site to get to know each other better..and even if you don’t get a single vote, this kind of visibility opportunity is an excellent one.
This is a screenshot of how my own nomination area looks on her site at the beginning of this contest.
And this is the direct link to it, if you’d like to see it.
https://designhounds.com/insights/influencer-awards-2020/?entry_id=187499154
As I said, several of our past Savour Partnership clients are up for these awards, and I would much rather you vote for them everyday:
Here are our past clients on this list along with their voting links;
Savour Partnership
Sheri Bruneau: http://wshe.es/CPg5RivW
Elizabeth Scruggs: http://wshe.es/eFr4vNXU
Laura Schwartz-Muller: http://wshe.es/MBEPmzQW
Jana Donohoe Designs: http://wshe.es/HR5oKXcO
Laurence Carr: http://wshe.es/n15BeBJd
Carla Aston: http://wshe.es/nUFGrcp0
Luann Nigara: http://wshe.es/kOzjk0CI
Kathleen Jennison: http://wshe.es/knT3SHXU
Good luck to each and everyone of you and know: I wish you the best of luck in this contest. YOU are the ones I will be voting for, every day…and this post will make it easy for me to come back and click each of your links to do it!
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Veronika Miller: thank you for being such a great friend, and doing so many incredible things for all of us in the industry. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.
You are the true #1 influencer…no matter how many votes someone else gets.
You elevate us all.
And for any brands that may be reading this… this is how Veronika’s #DesignHounds platform works for you.
See www.designhounds.com and follow the #designhounds hashtag on Instagram.
As always, thank you for taking the time to read my posts, and I’d love to answer your questions and hear your thoughts in the comments!
Leslie Carothers
Co-Editor, Seasonal Living Magazine
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