Be sure to put the award and award logo on the front page of your website, ensuring that everyone sees it.
The first step with winning an award is to let everyone know, and one of the best ways to let everyone know is to send out a press release. You can probably google for some good examples, and of course the Cow News is a large source of press releases. Look specifically at the ones that fill a page with a simple change or event. Such as "CBA Partners Uses New Sony Camera" or "GFH Productions Adds New Software". While there are press releases such as "Adobe Announces CS4" there are tons more on small changes made at big companies.
The reason these companies get bigger is they amplify most of what is happening. I have come to find out that no news is too small for a press release, if someone does not know the info, it is news. Writing and distributing press releases is a creative art form, but once you do your first one, it gets easier. Add in some quotes from yourself, info about the awards, etc. There are plenty of examples out there of press releases announcing that a company has won an award.
There are some press release services as well, for usually $99 they will blast your release to everywhere from Yahoo News to Grit (wait..is Grit still around?...)
Writing press releases is also a great way to get comfortable with pimping yourself. If you want to move to a different market, promoting your skills in many avenues is the key.
Frank
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