Dealers’ Choice Award nominations open now

The 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards call for nominations page is now open.

All music industry related professionals are invited to participate in the nomination process, however, key to note that the maximum number of completed forms allowed per individual IP address is three.

The top four to five nominees in each category will be announced early September, and voting for the 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards balloting is timed to begin with the November issue of MMR.

Only subscribers to MMR magazine will be eligible to vote in the 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards. In order to qualify for this year’s voting, all new subscriptions must be processed (and active) on our files before the November 2016 issue mail date. As the processing time for a new subscription averages 6 – 8 weeks, to be eligible in time for the November ballot, it would be a good idea to begin now in encouraging others to register for a free subscription at mmrmagazine.com/subscribe

No scenario establishes sell through confidence with your dealers faster than an MMR Dealers’ Choice Award on display in your booth at Winter NAMM.

And simply put, the credibility and prestige required to deliver that level of ROI cannot be purchased via negotiation… rather it must be earned via investment.

To that end, if you do believe your product’s competitive merit warrants it, then invest in the one opportunity this year that will earn it – being nominated for a 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Award.

We’ve put together a number of programs (omni channel, uniquely differentiating, and completely scalable) constructed to help you realise the maximum potential return on your decision to invest in the competitive merits of your product – a September thru January investment strategy that:

begins now with the 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards call for nominations accelerates after the 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Award nominee announcements in September builds thru the October issue, in advance of the November issue ballot announcement realises in the December 2016 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards Winners issue fulfils at WNAMM and the January 2017 issue of MMR.