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Free Abstract Management Software Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
The ‘FREE’ word is an advertiser favorite. As a user, we all know why? You would agree that “FREE” usually costs money and time. And in the context of software […]
Learning Series: Press Releases
As social media usage – especially as a news source – continues to rise, more people are questioning whether press releases still matter. After all, social media is an inexpensive, […]
Learning Series: Email Marketing Best Practices
Email marketing is an art. In fact, you should only worry about being overlooked by your target audience, deleted, or marked as spam if you shoot off emails without a […]
Learning Series: Email Marketing Overview
If you’ve heard that email is dead, it isn’t. Emails are the inexpensive way to: Stay in touch with contacts; Alert contacts of upcoming events; Share organizational updates; Promote new […]
Learning Series: Call for Entry Page
Your call for entry page should and will be one of the most highly trafficked pages on your website. As such, you need to take extra care to ensure it […]
Learning Series: Overview Page on Website
You need an overview page on your website. An overview page serves numerous purposes, the most important of which being that it drives value for your program by offering an […]
Learning Series: 10-Step Process for Awards Websites
Your awards website is the one-stop shop visitors can turn to to learn about, enter, and otherwise engage with your program. And, when you want to launch your program on […]
Learning Series: Winner Selection
Your entrants are in, the judges are selected, and the entries are scored. However, this doesn’t mean you necessarily have an obvious winner. In fact, there are countless methods you […]
5 New Uses for Awards Software From OpenWater Users
While each of these new uses is just as much for OpenWater users as it is from OpenWater users, we’re excited to discover new, innovative ways to utilize our software, […]
The ABCs of Your Best Call for Papers
Your best call for papers is yet to come. In fact, it can be this next year, provided that you follow the ABCs of the call for papers process! Here, […]