Best of Dayton
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Winners announced on June 26, 2026!
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Downloadables for Businesses
- Use clear, simple, call-to-action messaging on your platforms: “Nominate us for Best Pizza in Dayton.com’s Best of Dayton!”
- Include this on your business website’s homepage, and make sure to link to nominations / voting on DaytonDailyNews.com
- Include this in your business newsletter, and link to nominations / voting on DaytonDailyNews.com
- Social networks to leverage include: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn.
- Use clear, simple, call-to-action language: “Nominate us for Best Pizza in DaytonDailyNews.com’s Best of Dayton!”
- Make sure you’re also sharing and promoting the DaytonDailyNews.com nomination / voting links to drive people to nominate and vote for you.
TIPS:
- Don’t treat it as “one and done,” because not everyone will see it the first time! Share often.
- Strategically message customers more than once on social media (for example, to kick off nominations, to kick off voting, and last chance to nominate / last chance to vote)
- Use different messaging for nomination and voting phases to clarify that these are different objectives
Use for nominations March 16 - 27
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Use for finalists April 20 - May 15
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Nominations:
NOMINATE US for us to be a Best of Dayton (enter the category you want to be in here)! Go to https://www.daytondailynews.com/best-of-dayton/ to nominate us today!
Include a social media shareable graphic you can find below
Voting:
VOTE for us as a Best of Dayton (enter what category you’re in here) at https://www.daytondailynews.com/best-of-dayton/. You can vote once a day to choose us as your favorite (restaurant, bar, salon, etc. - put your business type here)
Include a social media shareable graphic you can find below
