This category is open to any ecommerce store that sells products to customers, this includes both physical and digital goods.
We welcome entries from all industries.
Judges will be looking for ecommerce store owners who can demonstrate a strategic approach to developing their online store experience, winning new customers, managing customer relationships, and building a sustainable and profitable business.

No. All businesses are welcome.

No. It’s just a fun way to spread the word.

Yes of course 🙂 but you don’t need to have been nominated to enter.

No. All businesses are welcome

If you’ve never entered a business award before, the Digital Marketing Collective Awards are a great place to start. We’ve kept the process super simple, and we’re here to support you along the way. It’s a great opportunity to reflect on your business success. The content you create for your entry can also be repurposed – use it on your website, as a blog, or even share snippets of it on social media. It also means you’ll have some answers ready to go when you decide to enter any other award programs out there.

Each category has five or six questions to answer, of around 200 words each – around 1,000 words in total.
We’d estimate it will take three – six hours to complete your entry, including some time to gather evidence such as client testimonials.

No.

The judges will be looking for entrants who are taking their business seriously – no side-hustles or hobbyists, but people who have made a real commitment to building their business, upskilling, marketing and developing themselves.

These awards aren’t just about digital marketing but rather about recognising the reality of running a successful business and the hard work that goes into it behind the scenes.

There will be 10 finalists in each category.

Yes, if you have a close personal connection (or an issue) with a judge let us know and we can make sure they’re not involved in the judging process.

If you’re looking for some inspiration on how to write an award entry, you can check out Erin Huckle’s masterclass on award writing in the Digital Marketing Collective membership.

Finalists will be notified via email and announced in the Digital Marketing Collective member group on Facebook and in the Digital Marketing Collective member newsletter . All finalists will be provided with Digital Marketing Collective logos and badges so they can promote their success within their own networks.

If you aren’t a finalist this year, you’ll still have invested some worthy time in your business, and we’d encourage you to consider entering again in 2024 . Judges may provide specific feedback at their discretion.

Winners will be announced at Digital Marketing Collective Conference 2023 on Saturday 7 October, so we encourage entrants to attend the conference in-person.
Winners will be publicised via the Digital Marketing Collective social media channels and newsletter and via an official press release.

We plan on making the Digital Marketing Collective an annual event and hope to return in 2024.

Nell Casey is a copywriter and content strategist who works with new and established ecommerce brands to create content that‘s engaging, inspiring and worth coming back for. Since founding digital marketing agency Fete Creative, Nell has worked with hundreds of ecommerce businesses to help them craft strategic brand identities that generate eyeballs, clicks and sales.

Deborah Quinn serves as one of the Directors of two successful e-commerce ventures: thechristmascart.com.au and giftsandkeepsakes.com.au. Her journey in the online retail industry began in 2008 when she founded the first website. Over the past 15 years, Deborah has witnessed the remarkable evolution of e-commerce and has adapted her businesses accordingly. With her business partner, Kym, she has experienced many challenges and triumphs. Despite the ups and downs, Deborah remains extremely grateful for the position she holds today as she gets to indulge her passion for creating, decorating, and celebrating.

Anu is a quirky, kind human with an infectious zest for life. With a design degree in her bag, she set out to change how people feel, one design at a time.

After spending far too many years working for big brands (Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, Giorgio Armani, Gap, The Gazal group & Leona Edmiston to name a few) she threw it all away for creating with kindness and selling without selling her soul. She brings her brightness and sparkle to life and believes, wholeheartedly, that happy people create happy things.

Through founding Bidiliia, her own ethical jewellery brand, she found her love for experiential copywriting. She’s a storyteller with an inspiring story and is going places with her newfound love.
Mum to two small humans, Anu lives in Sydney and is originally from India. Oh, and she’s 3.2cms taller than her natural height, thanks to two new hips and a new knee.
She believes in thinking outside the box and being persistent. But above all she believes that you shouldn’t have to sell your soul to run a business.

Kerri Bennett is the friendly face behind Shopify and SEO agency Yellow Door Digital. Kerri was fortunately to spend ten years at a major communications agency in Melbourne where in her role as Digital Producer she was able to dive into all things digital. Kerri spearheaded the company’s debut into social media, SEO, analytics, email marketing, online memberships, website development and gathering a degree in Internet Communications along the way. In 2018 Kerri swung open the doors to her own digital marketing agency.

With her straight-talking and completely transparent approach, Kerri cuts through the geek-speak to help her clients get clear on what they need to do to succeed online. With a focus on eCommerce websites – she helps growing product based businesses develop and execute solid SEO strategy that take your visitors from click-through to cart.

Don’t be fooled by his cheeky and affable nature, Shan is a creative genius with mad social skills, who turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. Shan has been called ‘The Rainmaker’ by his clients as he helps them turn their businesses into profit-making behemoths. From operations to marketing to team wrangler, Shan is an expert Online Operations Manager that provides business owners and entrepreneurs with the security and support to bring their business dreams into reality.

Ben is a passionate online video strategist, video producer, international speaker and consultant working with high-impact brands worldwide to connect them to their ideal audiences through effective online video marketing. As host of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, and coach to hundreds of Video Strategists globally, Ben’s mission is to help other creatives, marketers, entrepreneurs and video producers better understand how to attract, engage and convert audiences online with video.

Jo Saunders is a sought after independent LinkedIn expert and trainer, known as the LinkedIn Demystifier. She is driven by an intense curiosity in how LinkedIn can be leveraged to establish connection, enhance credibility and earn influence through the power of Connectfluence. She is engaged to train, mentor and strategise with teams of entrepreneurial thinkers and talented experts who are focussed on solving client problems. Jo is the winner of Best Use of LinkedIn 2021, Social Media Educator of the Year Award Finalist 2019 and was named #2 LinkedIn Expert in Asia Pacific for 2018, and is the co-author of ‘Get Good or Get Off – A guide to getting it right on social media’.