{"id":60110,"date":"2025-08-15T11:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/?p=60110"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:22:42","slug":"weekly-awards-and-competitions-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/insights\/weekly-awards-and-competitions-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tips for Running Better Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-18cd918c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background lazyload\" style=\"border-radius:12px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);background-image:url(&amp;apos;https:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/08\/Guide-Cropped.jpeg&amp;apos;);background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e51235be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad6aac63 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-left:0\">Award &amp; Competition Tips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">Two minute tips to grow entries (and reduce stress)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Weekly tips from our founder to grow your program&#8217;s impact &#8211; <strong>regardless of what tools you use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Begin Brevo Form -->\n<!-- START - We recommend to place the below code in head tag of your website html  -->\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/sibforms.com\/forms\/end-form\/build\/sib-styles.css\">\n<!--  END - We recommend to place the above code in head tag of your website html -->\n\n<!-- START - We recommend to place the below code where you want the form in your website html  -->\n<div class=\"sib-form\" style=\"text-align: left;\n         background-color: transparent;                                 \">\n  <div id=\"sib-form-container\" class=\"sib-form-container\">\n    <div id=\"error-message\" class=\"sib-form-message-panel\" style=\"font-size:16px; text-align:left; font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#661d1d; background-color:#ffeded; border-radius:3px; border-color:#ff4949;max-width:540px;\">\n      <div class=\"sib-form-message-panel__text sib-form-message-panel__text--center\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"sib-icon sib-notification__icon\">\n          <path d=\"M256 40c118.621 0 216 96.075 216 216 0 119.291-96.61 216-216 216-119.244 0-216-96.562-216-216 0-119.203 96.602-216 216-216m0-32C119.043 8 8 119.083 8 256c0 136.997 111.043 248 248 248s248-111.003 248-248C504 119.083 392.957 8 256 8zm-11.49 120h22.979c6.823 0 12.274 5.682 11.99 12.5l-7 168c-.268 6.428-5.556 11.5-11.99 11.5h-8.979c-6.433 0-11.722-5.073-11.99-11.5l-7-168c-.283-6.818 5.167-12.5 11.99-12.5zM256 340c-15.464 0-28 12.536-28 28s12.536 28 28 28 28-12.536 28-28-12.536-28-28-28z\" \/>\n        <\/svg>\n        <span class=\"sib-form-message-panel__inner-text\">\n                          Your subscription could not be saved. 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