Laura Rubinstein Nominated For 2014 Small Business Influencer Awards

MEDINA, Ohio - Sept. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- Cleveland, OH, [September 3, 2014] -  Laura Rubinstein has been nominated for the 2014 Small Business Influencer Awards in the category of experts. This is Rubinstein's third year she has earned the nomination.

The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America, through the products, services, knowledge, information or support they provide to the small business market.

The Awards are designed to recognize the unsung heroes of small businesses – those who support and encourage entrepreneurs and small business owners, and help them achieve success and stay successful.

Says Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends and one of the co-founders of the Awards along with Ramon Ray of SmallBizTechnology.com, "Influencers are those who play crucial roles in the small business ecosystem, but who often are in the background.  Many of the nominees are themselves small business owners, entrepreneurs or small businesses.  The impact of the Awards goes well beyond nominees, however – the awards also encourage and excite the nominees’ employees.   The Awards are intended to provide that added little boost in motivation and morale that can make a big difference in results.  Being nominated also distinguishes the nominee from competitors, and in that sense can lead to competitive advantage."

About the Small Business Influencer Awards

The Small Business Influencer Awards (http://influencers.smallbiztrends.com/), now in their third year, enable the small business community to nominate and show their support for those that influence and support them. The Awards have an open nomination period, with community voting, and then a judging period by a group of industry-knowledgeable judges.

The Small Business Influencer Awards initiative is produced by Small Business Trends, an award-winning online publication, serving over 6,000,000 small business owners, stakeholders and entrepreneurs annually, and SmallBizTechnology.com, a media company that produces online content and live events educating small and mid-sized companies on how to strategically use technology as a tool to grow their businesses.  The Awards can be found on the Web at:  SMBInfluencers.com.

About Laura Rubinstein

Rubinstein has been serving small businesses for over twenty years. Her passion is to ignite business visions and help entrepreneurs accelerate their success using digital media and relationship marketing. Rubinstein services clients around the globe, speaks internationally and is a best-selling author of Social Media Myths BUSTED: The Small Business Guide To Online Revenue. To learn more about Rubinstein, read her blog, and explore her book visit http://LauraRubinstein.com ). According to Rubinstein, “Small businesses of the world are making the biggest and most important impact on people’s lives. Large corporations have shareholders to make happy. A small business is directly accountable to the end customer.” In 2013 Rubinstein won the Small Business Influencer Champion Award.