The 2023 Nominations are In!

For our first-ever San Jose’s Best Awards, we have our hands full with, at first count, over 2,000 nominated companies and places… Wow!

The nomination period was open from December 7th through yesterday, the 18th. We got the word out over social media and through your nominations and reviews, it looks like we have plenty of candidates to vet.

What’s Next?

This is where we really get to work. To truly find “the best” that the San Jose area has to offer, we will painstakingly review each and every candidate. We’ll ensure the category they were nominated for is a good fit. We’ll also ensure all the location data is up to date in our system.

A note on locations… A single location business is easy. We’ll simply count their votes and reviews for the final score. Multiple location businesses are a bit more complicated. Since the quantity of votes and reviews plays a primary role in who wins San Jose’s Best, we didn’t want businesses with multiple locations to have an unfair advantage just because they were bigger. So, we average out the reviews on a per location basis.

This is all part of why it takes so long for us to finalize the nominees. We’ll be working over the Christmas break to get this done as quickly as possible and, hopefully, announce the nominees just after the first of the year.

Thank You!

We couldn’t run these awards without the help of the local community, so thank you very much for your support. And, thank you for your nominations, votes, and reviews!

This has been a long, long road for us. We were poised to launch San Jose’s Best in 2020, but then we ran into a slight hiccup. Not sure if you heard about it, but there was a little thing called COVID-19 that came along and shut us down for a while.

As the old Heinz Ketchup commercials used to say… good things come to those who wait.

At Inbound Systems, we are happy to announce that the wait is over! Tomorrow we are launching the nomination round of our first-ever San Jose’s Best Awards, an annual awards program to highlight and recognize the best companies and places in the San Jose area.

With well over 200 categories, we have just about every business-to-consumer niche covered. Some of our more popular categories will include restaurants, auto repair, entertainment spots, health and beauty businesses, and places to shop.

How Does It Work?

Local residents first have the opportunity to nominate their favorite businesses and places in the San Jose area. From there, we will narrow it down to the top ten nominees.

Those nominees will again be presented to local residents to vote upon. The top vote-getters will also be scored based on their Google reviews for the last year, as well as their BBB rating to ensure that no bad apples get through.

This will leave us with the top three finalists in each category, from which we’ll announce the winners in April.

We really put these candidates through the ringer because of one simple goal… to reveal the truly best that San Jose has to offer.

Are You a Candidate?

Help get the word out to your customers, family, and friends. The more votes you have, the more likely you will come out a winner.

Just keep in mind that votes aren’t the end-all-be-all. Your Google reviews over the previous twelve months should be as spectacular as possible.

For more information on the awards program, be sure to check out these two pages:

• How It Works
• FAQ

Get Involved!

We operate these awards with a very small team and on a very conservative budget. If you’d like to get involved, the best way to support San Jose’s Best is to become a sponsor. The best part is, sponsorships start at just $100!

If interested, please contact us and let us know.