Everything You Need to Know About the 2020 Best of Houzz Awards
The 2020 BoH badges for Houzz professionals are out. We have your questions covered and share some tips for next time
It’s Best of Houzz awards season again, and the 2020 honours have recently been announced. If you were among those who won, congratulations! The Houzz community has spoken, and your stellar work has earned you a serious round of applause in the form of the Best of Houzz 2020 badge or badges now adorning your Houzz profile page.
If you didn’t score an award this year, you may have questions about how the badges are awarded and what you can do as a professional on Houzz to earn yours next time around. Here are a few answers, as well as a few pointers for making the most of your recent, or future, Best of Houzz wins.
If you didn’t score an award this year, you may have questions about how the badges are awarded and what you can do as a professional on Houzz to earn yours next time around. Here are a few answers, as well as a few pointers for making the most of your recent, or future, Best of Houzz wins.
Tip: Didn’t happen for you this year? Don’t worry. The new year is a great time to focus on uploading beautiful professional photos of projects you’ve recently completed, so the community has more time to be inspired by them, save them to their ideabooks and connect with you on their own projects before next year’s awards are granted.
Q: What’s the difference between a Design badge and a Service badge?
A: A Best of Houzz Design award celebrates home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz Service award, on the other hand, depends on factors like a professional’s overall rating and client reviews submitted in 2019.
Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
Landscape designer Kev Quelch of Inovasis Design says clients want to know that the professional they choose to engage has proven client satisfaction, and that the person they will be dealing with throughout the design process will be professional and easy to work with. “Receiving the Best of Houzz service award for the sixth consecutive year provides our clients with the confidence that we provide consistent, quality service throughout the relationship,” he says.
A: A Best of Houzz Design award celebrates home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz Service award, on the other hand, depends on factors like a professional’s overall rating and client reviews submitted in 2019.
Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
Landscape designer Kev Quelch of Inovasis Design says clients want to know that the professional they choose to engage has proven client satisfaction, and that the person they will be dealing with throughout the design process will be professional and easy to work with. “Receiving the Best of Houzz service award for the sixth consecutive year provides our clients with the confidence that we provide consistent, quality service throughout the relationship,” he says.
Tip: Professionals on Houzz need at least one client review from a project completed in the previous year to qualify for a Best of Houzz Service award. Encourage happy customers to talk you up (and improve your chances of getting a Service award) by using the Get Reviews link on your profile page.
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Q: Who will see my award? Can I share it elsewhere?
A: Your Best of Houzz badge(s) should automatically appear on your Houzz profile page but yes, share the good news with your larger network and potential future clients. High-resolution versions of badges are available to use in your marketing materials – simply request them from our Houzz Support team.
Tip: Winners will have received profile badges and a customisable press release in their original Best of Houzz notification email, so go spread the word.
A: Your Best of Houzz badge(s) should automatically appear on your Houzz profile page but yes, share the good news with your larger network and potential future clients. High-resolution versions of badges are available to use in your marketing materials – simply request them from our Houzz Support team.
Tip: Winners will have received profile badges and a customisable press release in their original Best of Houzz notification email, so go spread the word.
Julianne Bull of The Den Interiors says, “Houzz has such a large following and is a great platform for renovators and homeowners around the world. Winning the Best of Houzz Awards consecutively since 2017 is something I’m extremely proud of. Houzz continues to support my business and brings genuine clients with different size projects and budgets. Receiving this award again is a testament to the quality designs and the professional nature in which we conduct ourselves.”
Q: I’d love to see this year’s winners’ work. Where should I look?
A: We can see why. While we don’t publish a list of all winners, their work appears in this gallery. The photos can be filtered by country, area and room type.
Tip: You can also spot winners by browsing professionals’ Houzz profile pages and looking for the badges.
A: We can see why. While we don’t publish a list of all winners, their work appears in this gallery. The photos can be filtered by country, area and room type.
Tip: You can also spot winners by browsing professionals’ Houzz profile pages and looking for the badges.
Q: Just how exclusive is this club?
A: Very exclusive. Only a little more than three percent of Houzz’s 2.5 million active home professionals win each year. In many cases, that means the winning photos garnered thousands to tens of thousands of ideabook saves. In other words, way to go, winners!
Tip: Tagging newly uploaded photos with relevant keywords and topics can make them more searchable, and therefore more popular, among Houzz users.
A: Very exclusive. Only a little more than three percent of Houzz’s 2.5 million active home professionals win each year. In many cases, that means the winning photos garnered thousands to tens of thousands of ideabook saves. In other words, way to go, winners!
Tip: Tagging newly uploaded photos with relevant keywords and topics can make them more searchable, and therefore more popular, among Houzz users.
Your turn
Do you have any other questions? Ask us in the Comments below or contact our Support team. And while you’re at it, like this story, save your favourite images to an ideabook and follow the professionals you admire on Houzz.
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Want to browse more winning designs from the 2020 Best of Houzz Awards? See more here with The Best of Houzz 2020 Winners Revealed
Do you have any other questions? Ask us in the Comments below or contact our Support team. And while you’re at it, like this story, save your favourite images to an ideabook and follow the professionals you admire on Houzz.
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Want to browse more winning designs from the 2020 Best of Houzz Awards? See more here with The Best of Houzz 2020 Winners Revealed
Q: I’ve found out I won. What exactly does my new award represent?
A: We’re so glad you asked. The annual Best of Houzz awards recognise the top-rated home professionals and most popular designs on Houzz by category and area, across the country and around the world, so you’re in great company.
The Houzz community of more than 40 million homeowners selects a small number of winners in the categories of Design, Service and Photography each year. Basically, Houzz users think you and your work are a pretty big deal, and now you have a badge to prove it.
As Rebecca Naughtin of Rebecca Naughtin Architect says, “Prospective clients are more likely to reach out if they have confidence in your business. A Best of Houzz badge improves our exposure, gives credibility to our profile, assures clients that we are competent professionals and boosts our team morale”.