Ballotly

Best of contests, built for local media

Turn community voting into your next revenue channel.

Launch a premium Best Of contest in your own brand — a reason to meet every local business in town, grow your audience, and open new sponsorship conversations.

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Readers · Local businesses · Sponsors

White-label. Verified voting.

9:41

Reader voting is open

Best of
Riverton 2026

The Riverton Dispatch

Closes
June 28, 2026
Remaining
12 days left
Categories
24 categories
Time needed
About 2 minutes
Start voting

One ballot per person, confirmed by email.

How it works

  1. 01Pick your favoriteChoose one local business in each category you care about.
  2. 02Verify your emailOne ballot per person, so every vote is real.
  3. 03See the winnersResults are published by The Riverton Dispatch.
Voter preview for The Riverton Dispatch: start the ballot, vote in Best Coffee Shop, Best Pizza and Best Breakfast, then verify by email at best-of-ballot.com.

A proven local media playbook

The ballot was never the whole story.

Large newspapers and magazines have run Best Of contests for decades because they work. A contest becomes a community moment — readers argue about it, share it, and vote for the places they already love.

For a publisher or local agency, it is also a valid, timely reason to walk into every business you choose to include. Those introductions open real relationships — and later, honest conversations about advertising, sponsorships, finalist and winner packages, or marketing services.

The Riverton Dispatch

Est. 1954
Historic small-town Main Street storefronts

Readers’ Choice Edition

Vol. LXXI · No. 12

Best of Riverton

  • CoffeeJuniper & Main
  • PizzaBasil & Stone
  • BreakfastIvy & Oat

Winners as voted by readers · illustrative edition

A contest turns familiar places into a shared local story — the same reason newsrooms have printed readers’ choice editions for generations.

How the format works

  1. The community moment

    Readers vote for the places they care about

    A Best Of contest is something a town takes part in — not just a form to fill out.

  2. The introduction

    A timely reason to talk to local businesses

    You choose and add the businesses you want on the ballot, then let them know and invite them to claim their listing.

  3. The conversations

    Attention worth selling around

    Categories, finalists, and winners create moments you can build advertising, sponsorships, and services around.

The same sequence, whether it’s a flagship Best Of or a focused campaign.

The part that used to be hard

The format was proven.
The production wasn’t.

Categories, business lists, a branded ballot, verified voting, promotion, tracking, and winners used to live across forms, spreadsheets, inboxes, and manual follow-up. Ballotly keeps that same playbook, and makes it calm: a branded, verified contest can be underway over a cup of coffee.

What that makes possible

Four ways a calmer contest helps you grow.

Whether you publish a newsletter or run a local agency, the same format grows your audience, strengthens business relationships, and opens new revenue conversations.

  • Grow a list readers chose to join

    Verified voters can explicitly opt into your newsletter while they vote — consent-based growth, not scraped addresses.

  • Earn a reason to knock on the door

    When you add a business to the ballot, its claim link gives you a relevant, timely reason to reach out. You decide who to contact; Ballotly never does it for you.

  • Build offers around real attention

    Categories, finalists, and winners are moments you can package for advertisers and sponsors when the timing is right.

  • Stay present all year, not once a year

    Run a flagship Best Of or focused campaigns through the calendar, so readers and local businesses keep seeing your brand.

How it works

From first setup to published winners.

Ballotly brings every moving piece of a Best Of contest into one clear workflow—without patching together forms, spreadsheets, voting tools, and results pages.

01

Create your contest

Add your contest details, voting schedule, and publication branding.

Best of Riverton 2026

Setup complete

Contest details

Contest name

Best of Riverton 2026

Publication

The Riverton Dispatch

Voting opens

Mar 2, 2026

Voting closes

Mar 27, 2026

Winners announced

Apr 10, 2026

Publication branding

Dispatch logo & colors

Contest details savedReady to build the ballot

02

Build the ballot

Organize categories, add the local businesses you want on the ballot, and share claim links so owners can complete their listings.

Best of Riverton 2026

3 categories
Best Coffee ShopBest PizzaBest Breakfast

Best Coffee Shop

BusinessClaim status
Juniper & Main CoffeeUnclaimed
Copy claim linkEdit detailsManage images
Harbor RoastersClaimed
Cedar Street CafeUnclaimed
Claim link copied

03

Publish and promote

Publish your white-label ballot and share it with your community.

Best of Riverton 2026

Ballot published

Public ballot link

best-of-ballot.com/riverton-dispatch/best-of-2026
Copy linkDownload QRLink copied

Your brand, your ballot

Share it in your newsletter, on social, in print, or with participating businesses.

Print-ready QR · PNG

04

Engage your community

Collect verified votes while giving readers the choice to join your newsletter.

The Riverton Dispatch

Verified voting

Best Coffee Shop · select one

Juniper & Main Coffee
Harbor Roasters
Cedar Street Cafe
casey@rivertonmail.comEmail verified

We use your email to verify your ballot. If this box is checked, The Riverton Dispatch will also send you local news and contest results. Unsubscribe any time.

Submit ballotVote recorded

05

Publish the winners

Turn verified results into a polished winners experience ready to share.

The Riverton Dispatch

Results published

The Riverton Dispatch · Best of Riverton 2026

Best Coffee Shop

Harbor Roasters

Finalists

Juniper & Main Coffee · Cedar Street Cafe

best-of-ballot.com/riverton-dispatch/best-of-2026/winnersCopy winners link

The business conversation

Adding a business gives you a natural reason to reach out.

When you include a local business in your Best Of ballot, you can let them know, invite them to claim their listing, and give them something worth sharing with customers.

  1. 01

    You add a business to the ballot.

    Choose the local businesses for each category and build a ballot your readers will want to vote in.

  2. 02

    You share its claim link.

    Each unclaimed business has a claim link you can copy from its Actions menu and share however you like.

  3. 03

    The owner meets your brand through a useful local moment.

    They claim their listing on your branded page — and the conversation starts on friendly ground.

Your ballot creates the opening. What comes next is your conversation.

Best of Riverton 2026

Best Coffee Shop
BusinessStatus
Juniper & Main Coffee18 River Street, Riverton
Unclaimed

Actions

  • Copy claim link
  • Edit details
  • Manage images
best-of-ballot.com/claim

The Riverton Dispatch

Best of Riverton 2026

Is this your business?

Juniper & Main Coffee

18 River Street, Riverton

Claim your listing

Add your details for readers.

A publisher's perspective

Hear from Owen Wollum.

A candid conversation about bringing a Best Of contest to a local community — and the opportunities it can create along the way.

Watch the conversation

Built-in measurement

Know where your voters actually come from.

Ballotly includes Meta server-side conversion tracking. Contest activity is sent straight from our servers to Meta, so you can see which promotions bring in leads and voters — and decide where your time and budget are worth spending.

Because the events are sent server-side, they don't depend on a browser pixel surviving ad blockers or tracking restrictions. You connect your own Meta account, and the reporting stays yours.

Events sent to Meta

  • 01

    Ballot opened

    Someone arrived at your contest and started looking.

  • 02

    Vote recorded

    A real, verified vote — the moment interest becomes action.

  • 03

    Reader opted in

    A voter chose to hear from you again.

Sent server-side from Ballotly to your connected Meta account.

Questions, answered

Everything you need to know before your first contest.

A clear, white-label way to bring a proven local-media format to your market.

Built for local publishers and agencies.

  • A white-label tool for local publishers and agencies to launch and run reader-voted Best Of contests entirely in their own brand.

Still deciding? See what every plan includes

PLANS FOR LOCAL NEWSLETTERS & AGENCIES

Choose the plan that fits your local market.

Run polished, verified Best Of contests in your own brand. Start with the essentials or choose annual for more room to grow.

Monthly

$65/ month

A flexible way to start.

  • 3 active contests at a time
  • 1 publication workspace
  • 100 AI image credits each month
Choose Monthly

Most Popular

Best value

Annual

$499/ year

A full year to make the format your own.

Save $281 vs. monthly — plus 5× the workspaces

  • Unlimited active contests
  • 3 publication workspaces
  • 200 AI image credits each month

INCLUDED CLASS WITH ANNUAL PLAN

The Best Of Playbook Class

Learn the exact step by step strategy we use to turn local “best Of” contests into revenue.

Choose Annual

Quarterly

$140/ quarter

A season at a time.

Save $55 vs. monthly

  • 2 active contests at a time
  • 1 publication workspace
  • 100 AI image credits each month
Choose Quarterly

Every plan includes

  • Promo Kit AI — coming soon
  • Full analytics
  • Meta server-side conversion tracking
  • No Ballotly branding
  • Beehiiv direct integration
  • All future updates

Ballotly plans

Bring a proven local-media format to your market.

Run your next Best Of contest without a big-media production effort. Ballotly gives you a white-label public ballot, verified voting, claim links for the businesses you add, and a winners experience your readers can share — all in your own brand.

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Built for local newsletter operators and local agencies.

  • White-label public ballot

    Your publication’s name and brand on every voter-facing page.

  • Verified voting

    One ballot per person, confirmed by email, with optional newsletter opt-in.

  • Business claim links

    Copy a claim link for any business you add so owners can complete their listing.

  • Winners experience

    Turn verified results into a polished winners page you can share.