2026 Better Your Best

Grand Prize of $10,000! Deadline to apply is Jan 23rd, 2026.

Winner announced at the February 2026 RISE Conference.

Must be present to win.

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The “Better Your Best” contest is available to iGo Community members. Simply submit an application highlighting your business achievements of the past year.

Every Platinum Community Member has a chance to win the contest, regardless of your current business situation.

The winner is not determined by how successful your business is, but by the improvements you have achieved in your category, as well as by who can best articulate the amazing benefits of making a commitment to building a better business.

During our 2025 RISE Conference, a winner is selected to receive the grand prize of $10,000 cash and become the iGo Community Ambassadors for the new year!

Better Your Best allows us to come together and celebrate one another’s accomplishments – because that’s what our community is all about: cheering each other on, applauding those who reach their goals, and helping others avoid pitfalls along the way.

Contest Overview

Virtually every Platinum Community Member has a chance to win the “Better Your Best” contest, regardless of who you are or what your current overall business performance is.
The winner is not determined by how successful your business is, but by the improvements you have achieved in your category, as well as by who can best articulate the amazing benefits of making a commitment to building a better business.
The winners of the contest will show the most improvements in their business category by comparing a period of at least 3-months from 2025 to the same period of at least 3-months in 2024.

Application Directions

There are two main categories for your application: 1. Revenue Growth and Profit and 2. Business Operations and Campaigns
- For the Revenue Growth and Profit category: this will focus on financial and operations performance as well as any strategic changes that may have been made to improve KPIs.
- For the Business Operations and Campaigns category: this will focus on the everything from the addition of profitable ancillary services to high-performing marketing campaigns. We will want to clearly understand the key insights and strategies implemented that led to success.

ESSAY : In 700 words or less, please explain why you should be named the “Better Your Best” contest winner. Contestants should be creative and specific in their essays.
You may choose to discuss how you benefited from this contest, how goal setting is an important component of success, or your use of proven marketing techniques.
Consider questions such as: What kept you going this year? What was the single most important element of your success? How can you motivate others?
MARKETING VIDEO: In 60 seconds, please provide a video of a successful marketing campaign you executed that contributed to your growth. Explain what steps you took to achieve this campaign and how it helped your company in 2025. You may choose to verbally speak through this campaign or show a digital marketing campaign with a loom video
REVENUE GROWTH AND PROFIT VIDEO: In 60 seconds, please provide a video explaining your revenue and/or profit achievements in 2025.

Times and Deadlines

The “Better Your Best” contest is officially open. The contest is based on your improvement from what your business did in any period of at a three consecutive month period in 2024 compared to what it does in the same months in 2025. For example, you may choose to compare the period March – May 2024 with March – May 2025.
There are no application fees. You simply need to be a Platinum Member in good standing to enter. Being a Platinum Member in 2025 does NOT obligate you to enter the contest. Entering the contest gives you an opportunity to step up to the plate and showcase your achievements.
The grand prize winner not only receives $10,000, but will also become the national spokesperson of the iGo Community and a designated “Ambassador” to the industry.
The “Better Your Best” contest applications must be received by Jan, 23rd, 2026 to be considered. The winner will be announced at the 2026 RISE Conference and contestants must be present to be eligible to win.

Selection Process

After you complete and submit your application at the conclusion of the contest period, a panel of up to twelve judges familiar with the home inspection business, marketing, and business growth strategies will thoroughly evaluate each competitor’s contest application.
Judges will examine the application from the perspective of the category you competed in and will look at the documentation you provided proving the improvement you made during the contest period.
They will also thoroughly review each essay, giving it a score based in part on how well each competitor explains how he/she benefited from making a commitment to bettering their business. They’ll be looking for explanations of what worked for you and how you can share your experiences for the benefit of other community members. This can be done in video or other creative formats. You can also be creative in how you choose to present your information. The sky is the limit!
Contestants will be partially judged based on their level of improvement against that of the other companies competing in the same category and status.
After each person who has entered the contest has a final score, up to 12 finalists will be selected based on who receives the highest score from each category. Each finalist may be asked to give a short presentation at the 2026 RISE Conference, which will factor into the final judging.
Your iGo Community Platinum group level does not impact your probability of being selected. Performance KPIs will be relative to the previous year as a percentage.

How Better Your Best submissions are judged

After you submit Better Your Best application, a panel of up to twelve judges (made up of Platinum Coaches), will thoroughly review each and every competitor’s submission.

They’ll look at the submission from the perspective of the category you competed in, and will look at the documentation you provided proving the improvement you made during the contest period and category in your business from start to finish. They will also thoroughly review each essay and score it, based in part on how well each competitor explains their new program or initiative and how they can share their experiences with our other home inspectors in the community.

Contestants will be partially judged based on their relative level of improvement, against that of the others competing in the same category and status. Up to 5 points will be given to each applicant based on the changes in their business and how they presented those changes in their submission. Up to 3 additional points will be based on the essay submitted. From those initial scores up to 6 finalists will be selected based on a total possible point score of 8.

Finalists will retain their scores coming into the RISE conference and up to an additional 2 points will be added to the overall score based on the finalist's in-person presentation at the RISE 2026 conference. These last 2 points will be subject to the popular vote at the RISE conference which will happen in real time on the first day after all of the finalist presentations are made. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken on which competitor received the highest in-person presentation score at the RISE 2026 Conference.

Grand Prize of $10,000

The grand prize winner will be considered an “Ambassador” and might be asked to attend – at the iGo Community’s expense – certain industry functions and all iGo Community events. The grand prize winner must also be available for media interviews, be interviewed for materials copyrighted to iGo Community for unrestricted use, and otherwise act as an iGo Community industry ambassador.

Eligibility

In order to compete in this contest, you must be a Platinum member in good standing, meaning that you are engaged with your team and do not have an outstanding balance on your monthly payments. You must also have participated in at least seventy-five percent (75%) of coaching calls and Platinum meetings.
Winner must be present at the 2026 RISE Conference. Contest payout is contingent upon continued Platinum membership and participation through at least February 2026. Premature iGo Community membership cancellation and/or lack of participation will result in forfeiture of reward and any reward received will need to be returned.