Small Business Resource Center

October 29, 2009

5:50 am

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With small businesses still struggling to recover, we have created a central resource with all of the information they need to have a successful presence online.

The Small Business Resource Center is a central, free resource that has all of the tools small businesses need to build a successful online presence.

With less than half of all small businesses having websites, the Small Business Resource Center is designed as a one stop shop for small business owners to either create a website or maximize the presence the already have online.

We have also partnered with Jim Blasingame, the Small Business Advocate®, one of the world’s foremost experts on small business and entrepreneurship, to make his substantial resources available.

To celebrate the kickoff, we are introducing the Small Business Recovery Plan, a sweepstakes giving more than $5,000 in goods and services to small business owners* in need.

  • 3 winners will receive new, customized websites
  • 10 winners will receive Yola Pro packages with all of the premium tools they need for their websites
  • 25 winners will receive Yola Premium Styles
  • 100 winners will receive books by Jim Blasingame, the Small Business Advocate® and the Yola Small Business Expert

Enter now for a chance to win!

*Sweepstakes is open to US residents only.

Filed under: Competitions, Uncategorized, small business — Charlene @ 5:50 am

Yola Makeover Challenge Ends on Monday

August 22, 2009

1:00 pm

Congratulations to everyone who has participated so far in the Yola Makeover Challenge.  Your designs look great!

For those who are still working on their Makeover submissions, the deadline is Monday, August 24th at 11:59 PST.  The winning designer will receive $2,000 so don’t miss out on this opportunity.

Best of luck and spread the word to those who might be interested!

Filed under: Competitions — admin @ 1:00 pm

UC Davis Teen Biotech Challenge

April 27, 2009

12:31 pm

Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Teen Biotech Challenge at UC Davis!

Now, you may be asking, “What is the Teen Biotech Challenge and why are you blogging it?”

TBC 2009 is a science challenge that encourages high school students to demonstrate their understanding of biotechnology’s impact in the world. Participating students will develop research and presentation skills, and most importantly, have fun learning about new technologies!  Read on >>

UC Davis chose Yola as the website builder that the students used to present their findings.  (Now you see why we’re blogging it…)  The websites were judged for adherence to contest directions, quality of information, web design, and overall presentation.

There were 3 winners each in 7 different categories.  Here are links to a couple of the winners.

Great websites guys and thanks for using Yola!

Filed under: Community, Competitions — Tags: , — Randy @ 12:31 pm

Best of SynthaSite Contest Winners

January 7, 2009

10:14 pm

The polls have closed and we are very pleased to announce the winners of our Best of SynthaSite contest for 2009:

Category: Personal Websites
The Forty-something site celebrates the milestone in a woman’s life with sage advice, good humor and great birthday gifts across multiple pages on a range of subjects from fashion to motherhood.

Category: Business Websites
The Cosmic Sensorium site makes the most of widgets like Google Search, Disqus Comments and SynthaSite blog to showcase the unique artwork of Diogenes Lamarche.

Congratulations to the winners. They’re terrific examples of what anyone can do with the easy-to-use tools at SynthaSite. For even more tips, check out our tutorial, Creating Great Looking Websites.

It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2009 Best of SynthaSite.

Filed under: Community, Competitions — Tags: , — Charlene @ 10:14 pm

Best of SynthaSite announces finalists

December 9, 2008

11:13 pm

The finalists are up for the 2008 Best of SynthaSite contest.

Thanks for everybody who entered. We had so many great entries that narrowing them down to the finalists was a difficult one. We will be holding more contests like this in the future - so keep working on your sites and watch this space.

Only one vote per category is allowed, so make sure you choose wisely.

Voting closes on December 31st at 11:59 PST - Vote Now!

Filed under: Community, Competitions — Tags: — Charlene @ 11:13 pm

Best of SynthaSite Deadline Reminder

November 15, 2008

1:35 am

We have had an overwhelming response to our Best of SynthaSite contest. Thank you to everyone who have submitted their websites!

If you haven’t entered yet, here’s a gentle reminder that your submission must be in by November 30th.

Great prizes are up for grabs! Here is a reminder of what you can win:

  • $1000
  • Be featured in a SynthaSite press release, in the newsletter and posted to Vinny’s blog
  • SEO lesson with Vinny and a brag badge for your website!

Submit your website today!

Filed under: Competitions — Tags: , — admin @ 1:35 am

Our search for the BEST OF SynthaSite is now underway!

October 29, 2008

6:14 pm

Do you or someone you know have a SynthaSite website that has what it takes to be the Best of SynthaSite? Does the website have a focused purpose, visual appeal, and/or innovative use of widgets?

We’d LOVE to hear about it! To nominate a website, fill out and submit our nomination form by November 30, 2008.

All nominations will be reviewed by a SynthaSite panel, who will select the finalists. The finalists will be posted online and the winner will be determined by public voting.

Come December, we’ll post links to the finalist sites and have YOU will vote for the winner!

Besides fame and bragging rights, the winner will also get:

  • $1000
  • SEO lesson, performed by SynthaSite CEO and SEO Expert Vinny Lingham,
  • Be featured in a SynthaSite press release, on the SynthaSite company site, in the SynthaSite newsletter and posted to Vinny’s blog, and
  • Be able to post a “Best SynthaSite” logo on your Web site(s)

For full competition details, please visit bestof.synthasite.com

Don’t wait, enter today!

Filed under: Competitions — Tags: — admin @ 6:14 pm

Synthasite offers 1m Free Shares in the company to it’s community:

September 4, 2007

8:30 am

Thanks to all our Alpha testers for their hard work in getting us ready for prime time. The SynthaSite Beta is just around the corner, and in an effort to offer our users some of the most unique and custom designed templates, we’ve decided that we want YOU to share in our success as a company, by giving you the opportunity to earn shares in our business.We’ve allocated up to 1,000,000 shares in SynthaSite to our community, and over the course of the next few months and years, we will be running regular programs that will offer you the opportunity to become a virtual shareholder in our business. We currently value these shares at around $250,000 in total! If SynthaSite was ever acquired or became a listed entity, these shares would be worth exponentially more than what they are today - and with your help, we can get there!

So, in order to launch our share incentive scheme, we’re offering template designers the opportunity to build templates in exchange for shares. For every template that we use in SynthaSite and on our upcoming marketplace, the template designer will receive the following:

  • 1,000 Shares in SynthaSite (Pty) Ltd
  • A link at the bottom of each template back to your website (great for link building!)

Brush up those design skills and create a design template for SynthaSite. We’re only selecting the best templates, and will allocate shares on a usage basis (i.e. when we use them).
Synthasite templates are really simple; basically a 1 page HTML design with menu with a central region into which users can place content / widgets.

The templates need to be completely open source (we’ll be giving them away free to all SynthaSite publishers with our Beta release), but we’ll keep a “Designed by <yourname>” link at the bottom of the template so people can find out more about your work.

Interested?

Get full details and a template specification and send your entry to templatecompetition@synthasite.com before Monday Oct 1st 2007.

And watch the blog for feedback & updates on the competition!

Terms & Conditions (fine print):
This offer does NOT constitute an offer for subscription of shares. Shares will be allocated to successful designers chosen by SynthaSite, in lieu of payment for the templates. Submission to SynthaSite warrants that you are the designer and owner of the rights, and is therefore deemed an offer. Acceptance and use of the template by Synthasite will be deemed to be acceptance of that offer and a share allocation 1,000 shares will be deemed as payment thereof. Any and all users of SynthaSite will have free and unfettered use of the template, and will be allowed to modify, adapt, change, enhance or improve at their own discretion. Shares will not be transferred to the successful designers upfront, but instead, allocated to them for issue at a later date, to be determined by the company. Shares cannot be sold until transferred. If SynthaSite is wholly acquired (greater than 75% stock in issue is purchased) or lists on a stock market, the shares will be issued to the shareholder, subject to any and all legal conditions required of them by their country being fulfilled. All costs for ensuring compliance will be borne by the shareholder and costs of transfer by SynthaSite.

Filed under: Competitions, Templates — vinny @ 8:30 am