{"id":2737,"date":"2011-06-23T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2013-02-21T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T08:35:00","slug":"yola-web-stars-the-ten-notable-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/yola-web-stars-the-ten-notable-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Yola Web Stars: The Ten Notable Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was great to see all your wonderful Yola Web Stars contest submissions \u2013 and hard to choose among them.
\nAfter admiring all the creativity, business savvy, and hard work, here are our Ten Notable Sites (in alphabetical order).<\/p>\n

8 Auspicious Him View Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.8aushimview.com\/\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This hotel in Dharamsala, India boasts stunning views of the snow-capped Dhauladhar range \u2013 and their well-organized site shows off the views and more with plenty of images. According to site owner Tenzin Nmaygal, Yola has helped make their business \u201camazing.\u201d \u201cThese days, there are around 50 to 60 visitors to our site every 24 hours. Thank you, Yola Team!\u201d says Tenzin. Thank you, Tenzin.<\/p>\n

Admin Angel<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.adminangel.com.au\/\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When Jessica Evans started her business, she was working from her loungeroom and had no money to invest, so she created a basic Yola site, then moved up to a premium style and custom domain name and email. \u201cBy creating a professional image for my business at such a low cost I was able to build the business as I had dreamed. I now have an office and five staff members,\u201d says Jessica. Just the kind of story we love to hear.<\/p>\n

All-Dry Basement<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"www.alldrybasementwaterproofing.yolasite.com\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Orsino family started All-Dry Basement Waterproofing more than 30 years ago. Their free Yola site has been a boon, says Jeryl Orsino. \u201cBecause of Yola, we\u2019re booked with jobs throughout the whole summer. In this economy that is huge!\u201d They\u2019ve also done a great job of optimizing their site. \u201cUsing the optimization tools like keywords and metatags we went from invisible the top of the search engines,\u201d explains Jeryl. \u201cThe majority of callers say they found us on the web. Thanks to our Yola site we are the leading basement waterproofer in Bergen County, New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fiesta Brava<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.fiestabravamusic.com\/\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiesta Brava is an indie rock band based in Northampton, Massachusetts, and when they needed something to set themselves apart from other local groups, they chose Yola. \u201cCreating a Yola website could not have been easier. From uploading music and pictures to creating a blog, the Yola site builder made it easy to put together something that that I am proud of,\u201d says Ray Keane. \u201cSince we created our Yola site, our ability to network with venues and bands outside of our area has increased dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gluten-Free Guru<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.theglutenfreeguru.ca\/\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Krissy White\u2019s business was born in 2008, when she and two of her children were diagnosed with severe gluten sensitivities. She noted that people everywhere were going gluten-free, and decided to begin her new venture online. \u201cI had no idea where to start,\u201d Krissy tells us. \u201cThen I found Yola and literally within minutes had a professional-looking website that I could launch my business with!\u201d This entrepreneur changes up the recipes and specials on her site regularly. \u201cI now have dozens of clients,\u201d says Krissy.<\/p>\n

Jesar Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"www.jesararts.net\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Two years ago, designer Jeremy Paton started using Yola. \u201cI loved the simplicity and speed at which Yola\u2019s site builder allowed me to create an online portfolio,\u201d he explains. He was able to start his own web-design company with Yola, too. \u201cYola has helped me offer my clients professional designs at extremely competitive prices,\u201d says Jeremy. He\u2019s pushed out the boundaries of what our site builder can achieve, too \u2013 which you can see from his own Yola site. Exciting stuff, Jeremy \u2013 you\u2019re a guy after our own heart!<\/p>\n

Key to Health Concierge<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"www.keytohealthconcierge.ca\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting a new business takes a lot of hard work, perseverance, and a good cash flow. \u201cAs we all know, the cash flow can be limited when you\u2019re starting out,\u201d says Rory Harrison, president of Key to Health Concierge. That\u2019s why he switched his site to Yola (and took advantage of a special Yola Silver promotion). \u201cMy Yola site increased my traffic and has helped flow more business my way, too,\u201d says Rory. \u201cYour support system is flawless.\u201d We\u2019re glad to be supporting Rory and all those small businesses out there.
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La Vie en Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/www.amsterdamapartmentlavieenrose.com\/\"<\/a>
\nYvon Harig-Linssen\u2019s charming Amsterdam apartment-hotel gets great reviews on travel sites. With his Yola site, those rave reviews are in one place where prospective clients can see them all. Now people all over the world can see photos of rooms in the hotel, check rates, and even make reservations online. \u201cI can reach customers everywhere, and now I get clients directly, which saves me money,\u201d says Yvon. \u201cIt was easy to create my own website with an appealing look, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miss Birdsong\u2019s Sweet Tooth<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"www.missbirdsongsweetooth.com\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tabitha Birdsong started her candy apple business with an old college friend in 2005, just after she was laid off from her job as an elementary school teacher in Memphis, Tennessee. \u201cAfter we built our Yola site in 2009, our business began to grow in ways that we never thought possible,\u201d says Tabitha. \u201cWe\u2019re even getting calls from people in surrounding states.\u201d Tabitha is loves Yola\u2019s reasonable price and having PayPal up on her site. \u201cYola really values small businesses. We look forward to many more years of growth with Yola\u2019s great support staff.\u201d We do too, Tabitha.<\/p>\n

The Yoga and Fitness Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"www.theyogaandfitnessstudio.com\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started the Yoga & Fitness Studio at the end of January 2011, just days before cyclone Yasi hit the north coast of Australia,\u201d say Tatjana Good and Troy Morris. \u201cOur Yola site helped us succeed despite the economic devastation of the cyclone and two competitors opening up in the area.\u201d Their studio now has more than 200 members and 117 Facebook \u201clikes\u201d (and counting). \u201cYola\u2019s support team has been by my side, answering all my questions in the most encouraging way,\u201d says Tatjana. We can\u2019t wait to see how your business keeps on growing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was great to see all your wonderful Yola Web Stars contest submissions \u2013 and hard to choose among them. After admiring all the creativity, business savvy, and hard work, here are our Ten Notable Sites (in alphabetical order). 8 Auspicious Him View Hotel This hotel in Dharamsala, India boasts stunning views of the snow-capped… Read More »Yola Web Stars: The Ten Notable Sites<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4530,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/4530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}