{"id":8143,"date":"2015-01-13T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/?p=8143"},"modified":"2022-02-03T04:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T11:55:32","slug":"success-in-2015-new-years-resolutions-for-your-online-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/success-in-2015-new-years-resolutions-for-your-online-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Success in 2015: New Year’s resolutions for your online business"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VectorNew Year\u2019s resolutions have become second nature in our society: Another year, another set of goals. These goals, more often than not, tend to be personal resolutions<\/a>:\u00a0Lose weight. Get organized. Spend less, and save more. Even Mark Zuckerburg resolved to read a new book every other week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What about resolutions for your business?<\/p>\n

Statistics show that people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t you like to be ten\u00a0times more likely to achieve success in 2015? Here are a few ideas to help you get started.<\/p>\n

Go mobile
\n<\/strong>We\u2019ve said it once<\/a> (or twice<\/a>), and we\u2019ll say it again. Mobile is no longer a \u201cnice to have\u201d and has turned into a necessity. About 90% of consumers owning smartphones<\/a>, and this number grows every day.<\/p>\n

So, how do you get your site mobile-ready and set for success in 2015? With Yola, the answer is simple. Silver and Gold users have access to mobile-ready websites with just a click of the button.<\/p>\n

While in Sitebuilder, hover over the \u201cPublish\u201d button and select \u201cConfigure\u201d next to Mobile Phone Publishing.<\/p>\n

\"Enabling<\/a><\/p>\n

From there, select your background color, your font color, click \u201cEnable\u201d and \u201cSave.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Enabling<\/p>\n

Get an Online Store
\n<\/strong>With ecommerce sales anticipated to reach $500 billion by 2018<\/a>, small businesses need to start selling online.And this runs true for all<\/em> small businesses, as ecommerce is not limited to tangible products.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re a personal trainer selling fitness classes online or a real estate guru offering sales tips by eBook, you have the ability to get creative and think outside the box when selling online.<\/p>\n

Intrigued? Get the details on getting your Yola Online Store up and running here<\/a> or check our free website templates for real estate agents here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reach out to your audience
\n<\/strong>The Small Business Association suggests small businesses have a goal of investing more money in marketing<\/a>. And a great way to start is through email marketing.<\/p>\n

Statistics show<\/a> that for every $1 spent on email marketing, the average return is $44.25. Not a bad return on advancement!<\/p>\n

With companies like Constant Contact<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Mail Chimp<\/a>\u00a0sending email marketing campaigns (and beautiful ones at that) have been made easy. Check out this post on setting up your first email marketing campaign<\/a>, and be sure to add an enticing subject line<\/a>!<\/p>\n

As you can see, whether you’re\u00a0setting up a Yola Online Store<\/a>\u00a0or spending less money, creating New Year’s resolutions can be beneficial to both your personal and professional life. What goals have you set to achieve success in 2015?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statistics show that people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals. Wouldn\u2019t you like to be ten times more likely to achieve success within your business in 2015?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[84],"tags":[1022,1021,181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143"}],"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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8143"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8837,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143\/revisions\/8837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}