CEO Weekends: South Africa’s Website Builder Yola Launches Buildathon Contest

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yola_newsletter_heroSouth African free site builder, Yola has launched its first Yola Website Buildathon Contest in a move to encourage people of all ages and tech skills to build professional website s and quickly and easily and win prizes along the way.
The contest requires entrants to create a three-page website using Super Flat or Skyline and  then submit it to Yola before February 9.
According to Yola winning sites will each receive prizes and they will be converted into a Theme on one of Yola’s Styles,  the builder will have a one-year premium website services subscription (Bronze, Silver, or Gold), get a custom domain and private registration for one year plus Yola Mail, email marketing among others.

“Everyday we see websites published on the Yola platform that show true promise,” said Trevor Harries-Jones, CEO of Yola in a blog post. “The Yola Buildathon contest will give people the opportunity to showcase their customized websites and be a part of what makes Yola great.”

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The firm has also launched an eBook: Get Started Building Your Website to help contestants plan and design their websites using Yola’s free tools. The site builder will also publish a series of 5-Minute Website Fixes on its blog  to help builders fix any bugs if present.

“Everyday we see websites published on the Yola platform that show true promise,” said Trevor Harries-Jones, CEO of Yola. “The Yola Buildathon contest will give people the opportunity to showcase their customized websites and be a part of what makes Yola great.”

Founded in Cape Town in 2007 by Gyft c0-founder Vinny Lingham, is based in San Francisco and Cape Town and has over 8 million users using the platform in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. It has both free and paid subscription packages.
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