Competition:
Best Mono website of the year
We've found a winner! A big thank you for all the wonderful submissions of small business websites.
MONO COMPETITION
BEST MONO WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Tiroler-Gebirgs-Imkerei Farthofer created by website designer Laura Liesegang at HEROLD in Austria
Selected for:
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Excellent portrayal of the SMB’s brand and purpose
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Great use of parallax scrolling
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Creative use of images to create new sections
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Good use of On-Site Engagements to drive CTA
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Creative use of imagery (different shapes)
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Great use of a global colors and spot colors to express a bold color palette
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It scored very high on Google Page Speed tests, including mobile and desktop
gallery of judges' favorites
We're truly impressed with all the beautiful websites that have been submitted, and it was wonderful to see so much creativity come to life on the Mono Platform. With so many fantastic website entries, we've decided to showcase some of the judges' favorites below to highlight some unique and creative uses of the Mono Platform.
Creative use of the Mono platform
Using logo shape on columns
Use of on-site engagements
Use of on-site engagements
Gradient overlay in header / sticky button
Sticky buttons for social and cart
Header overlay and typography
Use of password protected pages
Best use of visuals
Isolated images and creative row transitions
Subtle effective images and graphics
Imagery sets a mood
Engaging row slider imagery
Elegant images
Best use of video background
Video background
Best use of typography
Use of color and weights
Type overlaying images / color
Playful typography
WEBSITE BUILT FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Accessible website
CREATIVE USE OF LAYOUT
Creatively designed header and rows
Engaging home page design/layout
Creatively designed header and rows
Creative layout and use of white space
Creative layout with image list
Split screen layout
Creatively designed header
join the competition
how to enter
Calling all website designers! We know that you use the Mono Platform every day to build websites for small businesses, but now we want to see what you can do.
From now until February 3, 2020 - Mono is running a competition to see who can build the best SMB website. We'll announce a winner at the end of February!
the winner takes it all
The winner will receive a 250 USD/ 220 EUR Amazon gift card.
Simply send us a link to the website at:
It would be great if you could answer the following questions:
- Did you use a template?
- How much time did you spend on building the website?
- Why do you think that you should win? (max 200 words)
*See terms & conditions below
Design
We'll look for design best practices, including:
Use of Global Styling for key design elements, such as fonts, buttons and modules
A harmonious and consistent use of color palette across the website
An overall positive user experience, such as easy-to-use header/navigation/footer
TIP: Extra points if you use the award-winning Mono Template System!
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Content
We'll look for content best practices, including:
Use of Global Data and Global Data tags for key business information
Clear calls-to-action that encourage online conversion, and help drive business for the SMB
Use of On-Site Engagements to capture website visitor attention
No
Performance
We'll be testing your website performance for:
Page speed (mobile and desktop)
Number of structured data points
Optimized viewports
No custom CSS
TIPS & TRICKS
- Leverage the award-winning Mono Template System
- Check out Mono Academy for inspiration on how to set up advanced effects
- Watch the Feature Insights Tutorials
*COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. It must be a live website subscription with an attached domain
2. You may submit a maximum of three websites
3. Please note that you will not receive any feedback on your submission
4. You may not receive help from anyone working at Mono Solutions specific to building a website for this competition
5. By submitting a website to this competition, it may be used as an example website by Mono and may be used in our marketing
6. The website will be judged by a select group of Mono team members from the design, education and sales teams