| | | Into the Zone, Edition #65, January 2026 | | Is January just a platform for sales campaigns? | | In this edition: | | | A lookback at 2025 | | | App of the month ️ | | | Quiz yourself | | | Businesses powered by Zoho One ️ | | | Access our knowledge base for user and admin guides | | | Answer for the quiz | | | | | | Hi, | | Every year on January 1st, we reinvent the wheel. It is a wheel that runs the business; we make new resolutions and try to start fresh across the board. Why do we intentionally partake in this year after year? What would happen to your business if you didn't? You might think you would miss the biggest sales platform of the year, but would you really? January used to be a platform with a leading theme of "self-help and self-improvement," where leaders and gurus provided advice and direction for the year ahead. However, the platform has become convoluted. What was once a space to help others has turned into a marketplace for sales campaigns. From "free courses" to "DM for this workflow template," everything now comes with a sales agenda. This marketplace has triggered a wave of fatigue, and people are intentionally stepping back from reforming their businesses or making resolutions. Instead of contributing to this fatigue, you can continue to support your patrons as you normally would. By positioning yourself against the noise, you can guide them away from the blaring "Try for free" and "Improve efficiency with this one tool" messaging that causes the New Year burnout. | | | | | | | App of the month | | | The entire event management ecosystem has reached a pivotal point in its evolution, and its next form is Zoho Backstage. It’s time to move on from heavily managed spreadsheets to true automation. Running an event is already tedious, and planners must consider an infinite number of variables. That is why an event management platform is the ultimate solution: it gives you total control and ensures your workflow is smoother. You can plan, automate ticketing, build websites, track real-time analytics, and collect feedback, without the typical hassle of manual organization. | | | | | | | | | The best keeper of keys and secrets. | | Answer revealed at the end of the newsletter. | | Businesses powered by Zoho One | | | SQiBLE is an Australia-based Zoho One implementation partner. In the latest episode of our podcast series, The Partner Chronicles, we sit down with Kylie Harker, Founder of SQiBLE. | | Kylie shares her journey of building a Zoho-focused consulting business without a traditional IT background, and how deep CRM understanding, problem-solving, and phased implementation strategies help businesses scale with confidence. | | The conversation covers Zoho CRM power usage, Zoho One implementations, change management, global integrations, and why solving the core business problem first leads to long-term adoption and success. | | | | | | Access our knowledge base for user and admin guides | | | | | | | | Answer for the quiz – Zoho Vault | | Until next time, Team Zoho One | | | | © 2026, Zoho Corporation Pvt.Ltd. All Rights Reserved. | | |