Archive for August, 2006

August 29th, 2005 and Hurricane Katrina has burned a memory in the minds of anyone from Southeast Louisiana. As most of America stayed glued to their televisions watching the endless footage of the destroyed “Big Easy,” the residents of New Orleans searched non-stop for relatives, friends, as well as their prized possessions. Along… Read More

Director of Sales Chris Williams has been at his job for about a month now and has proved successful in encouraging the entire sales team to both meet and exceed their sales goals. Chris Williams may be new to the Solid Cactus team, but he is definitely not new to the sales or tech industry. Chris… Read More

August 22, 2006 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) – Solid Cactus, a Wilkes-Barre, PA based website design and development company is hosting its first ever “Boot Camp” October 4-6 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The three-day event gives participants the opportunity to interact with the Solid Cactus staff and leadership as well as fellow e-commerce merchants and representatives from… Read More

When the Great Near Flood of 2006 threatened the Wyoming Valley I had a front row seat. Aside from my duties with Solid Cactus, I’m also a radio talk show host. As the rain poured and the river rose, I did hours of disaster preparedness play-by-play at WILK-AM. Which is worse? A fire… Read More

August 18, 2006 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) – Solid Cactus, a Wilkes-Barre, PA based website design and development company, announced today that it has named Jon Jensen as chief financial officer. Mr. Jensen brings over 35 years of business expertise to his position of CFO of Solid Cactus. His executive-level experience includes serving as the CEO, COO or… Read More

Google recently launched its new online checkout to cater to shopper’s needs and security worries. Google Checkout is similar in many ways to PayPal, but each service is inherently different. Like PayPal, Google Checkout will indeed keep your credit or debit card information secure, allowing you to log in to Google Checkout to safely shop… Read More

•The ferret guys. In 1994, Joe Palko and Scott Sanfilippo were toiling as a high-tech salesman and a United Parcel Service manager. One day, the ferret owners realized that few pet stores carried food and toys for their furry creatures. So they launched TheFerretStore.com, an online retailer that quickly took off. They started several more pet-related… Read More

On August 15th from 9pm to 3 am (PST), Yahoo! will be conducting routine maintenance on all Yahoo! Store and Merchant Solutions accounts. During this time, merchants may have difficulty logging in to their Store Manager or Editor for approximately 15 minutes. Also, during this time, coupons, gift certificates, and/ or database inventory… Read More

April showers bring May flowers. But what if it rains through May, and rains even harder in June? No one wants to believe that rain could lead to a flood, but when you live in the Wyoming Valley you pay attention. We have a history of flooding here, so Solid Cactus had… Read More

Wilkes-Barre, PA – August 10, 2006 – Solid Cactus (http://www.solidcactus.com), a Wilkes-Barre PA based website design and development company, today announced the addition of Search Marketing and Affiliate Program Management to its growing list of product offerings. The company’s search marketing program is designed to enhance the search engine listings and rankings of online merchants through… Read More

Dear Solid Cactus Partner, It’s rare when Wilkes-Barre, PA makes national headlines. But we were back in the spotlight when late June flooding forced the evacuation of 175,000 people in the greater Wyoming Valley. It wasn’t the first time high water made us run for our lives; Hurricane Agnes left 80,000 homeless back in… Read More