Archive for October, 2006

October 25, 2006 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) – Solid Cactus is a web development company which is offering free training to e-commerce owners who want to more efficiently manage their sites or learn the basics for opening and operating a Yahoo! Store. They will use the latest innovation in internet business communications, the web seminar,… Read More

As you prepare for the 2006 holiday sales season, now is the time to consider enhancements to your Website design and content and online marketing efforts. Yahoo! Small Business and e-commerce Web developer Solid Cactus offer the following season-specific suggestions to improve your merchandising, and make it easier for shoppers to find the right gifts… Read More

When I started trading IM’s with co-founder Joe Palko five years ago, I never imagined this,” says Creative Director Andrew Smagin. Andrew is one of the four original Solid Cactus employees, and his design team is now larger than the original company. Andrew took an improbable route, coming to Solid Cactus from Kyrgyzstan.… Read More

Within the pages of the October edition of InSight, the Yahoo! Small Business newsletter, you’ll find an article Spreading the Word on viral marketing. With the increasing number of small online businesses, the important factor in keeping your customers coming back is keeping them content and satisfied, so they not only keep coming back, but… Read More

We have two audiences we try to reach as Internet marketers. We want our customers to notice us. But increasing success online means being noticed by the search engines customers use to find us. SEM— The Overall Game Plan Search Engine Marketing (SEM) refers to all of the different ways a website owner… Read More

October 10, 2006 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) – Solid Cactus, a Wilkes-Barre, PA based website development and consulting company, today introduced “Protected By Cactus” a suite of intellectual property protection services for the small business community. “With the growth of e-commerce, online store owners need to protect their intellectual property such as logos, slogans, artwork, product descriptions and… Read More

The Growing Trend The forecast is bullish. Experts predict that by next year 27% of all e-commerce sales will be generated by multi-merchant product aggregators, known commonly as Shopping Comparison Engines or SCE’s. They make it easier for shoppers to find what they want to buy and easier for them to compare prices. … Read More

Fuel prices are off slightly, but have you noticed where it counts? Seen any companies dropping their surcharges lately? Consider fuel surcharges the cost of doing business from this point forward. Let’s face it, business is about making money and watching the bottom line. In stores, consumers don’t see fuel surcharges because… Read More