Archive for February, 2009

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? That question was answered on Wednesday (25 Feb 2009) during a webinar I hosted on a new Solid Cactus product, Interactive Video. Many e-commerce store owners are using video to demonstrate products, but Interactive Video takes it up a notch [...]

If you have a Yahoo! Store and are an avid user of the Firefox web browser, we’ve got a time saving, free tool just for you.
I’m not a big fan of toolbars, and the only two that I use are Google Toolbar and the Solid Cactus one which I have been beta testing for about [...]

I recently had the opportunity to chat with some business owners in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area where Solid Cactus is headquartered. Now, to set the record straight, this area is not the technology center of the universe! I’ve been known to mutter “cable television is considered high tech around here” and it isn’t far [...]

I’m sad to announce that my partner and Solid Cactus co-founder, Joe Palko, lost his father Thursday morning (Feb 19). Mr. William Palko, 86, was a veteran of WWII and Korea and passed away after a brief illness. He and his wife Gertrude have been married for over 50 years and have one [...]

My name is Scott and I’m a geek. I’ll be the first to admit that when a new laptop model is released, out comes the credit card. New iPhone comes out, I’m off to AT&T. Microsoft releases Vista, I stick to XP.
I like to have the “latest and greatest” and [...]

Tuesday, I was joined by Donna Talarico and Lou Pagnotti to discuss the topic, “New Year, New Look.” Over 150 viewers tuned in to our webinar as we reviewed websites to point out how they can be improved, showed examples of sites that “work” and took your questions to answer the question, “Does my [...]

In the January/February issue of eBiz Insider, my column was called “Good Riddance 2008” and in it I discussed the new mantra on how we all have to do business moving forward in this “new economy.” I talked about how as small business owners we’re not going to get bailed out like these large [...]

In the January/February issue of our magazine, eBiz Insider, Donna Talarico wrote a great article called “New Year, New Look.” In it she talks about keeping your website fresh, uncluttered and customer friendly in order to capture the sale. You can spend a fortune on pay-per-click advertising to drive traffic, but if [...]

February Team Members of the Month have been selected! The lucky people earn $25 in Saguaro’s Bucks, a reserved parking spot for the month, their photo on the wall of fame, and the admiration of their fellow team mates. Join me in congratulating this month’s recipients:
Steve Grecco, Account Manager

Steve has provided tremendous support and [...]