Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 29, 2009
It’s a question that can be interpreted two different ways:
You want HOW MUCH for a logo?
“You mean to tell me it’s that expensive? It’s just a simple graphic, how could you charge so much?”
Your logo is your brand and your brand is what people are going to remember you by. A professional looking [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 25, 2009
Poll open until 5/31/09.
If you’re thinking about adding a catalog to your marketing mix, think Solid Cactus! When we owned our pet supply business, we designed and printed nearly 20 catalogs a year for 5 of our web properties. Our Sr. Print Media Designer, Randy Llewellyn, has 25 years of print experience and [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 21, 2009
Yesterday, I hosted a webinar with Jeff Stolarcyk and Alicia Magda as my guests. Jeff and Alicia are our resident social media experts and who better to talk about SMO with than them?
When it comes to getting the word out about your business, social media is now considered crucial. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 20, 2009
During today’s 2pm ET webinar on Social Media, Solid Cactus will host a live chatroom moderated by Mandy Boyle of our Internet Marketing team. Additional Internet Marketing team members will be twittering inside the chatroom, so please join us below!
If you haven’t registered for today’s webinar, please do so here.
Social Media Webinar
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 17, 2009
Congratulations to two members of my marketing team, Karen Snyder and Scott Carey. Both ended their college career today by graduating from my Alma Mater, King’s College.
Don’t they look cute
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 15, 2009
Oprah already had her moment in the Twittering sun. Aston had his too. Now it’s time to spotlight some of the resident Twitters here at Solid Cactus.
As you know, I’m going to be hosting a webinar on May 20th at 2pm ET on the importance of adding Social Media into your marketing mix. [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 14, 2009
Have you embraced the Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, world of social media yet? Maybe you have in your personal life, but how about for your business?
Social Media Optimization (SMO) is the hottest form of free (yeah, I said free) advertising you can get and you SHOULD be taking advantage of it.
If you’re new to SMO, [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 13, 2009
Last evening, Solid Cactus co-founder Joe Palko and myself had the honor of receiving the 2009 Ben Franklin Technology Partners iXchange Award for “Entrepreneurial Achievement.” This award is given to “individuals who best exemplify the quintessential entrepreneurial spirit: a combination of ingenuity, hard work and innovation that has resulted in the creation of a [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 11, 2009
On Friday, I had the opportunity to present one year service awards to several members of the Shavertown Solid Cactus team. Each team member who reaches a 1, 5, or 10 year milestone with us receives a glass award and staff recognition. Recipients of the one year award were:
Molly Harvey – Accounting
Karen Snyder [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 8, 2009
Have you downloaded the Solid Cactus Yahoo! Store Toolbar yet? If you’re a Yahoo! Store owner, our toolbar is designed to save you time by putting common Yahoo! Store functions right in your browser. Here are some things you can do with the toolbar:
Navigate quickly to common Solid Cactus and Yahoo! Store sites [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 7, 2009
Earlier this week you learned about eight new features Solid Cactus released for Yahoo! Stores. Today, I’m introducing yet another feature, designed to drive your sales with minimal investment and measurable return!
At Solid Cactus Boot Camp a few weeks ago, the improved functionality of the coupon manager in the back-end of the Yahoo! Store [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 30, 2009
From my writings on the blog and in our Solid Cactus magazine, eBiz Insider, you should know by now that I am a stickler for customer service. I know just how angry I get when I have to call a company and I don’t get the treatment I should be getting as a customer, [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 30, 2009
When it comes to new products and features for Yahoo! Store, Solid Cactus is the clear leader among developers. This is evidenced by the recent unveiling of 8 new products for Yahoo! Store. These products were first introduced at Boot Camp last week and were released to the public yesterday during a live webinar.
Researching, [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 30, 2009
It was a simply gorgeous Friday night in Northeast Pennsylvania and the setting was perfect for the closing night of Solid Cactus Boot Camp. Temps in the high 80’s allowed us to take advantage of having cocktail hour outside at the East Mountain Inn with spectacular views of the valley below. After dinner [...]
Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 29, 2009
As many know, Solid Cactus was acquired by Jacksonville, FL based web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) on Monday, April 27, 2009. We are all very excited to be part of the 850 member team that makes up web.com.
Joe Palko and I founded Solid Cactus in 2001 and like I told one newspaper reporter, the acquisition [...]