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Archive for March, 2009

The Bryan Brinkman Experiment

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Mar 16, 2009

Ok… I saw this and I had to share. It combines a couple of my favorite things:
Twitter & Jimmy Fallon.
(Scott, you thought one of them was going to be AC/DC, didn’t you? )
Last week, Jimmy Fallon let his Twitter followers know he was going to be working on an experiment during his taping. Around [...]

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What’s Next?

Posted by Michael Jozaitis on Mar 12, 2009

Lots of times clients will ask us the ever infamous question, “What’s Next?”
This “What’s Next” pertains to expanding further into the PPC (Paid Search) space, after a client is fully up and running Google, Yahoo & MSN. Many clients tend to think of getting fully up and running on the “Big 3″ as the end [...]

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Reppin’ Yo ‘Hood

Posted by Michael Rowland on Mar 11, 2009

Attention on Deck! It is I, Mike “Manimal” Rowland, back with more PPC knowledge for my Fanimals! At ease–sit back and have a pen handy, because you never know when I am going to drop a gem like a thief with no thumbs…Now that spring is here, I must say I am feeling fine like [...]

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Are you LOST?

Posted by Leigh McGlynn on Mar 11, 2009

Recently I have taken on a very fun and challenging bet. It’s a bet (just for fun, of course) that needs total and complete dedication to win. It involved the Emmy Award winning ABC drama LOST. I was challenged to watch the show to see who could reach the end of season three first. Now, I took this on [...]

Getting a break from Yahoo?

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Mar 10, 2009

Yahoo Search Marketing posted on their blog yesterday that for some industries, minimum bid prices will soon be dropping.
So what exactly does this mean? Much like Google used to do (and sort of still does with first page bidding), Yahoo sets a specific minimum bid that you have to hit in order for your ads [...]

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AhSome Advertising!

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Mar 10, 2009

Recently, yours truly and John Dawe spoke at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. We presented to an advanced writing class, and illustrated the importance of writing and marketing for the internet; we also demonstrated best practices for traditional marketing efforts.
The class is working on marketing pieces and content for Ah! Some Chocolates, a local Chocolatier and [...]

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Suck It Up!

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Mar 6, 2009

Don’t let this tough economy suck the life out of you! Infuse new life into your business by feeling your customers’ (and your own) pain and offering feasible solutions. For example, offer special promotional “recession-proof” pricing. Provide a price-match guarantee. Get creative with your PPC ad text; use taglines that are catchy [...]

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New Safari 4 Beta Internet Browser

Posted by Daniel Sputa on Mar 4, 2009

A Week ago, on February 24, Apple released its new Safari 4 beta internet browser.  According to the Apple, it is supposed to be “[t]he world’s fastest browser”. Well, this can be argued at least until the final version is released. However, a couple of interesting things can be explored already in Safari 4 beta.
Apple claims [...]

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MSN - THE REBUTTAL!

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Mar 2, 2009

If you know much about the Solid Cactus Internet Marketing Team, you’ll know that we like to laugh. Robyn and I, in particular, have to be separated during meetings due to the giggling that ensues.
So… with all due respect to Miss Snyder, I’d like to take another look at MSN now that I’ve read her [...]

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