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Giving Back With Google Grants

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Jan 26, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, a cool program that Google offers was brought to my attention: Google Grants.
Over a year ago, Solid Cactus created the Solid Cactus Cares fund in order to help local non-profits. As a result of working with Cactus Cares, we’re all always looking for new opportunities to help the non-profits we [...]

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Overwhelmed With Your Current Inventory?

Posted by Rebecca Rowett on Jan 16, 2009

Are you overwhelmed with the stock of “after holiday” inventory or products that have been sitting on your shelves for the last year or so?  For those of you feeling the anxiousness of clearing away bulk inventory, there’s something you can do that may help.

For those unfortunate to have a large [...]

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2009 in Search - What’s Next?

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Jan 16, 2009

All right - now that we’ve had a few weeks to sit back and recover from the holidays, I want to look ahead at what 2009 holds in store for search marketing. It seems like ‘year review’ and ‘2009 prediction’ posts are the hot thing to do right now, and I can’t resist a fad. [...]

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The Power Of Peer Review

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Jan 7, 2009

Whether you’ve been working on Pay Per Click accounts for years, or are still new to the field, there’s a lot of value in a peer review. As someone who’s been working in the field for several years, I like to get a second opinion from time to time in order to keep things fresh. [...]

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PPC Resolutions

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Jan 5, 2009

Happy New Year! With a new year comes the need for new objectives, goals, and strategies.
Now is the time to take a look at your PPC ads and refresh. Review the performance of your ads, and pause those that have low clickthrough rates and low conversions; most search engines offer free Ad Performance [...]

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The Heart Of A Cactus

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Dec 26, 2008

A Solid Cactus employee recently reached out to fellow Shavertown and Wilkes-Barre coworkers to help a friend who is suffering from leukemia. Due to the inability to work and skyrocketing medical expenses, the friend is having difficulty paying for basic necessities such as groceries.
All one had to do was ask, and in flooded a [...]

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It Isn’t Easy Being Green…

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Nov 28, 2008

Well, it has come upon us…Black Friday is here, and Cyber Monday (December 1st) is around the corner.  But don’t overlook “Green Monday”, the second Monday of December (December 8th), which, for some online stores, is more profitable than Cyber Monday.
http://www.3tailer.com/ecommerce/green-monday-vs-cyber-monday-2008-showdown
If you haven’t already done so, ramp up your PPC bids and budgets, and don’t [...]

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Holiday Preparations

Posted by Rebecca Rowett on Nov 14, 2008

With the holiday rush and Black Friday right around the corner, there are numerous areas to take into consideration with the expected rush of online traffic.  If you haven’t already begun preparing for the online holiday rush, it’s not too late to put these last minute tips into effect.
Promote a shipping incentive for the holidays.  [...]

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Let’s Make A Deal? Not Anymore!

Posted by Robyn Snyder on Nov 7, 2008

If you are following the Yahoo/Google agreement, you will be interested to know that as per the following from Hilary Schneider, Executive Vice President for Yahoo! U.S., Google has decided to terminate the proposed agreement:
Dear Advertiser,
We wanted to reach out to you directly regarding Google’s decision, announced earlier today, to terminate the advertising [...]

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Vote Vote Vote!

Posted by Jean Lloyd on Nov 4, 2008

If you haven’t already done so, there’s still plenty of time to get out and vote today! If you’re unsure of where to go, or need to brush up on who’s running in your district, check out the two resources below:
Google Voting Guide
SmartVoter.org
We’re all on the cusp of a history making election either way it [...]

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