Posted by Shannon Mullery on Jun 19, 2009
SEO is anything but last minute. It’s that friend who hands you the breath mint before you’ve even finished your coffee, the pen before you’ve grabbed the paper, the tissue before the tear! OK, we aren’t that good, but you get me. SEO is prepared! Which is precisely why as students [...]
Posted by Rebecca Rowett on Jun 11, 2009
What is this hype about Twitter anyways? Should I create a Twitter account? What can my business gain with a Twitter account? Yes, these really are the questions I am hearing these days. If you aren’t on Twitter then you missing out on the free, (yes, I said free), benefits that [...]
Posted by Alicia Magda on Jun 7, 2009
As a social media savvy web site owner, chances are you have a Facebook Business Page, Twitter profile, LinkedIn profile, and a blog. If you haven’t utilized these sites yet, you definitely should - stat! Your social media profiles may be on entirely different sites, but the web is more connected than ever before. Read [...]
Posted by Alicia Magda on May 17, 2009
If you’ve been reading up on SEO, chances are you’ve heard of Social Media Optimization, or SMO. SMO allows you, a business owner, to effectively market your brand to the public on social media sites. Unlike buying ad space on a billboard or in a magazine or newspaper, SMO gives you the power to have [...]
Posted by Alicia Magda on May 17, 2009
Your favorite Solid Cactus SEO Team is now on Twitter! Each member of the SEO Team will be tweeting on our various SEO and SMO initiatives throughout the day, providing SEO insights, links to informative articles, and displaying our bright and always engaging personalities.
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Alicia Magda, SEO Team Leader
Jeff Stolarcyk, Senior SEO Account Manager
Shannon Mullery, [...]
Posted by Rebecca Rowett on May 13, 2009
So who would have thought that online shopping sites would be a great tool to utilize to engage shoppers about your products and website? They’re an excellent tool that any business owners should be taking advantage of! Shopping sites are just yet another avenue to consider when working within the realm of social marketing [...]
Posted by Jeff Stolarcyk on Apr 17, 2009
The promise of social media and, by its ultimate extension the mobile web, is that it can make our lives easier and more interconnected. We’re approaching a point where we can (maybe) pay for groceries by using a Wegman’s app for our phones and can order coffee at Starbucks via a Twitter direct message [...]
Posted by Sarah Kinney on Apr 15, 2009
It’s no doubt Twitter is on the rise. If you disagree, I’m going to start counting how many times a day I get the glorious “Fail Whale” stating, “Twitter is over capacity” I can’t stand that whale, despite it’s cute appearance and happy-go-lucky grin. If you’ve never seen it and have no clue what I’m [...]
Posted by Jeff Stolarcyk on Mar 24, 2009
Last week, Twitter caused a bit of a buzz when it added tiny ads to users’ profile pages, pointing to pages within the startup’s domain. This week, the ads have been replaced with ads for third party Twitter apps Tweetie, ExecTweets and Twittervision. According to TechCrunch, the ads being served are still not [...]
Posted by Jeff Stolarcyk on Mar 20, 2009
This is a social media reality check.
Social media can be very powerful, but there are definitely things that it does better than others. If you think that Facebook of Squidoo or Mahalo Answers can build your brand up from nothing and bring in truckloads of cash, well, think again. Thinking of social media [...]