Posted by Ashley Motter on Mar 30, 2009
Ironically, after posting my last blog entry regarding Microsoft’s newest marketing strategy, I had an encounter this weekend that proved the $1000 challenge true.
My boyfriend is in the market for a new computer, and since he has always been a PC he decided to try a Mac (even after I warned him of the $1000 [...]
Posted by Ashley Motter on Mar 27, 2009
Recently it seems we’ve been following Microsoft through an advertising maze. Starting Point: Jerry Seinfeld. Finish Line: Some chick named Lauren.
In an effort to one-up its healthy-wealthy competitor Apple, Microsoft hired Crispin Porter & Bogusky (No, those aren’t the three elves in the Rice Crispies commercial) to find an open position in the market and [...]
Posted by John Dawe on Mar 22, 2009
Back in December, I put together a “Cactus Culture” survey based on the famed Zappos Culture Book. I then saw this commercial on TV for Chili’s and thought, “You know, musical chairs is the type of thing we would just spontaneously do at Solid Cactus.”
Here are two “Culture” Survey responses that support this thought:
“What is: [...]
Posted by scott.carey on Mar 13, 2009
Inside the Software as a Service (SaaS) department of Solid Cactus lies the ultimate solution in Comparison Shopping Engine management – FeedPerfect. FeedPerfect is a fast and simple intuitive web-based application that gives e-Merchants the ability to import products and track performance on multiple CSEs at a time. Unleashed by Jason Longo,General Manager of the [...]
Posted by Ashley Motter on Mar 6, 2009
If you haven’t joined the Twitter craze yet, a new article from Website Magazine speculates there is a good chance you never will. Thanks to the latest version of Facebook, which includes real-time news feeds and status updates, Twitter is about to be out-twitted.
Compared to MySpace and Facebook, Twitter’s competitive niche is (or was) the [...]