Well, I am still alive - I see many of you are too!

A quick heads up, I've run into a group that needs major ecommerce SEO help - soooo happy to see that you have a forum for it now, I've shown them the way and I'm betting quite a few will stop by for a visit. Please be nice

Miss you all and think of you often! Even if I don't post. Thinking the direction my life is taking right now will bring me by more often, but I've said that before.

Love Ya All!

(she says as she sets the trays of jello shots on the table and carefully backs out of the room not sure if she's welcome)

PS!

So frelling awesome to see that my old friends are still here.. OAC, excell, Logan, Philh, Prowler, Yellowwing (who I still chat with here and there) and the rest.. If I missed your name, just cuz I'm rushing.. but I don't see Jenn

PSS

ARRGGHHHH!!!

Oh there you are! I was afraid the killer asteroid had CRASHed into Australia!

Welcome back; if only briefly.

Jenn has moved on to (many) other things - but I'm sure she will drift back here again in time...

Hey crash - how you doin' girl? - good to see you again

Missed you...

Australia? That's excell, I'm in California - no asteroids here, just killer heat.

Missed you too philh! Good to see you all!

There you are indeedy! So nice to see your smiling face dear. Are you keeping as busy as you were last time we said hi?

Guess what!

What?


Ugh busy as usual - I'll PM you with my new venture.

You've been missed here - glad you could stop by.

If you ever have a client who wants killer PPC work done and has a site that converts (or willing to improve it so it does) I'd love to hear from them.

PPC is no fun if you can't generate profits.

Hope you're doing fantastic and can pop in more often.

Rose

Hey Rose Good to see you!

I roll my own and don't do alot of client work anymore, but I've recommend you all to a few fellow ProStores users so keep a heads up. They are all businesses, many just starting, looking to turn a fast profit. And of the ones I've been helping they are serious so you never know what may happen.

but I looked at prostores and don't understand the attraction - could you give us a low down OR is that best thrashed out in the ecommerce section...

Here - we just wanna pelt you with roses and tickle your toes & your nose to MAKE YOU STAY..

WOW! certainly a name I didn't expect to see around here!

Hope everything's going well with you, Crash!

Hey bhartzer! {Big Hug} Missed you too! Got any lava lamps handy or did Logan get them all!!!

ProStores.. hmm - well, we are very new with it still, just over a week. I've got a packed day today (should be working right now) but I'll search the eComm forum and see what comes up for prostores and if there is anything more I can add.

As with any similar store there are pros and cons - still deciding if the cons outweigh the pros. We're to new and not technically live yet so I'm sure I have yet to encounter the complaints many others have. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be in a position to ask for a review or atleast a few of you to take a peek and comment One thing I can say for sure, if you don't have a background in websites then this won't be easy. You need to hand code tweak quite a bit for a customized look (which they allow and was of the pros) but the coding is a mix of html, css, javascript and their own markup language.

sounds like - good and bad, will look with you... and happy to review...

No idea about ProStores at all.

Is it a package you install like OScommerce or ZenCart, or something akin to Yahoo Stores where they host it all and let you access a template, or something else?

Maybe I'll go look it up...

Like Yahoo - they host it all

Wow, now that's just surreal. I've not had the chance to stop by here in ages and I come within a few days of good ole' crash checking in!

Too funny.

I'm still around, but Search Engine Guide, some side work (dog gone it, I said I was done with clients, but I keep getting sucked back in!), my 20 month old and baby #2 that's due in about two months keep me from getting back here as often as I'd like.

I still chat with Logan, Stoney, Bill and some others via Search Engine Guide work, but I miss all your SEF regulars.

And crash? I'll take one of those jello shots...but make mine virgin eh...? Don't want this little one having extra arms or legs...

By the way, I WILL be in San Jose next week for SES if any of you other old timers will be around. Please do look me up. It would be nice to see you.

And ohhh...crash, you must be special. You've been gone longer than I have and you still get to be an "insider."

Hope you feel special... :-P I'm just a plain old nobody here these days...

The Insider tag was only added a few hours ago... and we were going to keep quiet about it, and see how long it took for crash to notice.

eh, you haven't learned yet that you can't slip anything by me LOL

I always keep a virgin tray handy for you darlin!

I've mentioned ProStores a few times as one to look at because a client found it and recommended it. Everyone I've had check it out said it was way better than Yahoo stores. But then those were people who were going to HIRE someone to build it for them - not do it themselves.

I have a LOT of insight into why Web sites don't convert these days so if anyone is interested pop into the PPC forum and check out the sticky threads.

If I see one more site that doesn't provide shipping costs or makes potential buyers "join" before they can complete a purchase......jeesh....what ARE they thinking???

My hot PPC tip of the week: if your site doesn't convert you'll never make money with PPC. Fix that first.

Wow... that's an old name i havent seen around in a while!

Good to hear from you crash!