10.04.06
Posted in Corporate, All Press Releases at 7:36 am by press
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Contact: Kelly McAwley 1-800-658-1917
Timeless Candles PageRank Soars in First Months Online
Sherwood, OR, October 4, 2006
Timeless Candles, an online candle retailer, announced today that it has seen its reputation in Google soar in just the first 10 weeks of businesses.
According to Kelly McAwley, Timeless Candles’ Webmaster, “Very well respected people in the internet marketing industry are commenting on our successes, which is great, but it’s even better to see that a search engine like Google acknowledges the work we’ve been doing.”
In the recent PageRank update done by Google Timeless Candles saw its page rank jump from zeroes across most of its pages to threes and fours. Google has said that its PageRank tool bar is for entertainment purposes only, but a brief review of sites on this 1 – 10 scale is enough to demonstrate that while it may only be an imprecise barometer for actual page rank it is nevertheless telling.
Timeless Candles plans to go on building its authority until it is the number one ranked site for numerous search terms. McAwley said, “What we would really like, of course, is to be ranked number one for terms like, candles and candle holders, but for the moment we are very pleased to be ranked third for WoodWick Candle.”
Timeless Candles is an online retailer of jar candles, votives, tealights, wax melts and more. To visit the Timeless Candles store go to http://www.timelesscandles.com
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Kelly McAwley 1-800-658-1917
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06.30.06
Posted in Corporate, Philanthropy, All Press Releases at 11:39 am by press
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Contact:
Mary Richardson
1-800-658-1917
Timeless Candles
www.timelesscandles.com
Timeless Candles grand opening joins innovative funding initiatives to support breast cancer research.
Sherwood, OR, June 30, 2006 — Around the country innovative funding initiatives are popping up to support breast cancer research. In Waterloo IA, it’s the “Pink Ribbon Golf Classic.” In Jacksonville Fl, it’s the “26.2 with Donna.” In Knoxville Tn, it’s the “BMW Ultimate Drive.” And, for one week, across the internet, it’s the Timeless Candles Grand Opening.
The Pink Ribbon Golf Classic in Waterloo Ia, anticipates 144 participants will come out and turn the greens pink for their annual fundraiser. Gearing up for 2008 the Donna Hicken Foundation is teaming up with the Mayo Clinic to hold the first ever marathon specifically to support breast cancer research. And, when Jane Tomlinson, mother of three, who has advanced metastic breast cancer, cycles from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to New York she will have ridden 4,200 miles to raise funds and awareness about cancer.
Meanwhile, co-owner of Timeless Candles Mary Richardson says, “We think all the innovation is really fabulous, and we’re also aware that not everyone can run a marathon or participate in a golf classic, and not all BMW dealerships offer a BMW Ultimate Drive.” Richardson went on to say, “We want to be part of the solution, so we decided to make it easy and painless for one week for anyone across the country to contribute to breast cancer research. Buy candles during our grand opening and we will give 100% of the profit to breast cancer research. We’ll even give the first 100 people to buy our candles a complementary pink ribbon.”
Richardson pointed out that according to the American Cancer Society there are currently about 3 million women living with breast cancer in America and that one third of them don’t even know they have cancer. She also pointed out that unless things change nearly 205,000 women will die from breast cancer in the next five years.
“My dream would be that on the one week anniversary of our opening, Friday July 7th, people all across America would light a candle they bought from Timeless Candles in support of finding a cure for breast cancer,” Richardson said.
About Breast Cancer:
It’s the second leading cause of cancer death among women in US, and is responsible for nearly 40,970 deaths yearly. About 3 million women are estimated to have breast cancer, but nearly one-third do not know it. Risk factors include: not having children, or not having children until later in life, daily alcohol consumption, hormone replacement therapy, obesity after menopause, and family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Known protective factors include: breast-feeding and physical activity.
About Timeless Candles:
Timeless Candles Grand Opening is June 30, 2006. Individuals interested in helping Timeless Candles raise money for breast cancer research can spread the word to family and friends by e-mailing them this link: http://www.timelesscandles.com, and letting them know that 100% of the profits, from June 30th through July 7th, will be donated to help fight breast cancer.
Contact:
Mary Richardson
1-800-658-1917
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06.14.06
Posted in Corporate, All Press Releases at 2:45 am by press
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Mary Richardson/Kelly McAwley
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Timeless Candles
www.timelesscandles.com
Timeless Candles shares the factors that it believes will allow it to gross ten million dollars in it’s first year of operation.
Sherwood OR, June 14, 2006 — What does it take to go from zero to 10 million in only one year on the Internet? The owners of Timeless Candles think they know the answers.
Co-owner Mary Richardson believes the store’s success will be in it’s philosophy, “At Timeless Candles the single most important question we ask is, How may we brighten your day today?” Richardson explains, “Trying to answer this question before we ever opened for business inspired us to donate the profits from our first week in business to help in the fight to prevent breast cancer. It lead us to create the first educational podcast on candles. And, it inspires us every day to find new and improved ways of serving the individuals who come in contact with Timeless Candles.
The company is leaving nothing to chance. Early on Timeless Candles decided that how product reaches customers is just as important as what reaches them. According to operations manager, Kevin Hodsdon, “Our company is striving to be an environmentally friendly candle store. When choosing packaging material we looked for solutions that were both environmentally friendly and affordable.”
The company’s webmaster, Kelly McCawley, offers his own reason for predicting the company’s future success. “Frankly, our site is leaving nothing to chance. I’ve personally spent hundreds of hours researching every detail of the site’s components from its shopping cart to its podcast and blog.”
Though it is not a publicly traded company, company officials have decided that at the end of their first year in business they will make a public announcement regarding their predicted success and the exact amount of their gross revenue.
About Timeless Candles
Selling candles, votives, pillars, tea lights and candle holders, the company will officially launch their candles web store on June 30, 2006. In the meantime, anyone interested in this hot new Internet start up can sign up at Timeless Candles, http://www.timelesscandles.com to receive pre-launch updates.
Contact:
Mary Richardson/Kelly McAwley
1-800-658-1917
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05.15.06
Posted in Corporate, All Press Releases at 3:38 pm by press
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Contact:
Mary Richardson/Kelly McAwley
1-800-658-1917
Timeless Candles
www.timelesscandles.com
The unique pre-launch tactics employed by this candles e-commerce site draw traffic even before it starts selling.
Sherwood, Or, May 16, 2006 — Based on the fact that the competition is already signing on to be notified of its launchNew Candle Company so Hot Even the Competition is Burning to See its Products Candles e-commerce site draws traffic even before it starts selling.
When SEO expert and webmaster Kelly McAwley decided to put up a place holder page that would allow interested parties to sign up for pre-launch updates he wasn’t sure what to expect. According to Kelly, “It was an idea that came to me over my morning coffee, as I was getting ready to start work on the site. I didn’t expect much, but I wanted to see what would happen.”
If this move is typical of what’s to come at Timeless Candles than the candle company is likely to be anything but typical. Conventional website development wisdom would suggest that place holder pages are a definite no-no, and that sites should not be launched until all of the content has been tested and is ready to go live.
According to the candle store’s co-owner Mary Richardson, “When it comes to our customers we plan to be anything but a typical website. When we started thinking about launching this candle store we determined right away to get our customers involved from start to finish.” Mary went on to say, “I feel passionate about providing more than just another product site, this has to be a place where the people who visit it feel like it’s their store too.”
Working away on the site McAwley wasn’t even aware that the site’s one and only page, the sign-up page, had been indexed. McAwley said, “I was shocked when an e-mail came through asking to be notified of the store’s launch.”
He added, “I was even more surprised when I did a little digging on the unique sounding e-mail address, and found out that it is from one of our future competitors.” Asked if he sees this as a good sign he stated, “This is a very positive sign, we’re still 45-days out from the launch and we already have traffic.”
Selling candles, votives, pillars, tea lights and candle holders, the company will officially launch their candles web store on June 30, 2006. In the meantime, anyone interested in this hot new Internet startup can sign up at Timeless Candles,
http://www.timelesscandles.com, to receive pre-launch updates.
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Contact:
Mary Richardson/Kelly McAwley
1-800-658-1917
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