Cameron Olthuis

It’s another beautiful sunny morning here in San Diego…I seriously love this place. If you’re wondering what this ‘Coffee IV thing’ is all about, read here. There’s even a new category for it appropriately called ‘coffee‘.

WordPress 2.5 - I upgraded one of my sites (not this one) to WordPress 2.5 yesterday and I have to say I like it a lot. The most noticeable difference to me is the improved UI on the admin dashboard. The rest of my sites will be upgraded this week.

Kelly Slater - If you surf then you know what I’m talking about. This dude is simply an amazing athlete and continues to dominate his sport year-after-year. Kelly Slater’s legacy continues to grow with two wins (out of two) so far this year. He deserves to be mentioned among other greats who completely dominate their respective sports… Tiger Woods & Michael Jordan are a few that come to mind.

Yahoo Shine - Yahoo’s new women’s site caught my attention, mostly because I’m in the process of rolling out a women’s specific site myself, although mine’s way more vertical so there’s really no competition. Our favorite guy who we love to hate, Jason Calacanis, thinks they’re competing with their customers. Jason, where have you been bud? Yahoo’s been in the content business for MANY years now. This really isn’t much different than any of their other verticals… and yes they already have celeb gossip and tech verticals.

n00bs - My older brother has been here for the last week shadowing me to see if SEO is something he’d like to get into. I really enjoy teaching n00bs and watching them learn what I do - but only if they put a genuine effort into it. I’ve had a lot of friends/family ask me to teach them what I do and just about everyone of them has put 0 effort into… that’s frustrating and a waste of both people’s time. I’m down for teaching whoever but you better give it a solid effort or don’t bother. My brother who is here is super computer illiterate but it’s been fun because he’s giving it his all. If he sticks with it he’ll be good at it, we’ll see. On a side-note I find it very cliche that no one (friends/family) gave a damn about what I did for all those years I struggled to make it big - but now that I am somewhat successful they all want in.

That’s it folks. I’m on my last sip of greatness.

I’m starting something new on my blog. So every morning when I wake up, like many of you, the first thing I do is brew myself a nice cup of coffee. In fact, I’m pretty much to the point where I can’t function if I don’t have my coffee in the morning. I don’t just drink a cup either, I drink a bowl of it. Well, not really a bowl but the coffee mug I have is easily the size of a bowl and fits about 4 regular cups in it.

When I’m drinking my bowl of coffee it’s usually the time when I’ll skim through my feed reader, check analytics on my sites, or perhaps just sit outside and enjoy the San Diego sun. My coffee addiction is so bad I often joke that I need an IV of coffee hooked up… hence the name of this new series, ‘Coffee IV.’

So what I’m going to try and start doing is writing a post every morning (that I can) while I’m enjoying the deliciousness that is otherwise known as coffee. It will mostly just consist of random thoughts, interesting thing I find on my news binge, etc. Here goes…

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Goog referrals…

I love it when charts look like this. Been working with this client, who is also a good buddy, on SEO since Jan 1st.

I’m going to be speaking at SMX Social on April 22nd in Long Beach. I’m pretty excited to finally be going to a conference that doesn’t require much travel. It’s just a short drive up the 5 for me. It’d be a lot cooler if Danny held this conference in San Diego though. That way I could throw all the parties at my house… plus San Diego is just really cool.

I’m speaking on the topic of Linkbait which is what I usually speak about. I’m pretty excited for this session though since Linkbait strategies have changed so much recently and will continue to do so. Because of this there will be tons of new info to share so I’d encourage you all to come check it out. Plus Danny and everyone at Third Door put on the best conferences in the industry, hands down.

I’m stoked and so should you be. See you there.