Cameron Olthuis

I haven’t logged into my Feedburner account for at least a good 6 months, probably more like 12. I just happened to log in and I’m pleasantly surprised to discover I have over 800 people reading my blog, 830 to be exact. I seriously thought the number was going to be around 8, not 800. That number’s high enough that I can be proud of it, so I displayed the little chicklet there on my sidebar. Now I’m kind of fired up to get that number over 1000.

I’m curious, how did you all find my blog? I’d also love to hear your feedback on what you think I should be blogging about. What kind of stuff are you guys/gals into and what would you like to hear from me?

PS - I’m expecting about 826 more comments… ummkay

So I’ve been using Twitter now for a couple weeks and to be honest with you, I can’t say that it has provided any real value. Actually, that’s not totally true. I did get an intro to someone that ended up interviewing me about 5ones for a blog. Other than that though it’s been a pretty big time waste so far. Maybe I just need to stop checking it so much. I’m going to give it a couple more weeks before I make a decision to stick with it or drop it. If you’re on Twitter you can follow me, my name is @Factive. I also have one setup for 5ones.

I can see how it would provide tremendous value if you have 10,000+ followers, like Mr. Calacanis. But lets face it, I’m just not quite as popular as Jason which is evident by my 50 followers compared to his 10k+.

If you’re a Twitter user I’d love to hear why you use it and what value you find in it? Also, drop me your name and I can add you to my follow list if I’m not already.

Dead Paper - While the rest of us - and I’m guilty too - are chanting death to old media, Copyblogger is giving us lessons from it. Great post called Five Lessons You Can Learn From Newspapers. I recommend this to any blogger, writer, etc. Very helpful as I’ve recently found myself in the position of Editor in Chief - and who would’ve guessed based on the grades I got in English class? I’m reading this twice and then sending it to all my writers.

Slow morning, which is good because it’s Friday and it’s a beautiful day! I’ve been feeling really positive lately and happy with my progress. It’s important to be positive; I notice a big difference in both the amount I accomplish and the quality of work. Plus it’s just a lot more pleasant to the people around you when you’re positive. Hope you all have a good day and weekend!

I just setup a twitter account for 5ones. You can follow all of our action sports twitts here and stay up to date on our latest really good posts. I’m not going to twitt all of our posts, just the ones I feel are most interesting and most likely to invite discussion.

Another medium for those who don’t use RSS and would prefer twitts over email updates, etc.

Digg - Who needs Digg anymore? With the right kind of content, leveraging Reddit/Del.icio.us/SU can bring better results than the average Digg. We’ve done a few recent linkbait pieces for a client that have generated well over 2000 links, all without a single Digg. It all depends on the content… after a few mediocre Digg attempts, we took a serious look at the content strategy, changed it up, and haven’t looked back. Social news strategies have been changing dramatically lately with all the changes Digg has undergone. Time to adapt or fall by the wayside.

Sock Puppets - My friend Michael ‘Graywolf’ Gray has a great post about being more entertaining than a sock puppet. The post is really about is engaging and entertaining users through social media. I don’t really want to get involved in the drama this post is centralized around and once you read Graywolf’s post you’ll be up to date anyways. The point is that you really need to understand this (social media) medium if you want to play in it. Read the post and you’ll see the two great examples, one understands this medium and one doesn’t. Nice to see an SEO lay the smackdown on social media experts…. social media outside of linkbait.