http://www.cameronolthuis.com tales of building an internet empire Wed, 07 May 2008 17:42:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have my sights on moving to Nicaragua right now. I'm trying to figure out the logistics so I can spend 2 out of the 3 months there this coming summer. Go down, check the place out, scope some real estate, surf my brains out, etc. Consistent year-round swells, offshore ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/05/nicaragua/ It's been awhile since I've posted a coffee IV and the funny thing is that I'm not even drinking coffee this morning. I'm just starting to get over this nasty bug I've had for the last week and I feel like that last thing I need right now is coffee. ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/05/coffee-iv-5-7-08/ This just happened down the street from my house, a San Diego man was attacked by a shark this morning and bled to death. Apparently this is the first fatal attack in 50 years in my area. This is pretty scary considering I was just about to paddle out for ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/fatal-shark-attack-in-san-diego/ All you business and website owners listen up and listen well. Avante Gardens, an Anaheim Florist, is going to school you on building loyal customers, links, and positive buzz all in one shot.... So how many of you remember my story about FTD Sucks and how they screwed me over on ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/avante-gardens-you-had-me-at-hello/ I meant to post this a couple days ago when my buddy Brent broke the news. I was at SMX though and didn't get around to it. Pretty cool stuff though that Brent was able to scoop this story. Reddit has been long overdue for an update on features and ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/reddit-updates-features-and-ui/ For all you skiers: Simon Dumont set a new world record for the biggest quarter-pipe air EVAR!! Chalk one up for the skiers.... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/simon-dumonts-world-record-quarter-pipe-air/ Aw, the joys of running a content site. I'd almost forgotten how bad it gets with people ripping off your content and reposting it on their own sites word-for-word. This last weekend I've spent countless hours chasing down these villains and trying to get them to remove our original work. ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/my-new-title-content-police/ 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 ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/800-readers-where-did-you-all-come-from/ 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 ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/my-thoughts-two-weeks-into-twitter/ 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 ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-4-11-08/ 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 ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/action-sports-twitts/ 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... ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-4-9-08/ Just a few items of note... Starbucks - They're finally stepping it up with their coffee. I've never been a huge fan of Starbucks coffee but I'll definitely give them another try with this new brew. Never really cared for the taste and I always found it inconsistent, I guess that's ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-4-8-08/ 5ones is a project that first began last July. It all started when I met Chris Bennett from 97th Floor at last year's SMX Advanced. We quickly hit it off, partly because we both share a deep passion for surfing and other action sports. We talked a lot about how ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/5ones-announcing-v10/ So, the first of the two exciting redesigns and announcements that I'm rolling out today is Factive Media. Factive itself isn't necessarily new but I don't think I've ever really mentioned it here on the blog or really told you guys what I was up to with it. The official ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/factive-media-and-my-vision/ Update - So I didn't get the chance to make my announcement yesterday but it's coming today, for sure. It just might not come right away. I'm spending the day with my little girls and since it's such a nice day I want to take full advantage. Not that we ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffe-iv-4-3-08/ Performics - I'm happy to see Google is spinning this chunk of the DoubleClick acq off. It was a huge conflict and it's nice to see they moved quickly. Lets see if Microsoft does the same. BTW, I saw this survey the other day that said both Microsoft and the ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-4-3-08/ Not much interesting going on today, perhaps everyone is hungover from all the April Fool's sillyness. CEO SEO - Rand Fishkin wrote a really good post about Internet CEOs that ignore SEO. While I didn't go into nearly the detail that Rand did I also touched on this back in ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-4-2-08/ Up to you to decided if I'm trying to fool you or not. Submit Worthy - My homie Chris Winfield wrote a good post on Search Engine Land today about making your content submit worthy. Chris is a social media genius so when he says something just shut up and listen. ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/coffee-iv-april-fools-edition/ I wish I had a good joke for you or something but I don't. But if I did, I'm sure it would make for some good linkbait and all 5 of my readers (4 of which are family) would link to it. I wrote about this strategy last year on ... http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2008/04/april-fools-linky-doo/