Cameron Olthuis

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.

Hey folks, I’ve just moved my blog to a new host (because of my issues last week). I’ve also upgraded my Wordpress to the latest version.

Everything appears to be ok but please let me know if you see or notice any issues.

Thanks.

I never realized how many people cared about this blog until this last week when it was down. I really appreciate all the emails, calls, IMs, etc to let me know that my site was missing. I also apologize for the week of downtime and put full blame on the crappy hosting company.

I’ve just re-read the 4 Hour Work Week for the 3rd time and if I don’t find some new reading material I’m going to start on it again. Not that that’s a bad thing.

I love that book so if you have anything similar let me know. Otherwise, I’m looking for business, motivational, or life hack type books. I’d love to hear some of your ‘must reads’. Thanks.

I’ve never used one of the online flower delivery services before and after Valentine’s Day I know why. FTD, which is one of the larger flower sites, dropped the ball for me in a big way and basically left me with no options on getting the women in my family flowers.

So on Valentine’s morning, being the nice guy that I am and all, I decided to get online and order some flowers for my mom and both of my sisters. I checked around on all the different sites to see who could guarantee delivery on the same day I placed the order. I ended up placing four very large orders (flowers on Valentine’s Day aren’t cheap) with FTD since they were the ones that promised delivery on that same day. Yes, they promised even on Valentine’s Day. I had placed my order around 8:30 AM and had been waiting anxiously all day for that call from my mom telling me what a wonderful son I am. It never came. Instead, around 3:30 that afternoon and the emails from FTD start rolling in, one after another…

Unfortunately, at this time we do not have a florist available in your recipient’s delivery area who can deliver your product on 2/14.

Ok, so getting an email like that at 3:30 does nothing to help my cause of getting flowers to my family members on that day. By that time all the florists where way to buys to accept new orders and being hundreds of miles away from family I couldn’t just run down and get them. If FTD didn’t have the florist available in my area they should have never taken my order in the first place. Why offer something you know isn’t available in the first place. Second, they shouldn’t have waited until 3:30 in the afternoon to let me know. By that time I was basically out of options like I mentioned.

All-in-all I had placed four separate orders on Valentine’s day with FTD and not a single one of the made it to their destination. The fourth order showed up on Tuesday the 19th and the three others suffered the fate of no florists in the area. By the way, they never did alert me that the fourth order wouldn’t make it that day.

In conclusion I just want to reiterate the fact that FTD sucks and never in my life will I do business with them. If getting flowers to your loved ones on time is important to you I’d recommend you don’t use them either. I’m not one to complain about companies that screw me over, but I just can’t let this one go.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or whatever it is that you might celebrate this time of year. Hope you all enjoy the time away from the hustle & bustle and get to spend some quality time with family and friends. Cheers!