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16. You put Webmaster Paradise on the map. Why did you recently leave them and who are you working for now?
I do appreciate the compliment but Webmaster Paradise has been around for 12 years as well ? I don?t think I put them on the map. I believe as the community grew that I only assisted in pointing them out on the map. A lot of the top affiliate programs were already using them before I started.
To be honest I saw myself retiring there ? they are family to me and making a decision to leave was one of the most difficult moments of my life. I had security for my family and a team atmosphere with a work ethic that many envied and emulated. An atmosphere you only see in the largest trained Fortune 100 companies that spend a great deal of money on positive ? motivational ? teamwork driven campaigns.
They already knew the strategies for success so I was merely complimenting their current program. They saw their employees as important as the webmasters who were their clients. Not driving them as slaves and cutting benefits for bottom line. Employees were motivated to work harder simply because they cared about the company rather than the paycheck. The company rewarded this by making sure employees weren?t worried about their personal lives knowing that you couldn?t focus you entire attention onto the job if you think you can?t make your mortgage or rent. Not too mention employees are more than likely to quit for a better paying job and atmosphere which ultimately affects the trust of webmasters when they see good people leaving.
Managers realized that good management style happens when you are not in the office. To trust and entrust decisions to those under you then if any problems arose, worked on a solution together. Employee?s were never belittled or treated negatively. It was part of that strategy already in place that put them on the map. I only introduced more webmasters to it. No matter how networked you are, the only thing you can do is open the door so webmasters can take a look, if the program/content sucks no level of kissing ass will have someone sign up or risk loosing money over.
Webmaster Paradise did need some tuning, but they quickly and willingly took the advice given and we had the entire company changed within a few months and immediately growth started to occur once it was done. Webmasters merely waiting for the doors to re-open to have a second look but liked what they saw. Still today after I left the growth continues with Ron Stewart running the show as Director of Sales and Marketing. He was the only person I could see settling into the position I once held.
Sexdatecash.com contacted me requesting that I use my networking and management style to bring similar success to their team. In a world where adult dating sites have such a bad name because of fake profiles and unwanted programs ? these guys grew the old fashioned method by getting one real profile at a time. They lacked the ability for global dominance and needed a strong representative to compliment their program not only to get them there but to tell others they arrived.
Still - my first reaction was no way. I was happy ? secure ? and had a team that worked well together. Why would I sacrifice any of that for a risky venture in a team I knew nothing about and in a field that was already stained by negative programs?
As I considered the offer, I then realized that this is what I do best. Change the landscape of a company?s future for the best by working with them to open the right channels for success in addition to remolding their management style for optimum sales potentials and they seemed to have that same goal in mind. They were hungry for change. The past few months have been working directly with each person accomplishing the larger goal of making the company world wide so webmasters can now get the maximum dollar return on their traffic.
Anyone in this industry knows of my reputation and that I have spoken and helped many webmasters/company?s over the 12 years rise to worldwide recognition and or company growth. I?ve done seminars and written articles on the topics.
Yet success is not accomplished by one person - it is only through the teamwork and positive management styles that a company offers in return. Those companies in the past that contacted me that were too stubborn, arrogant, watching pennies while dollars floated by or micro-managed themselves into a slow sales slump simply could not be helped and I had to leave them to their own preferred old style of managing in frustration as they simply could not let go of the reins in order to let their company grow.
It is not pride that I say this, the methods I suggest are not my own - but the experience and wisdom I have gained over all this time from speaking to owners who now are multi-millionaires of successful adult companies that offer advice to me. I do not know everything about this industry, but I sure as hell know those who do. It is that combined knowledge of success from those greater than I that I draw upon to help others out.
If some companies chose to ignore the advice from successful business men who turned their companies around from nothing to garnishing respect from everyone else in this industry then who am I to force them? Whether it was pride or something else is not my concern, but I can only say I gave it my best shot.
Sexdatecash?s president Mark is an amazing guy to work with and I am often taken back that in his early 30?s he has driven this company along with his natural abilities for success. How many presidents of large dating sites actually contact the members personally to thank them? Or stand up for their employee?s? If the sexdatenetwork membership had a planned get together, not only would Mark be asked to come but he would want to show up ? that?s a community and dedicated man.
I an excited about what the future of this company has to offer and how each employee can shine by bringing to the table their insights along with those successful owners and legends who are much wiser than I in this industry.
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