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First, I actually read your blog a good bit and like it. You are a smart dood.
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Thanks, it comes and goes... and thanks for reading the blog.
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1. LOL...we link all of them.
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Oh I didn't see those... The important ones should be above the fold
I never saw them, I just went to see what nudity it was thinking it was some gang bang or something, and saw the big enter button..
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2. Yeah, we do know how many times someone comes back. We've had guys sign up, quit, and come back because we actually DO UPDATE with new exclusive content twice daily, so they come back to see what's new. It's very ethnic / niche, so they come back in bigger number than do brobably your standard program.
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Less or no xsales, better support, better member attention (not always updates), will increase your return rate. The money increase, can be worth more than your xsales.
Check your site(s) across the review sites, look at the comments. It's a great way to see if you are pissing people off or not. I haven't checked your sites, but I do this to check sites before I push them.
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3. I am pro-DRM but we all know it doesn't work and pisses off most surfers as much as anything alse. I really wish DRM worked better.
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It works amazing now.. You can't even tell the vod sites have drm, it's seamless. You can also let them download. If they share it, you can make it have a promo.
DRM is far better than it was, much much better. And with the intro of flash and it's protection, it's getting even better.
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4. You are re-hashing everything I said at the end of my first post. The way the industry is set up is bron-to-fail. I alone, nor you can change that.
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I don't feel the industry is setup to fail. Lots of people are doing fine. They don't complain about tubes or piracy, they just see the numbers go up. Every industry has tons of illegal shit going on, no industry is clean, period.
The overall industry was going down in sales and global traffic 2 years, and for sure 1 year, before the first illegal tube came around. If you want to blame something or someone, blame 2257 - it's what statistically killed our industry.
I don't think having an xsale kills your business, but I do think playing around with shady xsales can for sure hurt you. I do think having 2 pre-checked xsales does remove a big part of your returns. Once a person is tricked - it's over.
It has to make you think, why isn't everyone falling?