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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
And here is where we made our biggest mistake.
We have followed this route for years and look where we are today.
Don't try to convince me we were doing it right for all those years.
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Who is We?
Who is we? A business, a bunch of retards trying to make a buck, a mix of both?
Yes, they did it right at the start, they got rich on a get rich quick scheme, fucked everyone, and got out before the doors shut.
Cause there's no real business environment in online adult, and I'm sure those guys knew, that it's gonna only get worse and more hassle.
You can be an entrepreneur in the top class, but if you don't have the pimp hand strong, and don't smack a couple morons, who try to steal from you, you will get hurt.
And then, say it's 2009 and especially if you have:
a) capital
b) average intelligence and skils
c) you're not a pervert that would be in it for the moving part
Why would you even invest time and money into adult?
You're more likely to change the direction, and who can blame you?
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Without content you have a blank page, even a link to another site is content. Is text content. The value of that link totally depends on the conversions at the other end of the chain.
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That's of course true,
but in principle, hypothetically, these days - I don't have to care, because
1) no matter if I steal the content (cause it's "legal")
2) no matter if I don't have any content, and just jerk or broker the traffic somewhere else
cause TRAFFIC is all that matters
Yes, there will always be a space for sites that can build their loyal audience,
Yes this route works,
I can confirm that,
BUT you can't rely on anyone getting anything, anyone understanding anything, anyone changing their principles,
You gotta kick ass on you own!
Know your enemy!
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Conversions brings money into the business that pays for the traffic. Those conversions rely on satisfied customers. Coming back to the site or coming back the Internet to BUY porn.
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There are thousands of products on the web that are marketable to the same audience as porn, and you can even more effectively filter out the junk traffic, and that will convert much better, even with the lower commissions.
Why would someone even die hard invest into porn anymore?
Ok, it's my turn now, in the post apocalyptic, masturbating global village, to show that there are new innovative ways, that can make money in porn for a couple years to come, but the question applies in general.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
A site not doing this is a site fucking all of us.
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Yes, but in the environment with:
a) no control mechanisms
b) massive widespread of ignorance / dumbness and idiocy in general
Who can blame them?
This is a specific business, let's make fun out of it.