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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
I have always said that the Holy Grail of porn is to convert the huge traffic we can generate into 'mainstream' hits.....
Most of us could set up a MGP/Tube and in a week have traffic that would make most mainstream sites weep.
Is this idea from Private a way of converting that traffic? - I don't think so....
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Holy Grail? It's extremely easy, the major (maybe the only) problem is many porn site owners have an inferiority complex that makes them believe mainstream is something pure that their filthy evil porn minds can't touch. Add to that they also believe porn consumers don't have a life and they live in some kind of special trans-dimensional reality where all their needs are satisfied by simply jerking to a porn video.
Believe me, I know it first hand, I was setting up a system for some pretty known adult company and then they decided not to launch it because some "filthy evil porn mind" felt insecure and mainstream partners (already set!!!!!) could decide to stop the project. I won't give names, only that that company was sold, so guess the plan didn't work out that well.
As for this Private thing, it's not that what they're trying to do is wrong "per se", just that they've a record of failures after failures in online business, and still they can't recognize their assets (which led to the initial failures). When you see they're so lost, you know they'll fail again, and Nathan hinted one of the main reasons.
Now, could they make the transition to mainstream? yes. Everybody can.
Should they? No. At least no until they have someone who knows what he/she is doing.
Will they? IMHO, they won't, they'll fail miserably
If I was in Private's management, I'd concentrate in what they always were, revamp their online business, make the brand stand as the leader it always was, rationalize human resources and overthrow competition by a smart online/offline marketing plan. Then, AND ONLY THEN, I'd try the mainstream side and only as a side business that may or may not work.
But well, the above would be using logic and common sense, and sadly Private has displayed an amazing lack of both skills last years. Results at sight.