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Originally Posted by harvey
Back to the subject, it's a very interesting debate, although nothing new. I was discussing a "gamification" solution in 2003/2004 that would boost conversions with several people here (and I didn't invent the concept, so it's even older).
Problem is that, unlike any other industry, adult industry is extremely afraid of innovation. While in any market people strives for innovation and be the first to do something, most adult webmasters/companies will run away from it and only copy concepts once someone else does them. It's just what it is.
A good proof is that what I discussed several years ago still wasn't done IN ADULT, and it's nothing out of this world. Some mainstream companies were doing something similar to what I discussed with these companies for the last 3/4 years and, of course, they're making millions. Go figure.
As for the Paul/DamianJ situation: you blokes should get a room. We all know Paul is many years behind when it comes to marketing and business development, but that's not a reason to corrupt every single business discussion with your pointless attacks  |
I agree with you. Damian is a lying fool and probably broke.
My point was that no one changes. That the gaming industry has changed. It used to be games that could only be played by 1 or 2 on a computer. It's now games that can be played by 100 together at the same time online. Or so it seems. Definitely are multiple player games online. The gaming industry adapted to the Internet.
The Adult Internet adapted to the Internet. Prior to the Internet we didn't give away free porn. Now we do is so much volume there's probably more free porn than paid porn. Definitely more people looking at free porn than paying for it.
The reason, I believe, most companies online are afraid of innovation is they can't afford to and don't know how to innovate. Except in giving it away and even then they follow the mainstream.
As for marketing skills. There are 10,000s of "marketing" people in online porn. Sorry I meant people giving away free porn. There are a few 100 who can shoot well enough to sell to the markets I sold to.
Given the 2 skills I'm happy with the one I have. Because porn is a repeat buy product. Be it to the consumer or the publisher. A bad shooter only sells once or only sells cheap. We did neither.
But as a poor marketing man, I seem to have done fairly well. Much better than this marketing guru.
Marketing Genius gets you this.