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AceKicker · 11-18-2012, 01:49 PM

First let me say that it's a pleasure to join a community of such fine individuals. I've lurked a little bit and you guys seem like a sharp bunch of knives. I look forward to contributing to the community.

I plan on starting an erotica blog where I create a hot-wife persona who shares stories of her exploits. I'm male FWIW. The goal is to get a loyal following of subscribers who look forward with bated breath for each new post. I'm confident I can create content that does this.

At first my marketing strategy is to use twitter to find subscribers. I'm a total noob when it come to web publishing so I'm not expecting to be very good at SEO in the beginning. I will do my best to optimize my site but I'm thinking that it will take me a fairly long time to rank well for my keywords. So Twitter is going to be strategy #1 out of the gate.

I want to create a system that forces blog commenters to double opt-in to my newsletter in order to leave comments. I will provide extra content as well as advertising in my newsletters.

At the moment I don't have any web design skills so I am planning on using Wordpress.

Now I have a few questions.

1. What is the best way to monetize this? I guess the standard line would be to be an affiliate to cuckold and wife swapping sites. Is there a better way? My concern doing this though is that my subscribers will already be savvy with regards to these sites. I'm concerned that my conversion rates will be too low to make any real money. I was thinking about trying some non-adult affiliates. Will any non-adult affiliates accept me?

2. How do I do the double opt-in newsletters? Are there any wordpress plug-ins that do this? What are some good and cheap email programs to deliver the newsletters?

3. I'd like to get a slew of photos of a model who can be my persona. What are the best ways to go about finding such a model and how much will this cost? Is there a place where I can buy unique adult stock photos?

4. Do any of you have any general advice for a total noob like me?

So that's the plan. Any and all criticisms/ideas will be greatly appreciated.

11-18-2012, 01:49 PM
AceKicker Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1	Please critique my business plan. Total noob here. First let me say that it's a pleasure to join a community of such fine individuals. I've lurked a little bit and you guys seem like a sharp bunch of knives. I look forward to contributing to the community. I plan on starting an erotica blog where I create a hot-wife persona who shares stories of her exploits. I'm male FWIW. The goal is to get a loyal following of subscribers who look forward with bated breath for each new post. I'm confident I can create content that does this. At first my marketing strategy is to use twitter to find subscribers. I'm a total noob when it come to web publishing so I'm not expecting to be very good at SEO in the beginning. I will do my best to optimize my site but I'm thinking that it will take me a fairly long time to rank well for my keywords. So Twitter is going to be strategy #1 out of the gate. I want to create a system that forces blog commenters to double opt-in to my newsletter in order to leave comments. I will provide extra content as well as advertising in my newsletters. At the moment I don't have any web design skills so I am planning on using Wordpress. Now I have a few questions. 1. What is the best way to monetize this? I guess the standard line would be to be an affiliate to cuckold and wife swapping sites. Is there a better way? My concern doing this though is that my subscribers will already be savvy with regards to these sites. I'm concerned that my conversion rates will be too low to make any real money. I was thinking about trying some non-adult affiliates. Will any non-adult affiliates accept me? 2. How do I do the double opt-in newsletters? Are there any wordpress plug-ins that do this? What are some good and cheap email programs to deliver the newsletters? 3. I'd like to get a slew of photos of a model who can be my persona. What are the best ways to go about finding such a model and how much will this cost? Is there a place where I can buy unique adult stock photos? 4. Do any of you have any general advice for a total noob like me? So that's the plan. Any and all criticisms/ideas will be greatly appreciated.