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Ironhorse · 01-02-2025, 02:07 PM

I've been out of adult industry for some years and nursing the idea of a return since 2019, trying to get as much info about the changes from this board and some private convos with folks I used to know and do business with. There have been many changes in the industry, and not for the better, in trying to monetize running your own show but I've landed on an old fashioned idea of a link list as a starting point.

I have many tangential future projects that I am working on and an organic link list could be a good funnel to maximize exposure both to the usual porn surfers and also industry insiders. As a veteran web designer with decades of experience I can minimize overhead from that perspective alone while having a place to highlight my work for the occasional design job that might come my way. I am also a decent illustration artist and story writer, and have some plans to produce cartoon/illustration content in the future so this would also be a vehicle. Also shooting my own content was the initial drive that got me into porn to begin with back in 1998 so I haven't given up on that idea.

This would be more of a portal linking the gems I find surfing porn daily, my own content as I produce it, a blog/review section, maybe run a custom tube script for the niches that appeal to me, and of course keeping up to date with industry norms as I familiarize myself with the industry pulse.

The niches would be some traditional type porn (video) but also blog reviews for erotic illustration and cartoons with some affiliate program, for example review an adult graphic novel with links to Amazon or similar type monetization. There are many ways to funnel this.

Traffic of course is the eternal problem and it seems much tougher to generate quality traffic these days. The hope would be to rely on bookmark followers for folks that have similar interests and the $ to spend on reliable recommendations. I was decent at generating SE traffic back in the day but everything has changed so that is most definitely the crucial obstacles everyone in the industry faces. But since it's a two pronged approach to also reach adult industry for custom content and services and the very low relative overhead to run something like this, I feel it's a good approach.

Anyway I'm mostly brainstorming a new idea for a new year. I'm comfortable with the idea it may take a good while to get any attention to a site like this but it's manageable as a side gig on my part. Once I set it up it's basically not really a job to keep a running content update for something I already do almost daily - surf porn and related content and compile it into a portal.

Any thoughts? Comments? I appreciate any feedback.

01-02-2025, 02:07 PM
Ironhorse Pixel Pusher Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,092	Thinking of starting an old fashioned link list I've been out of adult industry for some years and nursing the idea of a return since 2019, trying to get as much info about the changes from this board and some private convos with folks I used to know and do business with. There have been many changes in the industry, and not for the better, in trying to monetize running your own show but I've landed on an old fashioned idea of a link list as a starting point. I have many tangential future projects that I am working on and an organic link list could be a good funnel to maximize exposure both to the usual porn surfers and also industry insiders. As a veteran web designer with decades of experience I can minimize overhead from that perspective alone while having a place to highlight my work for the occasional design job that might come my way. I am also a decent illustration artist and story writer, and have some plans to produce cartoon/illustration content in the future so this would also be a vehicle. Also shooting my own content was the initial drive that got me into porn to begin with back in 1998 so I haven't given up on that idea. This would be more of a portal linking the gems I find surfing porn daily, my own content as I produce it, a blog/review section, maybe run a custom tube script for the niches that appeal to me, and of course keeping up to date with industry norms as I familiarize myself with the industry pulse. The niches would be some traditional type porn (video) but also blog reviews for erotic illustration and cartoons with some affiliate program, for example review an adult graphic novel with links to Amazon or similar type monetization. There are many ways to funnel this. Traffic of course is the eternal problem and it seems much tougher to generate quality traffic these days. The hope would be to rely on bookmark followers for folks that have similar interests and the $ to spend on reliable recommendations. I was decent at generating SE traffic back in the day but everything has changed so that is most definitely the crucial obstacles everyone in the industry faces. But since it's a two pronged approach to also reach adult industry for custom content and services and the very low relative overhead to run something like this, I feel it's a good approach. Anyway I'm mostly brainstorming a new idea for a new year. I'm comfortable with the idea it may take a good while to get any attention to a site like this but it's manageable as a side gig on my part. Once I set it up it's basically not really a job to keep a running content update for something I already do almost daily - surf porn and related content and compile it into a portal. Any thoughts? Comments? I appreciate any feedback. __________________ [email protected]