How many staff should you have? - GoFuckYourself.com

DVTimes · 01-20-2015, 06:40 AM

To those running a members site.

Ideally how many staff should you have to make things work best?

Sure you can run a site on your own (I am not including the server side of things). As in shoot/buy content. Edit content. Promote site. And so on. But even if you do this from the moment you get up to the moment you go to bed, in truth there is not enough time in the day.

So in an ideal world how many staff would you have and what roles/jobs would you give them to do?

I presume such as supermarkets must have a lot of staff working on there websites (uploading content, promoting and so on).

slapass · 01-20-2015, 07:02 AM

Use the rule of thumb. Dumb down the role so anyone can do it, and then hire cheap labor for that. Works for McDonalds.

pornguy · 01-20-2015, 07:30 AM

We have 5 people. 3 of us in office that work on final cut and promotions the others shoot and promote.

Editing.xxx · 01-21-2015, 10:19 AM

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L-Pink · 01-21-2015, 10:21 AM

That depends on the amount of bathrooms you have ..... Hold on while I find that thread.

Markul · 01-21-2015, 10:21 AM

3 people on staff, hire the rest as freelancers.

freecartoonporn · 01-21-2015, 11:56 AM

1 designer
2 coders
1 sysadmin
2 video editors
and then you can add more to this.

mineistaken · 01-21-2015, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

That depends on the amount of bathrooms you have .....

Stole my line!

PAR · 01-21-2015, 04:01 PM

For me this would depend on how may sites,
What type of sites,
The type of backend and billing setup,
Number and timeline on updates,
How much effort will be put in webmaster traffic vs inhouse traffic generation vs traffic buying,
Expected release rate of new sites,
Webmaster marketing tools, (depending on what they are they will need updates and support)

You can have 2 companies, both with say 20 sites...
Depending on the setup company "A" can have 3 staff Company "B" 120 staff...

So its not really an answerable question...

ITraffic · 01-21-2015, 04:16 PM

most studies say 13.

pornmasta · 01-21-2015, 04:35 PM

1 Me
2 My skull
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The Porn Nerd · 01-21-2015, 05:09 PM

42. The answer is always 42.

For me:
2 video editors
4 video uploaders
1 designer
1 programmer
1 designer for affiliate programs (FHGs, adding promo content, custom banners etc)
1 webmaster/Editor for Members Area updates, Tour Updates, video format conversion and other tasks
1 Uber Dousche Boss who does everything else (me)

So that's....42, right?

(By Summer that # will jump by 4 as I continue to scale up.)

Struggle4Bucks · 01-21-2015, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

42. The answer is always 42.

For me:
2 video editors
4 video uploaders
1 designer
1 programmer
1 designer for affiliate programs (FHGs, adding promo content, custom banners etc)
1 webmaster/Editor for Members Area updates, Tour Updates, video format conversion and other tasks
1 Uber Dousche Boss who does everything else (me)

So that's....42, right?

(By Summer that # will jump by 4 as I continue to scale up.)

If you really counted that as 42.... you have higher odds you will experience an "insufficient credit"-sitiation at the local grocery shop in the nearby future...

SmutHammer · 01-21-2015, 05:41 PM

One thing you can be sure of, 1 person can not do it all, those who try fail.

The Porn Nerd · 01-21-2015, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Struggle4Bucks

If you really counted that as 42.... you have higher odds you will experience an "insufficient credit"-sitiation at the local grocery shop in the nearby future...

Ahh that explains a lot. No wonder the clerks at the local supermarket look at me so strange. I always hand them $42, regardless of what the total is. LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmutHammer

One thing you can be sure of, 1 person can not do it all, those who try fail.

I started out as an amateur doing everything myself, even shooting the content, so I always say this when it comes to a single person or a couple running their own website:

There are 3 parts of the business and a person (or couple) can only successfully do 2 out of the 3 long-term without losing their minds/motivation (or ruining their relationship, thus ending the website).

1. Content creation
2. Running the website
3. Marketing the website

(If content is purchased it makes it MUCH easier for a person/couple to do all 3 aspects.)

When you throw in an Affiliate Program....well, it's a shit ton of work for just one active paysite (let alone 82). So either you become incredible at multi-tasking or you hire help (or both).

Of course, many are happy with whatever income they may get running things themselves so everyone has different goals in business.

iamBoogieman · 01-21-2015, 06:43 PM

Nice infos here.

Phoenix · 01-21-2015, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAR

For me this would depend on how may sites,
What type of sites,
The type of backend and billing setup,
Number and timeline on updates,
How much effort will be put in webmaster traffic vs inhouse traffic generation vs traffic buying,
Expected release rate of new sites,
Webmaster marketing tools, (depending on what they are they will need updates and support)

You can have 2 companies, both with say 20 sites...
Depending on the setup company "A" can have 3 staff Company "B" 120 staff...

So its not really an answerable question...

Logic and proper planning is not really welcome here.

AmeliaG · 01-21-2015, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

42. The answer is always 42.

For me:
2 video editors
4 video uploaders
1 designer
1 programmer
1 designer for affiliate programs (FHGs, adding promo content, custom banners etc)
1 webmaster/Editor for Members Area updates, Tour Updates, video format conversion and other tasks
1 Uber Dousche Boss who does everything else (me)

So that's....42, right?

(By Summer that # will jump by 4 as I continue to scale up.)

I have successfully used the line: Is this guy/girl boring you? Come with me. I'm from outer space.

Mostly worked at science fiction conventions. Some folks don't even understand that 42 is the answer.

The Porn Nerd · 01-21-2015, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmeliaG

I have successfully used the line: Is this guy/girl boring you? Come with me. I'm from outer space.

Mostly worked at science fiction conventions. Some folks don't even understand that 42 is the answer.

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Sexier · 01-22-2015, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L-Pink

That depends on the amount of bathrooms you have ..... Hold on while I find that thread.

We have 4, Guess how many people work here.

AmeliaG · 01-22-2015, 06:59 AM

One thing to factor in is how many different types of content are there.

For example, it is usually best to have different people produce photos, video, and text. You may need different people to work on promotion tailored to content type.

Roald · 01-22-2015, 07:04 AM

Biggest thing is where do you want to be in the next few years.

based on that you can expand or continue as you are.

nico-t · 01-22-2015, 08:36 AM

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Barry-xlovecam · 01-22-2015, 08:47 AM

The answer to these questions are always 42

Or, enough to accomplish 87% of their tasks and to say they are too busy to do any more ...

JTC · 01-22-2015, 08:55 AM

I think that entirely depends on the quality of the staff, no?

sperbonzo · 01-22-2015, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

42. The answer is always 42.

For me:
2 video editors
4 video uploaders
1 designer
1 programmer
1 designer for affiliate programs (FHGs, adding promo content, custom banners etc)
1 webmaster/Editor for Members Area updates, Tour Updates, video format conversion and other tasks
1 Uber Dousche Boss who does everything else (me)

So that's....42, right?

(By Summer that # will jump by 4 as I continue to scale up.)

Makes sense to me...

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