Originally Posted by Fake Nick

let me be the first to go hating on your ass!

you claim you picked January because you wanted to have a number that could be seen as average ,and january in your pov can be seen as just that ( of course this is bullshit)

go ask 20 webmasters wether january was a VERY GOOD month for them or not and 18 willl say HELL YEAH , january almost ALWAYS is way ABOVE average


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Originally Posted by PornHero

The reason I chose January is cuz everyone has in their head an income
they would like to make in an average month.

Feb was not an average month because it only has 28 days.

I wanted to give you the most acccurate number to compare with the average monthly income you have in your head.

Originally Posted by PornHero

not sure what your point is :helpme ... everyone should be comparing my Jan. numbers to their own January numbers..

Originally Posted by PornHero

I wanted to give you the most acccurate number to compare with the average monthly income you have in your head.

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

january almost ALWAYS is way ABOVE average


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Originally Posted by PornHero

not sure what your point is :helpme ... everyone should be comparing my Jan. numbers to their own January numbers..

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

let me be the first to go hating on your ass!

you claim you picked January because you wanted to have a number that could be seen as average ,and january in your pov can be seen as just that ( of course this is bullshit)

go ask 20 webmasters wether january was a VERY GOOD month for them or not and 18 willl say HELL YEAH , january almost ALWAYS is way ABOVE average


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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

February was a lot better for me, even with 3 days less. :)

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

are you thick ? or you just dont know what you are posting anymore ? ?

I think the numbers given were 100% bullshit and just a cheap spam for your blog :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

all I am saying is that you dont make sense

you say you are going to give january numbers because they could be seen as a standard average month ,.... that you claimed was you reason for chosing january


when I say that there is nothing average about january , you reply by questioning my point


that = stupidity

Originally Posted by LionDollars

BUMP.... and i'll take a guess too.
I don't know you at all so its a random one...

$3100

If i win i want it ALL! ROFLMAO

L$

Originally Posted by TopBucksTrixxxia

PornHero, that's a nice amount - congrats!

Originally Posted by LionDollars

BUMP.... and i'll take a guess too.
I don't know you at all so its a random one...

$3100

If i win i want it ALL! ROFLMAO

L$

Originally Posted by Meloman

While I can understand where you're comming from I still have to disagree about giving away so much info.

Inevitably you're going to now have people crawling all up and down your shit and someone will eventually figure out what you do.

Let's face it... all the stuff about "pre selling" is cool and all. But it's just talk about how you market your product. The true secret is your TRAFFIC SOURCE!

Welcome to all of GFY trying to hunt down your traffic sources and copying you.

Regardless... congrats on the great numbers and good luck with 2005! :thumbsup

P.S. Back when I first started I was a lot lot more open about my numbers as well....then I learned my lesson, lol

Originally Posted by PornHero

lol, people can hunt my shit down all they want but the key is that they dont see the breakdown of where the money is coming from... I have a shitload of sites/pages/domains. etc... and I find it follows the 20/80 rule... 20% of what you put out there makes 80% of your income... you all dont know which 20% it is... 80% of the stuff I built since 1997 makes me no money :(

that's why one of the keys of this business is to just continue to build, submit, learn, build, submit, learn etc... the big thing now is pornblogs.. and if you dont have one yet you are missing out... what? too busy with your sorry-ass TGP? fuckin make a pornblog already and add it to TopPornBlogs

Originally Posted by Meloman

That's good that you you're diversified enough from over the years that it would be hard to figure you out. I know exactly what you mean about having old ass shit from back in the day that isn't performing anymore but is still up.

But there are lots of other ways of figuring you out. People inevitably talk. Your best performing sponsor my have a big mouth and may mention to someone what you do etc.. Sometimes it's innocent slip of the tongue. But you can bet your ass people here are now wondering about you

I just thing it's much smarter to be low key and only let people you're actually networking at shows etc.. know what you do. This just comes from my personal experience. Hopefully you won't figure out the same lesson :2 cents:

Honestly I'm not trying to bash you or anything and think it's very cool that you've been successful at this. You've probably just inspired 90% of GFY with your figures.

Again congrats and good luck to a prosperous 2005 :thumbsup

Originally Posted by markyman

I did $4200 In January $250 in costs. not bad!

Originally Posted by debbieN

In Jan I made $21,616 in profit from just TPG submission for my own site.

That includes recurring sales at 47.2% for the first month.

Originally Posted by PornHero

I totally understand what you are thinking... first of all I said "most" of my secrets... there are some firstcome/firstserve secrets that I am not going to give out cause that creates competition for me... but there are certain secrets I will give out at http://www.iadultwebmasters.com ... I like the feeling of giving back and its a fucking big internet man... even if everyone on here started using my secrets to success I would still be making money. The breadth of the the internet is HUGE. FUCKING MASSIVE. I am making this amount of money and there are niches I HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED YET. I mean if I had the time to apply all I know to many more niches I would be making bank...

Originally Posted by markyman

Yes but the sweet money is keeping me from pushing my self to finish college! doh!!

Originally Posted by CheeseFrog

I'm waiting for you to tell us about tiny classified ads :)

Originally Posted by CheeseFrog

I'm waiting for you to tell us about tiny classified ads :)

Originally Posted by clickclickclick

are u on icq, i wouldnt mind talking to u if u have a moment.

Originally Posted by PornHero

I've always wanted to do this ever since I started noticing gfy threads where people refuse to tell exactly how much they make a month.

I always thought "what's the big deal with saying how much you make?":

This is my thinking process:

1. NOONE CAN CONFIRM IT: first of all, noone knows if the number you say is bullshit or not, so why not say a number?

Plus incomes vary based on how much time/energy you put into your business. I'd prefer to be making $1000 a month spending 2 hours a month on my business rather than making $5000/month but working 80 hours a week.

2. IF YOU EXAGGERATE: Only you will know that you are living a lie... Not a good thing if people who make about the same level you claim want to do business with you.

3. IF YOU SAY A SMALLER NUMBER: Then you are missing out on opportunies that may arise from people who are looking for webmasters making good money in this business.

Some people say its none of anyone's business how much I make... true dat... but I believe by stating your income you are promoting the stage you are at in this business and will attract likeminded people at the same level to network with you. Like they say, many times its not what you know but who you know. You really have nothing to lose.

If you make more than me then good for you :) You serve as inspiration for me to keep building my business. If you make less than me then I hope I serve as an inspiration to you as a number of people did when I was coming up. :thumbsup

I have never been one to follow rules or traditions that I didnt agree with if I didnt have to.

And this is one tradition I dont agree with.

So that is why I am about to post exactly how much money my statsremote says I made for the month of January 2005.

Keep in mind my total expenses for the month were about $1500 which includes my servers, bandwith, and domain names.

WHEN THIS THREAD HITS 50 replies I am going to post my statsremote income for the month of January. I will not post again 'til then.

Go ahead and post your guess if you like :thumbsup

Originally Posted by PornHero

well thanks for the advice but here is ANOTHER juicy tidbit I have learned from my experience....

Dont' worry.

Yup.. that's my piece of advice... don't worry.. Anytime you see your sales take a dip... everytime a server goes down... anytime one of your top sponsors shuts down, don't worry...

Now make sure you understand me... I didnt say not to freak out, fix that shit asap and learn your lesson... but what I mean is dont be afraid that you are going to have to go back to your job at McDonalds... it takes some practice but don't run your business like a paranoid little adultwebmaster.

Let me a bit more clear -- Freaking out over a specific problem is short-term and lasts for the life of the problem - that's understandable...worrying is your day to day paranoia that your sales are dropping, you are doing shit in the search engines, you are never going to make it in this business... etc etc.

Just like any business, this business has its ups and downs. Your business/income wont go straight up, but you have to stick to it, keep building and learn new things whenever you can.

I have realized that sex sells and we are still just at the very beginning of a massive market that is emerging. There are many people who have never even been to a pornsite yet. I know that may seem hard to believe but its true. And with the quality sites that are coming out many guys are going to start making it a habit of having 3-4 memberships at their favorite sites that deliver. and I wanna be there to tell them about the new ones coming out.

My point is I can lose all my shit tonight, today, right now, and I'd be back baby. This business is continually evolving and even I STILL learn something new EVERYDAY... get it? I remember before days/weeks would go by before I learned something new... now i learn something new and worthwhile everyday...

phew, these rantings of an adultwebmaster are gettin' me tired I am going to go get something to eat.