Originally Posted by spasmo (Post 11707574)

Excellent post, shap. You reminded me of a few things I had long forgotten. :thumbsup

Originally Posted by sexykat (Post 11707905)

Shap you are great. Got so much inspiration from you. Read both yor posts. Even took down some notes. There are not many people who like to give away their secrets and spend so much time in helping others.
I am new to this...been hanging around the forum trying to learn stuff. Now my aim is to start up a nice TGP. Learn the ins and out and then eventually start a paysite.
Will love to learn stuff from you.... you are my idol :)

Originally Posted by minusonebit (Post 11707994)

#12 is very, very true. Couldn't be more true. When you have a breakthrough, you have to double your efforts and not only maintain the current level of activity but plow forward further at three times the pace.

I had (and still have) a mainstream site that I was spinning my wheels on for a couple of years. Then one day I got it wrote up in the media (big publication, nationwide). Traffic poured in and the site became super popular. That was almost two years ago and my traffic has never went down since then, not because I sat on it and "enjoyed the success" but because I never stopped pushing the site, never stopped trying to exchange links, never stopped checking up and never stopped trying to get one more user to sign up and start using the site.


Bookmarked this thread for when I have more time to read instead of skim, but lots of good ideas here. Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by QuaShe (Post 11708467)

I think Twistys and Freeones are very much alike.

Great post Shap!

Originally Posted by Pornwolf (Post 11709241)

Shap, I've been around since the beginning and I must say you have never posted 1 thread that wasn't helpful in a meaningful way. Thanks for that. :thumbsup


(and I'm includng the threads about Mrs. Shap too. They were helpful in another kinda meaningful way... she's hot! :winkwink: )

Originally Posted by Shapette (Post 11713642)

Thank you Pornwolf, my ego is blushing!
:wetkiss

Originally Posted by shap (Post 11710067)

Awesome. We'll take good care of you :thumbsup

Originally Posted by Anthony (Post 11709483)

Awesome thread, thank you Shap!

I haven't seen a post like this, in years. Concise, valid information.

Blueprint to printing your own money in this industry.

Originally Posted by shap (Post 11707297)

Secret #11 We set out and continue to create something of value.
Our industry isn?t known for it?s originality or its content value, for the most part. Take BangBros for example. They came up with original ideas that deliver quality content but for the most part, there are not many sites out there like BBros. What always happens after a good idea comes along is a huge caravan of companies that jump on the bandwagon and copycat everything. They do it exactly the way BangBros does and they do it without a single spark of their own identity. This is no way to run a business. These companies are relying on BangBros? ideas for their success. Why not rely on yourself for your own success? Take the time to build something of value that you came up with on your own. Put your heart and soul into it and be proud of it. Give it your own personal edge. Having one good quality site can be worth more than 40 mediocre sites ?and far more rewarding.

Originally Posted by webmaster2006 (Post 11719385)

Hi Shap,

It's a great post. When you say to do something out of ordinary with TGPs, what do you mean by that?
Thank you.

Originally Posted by shap (Post 11720645)

Hi Webmaster2006, great question.
If you visit 100 tgps right now you'll see what i mean. Go to 10 thumb tgps and you'll see they are all almost 100% the same. Same look with a slightly different design. No personality. Same with non thumb tgps. Everything looks the same.

Then you have a very very small group of people that actually work their asses off to create something unique and useful. Perfect example is FreeOnes.com. Their site is nothing like the other sites out there. It's unique. Useful. Has personality. Gives the surfer a great reason to bookmark.

That's what i mean by different. When a surfer hits your site have it be different enough from other sites that you stand out. Add quality to that and that will give you the chance to build a brand and a powerful successful site.

Originally Posted by danevans (Post 11726650)

Great thread, here's a question :)
At which point did you go fully with exclusive content, and how did that affect your sales/rebills? I see that you guys started with matrix stuff, and you have great exclusive content now, somewhere I read that your traffic/income increased alot after installing an affiliate script (might be the other thread) - are these dates close to each other? (starting exclusive and bringing affiliates)

Originally Posted by Fungus (Post 11729504)

SHAP First want to say thanks for the awesome post!!

At first I was just going to read over it and really to be honest just read it like I read 99.9% of everyone elses post ( Fast Skim ) But I started to skim over it, and Next thing I know I am reading word for word even going back and re-reading lol I've been doing this since 2001 and even myself can and WILL learn something from this post!! This is freaking Awesome stay shappy shap :)

:pimp