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  • studiocritic
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    • Jun 2005
    • 2442

    #1

    All tours look the same

    Am I the only one who feels like all the sponsor-provided tours look the SAME? Cookie cutter templates lacking a lot of stuff that would boost conversions.

    What does everyone send their traffic to? Default tour(s)? Custom-created tours? Join page?
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  • Renny
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    • Nov 2005
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    #2
    custom created tours by designers that have some style.
    Last edited by Renny; 11-26-2005, 04:21 AM.

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    • studiocritic
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      • Jun 2005
      • 2442

      #3
      Originally posted by Renny
      custom created tours by designers that have some style
      then at the end of the tour you link to the join page? do you have some samples you wouldn't mind sharing?
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      • Renny
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        • Nov 2005
        • 130

        #4
        Yup

        We gotz a new reality site opening next month with a theme thats sure to convert.
        icq me for some details on it.
        your traffic is always welcomed. But who's isnt?

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        heres a sample of a tour being made but I have no clue what I'am going to used for just yet:
        http://www.wickedworks.us/uploads/teenintensions.jpg
        Last edited by Renny; 11-26-2005, 04:23 AM.

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        • digifan
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          • Oct 2002
          • 14618

          #5
          I agree 100%.. some sponsors offer custom made tours tho if you have enough traffic and sales.
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          • elitetec
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            • Sep 2005
            • 4944

            #6
            so use another sponsorrr



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            • Scootermuze
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              • Dec 2001
              • 4513

              #7
              If ya have solo girl sites, get some ideas from these myspace type profile pages..

              very amateur look.. lots of text, and they draw attention..

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              • Dalai lama
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                • Jul 2004
                • 16540

                #8
                Originally posted by digifan
                I agree 100%.. some sponsors offer custom made tours tho if you have enough traffic and sales.
                You are correct

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                • fusionx
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                  • Nov 2003
                  • 4618

                  #9
                  Leave it to Shap at Twisty's to break the mold:

                  http://tour.twistys.com/t10/blog/revs=prima/

                  This is a cool way to sell a surfer. This tour has a few issues that are being fixed now, but it already converts well, and the coming chages will tighten it up even more.

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                  • studiocritic
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                    • Jun 2005
                    • 2442

                    #10
                    Originally posted by fusionx
                    Leave it to Shap at Twisty's to break the mold:

                    http://tour.twistys.com/t10/blog/revs=prima/

                    This is a cool way to sell a surfer. This tour has a few issues that are being fixed now, but it already converts well, and the coming chages will tighten it up even more.
                    we've been doing that for awhile with brooke skye
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                    • Rui
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                      • Dec 2001
                      • 9533

                      #11
                      Originally posted by digifan
                      I agree 100%.. some sponsors offer custom made tours tho if you have enough traffic and sales.
                      touché!

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                      • studiocritic
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                        • Jun 2005
                        • 2442

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Rui
                        touché!
                        i already got a custom tour from nichedsites, rui. it converted worse than the premade. i sent nichedsites about 150 sales in september. how about you guys pay for me to have someone design a well-converting tour and i'll start sending traffic again?
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                        • tony299
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                          • Aug 2002
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by fusionx
                          Leave it to Shap at Twisty's to break the mold:

                          http://tour.twistys.com/t10/blog/revs=prima/

                          This is a cool way to sell a surfer. This tour has a few issues that are being fixed now, but it already converts well, and the coming chages will tighten it up even more.
                          one hotter than the next content production must cost a fortune for that site

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                          • Gottis
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                            • May 2004
                            • 1746

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Renny
                            Yup

                            We gotz a new reality site opening next month with a theme thats sure to convert.
                            icq me for some details on it.
                            Every sponsor also has something that's "sure to convert".
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                            • 3M TA3
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                              • Aug 2005
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by fusionx
                              Leave it to Shap at Twisty's to break the mold:

                              http://tour.twistys.com/t10/blog/revs=prima/

                              This is a cool way to sell a surfer. This tour has a few issues that are being fixed now, but it already converts well, and the coming chages will tighten it up even more.
                              that's their blog, i don't know if it can be called a tour page

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                              • Sosa
                                In Tushy Land
                                • Oct 2002
                                • 40149

                                #16
                                alot of them are pretty damn close looking. It is the content that sells

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                                • studiocritic
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Sosa
                                  alot of them are pretty damn close looking. It is the content that sells
                                  no, it's not. the customers aren't going to know whats in the members area.

                                  the sample clips need to be varying to represent the different types of material in the members area. not 5 clips of 5 different girls doing the exact same thing.

                                  there should be clear lists of benefits in joining. nichedsites for example mentions that they give away access to their other sites with any membership to one site, but that is barely noticeable on the tour! thats a huge benefit and it's not being played up at all. i'm just picking on nichedsites because rui came in this thread, every sponsor tour i've seen has issues like this.
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                                  • andrej_NDC
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                                    • May 2004
                                    • 7760

                                    #18
                                    they dont look the same, you just dont see the difference...

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                                    • studiocritic
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                                      • Jun 2005
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                                      they dont look the same, you just dont see the difference...
                                      instead of making a vague elitist comment, care to elaborate?
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                                      • vvq
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                                        • Feb 2004
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                                        #20
                                        content sells a surfer, not the tour design.

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                                        • andrej_NDC
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                                          • May 2004
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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by studiocritic
                                          instead of making a vague elitist comment, care to elaborate?
                                          The tours look similar, but they are very different in real, the text, the content...one example, there are many milf sites, but some have young moms on them and text that doesnt fit the niche...the design will look good to you and similar than on some other site, but that other site can have matching text and well choosed milfs, so it converts a lot better. Big difference.

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                                          • studiocritic
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                                            • Jun 2005
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by vvq
                                            content sells a surfer, not the tour design.
                                            so you're saying a poorly designed tour doesn't convert worse than a properly designed one? can i quote you on this?
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                                            • Beaver Bob
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                                              • Aug 2005
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                                              #23
                                              here is a high converting tour thats doing really well: Tour

                                              see sig if interested
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                                              • studiocritic
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Beaver Bob
                                                here is a high converting tour thats doing really well: Tour

                                                see sig if interested
                                                it's a POV site but the largest sample pics on that page are not POV......
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                                                • studiocritic
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                                                  #25
                                                  btw, otherwise i do like it a lot more than what i'm seeing elsewhere and i notice on the 2nd page most of them are POV.
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                                                  • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                    • Mar 2003
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                                                    #26
                                                    I sale new tours and concepts.

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                                                    • andrej_NDC
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                                                      • May 2004
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                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Beaver Bob
                                                      here is a high converting tour thats doing really well
                                                      its really well done

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                                                      • Beaver Bob
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                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by studiocritic
                                                        btw, otherwise i do like it a lot more than what i'm seeing elsewhere and i notice on the 2nd page most of them are POV.
                                                        most everything on the site is POV. All the video content is, and most of the big pics are POV. Thanks for the compliments.

                                                        here are a couple sample hosted galleries:
                                                        http://galleries.spunkydollars.com/h...al=2&ref=xxxxx
                                                        http://galleries.spunkydollars.com/h...al=2&ref=xxxxx
                                                        Last edited by Beaver Bob; 11-26-2005, 03:39 PM.
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                                                        • studiocritic
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                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by AlienQ
                                                          I sale new tours and concepts.

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                                                          • 2HousePlague
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                                                            #30
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                                                            • pornguy
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                                                              • Mar 2003
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                                                              #31
                                                              Sponsors use those tours because they convert. I am sure that some custom tours might convert better, but hey. Want them top send the traffic for you as well?
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                                                              • studiocritic
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                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by pornguy
                                                                Want them [to] send the traffic for you as well?
                                                                this is an intruiging idea.
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                                                                • vvq
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by studiocritic
                                                                  so you're saying a poorly designed tour doesn't convert worse than a properly designed one? can i quote you on this?
                                                                  I'm saying the content on your tour is more important. Surfers don't care as much about design as webmasters do. The content/previews on a tour get a surfers dick hard, not the design.

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                                                                  • Morgan
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                                                                    • May 2002
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by vvq
                                                                    I'm saying the content on your tour is more important. Surfers don't care as much about design as webmasters do. The content/previews on a tour get a surfers dick hard, not the design.
                                                                    Bingo.

                                                                    I had a guy over at my house yesterday telling me how: http://www.brutaldildos.com is the best site on the web. Of course it's not the best site on the web, but it just goes to show that fancy graphics dont necessarily sell better.

                                                                    Content quality is the most important thing. Proper link placement and other strategic design efforts are 2nd most important. Actual graphics are next in importance.
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                                                                    • Rui
                                                                      web
                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                      • 9533

                                                                      #35
                                                                      studiocritic - lets talk and sort that out then, you have my contact and I have yours so expect some harassment soon ;)

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                                                                      • $5 submissions
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                                                                        • Nov 2003
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by studiocritic
                                                                        Am I the only one who feels like all the sponsor-provided tours look the SAME? Cookie cutter templates lacking a lot of stuff that would boost conversions.

                                                                        What does everyone send their traffic to? Default tour(s)? Custom-created tours? Join page?
                                                                        Care to elaborate re "stuff that would boost conversions"?

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                                                                        • studiocritic
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          there's too many posts above about the ~same thing to reply to individually.. i wasn't referring to design as in how pretty the tour is, i'm talking about a design that ushers the person from the first page of the tour on through the cc form. not laid out to look good. the only goal should be converting. nothing else.
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                                                                          • studiocritic
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                                                            Care to elaborate re "stuff that would boost conversions"?
                                                                            sorry, i was out

                                                                            a few off the top of my head without looking at any to pick apart:

                                                                            - clear-cut lists of benefits (how much content is inside? why is this worth it? some math, how much is this per day? how much time is it gonna save me from hunting down free porn)

                                                                            - payment option pages that don't suck (i recently saw: one option for visa, one option for mastercard.. both linking to same page. W T F)

                                                                            - credit card forms that look like the site they were just on (this is just common sense. if i'm dumb enough to buy porn, and i'm on a pink site and the next page is a credit card form thats all of a sudden a dark blue with a different company name.. i'm bailing)

                                                                            if people are actually interested in hearing what i have to say, and sponsors will really use it, i'll write a proper checklist for tours and publish it for everyone. i'm not interested in making custom tours to keep to myself, i want everyone's ratios to come up!!

                                                                            i threw the best traffic i have yesterday at a perfectly matched (niche, etc) tour on a popular sponsor here:

                                                                            uniques: 367
                                                                            join page: 96
                                                                            sales: 2

                                                                            okay, on most stuff that i have developed, where i can track proper stats.. at least 7-8% of the people who make it all the way to join page submit a cc.

                                                                            let's be very conservative here and say even *50%* get rejected, scrub NSF or otherwise.

                                                                            ((367*.8)*.5) = 14.7

                                                                            wheres my other 12 signups? that'd be a 1:26 ratio. this seems unbelievable to everyone here, but remembered this is highly filtered and expensive traffic.. it costs about 25 cents per unique at this stage.

                                                                            anyway, if you guys are interested in a proper writeup let me know.
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              So would it be fair to say that most of the 'tweaks' you have in mind focus on TEXT and forms? Any ideas re page sequencing? How about redundancy of call to action?

                                                                              Originally posted by studiocritic
                                                                              sorry, i was out

                                                                              a few off the top of my head without looking at any to pick apart:

                                                                              - clear-cut lists of benefits (how much content is inside? why is this worth it? some math, how much is this per day? how much time is it gonna save me from hunting down free porn)

                                                                              - payment option pages that don't suck (i recently saw: one option for visa, one option for mastercard.. both linking to same page. W T F)

                                                                              - credit card forms that look like the site they were just on (this is just common sense. if i'm dumb enough to buy porn, and i'm on a pink site and the next page is a credit card form thats all of a sudden a dark blue with a different company name.. i'm bailing)

                                                                              if people are actually interested in hearing what i have to say, and sponsors will really use it, i'll write a proper checklist for tours and publish it for everyone. i'm not interested in making custom tours to keep to myself, i want everyone's ratios to come up!!

                                                                              i threw the best traffic i have yesterday at a perfectly matched (niche, etc) tour on a popular sponsor here:

                                                                              uniques: 367
                                                                              join page: 96
                                                                              sales: 2

                                                                              okay, on most stuff that i have developed, where i can track proper stats.. at least 7-8% of the people who make it all the way to join page submit a cc.

                                                                              let's be very conservative here and say even *50%* get rejected, scrub NSF or otherwise.

                                                                              ((367*.8)*.5) = 14.7

                                                                              wheres my other 12 signups? that'd be a 1:26 ratio. this seems unbelievable to everyone here, but remembered this is highly filtered and expensive traffic.. it costs about 25 cents per unique at this stage.

                                                                              anyway, if you guys are interested in a proper writeup let me know.

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                                                                              • Fizzgig
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                                                                                • Feb 2004
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                I spent a week transcribing text from paysite tours for a database once. I can tell you that there is a HUGE similarity between most of them.
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                                                                                • studiocritic
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                                                                  So would it be fair to say that most of the 'tweaks' you have in mind focus on TEXT and forms? Any ideas re page sequencing? How about redundancy of call to action?
                                                                                  actually while i was out at dinner i was thinking this over about call to action.. there should be further calls to action, exit pops don't really work anymore, but i guess something like a combo of those and trapping back button from join page.. offering a "temporarily" lower pricepoint if they decline to join..

                                                                                  page sequencing..

                                                                                  1) landing page that segments visitors based on what they're looking for. example: ass licking (straight) niche. some people are looking for FF, some MF, others FM. there should be 3 big thumbs on the landing page. 1 for each of these categories. have the visitor pick one so we know what they're after.

                                                                                  2) now they're on a long page showing everything they're going to get (thumbnails linked to sample clips, like we see everywhere now). only ON TOPIC content is displayed here. if they picked FM, there is *NO* MF. period. at the bottom (and top) of this page there is a simple text continue link.

                                                                                  3) this page lists benefits. how much content is inside? how many exclusive models, found nowhere else? how often is it updated? how many satisfied members do we already have? "less than $0.xx/day!". another continue link.

                                                                                  4) pic of a model(s) from the site in an enticing pose with a fansign asking them to come play. ;) here is the page that links out to the billing method, so we'll need a button for each payment method here. clear cut. standing out. needs to be very clear what the next step is here. the same continue links should exist, and if they click these there should be a text-only page asking what payment method they want to use, with text links.

                                                                                  5) credit card submission form. same pic of girl should be on here, encouraging them to spend their hard earned dollars cuz she's worth it.

                                                                                  this is what i thought of in the time it took me to write this.. im sure theres infinitely more things that could be done to increase conversions, but lots of test data is needed to know what works and what doesn't.
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                                                                                  • studiocritic
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    bump for front page
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                                                                                    • alan-l
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      basically, the most important thing is that a designer will NEVER know better than the site owner, unless he's very deep into the niche. Now, with programs working on multiniches the owners just say: "hey, throw me a header and a few episodes and let's call it a tour". Of course, conversions suck. We work very very close with our designers in every aspect, ie we had an arrangement with some sponsor where we'd have our own designers make tours for specific niches the sponsor didn't have a clue about. OF course, they rocked and they tried to buy us the tour to give to all their affiliates, which I didn't agree, why would I share my earnings with other people when I'd have all for myself? This sponsor then hired another designer and tried to copy the ideas, still not having a clue on what we REALLY did. Guess they failed again, we just dropped them after some funky stats, so I don't care at all.

                                                                                      This being said, a tour could look exactly the same as all the tours, but then you have content, copy, sales pitch and stuff other won't have and that will make the difference, so not everything is black and white, there's a lot of shades in between. Since we only promote very specific niches I or my partner know about, we'd say without the shadow of a doubt what will work and what won't with just a glimpse of the tour, and usually we don't fail. So maybe (just MAYBE): is it possible that you don't know the niche enough? Just asking, maybe that's where the problem is

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                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        how much does CONTENT SELECTION for the tour play into the overall equation of conversion?

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                                                                                        • studiocritic
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                                                                          how much does CONTENT SELECTION for the tour play into the overall equation of conversion?
                                                                                          i think i addressed that above, when people come to a niche site and the samples don't reflect whatever fetish it is they're trying to satisfy. if its a blowjob site, and half the samples are fucking.. thats obviously bad.
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                                                                                          • studiocritic
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by alan-l
                                                                                            So maybe (just MAYBE): is it possible that you don't know the niche enough? Just asking, maybe that's where the problem is
                                                                                            i'm talking about sponsor-provided tours.. and i was mostly referring to the lack (most have none) of sales copy, etc.
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                                                                                            • LB-69
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                                                                                              #47
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                                                                                              Studiocritic, your post make much sence.. can you do me a favour and look through mine new opened site tour and let me know what you think, no templates was used, the pics and texts was written by me and my team, it's 5 tour pages, the last is videotour with 2 downloadable trailers: http://www.lb-69.com/tour1.htm

                                                                                              Thanks in advance for your time !
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                                                                                              • alan-l
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by LB-69
                                                                                                Studiocritic, your post make much sence.. can you do me a favour and look through mine new opened site tour and let me know what you think, no templates was used, the pics and texts was written by me and my team, it's 5 tour pages, the last is videotour with 2 downloadable trailers: http://www.lb-69.com/tour1.htm

                                                                                                Thanks in advance for your time !
                                                                                                now THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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                                                                                                • LB-69
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                                                                                                  Thanks alan, let see Studiocritic opinion...
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                                                                                                  • studiocritic
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                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by LB-69
                                                                                                    Thanks alan, let see Studiocritic opinion...
                                                                                                    hi LB, i just got in.. gimme a few.
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