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Not everything is solvable. You have to evolve not solve.  |
This is very true and over the 30 years of selling adult content I have evolved from selling photographs mail order to where I am today. Had highs and lows but always evolving and adapting to the new opportunities.
The week before Eva's accident we had sat down and talked about making changes to the business to adapt to the changing markets. One was to open a giant PPV or download store with video scenes as low as 10 cents, the surfer adds them to a basket, pays and gets exactly what he paid for. There would be a minimum order amount. The site would look like a Tube and samples would be there in FLV.
Plus I was going to start shooting more and doing scenes hundreds of other shooters are not doing. Shooting something unique.
Astral Blue retro videos is up and was doing nicely considering we have not launched the affiliates program yet. Last week was slow though.
As everyone knows our life took a turn last year and a lot was put on hold. Now with my problems it seems our lives will be on hold for a little longer.
But we're still evolving. We put up the
free live show for members. We
opened the site so surfers can see what they're getting. Neither were a magic bullet or link, but both improved sign up ratios.
We are always adding more content to the pay sites. So I'm sure you don't mean me whan you ask about evolving. Even the
$5 porn sites were me trying to evolve to see if surfers would buy if the price was right. Sadly this industry latches on two broken links to one CC processor, ignoring the other to CCBILL, and continue their bull shitting terrified the surfers might latch onto a cheaper alternative. And hits their income.
And there is the problem. Too many in this business refuse to evolve or adapt because they want the clock to turn back to 1999 when surfers had to sign up. All the marketing skills so many boast about is revealed as just boasting if they need buyers who don't have the choice.
I will continue to evolve as much as my health permits. I wish others would evolve as well. But from a very recent post it's clear many still dream of a change with doing nothing about it.
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Bring back the days of converting 1:32 and getting a $35 hit on a free sign up.
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