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All joking aside, all three of you (Shap, Paul Markham, Robbie) have your own specialty that has gotten you far in this business and made you successful in your own ways. However, regarding Paul Markham, I believe he just doesn't want to change. I'm sure his content was great back in the day but looking at his content now as a 24 year old and a surfer long before I was a webmaster...his content has not aged well at all. Shap and Robbie seem like they have always gone with the times and adapted well to make their companies/projects succeed in an ever changing market. I could see myself purchasing a membership to Twisty's or Robbies paysite and I could also promote their websites and know that I was promoting good stuff that I could stand behind when trying to sell memberships. I think if Paul Markham had done that, he could have done so much more. I'm sure he's much different in person, but his style of posting makes him seem really stubborn.

You can argue photography skills, lighting, etc all day but when it comes down to it..none of that really matters much in what most customers want. The exgirlfriend content has become really popular and a lot of it is shot with crappy point and shoot digital cameras, cellphones, etc...no photographic skills whatsoever but it sells because a lot of surfers love it. A camera and camera skills don't make a good photographer, it's their mark they put into their pictures...their own perception of what they are shooting.

Take that all with a grain of salt though because I'm just a small affiliate and I don't do this for a living...it's just my opinion on all of this.