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Old 02-26-2012, 07:22 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Nicky View Post
Ok the 20 years was just taken out of the blue by my drunken mind, but what I was trying to get at is that you have to see to the $$, what makes money in this day? is It magazines? Everyone can't be met-art or ftvgirls you know. us "regular" affiliates have to follow the cash. Just like I said you can still do It legally and in a professional way. Which is how It should be.
Well that's the point where though right in the actual wording. Wrong in this context.

Anyone could be a Met-Art or FTV Girls, given the their "marketing" skills.

What is it that really separates them and a few more from 100s to 1,000s of sites who try to be them or just in the same niche?

Design, programing, hosting? Good designers, programmers, hosting are relatively easy and an occasional purchase. Then just paying them on a continual basis.

"Marketing". Well some have this skill, but are these sites really that far ahead in these categories, as they are in sales?

Product. And here you have what separates these guys from the rest. The product is on a different level and try as hard as they might ATK, Karups, Mofos, Twistys, etc. Can't with their present model get up there. (Yes I linked this to the bro Shap.)

Because they simply would not or could not not compete with others for the producers of that level of content. Were these people available for hire? Yes, money will buy anything your heart desires. I'm not going to mention more names, but offline porn until recently paid more to shooters than online porn and that's all that really separates the top tier sites from those trying to get their.

A studio in Brno, who were regular magazines set producers, were never offered enough to move from magazines to a program. and this is repeated over and over again ntil you reach a rare few.

So Nicky, if sponsors had the money and business skills, in 1998-today. They would of hired a shooter with the skills and created a site in a mainstream niche, 1,000s of others couldn't duplicate by picking up a camera and pointing it a naked girl. They don't, they would prefer to pay peanuts for the product and pay affiliates to throw loads traffic at it. Trying to produce something that puts them in the top tier for some reason isn't being done.

So not everyone can be a Met-Art or FTV Girls. Because not everyone has the money and the sense.

Are you an affiliates or owner of Euro Revenue?

When I met Roald it was at the bar of the bar the convention was held in. I bought a bottle of water and poured it into my red water bottle, to sip while I was there. so explained I needed to constantly sip water because of my dry mouth. Took 2-3 minutes. He was busy chatting to his friend and I have little reason to chat to him. Even abut my dry mouth.

Yes I keep banging on about the same mistakes this industry has made and continues to make. Like you keep banging on about traffic. LOL

Last edited by Paul Markham; 02-26-2012 at 07:26 AM..
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