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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
As one of original YouPorn-ers I'm certain you walked away with some cash from the sale. Therefore it would be relatively easy to re-invest every penny back into a site. And while my math may be off - not knowing what your rates are, the crew costs, locations, etc - we're talking a lot of money invested.
Also, the companies you mentioned that your expertise has helped are HUGE companies. Name for me a small webmaster who has directly benefited from your strategies? Let them post in here saying how you increased their sales tenfold. Because the Webmasters I talk to, on my level, are experiencing the same things I am.
Or, alternately, take MY content, tours and network and let's see you increase my sales to the levels you are claiming. I've read your manual, I could have written it myself for it contains the same knowledge I myself have gleamed from 4+ years of working with tube sites. And yet sales, regarding YouPorn, are nowhere near the levels they were before the Manwin acquisition.
Again, I submitted 10+ minute videos, my banners (according to Traffic Junky stats) are amazingly high (some of the best anyone's ever seen, actually). My votes are usually high, my CTR is well above-average, my Tours have a consistent 1:500 conversion ratio. So you would think some tube exposure would really help me.... 
Hey, I've also learned not everything works for everyone. I have a very unique look, feel, etc, and I do things my own way mostly out of need. LOL I'm not here to bash anyone. I just don't think longer videos help anyone but the tubes ultimately. |
Hey MrPeabody, firstly, let me apologise for coming over like an asshole in my response to you, but I am reading every post on this thread as an attack, so again, apologies.
And yes, I wish I had started my pay site network when we ran YouPorn. Not to get any favours, but sales were a lot higher when we ran it thats for sure. But the site was different back then, the layout, the feel, a lot changes were made since the takeover, and i'd say most were a necessity. BUT, who knows, maybe we sold at the right time, maybe YouPorn was sailing into choppier waters and we would have started to to find things tougher. I am still very proud of what the team of 7 of us achieved, we grew that baby from zero to one of the busiest websites in the world, and we did not buy a single piece of traffic. Everything was word of mouth. Thats what made us different, and of course, having great content partners like yourself. I remember the email from Richie and Randi saying you had joined us!