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Originally Posted by Ruseful
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!
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No apologies needed. I've said since Day 1 that it's best to work WITH tubes, especially those that have a solid DMCA policy in place (as YP does) as well as advertise on the same tubes you post videos to, if possible. This 1-2 punch can really boost sales and I've known it for 4+ years now. LOL
But as I said, not everything works for everyone; some content converts well with tube traffic, some content converts better (believe it or not) with TGPs, some content converts better from Blogs and Google. So it all depends.
You did sell at the right time because times DO change; how many tubes are there now? So many means reduced views for everyone. I remember when a video of mine would get 200k+ views IN A DAY while today a similar vid does well with 50k (really well). Often it's 20k or less and, as you said, you get 85% of that in the first day or so. After that it's like falling off a cliff. LOL
So I always say incorporate tube marketing into your other strategies and it is what it is. Rely solely on tubes and that basket full of eggs might break.
(Ritchie and Randi are, hands down, THE best and, I suspect, a HUGE reason why YouPorn's Content Partner Program was so successful.)