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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
That's actually what's so frustrating (for me) about GFY and any "Adult Industry" gatherings or seminars. My little operation is so completely differant from anyone else's I know of that it takes a lot of mining to find the advice gold. Some basic business principles apply, of course, and are always welcomed. But when someone says "Try this or that" or "This works for me..." what do they really mean and how does that apply to my situation? I run paysites, not Blogs or cams or dating. I'm not an affiliate per se so.....see what I mean? Even if you run a paysite (or a Network of them, like me) chances are high that your content and audience are very, very differant than what I have to offer. So Shap's advice in this thread may be 100% appropriate and perfect for a company larger than mine. After all, I think we all agree Customer Support IS highly important. We just have differant ideas on HOW important it is and how much of a company's resources should be directed towards it.
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I have to disagree with you here. I know how you feel because I've been there. I started with nothing. I was a one man show that prided himself as being the hardest working go online. You could out program me, you could out spend me but you could never out work me. That said I was a little stubborn (anybody who worked for me would say VERY stubborn) and I usually let my overwhelming workload cloud my view on what advice applied to me and what didn't. Looking back it was a mistake. Twistys was very different from Bang Bros but there was a lot I could learn from them. A good example was the way they monetized their members area. Despite us both having very different content using very similar monetization techniques (and sponsors) yielded great results for both of us.
I thought I knew it all and often shot down ideas and things that turned out to be VERY lucrative for me. I wish I had done them 4 or 5 years earlier. Would have made a world of difference and it goes back to my original post. If you let a new medium of getting business pass you by and wait you'll jump on once it's in a decline. IE anyone who starts mailing ex-members in 2014. It's still great money but the money won't compare what it would have been 3 years ago.
(PS anybody looking for an ex-member mailing solution hit up Joel for gamme 
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