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Originally Posted by Shap
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  ) |
No worries Shap. I see 'card banging' and I see red. LOL But I see what you mean now.
I've learned a LOT from you Shap, and others who have worked for you, so I can appreciate modeling other people's techniques (and hopefully success). What "cured" me of total stubbornness (a little) was when I spent 3 months designing my best site, sweating over every detail. It brought in great sales but then one day I saw an ad for a paysite on PornHub. I clicked the ad and saw the design and decided to become "inspired" and tried it for that new site that was doing great sales.
Sales jumped 30%! Know what I did? I threw out the design I had worked on for 3 months. LOL So I became flexible, and I A-B test everything now, so all these things have helped broaden my perspectives.
Shap, what are you doing with all your money and success? What are you doing with your time, your business mind? Have you found anything interesting to invest in?