chemicaleyes

You have many options on how to make money in the adult world. There?s TGP (Thumbnail Gallery Post), MGP (Movie Gallery Post), AVS (Age Verification systems) and you also have the Linklist. Many people are complaining about TGP traffic, because you normally have a lower chance of getting signups because of heightened porn desensitization. Despite you get thousands and thousands of surfers at a time, it?s very hard to retain your traffic and get their attention ? at least, enough for them to buy.

Much of the problem lies in the fact that the TGP/MGP model tends to give away too much, in the hopes that surfers would buy; instead, the opposite effect is produced. Most of the surfers are already satisfied with the free content they get?there is little to no incentive to buy a membership. They already get to see too much of the action and this makes surfers quite uninterested in signing up to a paysite.

Another option for webmasters tired of huge ratios required by TGPs/MGPs are Linklists. These are sites that are composed of links sorted by category. When the surfers click on one of these links, they are directed to an actual multi-page website unlike 1 page TGP/MGP galleries. Surfers are brought first to the ?warning page? and then they may enter the main site which often contains a menu of two or more galleries. Unlike TGP galleries where thumbnails lead only to large jpeg pics, free site thumbnails lead to html pages that feature the large pictures along with advertising banners or other advertising materials.

Advantages of using Linklists

? You have more places to put advertising. If you do this with TGP, you will mostly likely get blacklisted.
? Linklists tend to be more niche specific. You get surfers who are surely interested in your niche. This increases the possibility of sales.
? There is more emphasis in quality as opposed to quantity. TGPs update extremely frequently and their focus is on quantity of new links. Linklists? more quality-based approach lessens the possibility of burning out users since it gives them time to digest the linklist?s current database of sites.
? You are able to make more money with less traffic because less traffic means less hosting. You are able to save more.
? Linklists like Persian Kitty and Mark?s bookmarks have been around since the mid to late 90?s, and they have been successful because they were able to establish loyal surfers. Building upon their established brand is easier to achieve than a short-lived appearance at a high volume TGP.

In dealing with Linklists, you may find yourself in one or both roles of Linklist Owner or Free site Submitter. Here are some useful tips that you can use to make more money out of the Linklist promotions model.

Linklist Owner

1. Focus on building loyalty among your surfers. They will keep on coming back for more content once you?ve established a relationship with them. ?Listen? to your surfers by a) asking for their feedback and b) looking at your server logs. Pay attention to which pages get hit the most. Learn the surfing patterns of your surfers within your site. Constantly re-architect your pages so as to keep your surfers longer.

2. Take advantage of advertising. You can place banners in between the links. You can also use FPAs as transitional pages in between categories, warning page and main page, among many other sections.

3. Stay visible. Your traffic will continuously grow when you get as much exposure as you can. Make a lot of pages that will trigger search engines to aim at your site. Pay attention to the key words, but also make sure that you have different sets of texts for each page.

4. Make use of blog entries for additional exposure.

5. Swap traffic with other linklists and focus on the possibility that the user will include you in his bookmarks. When he returns, you are sure that he is interested and you have a great chance turning that surfer in to loyal traffic.

6. Value your surfers. Quality is the best thing that you can offer your surfers ? show them that you pay attention to their tastes. Offer sub-niches within the same niche. Offer free stories that are specific to the particular niche you are featuring.

7. Offer something to look forward to. Part of being unique is having features that your site has exclusively. Niche-specific joke or news clippings of the day. A girl?s dairy, or a girl of the day feature can make a big difference.

8. Have an identity. Branding is the key to success. It?s not enough that you get as much exposure; your surfers need to know you by name. Invest in a unique or niche-specific logo.

The Free Hosted Link Sites (FHS) is the Linklist version of FHG (Free Hosted Galleries). You have more advantages when you use FHS because you get to drag the traffic through the links. Also, you have more places to advertise unlike a FHG, ultimately making you more money.

The downside of FHS

The content becomes saturated. Everybody repeatedly uses it and much of your Linklist?s uniqueness may be lost. As the owner, you may also grow lazy because everything will be readily available for you to use. You also risk losing the identity and personality of your site.

Free Site Submitter

1. Having a big traffic base does not necessarily mean greater sales. Instead, concentrate on smaller amounts of high quality traffic. You will most likely achieve greater profitability when you maintain the quality expectations that this more discerning yet more lucrative traffic demands.

2. Be sure that you are in the right Linklist. The people who are going to click are interested in a range of specific niches. Specialize in your content. A generic looking ?pretty girl? won?t cut the deal.

3. Don?t oversell. Overloading your surfers with disturbing banners and big graphic ads can turn off your customer. Since you have more ad space in your free site, you have more space to use text ads. Text tends to convert better than mere banners.

4. Focus on giving your surfers something to get excited about. Make use of well-written text to wet the appetite of your users. Create a narrative weave composed of text and pictures. Tease your user. Paint an ambience that focuses on their fetish/niche.

5. You can afford to be pretty. Pretty layouts mean layouts that are sleek and complicated. To discover the best layout for you to use, find out which one gets the more clicks. Create variations and make an ideal template. Keep on doing this until your reach a workable profit margin.

6. Quality is the most important thing in the business. Even if you have a kick-ass layout, but substandard content, it?s not going to work out. Invest in quality content.

7. Create a QUALITY EXPERIENCE. You priority should be having quality content, well-written texts, and a good layout and design of your page.

Be ready to do a lot of work, and be serious about your work. Success happens to people who have the perseverance and the right attitude in doing business. Your surfers are your life, take care of them and they will gladly return the favour. They will make you more money than you expect.

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chemicaleyes

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doober

did you actually write all that?
I'm impressed

fuzebox

The ratio of gallery submitters to freesite submitters is fine the way it is, thanks.

EviLGuY

Alright advice.. although I find with free sites a non pretty layout is better.

progex

Linklists were the way to go five years ago.

Now... Surfers want more, and it's just getting harder and harder with all the SEO spam to get a good placement for exposing your link list.

It's nearly impossible to start up a linklist that will exceed revenue compared to a measly TGP submitter.

swami

This is another quality post by chemicaleyes.
Hats off.