its a little later in the evening now.......... :winkwink:

ya moving on: 16. How many conventions do you attend a year? How many now on your own? Which are your favorites? Least favorites?

My pleasure Matt............Great Interview :thumbsup

Ok, Ok, I am working on it. If this damn ICQ would just leave me alone!!!

Now, on with the countdown...



15. Are you bound by any legal reason not to discuss certain topics of National Net?

Yes, of course I have a lot of issues bound by attorney client privilege that I would never discuss.

Likewise, I cannot discuss any trade secrets, the NatNet ?secret sauce.?

So far, we have not strayed into those areas, nor will we!

Matt

16. How many conventions do you attend a year? How many now on your own? Which are your favorites? Least favorites?


This is a subject that Tony and I have joked about quite a bit over the years. While I have always maintained that a company should have a presence at all the shows, Tony would laugh at hearing me say that I have not practiced what I preached!

I always go to Internext so you can count on me there, though those shows are not my favorite. I will also have quite a crew with me this year. Maestro, Jman (www.revsharehosting.com), Rob (www.gayrevsharehosting.com) and myself will all be there.


My favorite show is the April Phoenix Forum (http://www.thephoenixforum.com/about.htm) and I am sure we will have a strong presence there as well.

My next favorite show is the Webmaster Access in LA, so look for me there if you wanna do some business.

I am sure I will work a few others into the mix as well, especially ones that are based in warm weather in the winter!

Matt

17. What was the single most exciting thing that you ever experienced at an adult webmaster convention? Second? Third?


Most Exciting? The sound of the door of the Delta airplane closing as I am leaving! I am usually so exhausted when I leave that nothing beats that sound.


Seriously, what I really enjoy are the things I cannot or do not do at home. The first thing that comes to mind is the Hot Air Balloon ride we did in Phoenix last year-that was the bomb!

I also enjoyed the TGP dinner on the boat where we went to the Hoover Dam. That was awesome!

I loved hanging out at Steve Lightspeed?s house and Ron Cadwell?s house. It was my inspiration for goal setting as an entrepreneur!

I enjoy talking to beautiful women that are totally unattainable though it?s a horrible come down when I realize that they truly ARE unattainable (See Rocki?s girls as exhibit A)!

I really don?t like four hour dinners (though, please don?t stop inviting me-it?s an important part of our business). Can you imagine me sitting still for four hours? I can?t, but I do it hahaha61514;.

I think Brad Shaw would enjoy hearing me say this, but I don?t get off on the Cristal hahaha61514; (though it?s a great name for a hosting company!!).

I love hanging out in the lobby talking to friends and business acquaintances.

The thing I enjoy most about the trade shows is seeing all my friends again.

Matt

18. What's the most amount of women you've slept with in one day? At one time? Men? Did you use viagra or cialis? Ever?


Most number of women in one day? So many I can't even count...wait, do you mean ones I actually had sex with??

Men?? Hahahahaha!!! I am afraid not!

I do have to confess: Nothing beats masturbation on Viagra!!

The only thing I have to add is two words: Campo Allegro. (Thank you Flash Cash!)


Matt

19. Have you taken drugs at a webmatser event? If so discuss and your thoughts on it.

Drugs? I can barely keep going with just drinking at my old age!

Seriously, I have seen a lot of things happen at the trade shows and I have always taken the attitude that people can do what they want as long as it doesn?t hurt anyone else (we?ll get into this subject later on). I am not going to get into naming names.


Matt

20. How many houses do you own?


Just one house in surburban Atlanta. That is enough to keep me busy as it is!

nice pics..

Ok, I'm back!


21. What kind of car do you drive? (pics)


I drive a black Toyota Sequoia SUV


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Matt

Wow, I guess I should have resized the pic! That's why I am not a web designer!

Sorry about That!

Matt

Now, back to the countdown!



22. Do you fly coach or first class? discuss.


I buy coach tickets, but I either try to get upgraded to first class which I am occasionally able to do or I also use Delta Skymiles points to upgrade to first class as much as possible. When on a red eye, I will always find a way to sit in first class as I just can?t sleep in coach.

I do try everything possible to avoid buying a first class ticket as I just don?t want to pay that much money.

Of course, I much prefer to fly via private jet, now that is first class!!

Matt

Can you believe I have managed to hit the refresh button over 1200 times so far? That's a lot of page views!!

Matt

23. Who do you look up to in this industry? Down on?

Great question! I really look up to several people. Obviously, I look up to Tony for all that he has done for me. Tony is both a friend and a mentor and I have learned so much from him.

I also really admire Ron Cadwell and all that he has done. The credit card industry has been such an up and down industry, yet there has been only one company that has never been on the brink of disaster (at least as far as we know), and that company is CCBill. Plus if you have ever met Frank Cadwell, you know that company is a solid, family run business. Plus, let?s face it, Ron has always surrounded himself with outstanding talent.

Of course, no list of industry leaders is complete without mentioning Chris Mallick who has been successful in a dozen different industries doing totally different things. I learn so much every time I sit and listen to Chris talk.

Though I don?t know him very well, I have so much respect and admiration for Kris (I don?t even know his last name!). Kris is the common partner in the following kick ass businesses: Sublime, Ox Cash, Nasty Dollars, BangBros (and probably many others I don't know about). That guy is so talented and so good at what he does, he is a quiet industry titan.

Speaking of quiet industry titans, I gotta mention the guys at Karups, Lou and Jeff who have built a huge business by offering quality content with an emphasis on the Member?s Area.

There are many other people I look up that are too numerous to name here.


Now on to the people I don?t admire: I can?t stand people who make us as an industry look bad. This includes the people who throw shit off of balconies at trade shows as well as those child pornographers who think they are part of our industry. We are often painted with an unfair brush with these people.

Matt

24. Why do you use your real name as your GFY name?

I want people to know who I am and what I do. I really have a hard time with nicknames and real names. I am so bad at names as it is, making me learn two names is just not fair!

Plus, the people I look up to and respect all use their real name on posting (Ron, Chris, Brad, Rick, Steve) and everyone knows who they are. I want people to know who I am, not a nickname.

The other issue I had is that I want to promote both RevShare Hosting and DigiPawn, so that precluded me from calling myself any company specific nicknames.

Plus, as much as I like Richard, I have a hard time calling a grown man Bangwang!!

Matt

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You disappeared quick that night! :winkwink:

So did a lot of the "employees"!!

Thanks Flash Cash!!

Matt

25. Do you think you'll be able to retire early from the money you've made working in the adult industry?

I really have no desire to retire?I just don?t see me retiring?what would I do with myself??

First, I am pretty competitive and I don?t see me ever being content with any level of success?at least so far, I have always wanted more.

Plus, I love the challenge of what I do?I would do it even if I didn?t make as much money. I also love the people in this industry, so I really don?t see me leaving the industry to do other things either.

Bottom line is I am not a lie around the house guy?now I can see slowing down and having more time to play golf in my weekly routine, but that is about it.

Matt

26. How smart is it to own a company like revshare hosting and make your profit from the stats controlled by other companies? How do you control fraud/being shaved? Discuss


This is a major issue in our industry and like everyone else, I really don?t have any way to fight program fraud.

However, I do have an answer for you and this is my position: I really don?t care whether someone shaves and pays more or doesn?t share and pays less. The bottom line is pure dollars and cents at the end of the month. In other words which program gives me the best return on my investment.

I know the anonymous poster attacked Rick and the Dollars.com concept, and frankly, I never understood how it worked either (and I told Rick this), but I did understand the goal of the program: to allow you to compare the return from competing programs. Rick quantified the analysis into RPM or revenue per million impressions, which is a statistical way of saying return on your traffic investment.

Webmasters should stop worrying shaving and worry about something they can control: return on their traffic investment. In business if you can earn more money from another sponsor than you are currently earning, then you should use the other sponsor regardless of payout, shaving or any other issue.

I would love to hear any opposing viewpoints on this because I think my theory makes sense. However, you wouldn?t believe it hearing the constant talk about shaving.

Matt

27. What does your family think of you working in porn? Ever worry about your kids googling your name?

My wife is happy as long as the bills are paid and our standard of living has definitely increased since I entered this industry. Of course, my wife is involved in the accounting side of RevShare Hosting as well as working with sponsors on our customer?s affiliate codes. She does not read GFY nor does she want to be an active part of our industry, which is fine with me (sometimes I don?t want to be an active part of our industry!)

Though my parents know what business I am in, I have never asked their opinion on the matter as its none of their business. To the world in general, I am just in the hosting business...just a service provider!

Not a whole lot comes up when you Google my name, so but as more press releases go out with my name on them I am sure that will change.

I am sure my true business will come up at some point when my teenage sons start hitting me up for passwords. ROFL!!!

Matt

28. Discuss your politics. Why the fuck do you think like that?

I am a Libertarian and damn proud of it!! http://www.libertarianparty.com/

I have two core philosophies:
Philosophy No. 1: I want to help poor people; I just don?t want to pay for it!
Philosophy No.2: I want the government to leave me the fuck alone.

Why does anyone think they have the right to take MY money and give it to someone else?? That?s insane!!

As you may surmise from the two core philosophies, I have strong opinions against the Religious Right and their unholy takeover of the Republican Party and their efforts to legislate their version of morality.

You may also surmise that I strongly dislike the Liberal Democrats who want to take MY money and give it to people who are not willing to work for a living or make horrible life choices.

The only rational way for someone with my beliefs is the Libertarian Party. I am surprised more people in this industry aren?t into the Libertarian point of view.

Matt

29. Talk about your jobs at Winn Dixie, the college dining hall, and other jobs you had as a kid.

I had all the usual jobs that kids have in the suburbs: grocery store, fast food, etc. I went through a few of them and made enough money for dates, drinks, car expenses etc. Winn Dixie is a southern chain of grocery stores. I love the name, its so anachronistic! Unfortunately, they pretty much no longer exist-sort of sad commentary on our culture now a days. Most of the jobs I had were shit jobs, but they made a little money for me

My favorite job was the dining hall while in college at Georgia. I worked the lunch shift, which means I got to eat for free. I usually ate ?breakfast? before my shift began and then a snack before leaving for classes (I wasn?t too much on morning classes!).

Of course, the other cool thing about the dining hall job is that?s where I met my wife and we have been married for 15 years now.

Matt

30. How fast is your hosting company on page loads? discuss.


Fast, Fast, Damn Fast!!!


However, that is not really a fair question for any web host. Page load speeds are affected by a lot of factors way outside of my control. For example, there are a lot of hops along the route from my server to your computer and everyone of these hops can have a delay. Obviously the further away from the server you are, the more likely there is a chance of hitting a delay.

Another issue affecting page load speeds is the content of the page. If there are a lot of jpeg images, flash graphics or any other heavy duty graphics, it will be slower loading.

This is why the first thing you should do before calling any hosts support line about a slow server is checking a traceroute for yourself.

Matt

This is great - I'm learning Matt's more than just a pretty face! ;)

I have been trying to tell you all along Peaches, that I am more than just a pretty face. You have to love me for my personality, not just my sexy body :-)

33. Is it true you were a table dancer at the OPA? Discuss


Yeah, that was the night I first hung out with Corvette from CCBill. I have talked before how I have always loved the CCBill guys. Well I only met Corvette at the 2004 summer Internext, which is odd because he is the most public person there!

A great friend of mine, Fatal Attraction, decided to throw a party at OPA, a Greek Restaurant in Hollywood. When we arrived it was a zoo, they had belly dancers everywhere dancing on the tables. After we had a few cocktails Nick and Corvette and others joined in the girls in dancing on the tables.

Many more cocktails later, I joined in. What a great night and what a great dinner. I had a blast!!

I want to personally thank Corvette (and CCBill) for joining me in sponsoring that dinner and entertainment; I think everyone had a memorably experience! Of course, seeing me table dance may not be the kind of memories anyone wants to keep!! By popular demand I have retired from table dancing.

Needless to say that was one four hour dinner that I truly enjoyed and wouldn?t mind doing again.


Matt

This has been a lot of work to say the least! Now its done and you all know more about me than you should!!

Thank you Sleazy for ambusing me, I enjoy all of the others you have done and I hope everyone enjoys this one as well.

I also want to thank JFK for posting pics from his great site FUBAR (http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/galleries.htm).

See you all in LA!!

Matt


Matt

Without a doubt...The trip to Bonaire, is one of those things I will remember forever. That was awesome and what a great bike companion!!

I love Curacao, what a great location for a webmaster gathering!!

Matt

150........

woj finally got one in!!

I gotta say, I love the gimmick.

Matt

awesome interview Matt - thank you!

Wow. Fun Read.

It's starting to sound like there is an echo in here... but the number of people that have said it ... should resonate... you are a great guy

Thanks for the mention Matt, you are a Gentleman Sir :thumbsup

UP...... UP..... and Away............the sky is the limit :winkwink:
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Thanks for posting those pics JFK. Like I said above, that is one of my most lasting memories from the various trade shows.

I still love Phoenix as one of the best shows.

Brett, thanks for the kind words, you guys run a great program-DormBucks Rock!!

Matt

I'm a big fan of Matt Collins!!

woop... a bump for a great read...

I think Matt is a really cool guy!

Of course, RevShare Hosting is the place to go for any Naughty America Affiliate looking to promote Naughty America and not wanting to go through the usual hosting bullshit.

Check Matt's program out!! www.revsharehosting.com

:thumbsup :thumbsup


Danielle

LOL, if I did not know better I'd say that Matt is my long lost brother! The similarities are absolutely there :-) Except I have a little bit more hair. Handsome devil, Id say!