Ambush Interview #65 Matt Collins - Page 3 - GoFuckYourself.com

Chris E · 11-02-2005, 10:19 AM

100 ???

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 10:20 AM

You beat woj!!

Matt

Chris E · 11-02-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Collins

You beat woj!!

Matt

right time... right place! haha

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 10:38 AM

12. Talk about digipawn.

DigiPawn is a business that just plain rocks! Wait till you hear how this works!!

DigiPawn (www.digipawn.com) is the joint venture between Rick Latona and myself and is frankly a business I am very passionate about.

Rick and I had been looking for a way to do business for the last two years. Since we were such good friends and our strengths seemed to complement each other?s weaknesses, we were a natural combination.

Since Rick is such an awesome idea-man, it?s not surprising that he originated the DigiPawn concept. Rick approached me about doing DigiPawn almost a year before we actually did it. Frankly, the idea of opening a pawn shop for domain owners seemed pretty crazy. However, the more we chewed on the idea and worked on the details, the more we both came to believe that there was a real market out there.

The central question was, who would use DigiPawn? Here is the answer we came up with:
*People in legal trouble
*People in family trouble
*people who need short term capital
*People who are domain speculators and need cash often but can pay the money back quickly by flipping the domain.
*Anyone who needs money and owns valuable domains.

An interesting idea struck us as we worked through this?most people who own valuable domains are young, with little credit.

With the exception of Rick Schwartz and other Big Guns of the domain business, most domain owners have one or two valuable domains and a bunch of worthless domains.

These guys have no chance of borrowing money at the bank, but they may need cash in a hurry for any one of the above reasons.

Now, this is a pawnshop, so we take possession of the domain, while the customer keeps DNS and all operation of any websites or business associated with the domain. We take this possession through our official registrar Moniker (Monte and Chipmonk are great guys to deal with! www.moniker.com).

We then advance money to the customer for a one month period. This advance is renewable by the payment of the finance charge and can be extended forever.

Remember, this is a 30 day deal and the finance charge is 15%....per month?which is why I love this business hahaha61514;

Rick and I have funded all operations out of our pocket and we have capital standing by ready to make more deals. Go to www.DigiPawn.com and check us out now!!

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 10:40 AM

13. Ever spit in the tacos at taco bell?

Nope. And to this day I still love Taco Bell and Mexican food in general!

I gotta meeting to run to, but I will be back for some more Q & A later :-)

Matt

SleazyDream · 11-02-2005, 12:04 PM

mmmm taco bell

Porterrun · 11-02-2005, 12:27 PM

what about: 14. What is G&K - the Tony connection??

SleazyDream · 11-02-2005, 01:09 PM

matt will back - no worries

Jman · 11-02-2005, 01:39 PM

Awesome Interview so far... Oh and look at my SIG!!!

It's all about Matt ;-)

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 02:25 PM

I am back to work and will continue this interrogatories (dropping a good legal term in there!)

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 03:04 PM

I am still writing the answer to the Tony connection question...very complicated...sorry for the delay.

Matt

bashbug · 11-02-2005, 03:10 PM

heh hope digipawn doesnt fail like cjbucks, and dollars, i remember rick ranting about dollars forever. yet he couldnt explain it in detail in person.

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 03:16 PM

14. What is G&K - the Tony connection?

The Tony connection?.

In the early 1990?s, the one thing Tony and I had in common is that we both worked for industrial laundry companies. Tony was the general manage of the Atlanta operations of a Fortune 500 industrial laundry company (to see Tony?s full Ambush Interview, check it out here: http://www.ambushinterview.com/58/interview58.html). I was a sales manage of a company called G&K Services.

After I left Acme, I went to work for G&K to sell uniform services to industrial operations. Think of any industrial plant or service facility and the uniforms that they wear and you have the idea of what I sold. Tony worked for a competing company.

G&K was very good to me. They knew that I was in law school trying to better myself. Of course, they could have fired me on the spot, but they supported me (I guess even then, I was pretty good at managing a book of business!).

When I left G&K, it was to form my law firm. Tony needed a lawyer and somehow ended up with a referral to me. The reason he choose me is that I had been in the same industry as him! I knew everything there was to know about the industrial laundry business.

I took on Tony?s company as my client in early 1994 and handled a variety of legal matters for his company until he retired to enter this business on a full time basis. I always liked to say that I was on Tony?s team before Teiko!!

Anyway, that is how Tony and I originally hooked a long time ago.

Matt

axelcat · 11-02-2005, 03:17 PM

your interviews are always interesting

SweetT · 11-02-2005, 03:18 PM

SleazyDream.....I hate that I was away from my email this week and unable to be a part of the questions....I have a few that I think would be really fun to hear Matt squirm....oh, I mean answer hehehe....but it looks like your other sources have come up with some gems, as well.

Hell, there are a few of these that *I* am waiting to hear the answer to....I probably know more about Matt that anyone in this biz and I still wonder where the Taco Bell reference came from.....but based on what I know about these interviews, there is a story there somewhere.....Sleazy just does not pick this shit out of thin air

As for Matt, I could say all of the same kiss ass things that everyone else has said and I know him better than anyone else in the biz....but let me say that for years Matt was my vendor, my employee, my right hand, my confidant...but most of all he has been my friend. With Matt's leadership and vision, I expect to see RSH continue to grow and blossom into a powerhouse in this arena.

Good Luck, Matt....these questions dont get any easier, buddy.

--T

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bashbug

heh hope digipawn doesnt fail like cjbucks, and dollars, i remember rick ranting about dollars forever. yet he couldnt explain it in detail in person.

Obviously I cannot comment on Rick's other ventures. However, I can say that my venture with Rick is doing very well.

I am very careful of what I do before I do it and DigiPawn is doing very well so far.

I have never had a "hater" before...this is sort of neat. However, do you have to post as an anonymous poster? Hit me straightup!

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 03:26 PM

Thank you Tony, your words mean a lot to me!!

I owe you so much that I will never repay!

Of course NationalNet totally ROCKS and I will recommend you to anyone who needs hosting!

Matt

Jman · 11-02-2005, 04:22 PM

Bump for the evening crew

Ramos · 11-02-2005, 04:46 PM

Great Interview!

dunefield · 11-02-2005, 05:52 PM

nice work... great info

JFK · 11-02-2005, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JMan

Bump for the evening crew

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

Porterrun · 11-02-2005, 06:03 PM

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

JFK · 11-02-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Collins

JFK does an awesome job at the shows. He's probably the hardest working guy at the show since he is at every seminar, every dinner, every party, and back on the show floor early in the morning.

He's like a historian also and its great to be able to see pics and relive old times.

Great work JFK and thanks for posting these pics!

Matt

My pleasure Matt............Great Interview

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:07 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:13 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:32 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:51 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:52 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-02-2005, 06:53 PM

20. How many houses do you own?

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

nitelord · 11-02-2005, 07:30 PM

nice pics..

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:16 AM

Ok, I'm back!

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

I drive a black Toyota Sequoia SUV

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:17 AM

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

Sorry about That!

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:20 AM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:26 AM

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

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:36 AM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 09:41 AM

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

Porterrun · 11-03-2005, 10:36 AM

Zebra · 11-03-2005, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Collins

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

You disappeared quick that night!

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebra

You disappeared quick that night!

So did a lot of the "employees"!!

Thanks Flash Cash!!

Matt

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 01:13 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 01:31 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 01:42 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 01:56 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 02:05 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 02:21 PM

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

Peaches · 11-03-2005, 02:27 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Peaches

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 :-)

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 03:10 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 03:34 PM

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

Matt Collins · 11-03-2005, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie

Hey Matt - Remember Island Gathering 2 yrs ago? That trip to Bonaire was amazing!

With Lindsay from Payserve:

In the tiny airplane:

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

11-02-2005, 10:20 AM	#102
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11-02-2005, 10:38 AM	#104
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	12. Talk about digipawn. DigiPawn is a business that just plain rocks! Wait till you hear how this works!! DigiPawn (www.digipawn.com) is the joint venture between Rick Latona and myself and is frankly a business I am very passionate about. Rick and I had been looking for a way to do business for the last two years. Since we were such good friends and our strengths seemed to complement each other?s weaknesses, we were a natural combination. Since Rick is such an awesome idea-man, it?s not surprising that he originated the DigiPawn concept. Rick approached me about doing DigiPawn almost a year before we actually did it. Frankly, the idea of opening a pawn shop for domain owners seemed pretty crazy. However, the more we chewed on the idea and worked on the details, the more we both came to believe that there was a real market out there. The central question was, who would use DigiPawn? Here is the answer we came up with: People in legal trouble People in family trouble people who need short term capital People who are domain speculators and need cash often but can pay the money back quickly by flipping the domain. Anyone who needs money and owns valuable domains. An interesting idea struck us as we worked through this?most people who own valuable domains are young, with little credit. With the exception of Rick Schwartz and other Big Guns of the domain business, most domain owners have one or two valuable domains and a bunch of worthless domains. These guys have no chance of borrowing money at the bank, but they may need cash in a hurry for any one of the above reasons. Now, this is a pawnshop, so we take possession of the domain, while the customer keeps DNS and all operation of any websites or business associated with the domain. We take this possession through our official registrar Moniker (Monte and Chipmonk are great guys to deal with! www.moniker.com). We then advance money to the customer for a one month period. This advance is renewable by the payment of the finance charge and can be extended forever. Remember, this is a 30 day deal and the finance charge is 15%....per month?which is why I love this business hahaha61514; Rick and I have funded all operations out of our pocket and we have capital standing by ready to make more deals. Go to www.DigiPawn.com and check us out now!! Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw* -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 10:40 AM	#105
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	13. Ever spit in the tacos at taco bell? Nope. And to this day I still love Taco Bell and Mexican food in general! I gotta meeting to run to, but I will be back for some more Q & A later :-) Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

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11-02-2005, 02:25 PM	#110
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11-02-2005, 03:04 PM	#111
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	I am still writing the answer to the Tony connection question...very complicated...sorry for the delay. Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 03:10 PM	#112
bashbug Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 929	heh hope digipawn doesnt fail like cjbucks, and dollars, i remember rick ranting about dollars forever. yet he couldnt explain it in detail in person.

11-02-2005, 03:16 PM	#113
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	14. What is G&K - the Tony connection? The Tony connection?. In the early 1990?s, the one thing Tony and I had in common is that we both worked for industrial laundry companies. Tony was the general manage of the Atlanta operations of a Fortune 500 industrial laundry company (to see Tony?s full Ambush Interview, check it out here: http://www.ambushinterview.com/58/interview58.html). I was a sales manage of a company called G&K Services. After I left Acme, I went to work for G&K to sell uniform services to industrial operations. Think of any industrial plant or service facility and the uniforms that they wear and you have the idea of what I sold. Tony worked for a competing company. G&K was very good to me. They knew that I was in law school trying to better myself. Of course, they could have fired me on the spot, but they supported me (I guess even then, I was pretty good at managing a book of business!). When I left G&K, it was to form my law firm. Tony needed a lawyer and somehow ended up with a referral to me. The reason he choose me is that I had been in the same industry as him! I knew everything there was to know about the industrial laundry business. I took on Tony?s company as my client in early 1994 and handled a variety of legal matters for his company until he retired to enter this business on a full time basis. I always liked to say that I was on Tony?s team before Teiko!! Anyway, that is how Tony and I originally hooked a long time ago. Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 03:17 PM	#114
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11-02-2005, 03:18 PM	#115
SweetT Shank-A-Potamus Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia USA Posts: 1,756	SleazyDream.....I hate that I was away from my email this week and unable to be a part of the questions....I have a few that I think would be really fun to hear Matt squirm....oh, I mean answer hehehe....but it looks like your other sources have come up with some gems, as well. Hell, there are a few of these that I am waiting to hear the answer to....I probably know more about Matt that anyone in this biz and I still wonder where the Taco Bell reference came from.....but based on what I know about these interviews, there is a story there somewhere.....Sleazy just does not pick this shit out of thin air As for Matt, I could say all of the same kiss ass things that everyone else has said and I know him better than anyone else in the biz....but let me say that for years Matt was my vendor, my employee, my right hand, my confidant...but most of all he has been my friend. With Matt's leadership and vision, I expect to see RSH continue to grow and blossom into a powerhouse in this arena. Good Luck, Matt....these questions dont get any easier, buddy. --T __________________

11-02-2005, 03:26 PM	#117
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	Thank you Tony, your words mean a lot to me!! I owe you so much that I will never repay! Of course NationalNet totally ROCKS and I will recommend you to anyone who needs hosting! Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 04:22 PM	#118
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11-02-2005, 04:46 PM	#119
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11-02-2005, 05:52 PM	#120
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11-02-2005, 06:03 PM	#122
Porterrun Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 142	ya moving on: 16. How many conventions do you attend a year? How many now on your own? Which are your favorites? Least favorites? __________________ ICQ: 68219356

11-02-2005, 06:07 PM	#124
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 06:13 PM	#125
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 06:32 PM	#126
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 06:51 PM	#127
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 06:52 PM	#128
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 06:53 PM	#129
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	20. How many houses do you own? Just one house in surburban Atlanta. That is enough to keep me busy as it is! __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-02-2005, 07:30 PM	#130
nitelord My posts are basically a brain dump Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 77	nice pics..

11-03-2005, 09:16 AM	#131
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	Ok, I'm back! 21. What kind of car do you drive? (pics) I drive a black Toyota Sequoia SUV Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 09:17 AM	#132
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	Wow, I guess I should have resized the pic! That's why I am not a web designer! Sorry about That! Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 09:20 AM	#133
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 09:26 AM	#134
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	Can you believe I have managed to hit the refresh button over 1200 times so far? That's a lot of page views!! Matt __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 09:36 AM	#135
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 09:41 AM	#136
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 10:36 AM	#137
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11-03-2005, 01:13 PM	#140
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview

11-03-2005, 01:31 PM	#141
Matt Collins Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,060	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 __________________ Check out Globally Translated!-Translate your sites and join the global economy! MattLaw -The law firm for webmasters and site owners! ICQ: 254-829-586 Who is this Matt guy? Check out the Ambush Interview