Speak up! Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want?

[myjah]

Easy enough. Answer these 3 questions.

1) Who are you? (give a short explanation of who you are. examples: ManChild with self medicating issues, Webmaster with a loathing for tubes, Content Producer with goth foot anal bead material...you get the picture)

2) What brings you to GFY? (Looking for a laugh? Seeking actual knowledge on how to make money online in porn? Self punishment?)

3) What do want? (Give a statement to tell what you would like to gain from spending multiple hours on an adult forum when you should be teaching your kids to read or going for a run or actually spending time with real humans that surround you)

I'll start.

1) I'm Myjah I have worked in the adult industry for 13 years. I began as a webmaster/affiliate and then took on roles as Affiliate Manager for a dating site, Product Manager for a Porn site, and Marketing VP for a softcore site...among other things, but if I write too much you won't read it. ;)

2) I come to GFY to see what's happening in the industry...the latest trends and uproars and to stay connected to people and issues that center around the online world I monetize. Also to read whatever Mike South posts because I LOVE to laugh.

3) I want and fully expect to get connected to industry people that educate and assist me in various aspects of my career. Also, I like to feel better about myself by reading the shit that gets posted here.

Your turn!

[ottopottomouse]

Goth foot anal bead material is surprisingly scarce.

[Roald]

1. Roald
2. Link in bookmark bar
3. A Big Mac will do

yaaaawn ;)))

[myjah]

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

Goth foot anal bead material is surprisingly scarce.

True! An amazing niche to monetize ;)))

[myjah]

Originally Posted by Roald

1. Roald
2. Link in bookmark bar
3. A Big Mac will do

yaaaawn ;)))

Do you even have REAL Big Macs there??? I will send you one.

[JockoHomo]

[robwod]

1) I'm Robert, in the online business now for 18 years. I started as a webmaster/affiliate -- and still am -- along the way working as an affiliate manager, sales VP for a large company, SEO consultant/manager, etc. These days I'm just enjoying life and promoting some great sites and content, helping companies with their SEO strategies via their links and placements within our established sites.

2) I drop by GFY to do a little business here and there and if something catches my attention -- especially a thread started by someone I know and respect -- I'll take the time to read.

3) I don't really want or expect anything from my time on GFY. I don't spend much time here. I prefer to spend my time getting work done and then get offline and enjoy life with my family and friends versus spending any amount of time posting on forums.

ETA: actually, it will be 19 years this April. A LOT has changed over the last 2 decades.

[Scott McD]

1. Scott McDonald. Been a webmaster for over 13 years now. Done a few different jobs during that time. Started off great. Had a dip for a couple of years. But happy with where i am now.

2. I come to GFY since i've had many great laughs over the years on here, provided good information about adult (yes you read that right) and it's a good way to keep in touch with many people. Either as friends or for business. Would love the board to go back to being as busy as it once was, but things change, people move on, and that's the way it is. Most other adult boards don't even exist anymore, which is testament to the durability of GFY. And i think it will still be here in many years to come. GFY breaks up my working day, and since i don't use Facebook or any of that shit, i'd miss it if it wasn't here.

3. Ok i kinda answered number 3 in my number two reply.

[Roald]

Originally Posted by myjah

Do you even have REAL Big Macs there??? I will send you one.

They openend up a Mc D's last year, it's amazing really

[Roald]

Ok i'l play....

1. Roald Riepen, in the business since '99. Started out as a gallery submitter and doing freelance design work. In 2005 FreeOnes contracted me and I worked my way up to being their managing director. In 2013 PayServe showed interest in me to help them out getting back on track a bit. So since November 2013 i'm the new CEO of Payserve.

2. Reason i'm here is in the first place to read up a bit on business and for pure entertainment. The reason changed a bit since I started at Payserve though so now there is some promo involved too.

3. Stay in touch with people in the industry and stay up to date.

[myjah]

Originally Posted by robwod

1) I'm Robert, in the online business now for 18 years. I started as a webmaster/affiliate -- and still am -- along the way working as an affiliate manager, sales VP for a large company, SEO consultant/manager, etc. These days I'm just enjoying life and promoting some great sites and content, helping companies with their SEO strategies via their links and placements within our established sites.

2) I drop by GFY to do a little business here and there and if something catches my attention -- especially a thread started by someone I know and respect -- I'll take the time to read.

3) I don't really want or expect anything from my time on GFY. I don't spend much time here. I prefer to spend my time getting work done and then get offline and enjoy life with my family and friends versus spending any amount of time posting on forums.

ETA: actually, it will be 19 years this April. A LOT has changed over the last 2 decades.

Thank you! It's amazing how little we know about the people we do business with so I appreciate you participating and hope others follow your lead...you know I have a special spot for you though ;)

[mavruda]

1. Mavis R. - originally adult webdesigner since 2006. Since 2011 after making a weird thread some cool people gave me advice to make my own cartoon site in order to use my talents for good. Now I draw, support and owe www.mydirtydrawings.com - one of the best cartoon sites on the internet, according to the reviews shown on my splash page.

2. I come to gfy because I read the threads in webmaster f.a.q forum and I often visit and post this section in order to get inspiration and let out some steam.
Unfortunately for me it's not easy to draw and to play webmaster - even if it's my own website - when I draw - the sells are going down, when I work on promotion - galleries, submissions into TGPs - the new coming members suffer and asking for their thing. I'm still not able to monetize my site enough to make a living from it, which leads to next point.

3. I want mydirtydrawings.com to start earning enough so I'd be able to hire other artists to help me with variety of the content - and thus to be able to get free time for myself and for other projects , and I hope I'd be able to find the solution in here.

[Lars_Cash]

1. Hi i´m Lars. Used to work in sales for insucrance companies when a friend of mine pulled me into mainstream online advertising 8 years ago. Worked within this field for 4 years till another friend hit me up regarding online adult. Since i was a heavy user anyway, i started with Intermax/69cash 4 years ago and worked for different units there. Last year i gave a 7 month gig at awempire and now i´m back at 69cash.

2. things like this;

Originally Posted by JockoHomo

Plus, seeing whats going on in the industry, including some uncensored answers to every topic
3. see 2 and oc if theres a chance to do biz with contacts from the board - i´m up for it.

[Spunky]

My name is Spunky
I 'm not sure why I come here,perhaps a mental issue
I want piece on earth and the discrimination of Canadians to stop

[Stephen]

"ManChild with self medicating issues"

[FriXion]

1) Who are you?

Co-Founder of www.FriXion.me

2) What brings you to GFY?

Have a long history in Adult, so.. here out of inertia?

3) What do you want?

We want to fuel innovation, too much in the adult space is lagging behind for various reasons.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by myjah

Easy enough. Answer these 3 questions.

1) Who are you? (give a short explanation of who you are. examples: ManChild with self medicating issues, Webmaster with a loathing for tubes, Content Producer with goth foot anal bead material...you get the picture)

CD. Manchild with self medicating issues sounds about right. But over the past 17 years I've been a webmaster, designer, content producer/seller, writer, promoter, and traffic reseller.

2) What brings you to GFY? (Looking for a laugh? Seeking actual knowledge on how to make money online in porn? Self punishment?)

Self punishment sounds about right. That and promo. The kind that generates income, a lot of it in fact, for myself and for those I am working with.

Some of us are just more subtle about it than others.

3) What do want?

World peace. And a back rub from Myjah. And for the Winnipeg Jets to make the NHL playoffs.

Oh you meant from here? What do I want from my time spent on GFY? Why I want more almond rocca of course. Doesn't everybody?

[Tact]

1) My focus for the past 15 years has been in mainstream marketing. I've always been a fan of adult and decided to research the industry as a possible business expansion. I'm now dedicating about 25% of my time to building an affiliate network. My goal is to operate pay sites of my own in the near future and feed them with the traffic from my affiliate network.

2) I've become a member of GFY, and other adult forums, to create a presence and access information within the industry. There is definitely a wealth of valuable information here at GFY when you skip past all the distractions and pick out the quality posts.

3) I want to continue my research, obtain information, and make contacts with others who have similar goals.

Tact

[Creatine]

1) Who are you?
I'm Creatine.


2) What brings you to GFY?
I originally came here to discuss strategies for websites and work with webmasters but In the first few weeks I realized this forum is just a bunch of trolls, so now I just post to get my sig out there.

3) What do want?
I want to reach 100,000 posts and get at least 50 referrals per day to plugrush using my link.

[MasterBlow]

Originally Posted by Spunky

My name is Spunky
I 'm not sure why I come here,perhaps a mental issue
I want piece on earth and the discrimination of Canadians to stop

[srockhard]

1) Sam Rockhard - I've been an affiliate marketeer for over 15 years mainly having success with Amazon and Commission Junction. For 5 years I worked with Goodwill Industries going around the country setting up their online sales departments. I started in adult in May 2010 with a BBW blog called PuffyChicks and have since grown to over 20 active sites including blogs, tubes, white labels and other industry websites. I try to think outside the box in terms of marketing and making money and I basically work 24/7 to push my products and generate income.
2) I come here mainly to connect with other people working in the industry.
3) I want to make business deals. Form partnerships. Ultimately have a site on Alexa top 100 someday.

[Vendzilla]

I'm Vendzilla, I work for company that does adult and mainstream. I've done webmaster, CMS, affiliate rep, consulting, SEO and social networking . I have helped a lot of people, I have pissed off a few people

I come here to keep up with what's going on, I read more than I post, I go to several forums, both adult and mainstream. I spend more time on the mainstream forums lately.

I once moderated this forum with Texas Dreams and ICE, not going anywhere

[The Porn Nerd]

Let me sum up "me" for you:

I

AM

AWESOME.

Carry on.

[MarkDeus]

1) Who are you?
I'm Mark, Content/Affiliate Manager at PornerBros.com/sxx.com/givemegay.com, some of the evil tube sites.

2) What brings you to GFY?
In the beginning, to make some business. But it seems that this part was actually forgotten here, so I usually check some funny gifs and fictious conspiracy stories during my breaks.


3) What do you want?
Anything regarding actual business: buying traffic, meeting new content producers and affiliate managers, discussing exposing your content on our network, etc.

This is actually my first post in almost a year. I hope it will pay off.

[eodiv]

I'm Dave. After years of getting fired from offices around my city for doing things such as drunkenly telling my boss to "die in a fire" at a company happy hour, I now work for myself doing all types of digital design. These days it's mostly Wordpress. Fucking everyone wants Wordpress.

I originally came here for insight into getting into the adult web business but I've put that on the backburner as severe ADD and smoking approximately 2 metric shit tons or marijuana a day has somehow killed my motivation. I'm honestly not sure how you all would feel about what I do in terms of adult stuff on the web. I make custom compilation videos, mostly for pornstars, and upload them to tube sites. I do not, repeat do not, do torrents or swipe full scenes, just clips so I feel like it kind of falls under fair use. I also have a blog (which I will not link to...yet) where all of my videos are indexed and I ramble about porn and how much I hate XVideos.

What do I want? I'm not sure. Some laughs. A bit of insight and maybe a few extra hits on the blog here and there.

[xNetworx]

[TheSaint]

1) Who are you?

I'm Steve Trainer. Among other things I was the original creator of fareastmedia.com, which I sold years ago and has since died and become a museum piece. But in its day it was pretty innovative and had 1,000 members and I was burning dvds 24 hours a day.

2) What brings you to GFY? I actually haven't been here in probably 5 years and was shocked I still had an account.

3) What do want? I dunno. Maybe I kinda miss porn. I never really liked it at the time, but in hindsight it seems no worse than what I am doing now, which is, trying to corner the Bitcoin market. Profitable, but tedious...

[Emma]

See my avatar

[myjah]

Thought I'd revisit this…anyone else?

[Klen]

Originally Posted by myjah

Thought I'd revisit this?anyone else?

I'l answer tomorrow as i am tired as fuck at the moment.

[KickAssJesse]

1) Webmaster/Developer/Programmer/Designer/A lot more. Handles the web properties for Kick Ass Pictures

2) Biz, Making $$$$$$, News, Laughs, Downtime; anyone else looking to make money, contact info is in sig

3) It's good to get to know people in our industry; be it producers, webmasters, models, affiliates, etc.

[SilentKnight]

1) Who are you?

I'm Martin. I'm an alcoholic.
(oops, kidding. That was last night's meeting.)

Founder/owner of Kastle Archives (since 1999). Before that, I was head video editor for Canada's largest adult video retail chain - won't do them any favours mentioning names. Prior - I've also worked mainstream production with Director's Film Co. of Canada in Toronto (casting calls/TV commercials). Created Extreme Bondage Fantasies Yahoo club (before the club/group merger) with over 30k members and a million views.

Hmm..what else? Attended the first Bondcon in Queens, NY just weeks after 9/11 as an exhibitor and on-stage speaker.

I wear white socks (random factoid)

2) What brings you to GFY?

Tripped on GFY back in 2005 - found it to be a worthy mix of biz contacts, entertainment and tomfoolery. Also an excellent source of conspiracy updates, celebrity deaths, riboflavin and niacinamide.

3) What do I want?

Still setting my sights on becoming Megan Fox's fluffer.

[NaughtyRob]

Just realized this thread is old, but oh well here it goes...

1) Who are you? Content producer always looking for good clients to shoot for no matter how big or small in biz.

2) What brings you to GFY? Shit, been here so long. At first it was for laughs, now I make my living here!

3) What do want? What I have always gotten out of this forum are biz contacts and a living at shooting content.

Originally Posted by myjah

Easy enough. Answer these 3 questions.

I'll start.

1) I'm Myjah I have worked in the adult industry for 13 years. I began as a webmaster/affiliate and then took on roles as Affiliate Manager for a dating site, Product Manager for a Porn site, and Marketing VP for a softcore site...among other things, but if I write too much you won't read it. ;)

2) I come to GFY to see what's happening in the industry...the latest trends and uproars and to stay connected to people and issues that center around the online world I monetize. Also to read whatever Mike South posts because I LOVE to laugh.

3) I want and fully expect to get connected to industry people that educate and assist me in various aspects of my career. Also, I like to feel better about myself by reading the shit that gets posted here.

Your turn!

[anexsia]

1. Anexsia - I've been a webmaster for a little under 13 years but didn't start doing adult websites until 2008. I mostly create blogs, galleries, and other adult sites.

2. I visit GFY to check up on new programs, which programs are doing really well and which ones are scumbags/not paying, and to just see what's up with the industry in general.

3. I don't really want that much from adult besides making a little extra income and I love creating porn sites so a lot of it is fun work to me.

[CampHost]

1) Who are you? Middle aged guy trying to make ends meet being a middle man in the online adult industry.

2) What brings you to GFY? I want to promote my new free host: RatedXHost

3) What do want? I want to continue to make a living in online adult so I can live a easy life style and not punch the clock. So join my new free host RatedXhost and help yourself and me.

[RyuLion]

This is just nasty!!

[NewNick]

I am NewNick.

Destroyer of Worlds.

[wehateporn]

[iSpyCams]

I'm pompousjohn. I used to be an affiliate, now I run my own program.

Why am I here?
I did some work for a formerly larg-ish adult program and got ripped off. I came here back in 2009 thinking I could maybe track them down. Yes it was a dumb thought. Instead of tracking them down I acquired the necessary knowledge and contacts here to build my own program. So I put my energy into building that and am now better off than ever.

What do I want? I have made and continue to make solid contacts here, and have spent a lot of money with various vendors here who have what I need.

[The Porn Nerd]

Let me sum up what I want:

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

Got it? Good.

Fuck you pay me. :D

[ErectMedia]

1) Who are you?

Started a small web hosting company in 2003 along with multiple adult sites. Invested adult profits and some domain sales profits into mainstream shit over the years. (Ticket Brokerage, Domain Brokerage, Niche Stores, etc...) to reach a diversified portfolio so if one sector dried up would still be okay.

2) What brings you to GFY?

Mainly break time between work so I don't short circuit. Mainly posted on CFUS back in the day but when that closed up shifted over here.

3) What do you want?

Nothing just break time in between work. Current lineup...

Domain Brokerage, (437) Aged Owned/Brokered .com domains currently for sale at this exact moment, mainly mainstream, most sales in the x,xxx-xx,xxx range, a couple brokered deals in the xxx,xxx range.

Ticket Brokerage

Niche Stores

Tubes

Cams

PPV

Sex Toys

etc...

[symtab]

1) Who are you?
My name is Adrian. I've been a coder and server administrator for 8 years now. Developed several scripts: Adult Script Pro, Adult Search Script, Adult Video Script and Clip Share (only the 4.x version).

2) What brings you to GFY?
News, clients, trends, ideas...

3) What do you want?
More free time to code :-)

[SBJ]

1) Who are you?
Matt Blue (yes that is my real name not a pornstar name as so many in this biz think it is..) I've been in this biz since 2001 when I started some tgps and gallery submitting. In 2004 I launched my Silent Bucks program and I've shot for a handful of solo girls over the years.

2) What brings you to GFY?
free porn, free snacks, and lots of laughs.. Oh yeah this is where I read the latest news stories when I'm too busy to check cnn or yahoo's front page..

3) What do you want?
I want everyone that reads this post to sign up for Silent Bucks and send me thousands of clicks a day to make both you and I some $$$$

[sojproductions]

1) Who are you?
Antony, built my first web site in 1996, building sites ever since, had a corporate design business for 7 years but was tied to an office, fell into adult in 2005 when a friend asked me to help with a site, at first I was reluctant, but I soon realised there was money and freedom to work anywhere attached (how I wish i started in 96!)

2) What brings you to GFY?
Originally to learn the tricks of the trade and attract affiliates to promote blue pixels, still here for the same reasons - plus i find some of the trolling hilarious

3) What do you want?
Still much of the same, affiliates, tips and techniques and to laugh at trolls, but now I can at least give advice back!

[laragreen]

1) I'm Laura Cebrián. I used to be the affiliate manager at Privatecash and now I'm in the traffic side of business working for JuicyAds.com as a sales rep for the European and LATAM markets.

2) I like to know what's going on in the industry, find new clients, discover new ideas, and of course the crazy stuff that people post. It makes me laugh

3) Keep in touch with the industry peeps and find new business...

[Paully]

1) Im Paul Businger. Single dad, cynical prick and all around badass . I started out doing electronic repair for studio equipment, moved on to computer repair and data recovery and started a business called AV-Recon Labs, specializing in video recovery. I have since started another business called Game Tech Electronics. I have worked with Max Hardcore for 10+years. I have been his editor, author, camera man, photographer, security and now webmaster.

2)Mostly to fuck around and check out trends and the latest news. GFY is a great news agrigate. So many clowns here make it difficult to sift through all the crap but I'm pretty good at it now.

3) To meet other like minded people with similar goals, that is generally making money off of an adult product with a mindset towards longevity and not a quick buck.

4) Dislikes are trolling cocksuckers that serve no purpose and aren't involved in the business. Blatant theft that is left unchecked. No solidarity among fellow webmasters. Posts about loney toon conspiracy shit like the government trying to kill us yet they also seem to want to make us live so we can pay taxes and buy medicines.

[Nicky]

1. I'm Nicky(real name Daniel), been in this biz since I was 16 years old in 1999. Started as a gallery and freesite submitter, went on to blogging and seo, since 4 years back I am working with affiliates and marketing for EuroRevenue.

2. I'm here as a EuroRevenue representant and to gain new business as well as some laughs.

3. I want to gain new business and stay in the loop of things.

[Pete-FMC]

1. I am Pete, I started as a fraud analyst for Livejasmin back in 2010. After about 10 month dealing with CC fraud I took my chance and applied for the media buyer position. And I got it I stuck with them for a good year, then did some affiliate marketing on my own and when I decided I need more adventure in my life I took the position as head media buyer at Firstmobilecash.

2. I check GFY everyday to be up to date about what is going on in the industry, check some interesting threads.

3. Main intention is to find new business partners, affiliates, traffic sellers.
I am more than happy to talk to anyone who wants to sell quality mobile traffic

[CaptainHowdy]

1) Nobody.

2) Money.

3) Sell signature.

[C H R I S]

Great thread Myjah!

Who am I - Chris, Sales Director - Adamoads.com

Who was I - Chris - Sales Director Traffic Shop, Chris Senior Account Exec AVN Media Network, and Marketing Director at Leisure Time Entertainment

Why am I here : Sport? I live here? I dont know, however much I try I can't get away.

What do I want : World Peace, Publishers, Advertisers, and a perfect world.

Peace Out