Photographers have to go where there is work and where their talents are most required. Twistys and Dean have always been a good mix. There is a lot of history there. I know you hate Manwin with a passion and you respect Twistys. Thanks for that.

Hmm give me an example of the type of affiliate you are referring to.

Ah, I was trying to think of that guys name just a moment ago - this thread and the posters veiled threats of hacking/DDOSing made me think of him. Me thinks they might be one and the same.

African or European?

Just sent. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

How would you rate Twisty's now? Good, Bad or Oh they're fucking up my site? and Why?

Are you happy with the direction or the way its being managed?

What has been said good or bad from your friends that were affiliates back in the day?

Got your email and replied.

I don't know if his threat was real or not but I went through a few situations where the threat was real and antagonizing the person making the threat would not have helped the situation in any way (never does with hackers). So i treated the threat as real and tried to buy time while my crew made sure everything was locked down tight! If for nothing else it provided a great security audit :)

I guess we will be seeing some new stuff "in the near future " :winkwink::winkwink:

Ever been in a Turkish Prison?

Ever seen a grown man naked?

Which is better Canada or the US ?

1. Is there anything from your time in the business that you regret or wish you would have handled differently?

2. When you sold Twistys what happened to the people that worked on it and the other associated sites? Were they absorbed into Manwin? Let go?

3. Was there any anger/drama/animosity from anyone who worked for you over the sale of your sites?

What's the anatomy of a good :

landing page
join page
members' area

How to get more affiliates to my sites www.longtoes.com and www.ilovelongtoes.com ?

correct :)

What have you tried so far. What's worked best what hasn't worked at all?

To start are you listed on every webmaster program directory site?

More importantly how does your traffic convert with the right traffic?

What are you hoping to achieve by getting more affiliates?

- I haven't kept close tabs on Twistys. I log in once every few months. From a quick glance things looked to be very similar to how they were when I was running it. But it's hard to tell from a quick glance. They definitely haven't fucked it up but that is because Rob has been running the show and he worked with us before we sold. So it still is being run by part of our DNA.

- Don't know enough to comment. I don't care either way. I love what we built but detached myself once we sold.

- haven't really had much of either from friends that were affiliates. We never talk about Twistys. Instead talk about the industry in general.

- No

- Yes far too often (at the gym)

- I've always loved the US mentality and the southern weather. But never lived in the US so can't say for sure.

http://style.org/unladenswallow/ :thumbsup

Why are you attention whoring?

:)..........

Why team canada didnt took Martin St-Louis ?

Would you have take him, and if yes, instead of who ?

Hey Shap, long time no speak. I've looked for you from time to time on messenger, but never see "office" ever on any more. Do you still use that same messenger ID? Say hello once in while :)

Actually, would love to chat with you some time. PM me if you like with messenger info.

Ok, question... have you stayed in touch with Kevin, Minnie and Michael?

It's interesting to me that one program had 3 of my favorite people to deal with, from the day Kevin cold-called me at home to join Twistyscash to Michael's notes on the memo field of my cheques (made me laugh). Great crew, good times.

Haven't used icq in a long time. How else can I get in touch with you?

How've you been?

I still talk to all of them. Michael very regularly (once a week). Kevin and I both have boys the same age so every 3 or 4 months we get together in some random city in the world and the boys get to hang out. They are best little buddies.

100 questions :thumbsup Shap, what time is it ? :Graucho

Btw I love hearing this. Thank you! We were very picky in our hiring especially of people that had worked in the industry. Michael and Kevin to this day are two of my favourite people. They are both awesome. It took us 3 years to find Michael and he was worth the wait :)

12:14am or 00:14 as they say here

lol damn

Shap, I'll shoot you an email tomorrow. It's a little late here now and want to spend some time with my boy before his bedtime. Nice to see you around.

Thank you for answering Shap ;)

I will quote you on that :winkwink::thumbsup

Wow do you embed video in this forum?? What is windows.exe mean?

In what is after all , 2014 and of course factoring in the rise of the tubes and of course manwin.....

What I really would like to know is why Chelsea sucks so, so badly considering their budget. ;-))

Do you think the Incredible Hulk could survive in the vacuum of space without the equipment that mere humans need?

Welcome back EC :1orglaugh

Hi Kane!

1. Great question. It's hard to regret anything because a lot of the things we did or things we handled helped shape us as a company moving forward. For example we were one of the first to come out and work with RedTube. I took heap loads of shit for that. I don't blame anyone for attacking me. I went public with it because 1. i wasn't going to hide behind my decision to work with them and 2. I thought it was an important step that was happening within the industry. I wasn't alone but I was the only one willing to talk about it. I wanted to share with people that there was a shift happening and it was probably time to start planning and preparing for that shift. Things were not going to go back to the way they were so it was better to plan and prepare for the future than dwell on recreating the past.

I was often told I engage too much with people on GFY and I should just run business and not give a rats ass what others think. It's not in my DNA to be like that. I still vividly remember when I just got started on the industry and I was the guy reading the boards trying to understand and learn the industry. I don't ever want to turn my back on those people. I was once there and if it weren't for a few key people who helped me I probably wouldn't have had the same success that I had. Referring back to the RedTube example if just one person read that thread and thought "man Shap is working with Tubes I can't ignore tubes any longer I have to give them a shot" then it was worth the 10+ page fiasco.

If anything my main regrets is every get rich quick scheme i thought could work. Especially when I was first starting out. Buy this program for $5k and you'll make 10k a month with it. LOL What a load of crap. Every single time. Nothing comes without hard work.

2. When Manwin acquired Twistys all employee jobs were kept for 3 months during the transition period. In the first month of the transition period all of them met with Manwin and a potential job was discussed. Internally Michael and I met with every single employee one on one and discussed their future with them. Found out what they wanted to do. If relocating to Montreal was an option or interest to them? If not what they'd like to do. From there we tried to help all of them make their next move. So throughout that 3 month transition many of them moved on to their new jobs and some of them moved on to Manwin and others just moved on.

3. Not that i know of. Like i said above we went above and beyond imo to help people make the transition. We wanted to make sure everybody was taken care of. I think a lot of people miss the working environment we had. It was a fun office.

What does EC stand for?

Once a whore always a whore I guess :pimp

How about yourself how are you doing these days?

I agree 100% with you. Especially as more stories come out now about how fierce a competitor St Louis. Shame they didn't take him. Hopefully he makes it on as a replacement.

I haven't watched much hockey and have never seen Chris Kunitz. I know he has the padded stats of playing with Crosby. He just doesn't seem like a superstar to me. I definitely think Rick Nash is no longer the Rick Nash of old.

At least PK made it :thumbsup

I'm guessing I can skip this one. No clue what you are asking

Of course!

McDonalds,Burger King or KFC?
Hmm probably Burger King given the choice. If in Canada i'd go with Harvey's or even better Burgers Priest in Toronto.

You ever driven a Bugatti Veyron?
Not yet.

Do you have more than $10 million in your bank account?
I try to avoid answering the personal financial questions :)

Tenerife question - did you chicken out like me & passed on going down the Tower Of Power?, you gotta admit the water park was F.L.Y - the 'wave' machine was pretty cool right?
I did chicken out in Tenerife but I did go on Tower of Power at Atlantis in Dubai which was great but their Poseidon's revenge was even better.

Do you always fly 'first class' drinking the finest wines?
When available. Under 3 hours it's not worth it in Europe as you don't get anything extra. But long haul flights for sure. I'm a tall guy :winkwink:

What watch are you wearing?
Panerai

Please note:- i never chickened out of Wadi Water Park in Dubai

Hey Shap, great to see you here again, in you're eyes, where is Adult headed in 2014?

Also in your eyes, what should the Affiliate be focused on in 2014?

Hi :) Thanks great to hear from you :thumbsup

What type of affiliate specifically?