Tips for success in the adult internet industry
 

I invite each and every one of you to write one tip for success in the adult internet industry. This post should be a reference to newbies and vetrans alike if everything goes according to plan.

My first tip:

Constantly learn and read about what's new.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

download ICQ, spend your day chatting - watch the money flow in :thumbsup

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I'm no expert, but wouldn't "make a good product" be the most important tip?

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Never drink to feel better, only drink to feel "even better".

Never ever ever lie on GFY.

GFY is a huge collection of people with unlimited resources and way too much time. If your debating something - say politics - don't make a statement unless you can verify online from a legit source that it is 100% true. If you don't do this, you'll be eaten alive.

Never lie about anything. Paul Markham came to us and told us his program was making bang, when the truth is his join pages didn't work. He tried to back pedal and spin it when he was caught, but the trurth is everyone who sent him traffic knew it didn't work because no got sales. Now he's a joke.

do the work right, and more importantly do the right work

Dont do it!

Watermark your content ...

Not sure if you are an advertiser, if not might want to re-size your sig banner.

Signature rules. Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 lines of text. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60. Yes there is a reason this is so big. Also putting your text in a cell and making it look like a button is against the rules. Let me repeat... A 120 x 60 button and no more than 3 lines of text. Over the top sigs will be deleted without warning!

Never, EVER, think you can leave and come back. Time goes by 100x faster online then the real world and youll get left in the dust.

work like sally rand.

Work, Shut up, stay off GFY, work some more, monitor GFY for the rich webmasters when they dispense wisdom, keep your head down, don't pick up the soap, no matter what, work some more, shut the fuck up, don't piss anyone off, GFY, make a good product, call CCBILL and tell them you want more sales, they will listen, make at least one post a day on GFY so you can reach your goal of 40leven thousand posts. Chill. Repeat.

Think outside the box and don't play follow the leader.

If you really suck, just copy 10 other peoples business plans... You will be pimp status in no time.

Spend all day, every day, posting about poo on GFY...

adapt or die.

Crowd sourcing business ideas on GFY doesn't end well.

That's good advice Voyeur Monkey.
Did you get my email yesterday?

do good work, be kind and respect your clients, surfers and members giving them more than they pay for.

This is probably one of the best lessons in life.

Edit2: Get lucky. And realize it when you do get lucky. I got (very) lucky once and didn't realize it at the time. Just thought shit was easy. Unfortunately I am extremely lazy, and find the kind of stuff you need to do to 'sell' to be extremely boring, and in hindsight should have made more of the luck I got while it lasted.

You are honest. :thumbsup

Track what you do and analyze the stats ... then you will know what to expand and what not to waste your time and money on. :2 cents:

Stop thinking like a webmaster and think like a surfer!

Post to GFY daily. Each time you receive important milestone, like post number 100, 500, 1000, etc. make thread about it. You'll receive tons of congratulations. This is your reward, enjoy your success.

Some stand up advice in this thread... should be a sticky.

Find the right industry role for yourself.

There are many roles which one can fill in the adult industry. You can either become a specialist for a large company or a jack of all trades independent like myself.

The most important thing:

One more quick one:

Pick a niche that you know and love!!! And remember, if you are a tourist, the natives will figure you out right away. :pimp

:2 cents:

ADG

TIP by Marlboroack: Accept Chat Traffic :clown

A few more:

1. Trust no one!

2. Be fair and don't fear standing up for your policies or ways of doing business.

Stay humble.

Force as any different things a possible, into your bottom on a daily basis...

If you run out of ideas, ask on gfy..

Make sure you can jerk off on your content.
If you can't, it's unlikely you can convince surfers to do so.

Ask ! There's lotsa us old skoolers out here very willing to help. You just have to ask :)

90% of posters with female pics are men, so treat them as such and don't believe them when you goto webcam and "the chicks" cam isn't working but she's wet to watch you jack off. :2 cents:

I'm feeling generous, tip #2

Don't trust people who want to be anonymous and do business with you.

don't spend all your money on coke and hookers, only about 50%

Buy a few good dotcom domains.

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