need tips and pointers

Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker · 2004-02-01, 03:54 PM

hey guys,

just registered after some lurking (great board btw) and since I've seen alot of nice and helpful people in here I thought I'd ask for some advice too.
My site has been online now for a few weeks, gets decent traffic (for what I'm used to anyway) but it doesn't really make me any money. I dunno what I'm doing wrong, bad traffic or sponsors, bad gallery building, I have no clue.
So if anyone could give me some tips it'd be very much appreciated. Site is www.strippingbabes.net

Thanks,
Ernie

Surfn · 2004-02-01, 04:23 PM

You would probably have better conversions if you used 5 word descriptions instead of 2-3. Just my ²₤

hershie · 2004-02-01, 09:09 PM

If you are looking for new sponsors with PornStar sites, with one quick search at some-url you can find every adult sponsor out there that has Pornstar sites. You can search by other features you want (hosted galleries...). Good luck.

Surfn · 2004-02-01, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by hershie
If you are looking for new sponsors with PornStar sites, with one quick search at Sponsors List.com, you can find every adult sponsor out there that has Pornstar sites. You can search by other features you want (hosted galleries...). Good luck.

I don't think he was asking to be spammed.

hershie · 2004-02-01, 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Surfn
I don't think he was asking to be spammed.

I'm sorry. Did I read the post wrong, or did Ernie not mention that he thinks maybe he is using the wrong sponsors. I took the time to go to SponsorsList and ensure they had a PornStar category with all the sponsors offering that niche before I responsed.

Why the hate?

PhatCat · 2004-02-02, 02:20 AM

hershie I would have to agree with Surfn that was a bad use of spam tactics. It would have been more genuine if you didn't have it as your sig link with your refer code in it

Well back to Mental Ernie. I think your site design is nice and I like the colors, but I think surfn is right on this one about trying more words in your descriptions. Also this is your hub im assuming if im wrong please correct me. I think that you need to expand on the site a make it a little bigger with more links under the naked woman which is where most will look first before going back to the links above it. People like short stories in the decription so they know what there going into and want to find out more.

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My site has been online now for a few weeks, gets decent traffic (for what I'm used to anyway) but it doesn't really make me any money.

Well what type of traffic are you sending to the site?

Fix those few things that Surfn said and you should be ok.

hershie · 2004-02-02, 02:34 AM

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Originally posted by PhatCat
hershie I would have to agree with Surfn that was a bad use of spam tactics. It would have been more genuine if you didn't have it as your sig link with your refer code in it

I guess with the overwhelming rush of people coming here to help in this thread that my contribution isn't needed at all and I should not try to help because I have a ref code in my sig. Sorry I am not pure of heart and "genuine" like you. What a joke.

PhatCat · 2004-02-02, 02:48 AM

hersie its not really about being genuine its about really wanting to help someone other than yourself. If you would have givin him another choice besides one that fit your needs only and he had a choice between the two then I would have nothing to say about it. And ya I thought it was a good joke your post was quite funny to me

hershie · 2004-02-02, 02:58 AM

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Originally posted by PhatCat
hersie its not really about being genuine its about really wanting to help someone other than yourself. If you would have givin him another choice besides one that fit your needs only and he had a choice between the two then I would have nothing to say about it. And ya I thought it was a good joke your post was quite funny to me

I guess we will leave it up to you then to be the arbiter of good and evil on this board. I have made hundreds of helpful posts on numerous boards over the past couple of years and have a very good reputation in the community for being honest and contributing a lot back. So please do not attempt to lecture me on what in your eyes is considered spamming. He clearly mentioned he was disspaointed in his present sponsors and I offered a free service to find every other sponsor in that niche and you have the balls to come after me because I had a ref code in my sig. Again, I repeat, what a joke.

PhatCat · 2004-02-02, 03:10 AM

Well we could talk about this for days about how many people you've helped and reputation in the community, but I rather not disrespect Mental Ernie post for help by dragging it into another topic of spammer vs my opinion of your spam, so if you would rather continue this in private please feel free to pm me. If not then I would consider my opinion on your actions done. |goodnight

Surfn · 2004-02-02, 03:17 AM

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Originally posted by Mental Ernie
I dunno what I'm doing wrong, bad traffic or sponsors, bad gallery building, I have no clue. Thanks,
Ernie

hershie he says nothing about bad sponsors or needing new sponsors. He says "bad traffic to sponsors". Board tracker is a great spam tool.

hershie · 2004-02-02, 03:18 AM

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Originally posted by PhatCat
Well we could talk about this for days about how many people you've helped and reputation in the community, but I rather not disrespect Mental Ernie post for help by dragging it into another topic of spammer vs my opinion of your spam, so if you would rather continue this in private please feel free to pm me. If not then I would consider my opinion on your actions done. |goodnight

I hope you will live up to the standards you set for others. I am not sure how much you get out there on this and other boards but you may be shocked at how many others including the owners of this board employ ref codes in posts/pages/sites where people are asking for help/sevices. You just insulted and pointed your judgemental finger at the majority of the adult webmaster community. I really don't care what you think of me and do not care to carry a conversation on. What I care about is making sure I explain and defend myself when someone decides to muddy my name by calling me a spammer.

hershie · 2004-02-02, 03:22 AM

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Originally posted by Surfn
hershie he says nothing about bad sponsors or needing new sponsors. He says "bad traffic to sponsors". Board tracker is a great spam tool.

What the hell are you doing lying and quoting something that isn't there! He said "or" sponsors, hence he is not content with his present sponsors and I gave him an avenue to find all the other sponsors out there in the PornStar niche and I went and verified that SPonsorsList breaks out that category to search by. That was disgusting of you to mis-quote the poster in an attempt to get at me.

hershie · 2004-02-02, 03:42 AM

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Originally posted by Surfn
hershie he says nothing about bad sponsors or needing new sponsors. He says "bad traffic to sponsors". Board tracker is a great spam tool.

I should also add besides your big lie with that mis-quote of the poster which is disgusting of you, that you're also way off base about that BoardTracker crack too. I am good buddies with the owner of Sponsorslist and in fact he was over at my place last weekend. I have had his link in my sig for about a year now and its only in the last 3 or 4 days that I have added a ref code. If I can make some referral money from this then I am doubly happy for helping my friend out and informing webmasters looking for new sponsors of his great service.

DangerDave · 2004-02-02, 05:08 AM

hershie

Stop.. take a deep breath and come back tommorrow.. Posting to yourself serves no purpose, and is winning you no friends.

Mental Ernie clearly asked for advice about his site.. not anything else..

DD

Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker · 2004-02-02, 08:45 AM

Thanks for the tips guys. I've changed the site around a bit, gave the galleries a better description (makes it look like it has more content too

).
I'll take a look at those sponors too, see if there's anything that might fit my site in there.

Thanks!

MrMaryLou · 2004-02-02, 08:50 AM

Welcome to the mix Mental Ernie

PhatCat · 2004-02-02, 09:52 AM

Mental Ernie: The new update looks great and make the links stand out more. I'm sure you will get some clicks to them now. Keep the good work up.

Surfn · 2004-02-02, 10:14 AM

Looking better Ernie

Fonz · 2004-02-02, 10:17 AM

It's always good to see a fellow Belgian on GG&Jim
Welcome to the board Ernie |afro|

Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker · 2004-02-02, 12:49 PM

thanks everyone, didn't expect so much replies to a newbie thread. really great board i must say.
i know this update will get more clicks in to my galleries, now all i gotta do is hope they click the sponsor links in there. kinda new to building effective galleries so ...

thanks again!

hershie · 2004-02-02, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mental Ernie
thanks everyone, didn't expect so much replies to a newbie thread. really great board i must say.
i know this update will get more clicks in to my galleries, now all i gotta do is hope they click the sponsor links in there. kinda new to building effective galleries so ...

thanks again!

I hope it all works out for you and you're on a roll.

StuartD · 2004-02-08, 03:16 PM

Heh, I find this thread amusing.... maybe it's just me.

Here, courtesy of "some url" that hershie posted, here's all the sponsors in the pornstar niche... without referal codes.

The only list you needed to post Edited by MML

DangerDave · 2004-02-08, 04:25 PM

StuartD,

... the point of that was??? to add another off-topic post to the thread??

Nowhere! did Ernie ask for sponsors, he asked for advice... and unless things have changed wildly in the last week.. dropping a list of sponsors on someone is not "advice".

DD

Surfn · 2004-02-08, 05:28 PM

StuartD you are now on my watch list.

2004-02-01, 03:54 PM	#1
Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 62	need tips and pointers hey guys, just registered after some lurking (great board btw) and since I've seen alot of nice and helpful people in here I thought I'd ask for some advice too. My site has been online now for a few weeks, gets decent traffic (for what I'm used to anyway) but it doesn't really make me any money. I dunno what I'm doing wrong, bad traffic or sponsors, bad gallery building, I have no clue. So if anyone could give me some tips it'd be very much appreciated. Site is www.strippingbabes.net Thanks, Ernie

2004-02-02, 05:08 AM	#15
DangerDave Bonged Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BrisVegas, AUSTRALIA Posts: 4,882	hershie Stop.. take a deep breath and come back tommorrow.. Posting to yourself serves no purpose, and is winning you no friends. Mental Ernie clearly asked for advice about his site.. not anything else.. DD __________________ Old Dollars >>>> Now with over 90 Hosted Free Sites <<<< DangerDave.com.au - Adult Links to Free Porn

2004-02-02, 08:50 AM	#17
MrMaryLou i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,247	Welcome to the mix Mental Ernie __________________ <a href="http://www.greenguysboard.com/onthebench/">Join Me For On The Bench </a>

2004-02-02, 10:17 AM	#20
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,932	It's always good to see a fellow Belgian on GG&Jim Welcome to the board Ernie \|afro\| __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2004-02-08, 03:16 PM	#23
StuartD Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6	Heh, I find this thread amusing.... maybe it's just me. Here, courtesy of "some url" that hershie posted, here's all the sponsors in the pornstar niche... without referal codes. The only list you needed to post Edited by MML __________________

2004-02-01, 04:23 PM	#2
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	You would probably have better conversions if you used 5 word descriptions instead of 2-3. Just my ²₤

2004-02-01, 09:09 PM	#3
hershie If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 33	If you are looking for new sponsors with PornStar sites, with one quick search at some-url you can find every adult sponsor out there that has Pornstar sites. You can search by other features you want (hosted galleries...). Good luck.

2004-02-02, 02:48 AM	#8
PhatCat Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13	hersie its not really about being genuine its about really wanting to help someone other than yourself. If you would have givin him another choice besides one that fit your needs only and he had a choice between the two then I would have nothing to say about it. And ya I thought it was a good joke your post was quite funny to me

2004-02-02, 03:10 AM	#10
PhatCat Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13	Well we could talk about this for days about how many people you've helped and reputation in the community, but I rather not disrespect Mental Ernie post for help by dragging it into another topic of spammer vs my opinion of your spam, so if you would rather continue this in private please feel free to pm me. If not then I would consider my opinion on your actions done. \|goodnight

2004-02-02, 08:45 AM	#16
Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 62	Thanks for the tips guys. I've changed the site around a bit, gave the galleries a better description (makes it look like it has more content too ). I'll take a look at those sponors too, see if there's anything that might fit my site in there. Thanks!

2004-02-02, 09:52 AM	#18
PhatCat Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13	Mental Ernie: The new update looks great and make the links stand out more. I'm sure you will get some clicks to them now. Keep the good work up.

2004-02-02, 10:14 AM	#19
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	Looking better Ernie

2004-02-02, 12:49 PM	#21
Mental Ernie AKA Hotlinker Are you sure you're an accredited and honored pornographer? Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 62	thanks everyone, didn't expect so much replies to a newbie thread. really great board i must say. i know this update will get more clicks in to my galleries, now all i gotta do is hope they click the sponsor links in there. kinda new to building effective galleries so ... thanks again!

2004-02-08, 04:25 PM	#24
DangerDave Bonged Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BrisVegas, AUSTRALIA Posts: 4,882	StuartD, ... the point of that was??? to add another off-topic post to the thread?? Nowhere! did Ernie ask for sponsors, he asked for advice... and unless things have changed wildly in the last week.. dropping a list of sponsors on someone is not "advice". DD __________________ Old Dollars >>>> Now with over 90 Hosted Free Sites <<<< DangerDave.com.au - Adult Links to Free Porn

2004-02-08, 05:28 PM	#25
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	StuartD you are now on my watch list.