Happy MLK Day (aka The Monday Thread)

Greenguy · 2014-01-20, 07:07 AM

Morning!

Vega$ was a fucking BLAST! The Bitch & I had no idea just how much we missed/enjoyed being out there, especially the alone time

Since everyone always asks, we brought home the

we brought down to gamble with, paid off the line of credit at The Venetian, got comp'd for everything on our hotel bill (except for tips), and probably ended up spending under $200 total - that right there accounts for about 50% of a good trip to Vega$

Just work for me today, except I might go to the chiropractor as long as it looks like I'll be able to get my Mom's POS car back up the snowy driveway

Have a good one

PS - Did I mention that I officially got inducted into the Internet Founders branch of AVN's Hall Of Fame?

Cleo · 2014-01-20, 07:39 AM

No Vegas or awards here, just very chilly temps.

Just a regular day of work planned before driving to the airport this evening to pickup our naked houseguest.

ArtWilliams · 2014-01-20, 07:49 AM

Good morning.

@Greenie Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip!

Just work today and may a nap. I'm tired already.

Have a good one!

jollyhumper · 2014-01-20, 09:04 AM

Winter has finally hit us (seems like winter prefer to visit more unlikely places this year) but that wasn't a complaint. Any Norwegian complaining about snow should consider where they actually choose to live

Gratz on the AVN induction Greenguy, well deserved!

Jolly

JustRobert · 2014-01-20, 12:34 PM

Good Day
This morning started with an email that pissed me off. A program affiliate manager sent me an email telling me that over the past 6 months I had made very few sales (like I didn't know) and that if there is anything they can do to help. That part is fine by me.

Here is the part that pissed me off:
"If I do not hear back from you, I will try to contact you again – after that, we’ll assume you’re no longer interested in promoting and will close your affiliate account with us. You can re-open it in the future if you chose to start promotion again."

My response:
"I normally do not contact affiliate administrators but I am surprised to hear that if I did not contact you my account would be closed. Since you brought up poor sales in 6 months then I am sure you can see the amount of traffic I've sent but lets take a look together:
2013 - I sent 240,000 raw/165,000 unique hits to the program or 1:30,000/1:20,000 ratio.
2012 - I sent 181,000 raw/138,000 unique hits to the program or 1:8,600/1:6,500 ratio.
2011 - I sent 250,000 raw/190,000 unique hits to the program or 1:6,400/1:4,800 ratio.

So in 2013 I increased promotion/traffic sent to 2011 levels to see if ratios would improve only for ratios to be 3 times worse then 2012 and 4.5 times worse then 2011, yet you assume I am no longer interested in promoting, that's a bit frustrating to say the least.

How much traffic does one have to send to make you think I am not promoting?" end of response

Sure, I am no traffic whale but WTF

btw, this is a ccbill program with 2 sites under it during these years.

Thank You for letting me vent.

The only nice thing is I hadn't paid attention to how bad those numbers had really become. Guess I really need to start looking at stats compared year by year for a number of these programs that make a few bucks but are not real money earners and move some of that traffic.

Ramster · 2014-01-20, 01:30 PM

Good afternoon.

Back to work for me today after a week as I also was in Vegas but sadly didn't tun into Greenie and The Bitch as I left Saturday morning and they got in late Friday night.

Kdog · 2014-01-20, 06:30 PM

I use my CDL to get cheap Vega$ rates. The are very truck driver friendly in lots of places there.

Sounds like you had a fun mini-vacation there Greenie! Good shit!

2014-01-20, 07:07 AM	#1
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	Happy MLK Day (aka The Monday Thread) Morning! Vega$ was a fucking BLAST! The Bitch & I had no idea just how much we missed/enjoyed being out there, especially the alone time Since everyone always asks, we brought home the we brought down to gamble with, paid off the line of credit at The Venetian, got comp'd for everything on our hotel bill (except for tips), and probably ended up spending under $200 total - that right there accounts for about 50% of a good trip to Vega$ Just work for me today, except I might go to the chiropractor as long as it looks like I'll be able to get my Mom's POS car back up the snowy driveway Have a good one PS - Did I mention that I officially got inducted into the Internet Founders branch of AVN's Hall Of Fame? __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2014-01-20, 07:39 AM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	No Vegas or awards here, just very chilly temps. Just a regular day of work planned before driving to the airport this evening to pickup our naked houseguest. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2014-01-20, 09:04 AM	#4
jollyhumper That's what she said Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Norway Posts: 2,655	Winter has finally hit us (seems like winter prefer to visit more unlikely places this year) but that wasn't a complaint. Any Norwegian complaining about snow should consider where they actually choose to live Gratz on the AVN induction Greenguy, well deserved! Jolly __________________ Submit to The PornPitstop Sites \| Mature Luv Blog Last edited by jollyhumper; 2014-01-20 at 09:05 AM.. Reason: typo

2014-01-20, 12:34 PM	#5
JustRobert Bow Ties Are Cool Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Posts: 9,690	Good Day This morning started with an email that pissed me off. A program affiliate manager sent me an email telling me that over the past 6 months I had made very few sales (like I didn't know) and that if there is anything they can do to help. That part is fine by me. Here is the part that pissed me off: "If I do not hear back from you, I will try to contact you again – after that, we’ll assume you’re no longer interested in promoting and will close your affiliate account with us. You can re-open it in the future if you chose to start promotion again." My response: "I normally do not contact affiliate administrators but I am surprised to hear that if I did not contact you my account would be closed. Since you brought up poor sales in 6 months then I am sure you can see the amount of traffic I've sent but lets take a look together: 2013 - I sent 240,000 raw/165,000 unique hits to the program or 1:30,000/1:20,000 ratio. 2012 - I sent 181,000 raw/138,000 unique hits to the program or 1:8,600/1:6,500 ratio. 2011 - I sent 250,000 raw/190,000 unique hits to the program or 1:6,400/1:4,800 ratio. So in 2013 I increased promotion/traffic sent to 2011 levels to see if ratios would improve only for ratios to be 3 times worse then 2012 and 4.5 times worse then 2011, yet you assume I am no longer interested in promoting, that's a bit frustrating to say the least. How much traffic does one have to send to make you think I am not promoting?" end of response Sure, I am no traffic whale but WTF btw, this is a ccbill program with 2 sites under it during these years. Thank You for letting me vent. The only nice thing is I hadn't paid attention to how bad those numbers had really become. Guess I really need to start looking at stats compared year by year for a number of these programs that make a few bucks but are not real money earners and move some of that traffic. __________________ Submit Your Galleries To The Erotic To Naughty Network!

2014-01-20, 01:30 PM	#6
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,872	Good afternoon. Back to work for me today after a week as I also was in Vegas but sadly didn't tun into Greenie and The Bitch as I left Saturday morning and they got in late Friday night. __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2014-01-20, 07:49 AM	#3
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	Good morning. @Greenie Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip! Just work today and may a nap. I'm tired already. Have a good one!

2014-01-20, 06:30 PM	#7
Kdog If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Iowa Posts: 37	I use my CDL to get cheap Vega$ rates. The are very truck driver friendly in lots of places there. Sounds like you had a fun mini-vacation there Greenie! Good shit!