Shoemoney is going to interview an online porn star. Here is his rationale…
What if you could ask a internet porn star who is doing revenues of over 1 million dollars a year (in subscription revenue alone) questions? Would you be judgmental and not be able to get past the Adult stuff or would you ask questions? I really have no interest in the Adult arena but I think there is a ton to learn here. For instance she is not only competing in the most compeditive market on the internet but is very successful (and I thought ringtones was tough). Also she faces the same issues as most of us webmasters. How do you aquire subscriptions? How do you get new customers?
I tend to agree with SM when he says that we could all learn a heckuva lot about the online marketing industry in greater detail by watching and learning from the adult crowd. Let’s face it, they drive the car in this Internet thing we do, they always have.
In fact, I’ve had this debate over at ReveNews, several times, with the verdict/vote coming out to be “no adult talk Jim”. What I’m trying to say is. I understand the issues of “as professional online marketers, should we talk about it, or shouldn’t we?”
So the bottom line is that yeah, we probably should talk about it, and examine it and disect it and learn from it… but deep down in our hearts we have to make a decision, and that decision usually come down to one simple realization we cannot overlook.
And that is… depite how smart the adult crowd might be and despite their successes and all that, it’s still porn.
I’m no prude, but you know what? I can’t sit my little 5-year-old girl down on my lap at night and know that I spent the day making money off of porn, I just can’t.
Can you? It’s your choice.
Good luck with the interview SM. I hope she even knows how to turn on a computer, or you might not learn much of anything.
New BUMPzee Community Launched Today: How To Be Successful Online
24 March 2007 Written By: Jim KukralComments: Comments
You all know how much I love BUMPzee! Well, I love it even more now that I was chosen as one of the select few to manage my very own community while it’s still in beta. So what community did I make?
What is the community all about?
That description you just read is really what JimKukral.com is all about, and many, many others like it that I read every day. Like those blogs, I don’t write about one topic like affiliate marketing only, but rather, I focus on writing about all types of online marketing, with the specific goal of trying to help businesses, brands and individuals be successful online.
Do you fit that mold? Are you someone who’s looking for more information about how to be successful online? Join the community for free!
Do you have a blog that talks about ways to be successful online? Submit your blog to the community for free!
FYI. I’ve preloaded the community with about 14 blogs, listed below (in no particular order & if I missed your blog, I’m sorry, just go add it).
If your blog is on the list below, go sign up and claim your blog, and most importantly, add the bump widget to your entries and sidebar. If your blog isn’t in the list below, what are you waiting for, submit it!
Not sure about BUMPzee yet. Read this.
Super Affiliate Marketing Blog
Earners Blog
Revenews
WaynePorter.com
Shoe Money
CostPerNews
Graywolf’s SEO Blog
Copyblogger
Andy Wibbels
Aaron Wall’s SEO Book.com
The Blog Herald
Ask the Blogger!
901am
ProBlogger Blog Tips
Jim Kukral Online Marketing Ideas
Oh yeah, and make sure to check out the other new beta BUMPzee community managed by CostPerNews’s Sam Harrelson.
There’s also some new interface changes at BUMPzee too, so check it out!