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Originally Posted by Ruseful
Hi MisterPeabody,
Ok, from the very first moment my guys picked up the camera and shot our first scene, they had instructions on what I needed to be able to promote properly on the tubes. This meant that from the full scene, I needed the editors to be able to shoot a full mini scene, meaning an intro, middle and ending, which left just enough for the user to want to see the full version of the clip. Of course, you need the crew to be able to shoot that content, and my first crew had shot for Viv Thomas for 10 years and edited the content. So, they had a great background. That was good for the first sensual/erotic sites that I launched.
For the reality sites, we launched Casting.xxx/FakeAgent.com. This was not hard to do, just look how Woodman and BackRoomCastingCouch did it and move forward. You see, I started shooting our first scenes in Jan 2011, thats when I started my production company. At that point, we knew we were selling YouPorn, and subsequently sold in May 2011. It took me 9 months to launch the first site as we wanted to launch the first ever .xxx site which we did with Casting.xxx.
With regards to my offer of helping you, yes, there have been crickets in return, but in my defence, since late last year I have been going through an awful divorce that involves my 5 kids, so its been very hard to concentrate on my own company let alone anyone else's. However, I do have more time on my hands, so if you want to talk, then lets jump on Skype (I dont use ICQ). I believe we are already contacts on there but if not, my skype name is shittingnora.
I hold you in very high regard as you were a very good content partner for us at YouPorn when Richie and Randi looked after your account.
And lastly, I apologise to you too for anything I have done or said that has upset you on the boards, as with Signupdamit, nothing was done with any malicious intent.
I am from the UK btw, but now live in Prague.
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First and foremost I am sorry to hear about your divorce. There's a thread here on GFY about men not getting married as often and some of the reasons I'm sure apply to your own life. I've never been married and now am happy to have avoided all that. Of course, the 5 children would be the most horrible of the circumstances to have to navigate so great good luck with all of that. On a plus note, being in Prague is a fantastic form of 'therapy' with all the gorgeous women around.
I'll try you via Skype in the next day or two. I've just begun a massive "re-arranging" of my business (which i would love to discuss, too) so have to get rolling there first.
Various nicks can cause mass confusion, as has been proven here on GFY time and again. Sticking to one from now on will help matters immensely. I would even delete all other accounts but that's me (I only have this one).
Back on topic: I do understand completely the operation you have setup, and it IS impressive. And while I can appreciate how filming a scene with tubes in mind can help matters greatly it doesn't fully explain why OTHER such scenes/sites from OTHER producers do not do as well. Having reviewed your crew's work side-by-side with my OWN crew's work (we film in Germany) and other content from Met-Art I can say, while there are subtle differances, there doesn't seem to be enough differance to account for the seemingly vast differance in the results you are getting vs. the results companies like mine are getting.
Then there's your tours. Very nice - but 20,000 Members nice? I don't know about that but I'd be willing to A-B test a tour like yours vs. a tour like mine to see which does better.
Finally - and this is what i think sets off people here on GFY - not everyone has the resources to drop $50,000+ into developing content for tubes specifically. DVDs are down, paysite sales are down, content producers work almost exclusively now with a handful of steady clients with immense resources (Brazzers, Bang Bros et al). So how is a small company able to compete?
Well, they CAN - and I DO - by offering content that is unlike even the content you create Ruseful. So again, why do other videos with similar style not do as well? This is coming from someone with the ability to shoot his own content so you can imagine how an affiliate like Signupdamnit must feel.