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Old 05-17-2017, 12:24 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd View Post
Well first we have to say that "good content" is subjective. I see amateur girls all the time with shitty lighting and horrible sets and makeup. Yet it still sells and I find it compelling. Then I see "good content" (like Blacked, or Met-Art, or Babes, etc) and I find it boring as hell. All white backgrounds, slow-motion, soft lighting, etc. So "good content" is 100% SUBJECTIVE.
You know nothing about porn.

The essential element is the connection between the performers and the viewers. It's the same as movies, the actors have to be doing it so well the viewer believes in it. This rule crosses every niche, genre, style and quality in porn. This is why a couple banging the life out of each other, with shitty lighting and horrible sets and makeup sells. And staged performances, HD, 3D, VR, hite backgrounds, slow-motion, soft lighting, etc. With models going through the motions fails to raise a hard on.

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Having said all that, I stand behind the comment that selling is the #1 most important thing, even beyond "good content".
No matter how much you "sell" the product at some point while the surfer is trying it out with the free samples, he won't buy.

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Hustler should go all in with social media. Sponsor some Industry shows. Come up with some unique promotions. It would take an effort but it can be done.
How does that improve conversions if when the surfer sees the samples, he isn't motivated to buy?
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