Learning from mainstream

[johnnybg]

This is somewhat off-topic, since my post is about a mainstream site.

While browsing today I found a site gotrump.com selling travel arrangements.

I recommend you to take a peek at this site. I believe it is very well done and that many of us can learn from it:

1. Short and sticky domain name

2. Good design. It has nice search form right at the top of the page. No BS - find out where you can spend your vacation after two seconds of navigation on the site.

3. Donald signed picture at the top of the page for immediate personal guarantee to customer. First text on the page says "At Go.com, you will get the lowest online rate on a wide variety of flights, hotels, and travel packages." -- right to the point, this is what I'll get if I stick with this site.

4. Various interaction possibilities immediately available and not obtrusive: "tell your friend", "book by phone and save", "newsletter", "win a trip". This increases number of bookmarkers for sure.

5. Most importantly, sales pitch is perfect, all about what I'll get from the site.

6. Very detailed site, even "privacy policy" and "about" pages are well done. Gives impression that people behind this site are very patient and skilled.

There are other good points, but I'll let others discuss them.

So, this is what I consider a good sales site. We can argue if their service is actually any good or not, but the site promises a lot, and gives impression of high quality.

[MaddCaz]

Yeah sounds like a good way to really expand this thing of ours...

[[BV]]

That url looks and sounds like an ASS site, lol

guess i have a one track mind

[fetish1]

Originally Posted by [BV]

That url looks and sounds like an ASS site, lol

guess i have a one track mind

Don't feel bad, I saw Got-rump.com too!

[RawAlex]

I have a better idea.

Put a picture of a girl with five dildos shoved in her coochie and butt hole.

Under put a link "click here to see how this happened". Sell the clicks for 10 cents each.

Fuck mainstream.

Alex

[alessandro]

I'm always looking to expand my revenue producing areas and was looking to open some mainstream sites as a backup or something, but reading RawAlex's reply, I decided not to do it anymore, I'll just stick within the adult market and I'll buy more domains

[MonsterPartners]

I started in mainstream on the net and have done very well at it and I continue with mainstream projects as well as adult.

I have never believed in putting all of my eggs in one basket and I also believe that you can never have enough money.

So while some laugh at mainstream they forget that there is a far larger mainstream population than there is that is interested in adult. Mainstream is like adult in that it requires very little to get into on the net so why not take advantage of it?

Heck, make a mainstream site with good keywording and info on it, throw up some adsense ads and make a little bit on the side. Rinse, and repeat.

[johnnybg]

Well I wasn't actually referring to "doing mainstream sites". I was talking about "learning from mainstream", which is also the title of this thread.

I have no plans of doing any mainstream sites, and I'm not encouraging anyone to do them.

I am encouraging learning. Anyone who wish to learn marketing skills on the net should look at this site. That's all.

I know it's easy to dismiss mainstream marketing techniques since adult industry has very specific clients. What we should not dismiss is that we need to sell stuff to get $$$.

What I noticed while browsing adult sites (and mainstream also) is that people are not really selling. You will be amazed how implementing even the basic marketing techniques will increase your income.

I also noticed that many adult webmasters are complaining about "slow sales" and doing nothing to improve their game. The site I mentioned is working manual on selling on the net.

[alessandro]

Originally Posted by MonsterPartners

I started in mainstream on the net and have done very well at it and I continue with mainstream projects as well as adult.

I have never believed in putting all of my eggs in one basket and I also believe that you can never have enough money.

So while some laugh at mainstream they forget that there is a far larger mainstream population than there is that is interested in adult. Mainstream is like adult in that it requires very little to get into on the net so why not take advantage of it?

Heck, make a mainstream site with good keywording and info on it, throw up some adsense ads and make a little bit on the side. Rinse, and repeat.

I'm not laughting at mainstream, I'd love to make more money online with mainstream sites but I find it way harder to network and exchange links in the mainstream than in adult.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by MonsterPartners

...mainstream they forget that there is a far larger mainstream population than there is that is interested in adult. Mainstream is like adult in that it requires very little to get into on the net so why not take advantage of it?

Wrong porn has been the number one destination on the net since the WWW began.

Originally Posted by johnnybg

Well I wasn't actually referring to "doing mainstream sites". I was talking about "learning from mainstream", which is also the title of this thread.

I have no plans of doing any mainstream sites, and I'm not encouraging anyone to do them.

I am encouraging learning. Anyone who wish to learn marketing skills on the net should look at this site. That's all.

I know it's easy to dismiss mainstream marketing techniques since adult industry has very specific clients. What we should not dismiss is that we need to sell stuff to get $$$.

What I noticed while browsing adult sites (and mainstream also) is that people are not really selling. You will be amazed how implementing even the basic marketing techniques will increase your income.

I also noticed that many adult webmasters are complaining about "slow sales" and doing nothing to improve their game. The site I mentioned is working manual on selling on the net.

I totally agree

[tigermom]

Always good to learn, but I doubt that I'll plaster my face on my adult sites, signed and all lol