So I did my tgp

[softball]

due diligence.
I have to say, that that tgps are all looking the same. Same pictures. Same cut and paste programmes just different urls. IMHO, looking tired and old. My guys are still selling well, but no big improvement over two months ago. If they send 10 joins it seems to be a big day for them. But holy shit, you might think that tgp owners would try and get ahead of the curve instead of selling the same old same old that every one of their competitors are pitching. I just shake my head in wonder.
But wtf, in the land of affiliate marketing, this ain't no big risk. No wonder this biz is sucking wind. Any tgp guys care to respond?

Behold the turtle, he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.

[Toby]

I spend a great deal of time hunting for fresh programs to promote, but it's only a matter of time before the others find them too. I think I tend to hygrade the content a bit more than most, only using the better galleries from each sponsor, but that takes time sort through them.

Most TGPs just do a text dump from the sponsor admin, then import into their database. Their answer is to have a dozen TGPs.

[griffin8r]

<-- stupid n00b.

What's a TGP?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by griffin8r

<-- stupid n00b.

What's a TGP?

TGP = Thumbnail Gallery Post

Click any of the links in my sig, those are all TGPs

[softball]

I got that Toby, but I am not talking about the content, I am talking about the marketing. I would think that by now, someone would have thought about something other than a grid....

[Toby]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I got that Toby, but I am not talking about the content, I am talking about the marketing. I would think that by now, someone would have thought about something other than a grid....

The whole point of a TGP is to maximize the number of clicks to the galleries, since those galleries are the gateway to the sponsor tours.

I'm not sure that something other than a grid is going to be any more effective, and it's going to be substantially more difficult to code the script templates that rebuild the pages for each update. If you change it up too much, it's no longer a TGP, and then it becomes difficult to get other TGP's to trade links.

The most effective "marketing" on a TGP are the thumbs themselves. Manually selecting and cropping thumbs makes a HUGE difference over allowing the script to randomly choose and make them.

There are other things on my TGP's that would also fall under marketing, but like Hell Puppy, I'm not going to give away my best secrets in a public forum. They're right there in plain view on the page, if you know what you're looking for.

[softball]

The most effective "marketing" on a TGP are the thumbs themselves. Manually selecting and cropping thumbs makes a HUGE difference over allowing the script to randomly choose and make them.

I have seen that in action and i agree.

I'm not sure that something other than a grid is going to be any more effective

Since it is not my business, I have to go with what you are saying. However, this model seems to be overworked and just ripe for another approach. IMHO

hey're right there in plain view on the page, if you know what you're looking for.

That is what makes it fun. Everyone, for instance, thinks I run stocking sites. LOL

[bluemoney]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

due diligence.
I have to say, that that tgps are all looking the same. Same pictures. Same cut and paste programmes just different urls.

I agree.

I built www.macklinks.com from scratch using text links only. I also use the hun approach by listing multi niche galleries all together to give it that "cornucopia of porn" appearance.

[TheEnforcer]

The adult industry is kind of like the NFL. The next great offense or defense gets copied over and over and becomes the in vouge thing until someone breaks free and starts a new trend. Being the leader or at the leading edge of the new trend is where the big money i made....

[Toby]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

...Being the leader or at the leading edge of the new trend is where the big money i made....

I agree somewhat. If you're too far out on the leading edge you end up on an island by yourself. You still have to be close enough the the mainland that you can build a bridge for peeps to get there.

[CharlieBrown]

im making 14 new similar just for the SE traffic they bring in :>

[Toby]

Originally Posted by CharlieBrown

im making 14 new similar just for the SE traffic they bring in :>

Building TGP's for SE traffic?

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by CharlieBrown

im making 14 new similar just for the SE traffic they bring in :>

That's an interesting premise. Care to elaborate?

[seochick]

is this the meaning of TGP? Thumbnail Gallery Post or Template Gallery Page? just confuse about the two.. =p