Actual Business Thread #2

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

For what it's worth, two things. They say for writers, "write what you know". Just as that doesn't have to be the case -- Jules Verne never got to the moon or the center of the earth -- it might be a good thing for business too. Like Verne, it certainly doesn't have to be, but it doesn't hurt.

Second, I've spent the last eight or nine months, going through, reading business articles to put on MW. I've glanced at, skimmed, looked at and often read completely several thousand articles now. Some by morons, many by real experts (as opposed to pseudo-gurus). One thing that has come up often as a theme, and one which I am taking to heart in a new venture I'm working on, is do what you enjoy and try and make a business out of that.

HP said that earlier with "But with that said some of the most successful sites on the web have been created out of a true passion by their creator." And that's been true for Green Guy, PK, Dokk and his radio, JFK and his photography and tons of other adult and mainstream successes.

It's something I know that personally has been missing from many of my past business projects -- not much "soul", not enough "heart".

So, naw, Ryan. If it's something your passionate about, I say give it a whirl.

I've been saying this for years and it most definitely applies to adult. The sites/niches that I am successful at are those that I know and like myself. You gotta still have a little bit of that horny surfer eye to understand the psychology and properly market the site.

Meanwhile, I cant sell a gay site to save my life. I just dont understand what's hot about having a big ole set of hairy sweaty balls across your nose.

It's also no coincidence that our most successful mainstream sites also again tie to something that we have a genuine interest in.