Hello, my name is........

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by MadMonk

Hello and thanks for the warm welcome. Mandy also wants to thank you for the great welcome. She's going to join the site as well. In the meantime here are some photobucket pics as requested.
We cater to the smoking fetish, it wasn't carefully planned to be a niche, it just happened to be by own favorite and it has certainly been well accepted.
In the early days(4 years ago) it seemed that a personal page was required to go to market but we never really got to it.
So as a product of those loose ideas we do have a couple of domains and I'll make a good bet that we are under utilizing them.

So here's my first question:
smokingmandy. com is a domain name that is in fact a direct(permanent) link into SC.
How can we put the domain name to better use??????
Should we pay for hosting and fill it with banners to generate affiliate traffic and if so then who can we team up with at oprano?
Should we invest in turning it into a full solo site?
Remember that we can't use the content from SC per the SC agreement
Thanks in advance and any comments on the pics would be great.

Does Southern Charms have an affilaite program?

[MadMonk]

No, southern charms doesn't have an affiliate program. It's a big ship and I guess they feel they don't need it.
We are looking into expanding out from SC but without cutting off the mother ship.

[bluemoney]

I've seen several ladies over the years on SC I would have loved to had the opportunity to promote.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by bluemoney

I've seen several ladies over the years on SC I would have loved to had the opportunity to promote.

I hear ya, have thought the same myself on more than a few occasssions, but SC just doesn't lend itself to the affiliate model.

1) By the time SC takes their cut, 50% I think but that may be wrong, there's not enough left to split with an affiliate.
2) They have no recurring memberships, unless that has changed recently. A revshare program without recurring is a pretty tough sell to affiliates.

[SmokingMandy]

Originally Posted by Toby

I hear ya, have thought the same myself on more than a few occasssions, but SC just doesn't lend itself to the affiliate model.

1) By the time SC takes their cut, 50% I think but that may be wrong, there's not enough left to split with an affiliate.
2) They have no recurring memberships, unless that has changed recently. A revshare program without recurring is a pretty tough sell to affiliates.

Now here's a question for both of you....

Would there be any benefit to YOU as a TGP site owner to have galleries from a SC girl that would fit into your niche? I know it's all about making the $, but I've often wondered if a link exchange from a top model at SC would be worth it for a TGP site owner (with the huge amount of traffic we get). Just to have more content for the TGP?

Just curious, as I am not that experienced in that area...

[Toby]

Originally Posted by SmokingMandy

Now here's a question for both of you....

Would there be any benefit to YOU as a TGP site owner to have galleries from a SC girl that would fit into your niche? I know it's all about making the $, but I've often wondered if a link exchange from a top model at SC would be worth it for a TGP site owner (with the huge amount of traffic we get). Just to have more content for the TGP?

Just curious, as I am not that experienced in that area...

I'd love list your TGP galleries if you were to submit them to my TGPs. About half of the galleries I list with each update are submitted by others, the rest are sponsor hosted galleries and galleries I've built promoting various sponsors. Several of my regular submitters are independent amateurs, like yourself.

I do have a few link trades with some SC sites. To be honest the amount of traffic I receive from their banner farm link pages is minimal.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by SmokingMandy

Now here's a question for both of you....

Would there be any benefit to YOU as a TGP site owner to have galleries from a SC girl that would fit into your niche? I know it's all about making the $, but I've often wondered if a link exchange from a top model at SC would be worth it for a TGP site owner (with the huge amount of traffic we get). Just to have more content for the TGP?

Just curious, as I am not that experienced in that area...

My advice to you would be to break off a seperate site and befriend a couple of guys like Toby and Blue Money to start promoting your program. These guys understand your surfer and appreciate your content.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by gonzo

My advice to you would be to break off a seperate site and befriend a couple of guys like Toby and Blue Money to start promoting your program. These guys understand your surfer and appreciate your content.

I don't know the Blue money guy, But I can vouch for Toby. And if Gonzo says Blue money is Ok, you can take that to the bank.