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Originally Posted by deejay
I've been as good as out of adult affiliate marketing since mid-2010. The writing had been on the wall for some time back then, so my resources have been focused elsewhere for the last couple of years. There's nothing of mine left worth looking at, although a handful of blogs still make some sales.
If you want an idea of who's doing what and whether it's worthwhile pushing them as an affiliate, get on Twitter. Watch the accounts with the most activity and follow the links. Some of it will be an eye-opener and should give you some good ideas for marketing your own membership sites. But probably the best place to start would be with your contacts. You're not the only adult webmaster on Tenerife :-)
FWIW I think you're doing the right and positive thing by taking a hard look at who you're promoting. And I also think that you're to be commended for sticking by your principles with regards to your affiliates. The big question is whether that will enable you to stay in business. People still want adult content, both softcore and hardcore. The issue is at what price.
Best wishes to you and everyone else here for 2013.
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My opinion is that affiliates have to market harder and smarter. For years the tail was wagging the dog, but now that has all changed. Most of our business has always been self generated and we didn't even have an affiliate program until a few years ago. Those who relied on affiliate marketing have suffered.....and the huge players maintain their aff proggys because they may as well. I suspect though, most of their traffic is generated in house. We have affiliates that do very well and we have those who only make a handful of sales a week, but its all money in the bank. Unless an affiliate is just a waste of space and resources, then I think its all good. Three or four sales a week times a bunch of affiliates and more from hard working successful affiliates is all very good.
But as content producers, our biggest profit is from our own hard earned traffic.