Do You Ever Wonder How Some People Ever Do Any 'Work'?

**Lee** · 06-06-2009, 01:56 PM

It seems these days a lot of the people in the industry who are the 'loudest' on message boards are the ones dispensing advice based on their constant talks with owners of tube sites, blogs, tgps, link lists, paysites, etc, etc...

If someone is spending so much time talking with these site owners, where do they actually find time to do any work of their own?

I guess promoting yourself as a 'guru' of the adult industry has its benefits but ultimately, if all you are doing is talking to site owners about what they are doing, how much traffic they get, how much bandwidth they burn, etc, etc day in and day out, what knowledge do *you* actually have of your own experiences in the business?

I mean really, its good these individuals know enough about other webmasters businesses but ultimately, how is that going to help *me* grow my business afterall, its second-hand information and, as many of us know, we only tell our friends and colleagues what we want them to know, more often than not, the information we are being given by other adult webmasters is typically over-inflated when it comes to figures anyway, if it wasnt, everyone on GFY would be a millionaire.

Regards,

Lee

**Fister** · 06-17-2009, 10:57 PM

Yes, I do wonder that too!

I have so many irons on the fire (work and personal) right now, that I have been neglecting the webmaster boards, unfortunately. It's nice to check back in.

**Bec** · 06-18-2009, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Fister

Yes, I do wonder that too!

I have so many irons on the fire (work and personal) right now, that I have been neglecting the webmaster boards, unfortunately. It's nice to check back in.

Well you are always a welcome site when you do show up to post! How's that tube project coming along?

**Fister** · 06-18-2009, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Bec

Well you are always a welcome site when you do show up to post! How's that tube project coming along?

Great! http://pornguystube.com now has over 3,000 videos on it, and I started link trades this week.

**derekt** · 06-18-2009, 12:33 PM

I agree. I look at GFY, GMS, and some other boards, and I see people posting constantly. We stay slammed here which is why I don't post as often as I used to. Geesh these 20 hour work days are killing me. But I've wondered that myself. Good point.

Bec, I love that picture! Our one dog was a rescue from the local SPCA Kill shelter. He turned 8 last month. We dressed him up, put sun glasses on him, put a hat on his head, and put a tuxedo outfit on him from Petco. It was the cutest thing! I'll have to send you a picture. But that avatar is great!

**StunnerJesse** · 06-22-2009, 10:36 AM

LOL Lee, are we supposed to ignore your 24k posts and the fact that you own GWW when answering?

But seriously, knowledge is power. Everyone is screaming "innovate, innovate" everywhere you go. One way to innovate is to listen to the unique challenges faced by individual site owners.

I've gotten many great ideas (or so I think) by listening to people bitch about things.

I'd think a lot of us spend more time in front of our computers than most. One way to unwind is to chat it up with other people in the industry. It is the same concept as the water cooler, but with everybody scattered across the globe, online works best.

One thing I've noticed on GFY -- high post counts mean absolutely nothing. In fact, I can't even tell who is legit over there. For me, it is more a source of entertainment.

**LavenderLounge** · 06-22-2009, 11:48 AM

I used to work for a guy who's management style was to hire other people to do everything. He'd come in at 11, visit each employee's desk to find out what they're doing, bark out some orders, then go to lunch. He'd gossip on the phone with all the other members of the "gay porn mafia" till about 3, then head home to "beat the traffic". From what I hear he's works the same way 10 years later.

It really bothered me that he didn't actually do any "work", but when you own the company, you can operate any way you like.

**Lee** · 06-22-2009, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by LavenderLounge

I used to work for a guy who's management style was to hire other people to do everything. He'd come in at 11, visit each employee's desk to find out what they're doing, bark out some orders, then go to lunch. He'd gossip on the phone with all the other members of the "gay porn mafia" till about 3, then head home to "beat the traffic". From what I hear he's works the same way 10 years later.

It really bothered me that he didn't actually do any "work", but when you own the company, you can operate any way you like.

How is Karl? LOL

Regards,

Lee

**reggs** · 06-22-2009, 12:06 PM

hehe well it's hard to be loud in the forums when you are busy working all the time.

**Bec** · 06-22-2009, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by derekt

Bec, I love that picture! Our one dog was a rescue from the local SPCA Kill shelter. He turned 8 last month. We dressed him up, put sun glasses on him, put a hat on his head, and put a tuxedo outfit on him from Petco. It was the cutest thing! I'll have to send you a picture. But that avatar is great!

Thanks

-- I'll have to rig up something to show off both my girls! :thumbsup: