TGP For Dummies Like Me - Part 1

[CuriousToyBoy]

PART 2....

DO NOT PUT AN IMAGE IN A H1 or H2 tag. That serves NO purpose or help.

Look at the content on your gallery page. Select your keyword phrase that is RELEVENT to the content and use it in your TITLE TAG as well as in your H1 and H2 and support paragraphs. It does take longer doing it this way, but why limit your options? This is a business and it isn’t just about having fun, though it helps. You need to make money, so make each page a way to do that. Let each page support your business model and not detract from it. (my opinion anyhow)

Okay so we have it all done now, right? Boy have you been jumping over to chill session to see what latest culinary recipes are posted or what? Course we aren’t finished yet. There are still lots of things to get done before you wind up submitting the page and watch your money roll out in bandwidth fees.

The mechanics are done, yes but you still need to get a list together. I mean submitting one gallery page to three TGPs will not get the rent paid. You need to realize that to succeed (hey, this is really just my opinion, submit to one only if you think that will work but I rather doubt it but then I am blonde too.) you are going to need to submit to a whole bunch of TGPs.

So naturally, being the lazy type you would figure I am going to tell you to find an auto submitter that will do the pages for you. Well, yeah I suppose I will but I am also going to tell you that manual submissions can work better if you have enough selected TGPs that deliver decent traffic. Perhaps better isn’t right. What I mean to say is that really they work hand in hand. You need both in order to make this model work for you. Using just one is, well like trying to jerk off without having any inspiration. Isn’t very satisfying that way is it? This is the same. You need the whole package to make it work, least that is how I feel.

In fact, I do both. I submit using TGP Wizards to around 700 TGPs and I am certain that other auto programs submit to as many or more even. But I also submit manually to just under 200 specific targeted TGPs in my field. That means that first off I have to check the TGP recip list that comes with TGP Wizards to insure I don’t duplicate my submissions. Yes that is a lot of work, but hey, remember one single screw up and I wind up banned from maybe 20 or 30 other TGPs, so yes I check the recips to make sure no duplications between the auto submission and my manual list.

So where do I find those 200 other TGPs? Well if you take your time and submit slowly you will find many of the various TGPs will have a list of other TGPs that they partner with or recommend. So, you click on them, find their recip, save it to a directory along with a detailed list of the TGP name, the link to info, the submit page URL. This now brings us up to the next ‘back end’ requirement. Keeping track of these TGPs.

(( Remember, if you seriously want to play in the TGP game for serious traffic, you need to submit to more than one or two TGPs (my opinion anyhow) so you need to keep a decent record of them.))

[Another way is to simply surf and find TGPs, most will have other TGPs listed in the surfer traffic pages as well. Visit them, add them. Just don’t rely on auto submission lists only.]

I use Excel to do this in. I set up a workbook for this. When I am out surfing to find new TGPs to add I use a rough worksheet. I use the first column to place the TGP name, second column to place the main URL or page that the TGP wants to be linked to. Then I put the submit page URL in a third column.

For the 4th column I will put whether they use a ‘text’ link or if it is a ‘button’. ((I do this because I keep the ‘text link’ in a separate text file to use in my html, while the buttons are kept in a special folder on my hdd)) The 5th column of the worksheet is then for whether they accept only Partner Submissions or not. Generally I leave this blank if no partner account is required.

So when I go looking, I use the first worksheet to put in the raw data however I get to it. Later on I’ll copy the info to a second sheet and then sort it alphabetically for easier use. I then add a new column to this second sheet before the name. This is where I will number the TGP as to its ‘page’ location. For now let us just worry about the first sheet. I’ll come back to this further on.

As you might have noticed already, doing TGP submissions requires a great deal of work and set up. Least in my mind it does, however you can probably get by with not doing it this intensively, but then the amount of traffic you get and the conversions you make will be according to the degree of work you have done prior. It is a whole lot easier to get this set up shit out of the way so later on you can just concentrate on doing submissions.

The concept, least in my opinion, is that you don’t just submit one or two galleries. This is a constant process in order to maintain a steady flow of traffic. This means you need to be submitting new galleries on a steady constant schedule. Kind of hard to do if you have to keep stopping to re adjust your records. By setting it up fully at the start, you can better keep to a schedule of submissions and I have found that the more frequent you submit, the better your success rate at both acceptance and return is. It is easier to build up a rapport with the surfer too, because they see new stuff constantly from you, which gives them a better feel for you and your product which in turn creates a sense of trust which will lead to increased sales. This is a business axiom, and it does work even in TGPs. Least for me it has, while others may have different results.

Course all this assumes one important factor, that being you have decent product/material to offer. No amount of traffic will convert if your product/material is shit.

[ I suppose we should talk a bit about your content here. The quality of it and its presentation is what can make or break you in this particular field. If it is old well used stuff it isn’t going to convert into sales or traffic to your own site. It is simply going to cost you money. So for me, choose this carefully. Now if you have exclusive stuff then you are really set. BUT… you don’t want to give away the store either. You need to TEASE with whatever content you use and more so if it is exclusive because let us be honest, people are going to snag the pics if they like them. So if exclusive, WATERMARK THEM with the site URL or something as it becomes FREE ADVERTISING for you.

Now another failure is to use similar pics that all have a slight variation in the pose. They really need to be distinctively different even for a good tease shot. I mean having a pic with the shirt on the shoulder with one button open then the next with two then the third with three really isn’t a good idea.

You really do need to lay this all out in a sequence, which is why TEXT can help you lead the surfer towards a sign up link. It also plays a part in creating a feeling, a personality for the page and that helps makes sales too. It creates a sense of desire or need.

So take time in choosing your content! ]

Alright, now that you have spent some time surfing and gathering TGPs and the relevant information, you are saying to yourself ‘At last now I can get on with this’ but you will be wrong. Remember, I said you need to keep on doing this, submitting new stuff? Well how are you going to do that easily if you don’t find a way to organize all this TGP info?

My next step is to set up an html page in Dreamweaver.

Actually I set up TWO pages. One will contain tables that are three columns wide and one row. These tables will hold the RECIP BANNERS or TEXT LINKS.

The second page is identical except you can have lots of rows.

Page 1 is to give you the necessary HTML code for each set. This way you can easily adjust any gallery submission page if a particular TGP is not producing or no longer operating or you get tossed out. It happens, so you need a way to keep track of your pages and where each TGP is listed.

This is the HTML code for it (add "<" at beginning of each line and ">" at end):
h1>Page 000
table align="center" width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
tr
td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"> td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"> td align="center" valign="top" width="34%"> /tr
/table

As you can see, it is in (%) so the banners will fit properly without ruining the design layout. Now by having this all set out with the banners in place it is easy to transfer to a template where you have set up the proper space for this table. (this is why planning in advance helps save time later on. You can easily find which page has a particular TGP and either change the button to a new one, delete that TGP and replace it, or whatever. This ‘master page’ lets you find it all simply and easily.)

Just to keeps things clear, I replicate that table structure thru the entire page as often as needed. If you have 33 TGPs then obviously you will need to set up 11 tables.. 66 TGPs will need 22 and so on.

Also if you use CSS to style your pages, make sure this page also has that same CSS style so you can insure that the text links show up properly and aren’t hidden by your page background colour.

As you put in the TGP banner/text you also note the number. Place that number in your Excel sheet so you have an easy reference just in case you lose this banner page. Also don’t forget to actually put in the hypertext link to the TGPs page that they require you to link to. This way you can easily replicate the structure on your submission pages, no matter how many you make.

Now the next page is the same but with one slight difference. To begin with you don’t need any text/banners from the TGP. Simply place the TGP name or identifying name.

(add "<" at beginning of each line and ">" at end)

table align="center" width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
tr
td align="center" valign="top" width="250"
h1>Page 001 p>TGP Jane p>TGP Julie p>TGP Kevin’s Girls /td
/tr
tr
td align="center" valign="top" width="250"
h1>Page 002 p>TGP Erin p>TGP Beckie’s Beauties p>TGP Donut Girl Specials /td
/tr
/table


Now what you do on this page is link the TGP name to their submission page. This way you can pull up the page from Dreamweaver and click on it in order to submit the pages. The page tells you what page number you need to use in your submission and it will help make the manual submission go a whole lot faster. No need to look it up, to see what TGP is on what page, nada… just click enter and go on to the next.

(Tip > if you use Firefox this can go even faster. Simply open each link in a new tab as you go along. This allows you to move thru the submissions faster.)

(Another Tip > By using Firefox, I also open up the actual web page to insure that I am submitting to the right TGP. So in the first tab I have my HTML page listing all the TGPs and their submission page links, next tab is the actual web page which I keep changing as I move thru submitting. Finally the next tab is the actual submission page.)

Anyone still reading this by the way? Sure hope so, cause I hear ToyBoy is springing for pizza to go with the beer. Personally I am hoping Tim will send over two or three of those hotties now at Teen Boy Models.

Alright, now we are set to start off on the submission journey so are your bags packed? Tickets in hand?

There are a few things that you should check though. To begin with, make sure you have all the pics linked on your gallery page. (sounds basic but how often have you gone to find the pics lead nowhere? So take a few minutes and CHECK YOUR LINKS) What I do is set up a test page first. This can be the first submission page too. I go thru it to make sure all links work, that all thumbnails link to a full image and that the image shows up. I check the link to the sponsor and I check the links to each of the three TGPs I have at top. I also check the link to my own site.

[Note] Personally I use a different domain all together for TGP work. This allows me a better control over expenses and tracking. It also avoids confusion as to what traffic is coming from where. As domains are cheap (I pay $6 a year from ICANN registered 1and1) it is really not much of an expense. In many ways this ‘free site’ is just one more way to drive traffic thru to the MAIN WEB SITE. I don’t have all the stuff I would but instead use selling pages to direct the surfer to the various sections of my free site, plus I include some added material, like links to the different TGP gallery pages I have done, links to some additional galleries. All part of the plan to secure their interest and to entice them further into my own web of porn.

[Tip] The purpose here is really two fold. It affords me a way to direct traffic to pages within my main site for SE advantages. Second it helps to provide back links as well. Just one more cheap way to promote your own business. OH and yes Virginia is does have a separate IP address.

One other small note to make here. If you do use a clean domain for this, I’d strongly suggest you also include a blank page… one that has no TGP recips on it. Use this to link to from your main directory page so that surfers who come to the site can still view the gallery and I suppose if you wanted to, you could add a navigation bar but I don’t. Remember, the link to my site? That is all the navigation that is really needed.

Part 3 follows.....

[CuriousToyBoy]

PART 3

Also, if you are using content from different sponsors, I’d put up a 2257 info page that allows you to be compliant. On your gallery pages, I’d not put a link on it, but I would put a text disclaimer, simply stating that site is 2257 compliant, that all models shown were at least 18 at time of photograph. The specific 2257 page is worth having as some TGPs are now asking for that link in their submission section. So, better to be prepared than not.

Example

This Site is 2257 Compliant
All Models Where 18 years or Older at time of Photograph.

One other step before you go off submitting the gallery pages. Okay maybe more than one, we’ll see.

Get yourself a description line for the gallery. In fact I’d make more than one description line to use. Go with a real short one, say under 25 characters total, then another around 35 characters, and a third that is more than 35 but less than 60. The reason is that when you submit your gallery, they want a text description.

So couple of things to keep in mind here. DO NOT put the number of pics in your description. Most TGPs have a special spot for that. (in other words don’t put… 15 sexy cheer leaders) Try to make the description fit the model poses or theme if at all possible. This will help to draw in a more specific surfer. I mean lets face it, if the surfer is looking for big boobs and you claim it but have a model with tiny hooters, well they aren’t going to be in the mood to click thru to your site or to the sponsor now are they? So make it honest. If the model is Mexican don’t go labelling it as Asian.

This also is true about the text you use within the pages. I mean don’t make it sound dumb or idiotic. Be funny if you can, but above all else be sexy with the terms and phrasing. Remember, the goal is to entice not get the surfer off, just HARD & AROUSED.

Once more, THIS IS MERELY MY OPINION & IT WORKS FOR ME. THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT WILL WORK FOR YOU.

Also, you want to get set up at least 5 galleries first before you go submitting just even one. Why? Simple because then you have sufficient galleries to submit for partner accounts.

Also directory structure is something we should touch on here. It can be confusing otherwise but I place all my thumbs in a specific folder, with an index page so it can’t be accessed. I then put the full images in the same folder as the gallery pages for that content. I use a folder called ‘models’ which has sub folders like say ‘andy’ ‘kevin’ etc. In the sub folders I have the full sized images and the numerous TGP pages, named andy-01, andy-02, etc. This makes it simple and easy to find. I also use the index page in the main folder ‘models’ to have links to the ‘clean’ html page of each gallery. As I add more galleries, I simply update this page. I link to this page from my site directory and other pages on the site.

The thumb folder is usually something like ‘model-thumbs’ and I have the sub folders in it that correspond to the main gallery sub folders. This allows me to insure that I don’t mix up thumbs with full images or put Kevin’s pics in with Andy, after all they are rivals…

Many TGPs will give you partner status if you have something to show them. They aren’t really interested in partners who post once every month or such, they want fresh new stuff constantly, so they want to view your work. So get five at least ready so when you go submitting the first time around, you can also apply for partner status without waiting.

About submitting. Some in this field like to submit 3 to 5 galleries to each TGP each day. Now that works for them, but I have a different take on that. I want to milk the traffic not saturate it. So I submit 1 gallery per day. This allows me to extend my submissions so that each day I get a new one on the list. If I submit 3 or any multiple galleries, well the ‘today’ list will have them and perhaps I’ll get more traffic that day but some of it will be from surfers who just don’t want to join but look and they have already looked at one and passed. So by submitting 1 gallery each day, I get 1 listed and spread it out. This also enables me to be available on the first pages each day so that surfers who come tomorrow will also see a gallery submitted even if they weren’t around yesterday. It maximizes my exposure to surfers, and that is what I want.

Again though, this works for me, not saying it is 100% right or that others are wrong. But you experiment, think about it too. I mean most of us aren’t a collection of people working in an office. We wear many hats so our time is valuable. I like to set up a whole whack of galleries so that I don’t have to make new ones every day. I take a day or two and do a whole bunch then I go each morning and do my submissions. When I am down to just a few left, I schedule time to make more.

REMEMBER that each NEW gallery HAS TO BE DIFFERENT. Some say you re submit the same gallery after X days but if it didn’t work the first time, why recycle it? The surfer isn’t that stupid. Many go back daily to these TGP sites for more, and you have to ask yourself, what is it they are looking for? If they aren’t finding it, it is your job to try and provide them with what they want, so you make some cash. Re submitting a failed gallery isn’t going to do that, now is it? (just my opinion though.)

There are a couple of other ways to go here. I mean instead of linking to your own main site, you could link to an AVS/AEN site as well. For example, say you have one AEN/AVS site for Model Tanya and another showcasing Model Harriet. So one gallery is for Tanya linking to that AVS/AEN while your next gallery is for Harriet so yeah it links to the AVS/AEN for Harriet.

You can also use the second self serving link to point to another of your sites, I mean for me I use one site but hey, that can change as I move along in my business model. So your options really are open but don’t make the mistake of trying to do all this at once. Take your time guys and gals, cause then you’ll have a solid footing, not having to go back and correct errors.

Okay I am done. If you have questions, ask away but uh, have a cup of coffee first and wake up. Hey, what can I say, I am long winded but then this is a rather large topic too. Oh and how was the pizza? Mine was bit cold and skimpy on the bacon but, hey they wanted extra and Burgo’s CC was close to being maxed out.



Also check out Ian's own Blog.. http://gettingticked.myblogsite.com/ and check out the original thread and reply at http://www.bentboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=88.


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Ciao for now !!

CuriousToyBoy
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Nice article!