Sure fliers work fine for selling groceries, but were not in the food business, Were selling gay porn. Don't think a flier hung on the door with join Assblasters.com is going to go over very well. I think Lee has simply created a list here of well know marketing ideas to see which would work in adult. I'm saying with the nature of our business and this being 2010 very few on this list would work or create any type of return on investment.



You say
"Not all promotion methods are good if your end goal is to drive sales".

Actually this should be your only end goal, if your going to be spending hard earned working capital on marketing and promotion. Otherwise you are going to be out of business quickly. Sure there can be some secondary benefits like brand awareness and getting your name out in front of people. However none of that means anything if your not making sales and NET INCOME from the promotion.
I don't know of any business who spends money on marketing and promotion who's end goal is not to boost sales and profit. That's what marketing is.