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RE: Doing business - 12/14/2012 8:41:57 PM

TheBoyDownBelow

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ORIGINAL: MikeGauger

I'm a web project manager and I'm able to build websites from scratch

IMO you are out of luck. Dommes usually want to manage themselfes, and only need a web designer/developer...

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RE: Doing business - 12/15/2012 9:42:33 AM

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I've been trying for a long time to find a beautiful young mistress that could use someone with my particular skills.
I'm a web project manager and I'm able to build websites from scratch - among lots of other stuff.
But it seems that almost all the young dommes out there are only intersted in earning a few $ quickly.
I wonder why.

My church needs a new website...I am sure there are many non-profits that could benefit by your services. If you had volunteer work in your portfolio, Dommes might be more inclined to take you seriously.

I also recommend you lead with a relationship rather than webmastering. When people want to help me who don't even know me, I find that weird.

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RE: Doing business - 12/15/2012 10:53:15 AM

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ORIGINAL: MikeGauger

I've been trying for a long time to find a beautiful young mistress that could use someone with my particular skills.
I'm a web project manager and I'm able to build websites from scratch - among lots of other stuff.
But it seems that almost all the young dommes out there are only intersted in earning a few $ quickly.
I wonder why.
Why is it that you dommes don't USE slaves - why is it that you would rather sell a service - phonesex, selling videos etc.?

So rather than offering money, you are offering payment in kind. And it appears no one wants the particular service/product you're offering. Lots of people have no use for websites. Those who do, probably wouldn't trust it to someone they just met. So your options are to offer something different, like an actual relationship, or money, or yardwork, or whatever else a domme might want, or to keep hoping someone will find your offer attractive.

Perhaps you need to look at who you are contacting. If you only contact gorgeous 22 year olds you will hit a higher number of pros, cam girls and people being paid to promote a website. Why? Because there aren't many female dominants around, and not many of them are looking for the exact thing you want and even less of them will fall into the category of young with barbie doll looks. So they are in extremely high demand. Since there is such demand and so little supply, people looking to make money will seek to fill that gap.

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RE: Doing business - 12/15/2012 11:32:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: MikeGauger

Why is it that you dommes don't USE slaves - why is it that you would rather sell a service - phonesex, selling videos etc.?

Actually, I'm looking to PRECISELY "use" slaves, but most so-called slaves don't like to get their hands dirty, or break a sweat, even if it means they get to simultaneously experience a whole day of submission, possibly shackled while working outdoors, where Protocol and Power Exchange are involved.

I actually could have used your website building skills years ago when I owned a retail store.

Anyway, keep trying. You might try raising your age preference up a bit, since most "young" Dommes certainly aren't going to be business owners in NEED of your service. Try seeking more mature Dommes who have established professional careers and businesses in the vanilla world.

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RE: Doing business - 12/16/2012 3:12:59 AM

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OK, do have a lot of experience on this subject as I used to run an adult site jointly with my ex partner. Between us we had the skills not only to build the site itself, but to also take professional level stills and video. The bottom line is, it's HARD bloody work to make money out of any kind of site on the internet.

Building the site and generating the material is actually the simple end of the story, you then have to keep the site updated with new material (at least twice a month), advertise the site like crazy via links, affiliation etc... We were lucky as we lived together so it was relatively easy to do most of the graft together. It can certainly generate some considerable income (2k per month in our case) but trust me, it is a lot of very hard upfront work to get to a point where financially you are breaking even for the time you are spending on it, let alone making any kind of profit

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RE: Doing business - 12/17/2012 11:50:01 PM

NiceButMeanGirl

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Actually, Mike, your profile sucks. It's got misspelled words in it and someone as computer savvy as you say you are should know how to use spellcheck for crying out loud. So you're either not as computer savvy as you claim you are or you're just too lazy to use it. Lying and laziness aren't attractive.

Also, your journal is just a lot of whining about not getting things just how you want them. Being whiny is unattractive in a person. And a guy who is 45 and only wants some young beauty of a Domme is going to have a tougher time because those young beauties would probably rather have someone in their own age range.

I see all sorts of reasons why things aren't happening the way you want them to. Also, younger or older, a lot of people just don't feel comfortable giving out their passwords and private information to a total stranger without getting to know them first on some level. I sure wouldn't. I'm not saying this to offend you, I'm just being blunt is all.

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