Monday, May 28, 2007

Free Hosted Galleries

I was talking to a guy yesterday about what I do for a living. He said, "If I had the money to invest in all that, I would probably be doing the same thing." When I told him that it wouldn't cost him one red cent, he said, "nothing is free". I suppose that is true. Someone has to pay for it. But in this case, it doesn't have to be you. There was a time when you needed to buy web design software, rent a host for your site and even buy content. But none of that is necessary to get your first website up and running. They day may come that you will want to expand, but you can begin your porn empire using stuff that belongs to someone else. And since they will be making money right alongside of you, they won't mind in the least.

We have already discussed the site design and hosting business in an earlier article. Just get a free blogging account. Easy enough.

Now you need content to put into your blog. Just writing a post that says, "Its a sunny day outside of my window. Please go to Pornstar Key and join their site.", is probably not going to get you very far. What should you blog look like? Let's use this teen blog as an example. Just click the link, it will open in a new window.

Notice that each post is pretty much the same. There is a picture and a few lines of text. Both the picture and the text link to a gallery of pictures or some movie clips. The picture catches your eye, the text catches your interest and gives search engines something to hang on to.

If you click one of the links, you are taken to a free hosted gallery. The owner of this blog does not own those pictures, nor does he pay for the space to host them. He did not design the page or hire the models. The sponsor did all of that. They found the girls, created the content, built their site and collect money from their members. In order to advertise, they have an affiliate program. The affiliate, in this case the owner of the blog, has access to multiple galleries which he (or she) can use to promote the sponsor's site. The blog owner gets content, the surfer gets pictures and the sponsor gets traffic (and sales). Everybody is happy.

Once you have signed up as an affiliate you will gain access to the sponsor's free hosted galleries (FHG). Simply find those that match your niche and link to them from your blog using the url address provided by the sponsor. The link is coded in a way that tells the sponsor which affiliate sent the link. When the surfer buys, you get paid. It's that easy. Most reputable sponsors will give you credit for the sale even if the surfer does not buy immediately. By using cookies the sponsor will recognize "your" surfer even if he returns a month later. (All sponsors have differing policies relative to the amount of time between the first visit and a qualifying purchase.)

If you haven't already done so, start studying that list of sponsors on the right. Find out which ones have sites in your niche and sign up. Then start finding those galleries that will attract surfers - and dollars!

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