Monday,
June 2, 2003 10:03 AM
Never Ending Struggle
by Nap
Ebony traffic…First of all let me thank you all for
reading my first of many articles that I plan on writing for
the board. Second let me thank katdaddy for the excellent
resource center (message board) that he has put here for everyone
to learn from. It's great to actually find a message board
that is HELPFUL. Believe me when I tell you that I have been
to almost every message board that calls itself a "resource
center." Most of the message boards that I joined in
the past were nothing more than upgrades from AOL. Script
kiddies who enjoy bragging on what they don't have couldn't
do or knocked others for trying. Now that all the kissing
up is out of the way let me introduce myself, my alias is
nap, nappy, naptyme or just Dominik. Whichever one you prefer
to call me I'm fine with. I'm from Oklahoma and a college
student who just happens to be black (yes, there are black
people in Oklahoma). The thing that brings me to the adult
industry is pretty simple, money. I started researching the
industry in the summer of 02, and soon found myself caught
up in the bull that surrounds most message boards. Luckily
someone sent me an ICQ telling me that I needed to less posting
and more work. This is why I am slowly but surely learning
how to make a profit in this industry.
Now you might be asking yourself, "How can a newbie
be writing an article trying to teach me something I already
know?" which would be a totally justified and logical
question for some, but for others I might have the answered
to their questions. Like I said in the previous paragraph,
I have been researching this industry for almost a year now,
so I have picked up some knowledge. Today I'm writing this
article on asking questions and to keep yourself motivated
while you are jumping into unknown territory. You know the
saying "the only stupid question is one not asked?"
well in this industry it would behoove anyone who is just
starting out to ASK QUESTIONS! If you look at ebonytraffic.com
you will see my name on almost every single page, asking all
sorts of questions. If I am unsure of myself I will load up
IE and open up ET and post a thread. At least 95% of my questions
have been answered with detail because I took the time to
ask the question. Now a lot of message boards with gobs of
members might answer your questions every blue moon, but it's
rare. Nine times out of ten you will be either called a "newbie"
or laughed out. Don't let that get you down, most of the people
who laugh at you or call you a newbie want to know the answer
to your question, but were afraid to ask because they might
have been knocked on the message board. I mean think about
it, if someone sees a thread for "Newbie needs help with
Domain", why would someone who doesn't either a) help
the person or b) know the answer for themselves? So don't
get discouraged at all. I have been called everything in the
online dictionary for about 8 months because of my "newbie"
questions, but I'm still here. I am finally to make connections,
giving me the ability to try to learn this complex industry.
There are a lot of very helpful people online; all you have
to do is show them that you are really serious about doing
something besides post on message boards and building up a
1000+ replies under your name. People will recognize that
you are sincere, just give it a try.
The last part of my article will be about staying motivated.
On various different occasions I wanted to give up and find
something else to do. Now I am certainly no quitter but not
making any headway is very, very frustrating to me. There
have been plenty of nights where I turned my computer off
completely, turned on one of my gaming machines and called
it a night. At one point in time I didn't even want to see
a message board or sponsor page, I even went as far as deleting
all the content that I had collected. Thankfully I came back
from my adventure off into the "real world" and
came back to my senses. This might be a hard industry to figure
out, but at the same time its not. What I mean by that is
you are basically your own boss. How much you get accomplished
is completely up to you (unless you work for a pay site).
A real job in the real world SUCKS. I mean there is no other
way to say it. Why work for someone who you are probably smarter
than, yet they make more money than you? There is no reason
unless you have just given up all hopes of being more than
average. Like I said two or three times before in this article,
I have been researching this industry for close to a year.
And when I say researching I mean actually that. Going to
different pages, message boards, top lists and seeing what
is selling. It's amazing that almost everything, if marketed
correctly sells itself on the internet. I posted a link of
white guys getting sat upon by black women. Now who would
really buy a membership to a site like that? White perverts
who like to get sat upon by black women! Now if that doesn't
motivate you and pursue the ability of controlling your own
income then I don't know what will. This is the internet,
there are no racial barriers to overcome, or asshole bosses
to deal with, only traffic which is basically the internets
currency. The fact that you are reading this article on ebonytraffic
just goes to show that you are in a very good spot, and not
stuck bouncing around from message boards. Use the search
button to look up anything. Better yet, use the search engine
and look for "nap". I guarantee that you will see
one of my posting asking some of your questions. If I haven't
asked one of your questions on the board odds are that I probably
will, because I am constantly learning.
Whenever I'm asked how far am I, or my goals I tell them.
Learn about the industry, submit and make connections. I haven't
even completed phase one of my plans/goals, but I have accomplished
so much already. Granted it is very time consuming (my girlfriend
reminds me all the time) but it is definitely worth it if
you want complete freedom from the real world.
- nap
Your dreams of success are my nightmares of mediocrity
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