Dear All Porn Creators:

Well, not "all" but the select porn creators who engage in the behavior I'm about to address.  You're probably not gonna appreciate what I have to say here but so be it.  It needs to be said. 

Let me start by saying that I have no problem with porn creators making money for their time and effort, and I do understand that quality content requires a monetary investment, creativity & other things that don't come cheaply.  I also understand that your TIME is not free--it's the most precious thing any of us has, so the fact that you've chosen to share it with us in this way is much appreciated.  Thank you.  I think it's disturbing and repulsive what card processors and sites like Paypal have tried to do to sex workers in recent years, freezing accounts & banning users when they haven't broken any actual laws.  I'm also aware of the increased tax burden on side hustles and small businesses in the last couple of years because I have a few.  None of this is okay and you should fight it tooth and nail.  

With that said, could you please stop crapping up free porn sites like Pornhub, Xhamster, Redtube & others with your abridged clips instructing viewers to "Check out my ManyVids/OnlyFans/Whateverthefuck Paid Site for the full vid!"  No, I will not.  That's why I clicked on THIS video.  You know it, I know it and the owners of the site the clip is hosted on presumably know it, so why is this being allowed to continue?  It's becoming unbearable, with almost as many of these pointless clips as actual vids in some categories.  That is NOT what these amateur porn sites are intended to be used for and you're dragging down the quality with this self-promotional horseshit.  If you won't voluntarily knock it off then I implore the sites' owners to step up and start banning accounts en masse.  Enough is enough.   👊🏼

See the yellow arrow?  Stop that.

There are other legitimate ways to promote yourself that won't actively drive away potential customers & make what's left of the open web a dystopian hellscape marred by ads, "brands" & paid content.  You can link to your paid site in your free porn site's bio, put a well-placed (but not obtrusive) link IN full-length videos themselves, even link to your paid stuff in comments under OTHER similar vids on the site if people ask for it.  (Which would require you engaging in convo with users of the site to drive up interest).  You can start a (free) blog like this that directs people to the paid content or do the same with a (free) Twitter or Insta account.  Use SEO, get a buzz going about your content on Reddit and other discussion forums.  Explain to potential customers what they're getting but do so in the form of articles and discussions, and then word it so those posts show up in Google's search results.  And don't forget good ol' word of mouth:  if the content is good it'll sell itself.   Save up money and attend the AVN Awards sometime to see how the pros do it.  They know far more tips and tricks than a poseur like me ever could.  

All of those are above-board, white-hat methods of promoting your brand & building a solid foundation for your business.  They require actual work and persistence but they do pay off.   But for fuck's sake, knock it off with the lazy and obnoxious fUlL vId At LiNk! shit.  If you continue going that dishonest, aggressive route, don't cry when one paying subscriber rips and uploads your content for the whole web to view for free on a site like VK or Erome.   You cut corners in your business model and now your customers are doing the same.  What's good for the goose is good for the gander.  There ARE loyal customers out there to be had, especially in something like porn or sex work.  But people will not be loyal if they feel like you're disrespecting their intelligence.  Just because you're in a grey-market or semi-legal field of work doesn't mean it's okay to slack off or do things in a way that lacks integrity.  Put in the work, build the connections & reap the rewards.  There's no such thing as fast/easy money anyway.  

Note:  The photos I chose for this article were totally random Google Image results.  I have no personal beef with those creators & was simply using those stills for an example of the kind of thing I'm referring to.  Carry on.