17 2005 |
Turns out, the best option was to just keep doing everything I already was doing -- part of why I left Lincoln was because I didn't have enough spare time to work a 9-to-5 job. So, here's a recap:
First task was to restore & further establish existing businesses; my freelancing, Deanna's websites ravaged by her divorce, and other project we'd started.
Next, we incoporated, came up with profit producing business models, and did our best to keep money flowing on eBay. eBay wasn't as reliable as we'd hoped, resulting in my delivering pizzas for a couple months (which, again, I left because I didn't have enough spare time for an outside job)
Which brings us to now: We're no longer relying on eBay for profit (although it will still figure in our business), and moving on to our "sex sells" set of websites. Money revolves around naughtiness, right? It's not exactly 'porn;' more focused on erotica and sexuality, two things becoming vogue in many different mediums, from fashion magazines to talk shows to movies. The mechanics of Sex-Kitten is controlled by us and we get most of the profit for hosting & writing the site code. Tit-Elation is up next, hopefully launched by the end of this month: a subscription-based site, customers getting a quarterly digest and/or online access, edited by some S~K writers we know well.
What's next? We've got things in line, more products, more sites, more than I can get into here. The first year was tough, trying to rely on hobbies to sustain us, but we're moving towards being a "Real" business. We've told ourselves 2005 is the year we genuinely make money, and it certainly looks like we will.
D, you linked to my LJ! I...I'm touched, and I'm gettin' all misty. I'm so emo now, I'm gonna hafta write this in my LJ. Still the Uber-STOMPER after all these years, Right on, D, right on.
--Sparky , 03/17/2005 19:04:38
You're quite welcome Sparky :) I gotta spread the love -- blogs need to be linked to, and I'm happy to oblige!
--Derek , 03/18/2005 10:31:37