Income Streams ... More is Better

Posted On: 2015-01-16

One of the reasons that many of us left our jobs and started marketing porn was because we wanted to be our own boss. We didn't want to be tied to a job or a boss that we didn't like. We wanted freedom and a little security and the only way we thought that we could get that was by becoming our own boss.

Some of us, who had been through more than just the GFC, understood how fragile our connection to a steady income really was when we were working for someone else. If the boss had a bad night then his employees could have a very bad day and end up getting fired ... that's how fragile life can be when you work for someone else ... so who would want that when you can work for yourself?

When we worked for someone else we relied on that someone else to make all the right decisions so that he kept on making enough money to pay us. That was our one income stream and when you only have one of something that we rely on for our survival then things can go pear-shaped very quickly.

But while you may work for a happier boss when you work for yourself you're still faced with the danger of having just one income stream. If you get too attached to one sponsor what will you do if they stop paying or they just disappear.

Now you might think that would never happen; your sponsor is too big to disappear or you're sending too many signups for them to just drop you from their program but remember one thing, this is the Internet where some big names can be here today and gone tomorrow and just because you're sending plenty of signups there's no guarantee that you will get paid for them.

A few years ago one of the biggest sponsors of the time stopped paying one of their biggest affiliates because he was sending too many signups and they ran out of money to pay him. How many $4.95 signups can a sponsor take and still manage to pay $35.00 to their affiliates for each of them? If the numbers aren't working for the sponsor then sooner or later they will run out of money.

And if you were the affiliate and that sponsor was your one, or major, source of income what would you do? How would you survive if your income stream suddenly dried up?

Over in mainstream at the moment some people are making a lot of money from e-books that they're selling through Amazon. Despite the fact that there are a number of other places they could sell their e-books through, these guys are focusing just on Amazon but what happens when Amazon sails into trouble?

But of course they're income stream is safe isn't it? Amazon is hardly likely to have problems is it? Well even their CEO says that one day Amazon will be disrupted. Some day something will come along that will take people away from Amazon and then what will happen to all those guys who have just one income stream?

Sure, if something happens to Amazon those guys can develop other sources of income but that takes time. It could take months and if it does how will they survive without an income? How would you survive in that situation?

For us here in adult it goes even deeper than just needing to use multiple sponsors. Here in adult we always seem to be just one or two steps away from being declared illegal by the government of the day and as the religious right gain more of a hold in Congress the closer we get to being shut down. So what are you doing to ensure that if that evil day does arrive you will still have income coming in from other sources?

For years I was telling people that if you were involved in affiliate marketing here in adult then it was easy to do the same over in mainstream but those days have gone, things have changed. If you need to quickly develop other income streams to cover you if something happens here in adult then mainstream affiliate marketing is not the answer.

So what is the answer? That's something that you need to find for yourself because what might work for me may not work for you and you need to start finding the answer soon. If you only have one or two sources of income here in the adult industry and it's the traditional form of selling memberships then you need to start looking for more, different products that will make you money. They are out there, you just have to find them.