50 Most Influencial People in Online Adult

[gonzo]

I had someone ask me this question a couple of months ago.
But they put the restriction of 40 and under on it.

Im interested in hearing everyones thoughts.

Ill start out with saying my number one pic would be Larry Flynt.

Lets hear yours and why.

Without Larry Flynt none of this would have been remotly possibile.
And if you dont think so I suggest you rent a copy the movie and see why I think this.

I got into all of this years ago as a freedom of speech exercise.
The dial up bulletin board gonzoland was one of the first adult systems availble in Atlanta.

While everyone was talking technical issue . . . we were sharing nekkids.

This was just a few years after Larry was shot in our lovely city of Lawrenceville for trying to sell his magazine.

[Jace]

Tony Morgan would be up there in my book

[LAJ]

We are talking strictly online adult, right?

And are we talking influential right NOW or in general? Cuz there are a lot of people who overall would probably be in that list even tho they aren't in the biz anymore or perhaps have fallen from grace a bit over the years.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by LAJ

We are talking strictly online adult, right?

And are we talking influential right NOW or in general? Cuz there are a lot of people who overall would probably be in that list even tho they aren't in the biz anymore or perhaps have fallen from grace a bit over the years.

Im thinking in general. We wont know about now until several years down the road. I have some notes around here somewhere Ill post. But Im more interested in what others have to say.

[spazlabz]

Influential?
GreenGuy
Tommy (From Tommy's Bookmarks)
The Hun
The Shemp

all of them for obvious reasons. These guys know how to make themselves and others money.

And of course for smoke blowing reasons there is my wife who lets me do this and gonzo who inspires me to work deals.


spaz

[Forest]

still active in the biz or pioneers

i can think of a bunch of people but most of them have retired

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Forest

still active in the biz or pioneers

i can think of a bunch of people but most of them have retired

Im probably thinking the same people you are. THose that have made a lasting impact regardless if they are retired or not.

[TheEnforcer]

A lot depends on how you frame it. Is it all time or today. A good example would be Webfather. A case couold easily be made he's one of the all time most influential people but today he's basically mainstream orientated so wouldn't be in a list of people right now..

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

A lot depends on how you frame it. Is it all time or today. A good example would be Webfather. A case couold easily be made he's one of the all time most influential people but today he's basically mainstream orientated so wouldn't be in a list of people right now..

I agree he needs to be on the list as he continuesto make an impact with his past as well as the TRAFFIC seminars on domain names.

[TheEnforcer]

Ok.. after reading the thread a lot of good choices were made that I would agree with....

Others might be..

Webfather - revolutionized the way people thought about domains

Andy Dunn - his tips and tricks newsletter was a GOLDMINE of information that influenced many

Lensman- amateur pages program alone does it for me

Other Old School Major Programs not mentioned already- The Botto brothers with Max Cash and JoeE with Traffic Cash.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

Ok.. after reading the thread a lot of good choices were made that I would agree with....

Others might be..

Webfather - revolutionized the way people thought about domains

Andy Dunn - his tips and tricks newsletter was a GOLDMINE of information that influenced many

Lensman- amateur pages program alone does it for me

Other Old School Major Programs not mentioned already- The Botto brothers with Max Cash and JoeE with Traffic Cash.

Webdaddy I agree with. He still leads the way in terms of the whole concept of domains as real estate and marketing the value of the domain as opposed to what is on top of it.

Now when you talk about Andy Dunn and some of the old school guys, if we were talking history of adult, I agree with them. But I think we're talking who are the 50 most influential TODAY. Is Andy even around? I haven't seen anything out of the guy in probably 4-5 years at least.

The Bottos, JoeE, etc, again sure, back in the day. But if anything, I think they're coasting today. I'm not sure JoeE even has a program up.

As for big programs, that's a different question that is part of the same question.

Let me elaborate...

I would say the top 5, perhaps the top 10 sponsor programs , or rather their owners, would be among the most influential. Some innovate, some do not. BUT, if any one of the 5 (or 10 maybe) were to go under and quit, the ripple would be felt throughout the industry. All of those programs have not only the affiliate payroll, but payroll for several employees, and any cross sells they have lend to the overall profitbility of other programs in the top 10.

Used to be, any one of us could rattle off the top 5 and there'd be very little debate about who they are. There might be SOME debate on the ranking within the 5, but we knew who they were. Now, not so much, I dont think it's as clear cut.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Webdaddy I agree with. He still leads the way in terms of the whole concept of domains as real estate and marketing the value of the domain as opposed to what is on top of it.

Now when you talk about Andy Dunn and some of the old school guys, if we were talking history of adult, I agree with them. But I think we're talking who are the 50 most influential TODAY. Is Andy even around? I haven't seen anything out of the guy in probably 4-5 years at least.

The Bottos, JoeE, etc, again sure, back in the day. But if anything, I think they're coasting today. I'm not sure JoeE even has a program up.

As for big programs, that's a different question that is part of the same question.

Let me elaborate...

I would say the top 5, perhaps the top 10 sponsor programs , or rather their owners, would be among the most influential. Some innovate, some do not. BUT, if any one of the 5 (or 10 maybe) were to go under and quit, the ripple would be felt throughout the industry. All of those programs have not only the affiliate payroll, but payroll for several employees, and any cross sells they have lend to the overall profitbility of other programs in the top 10.

Used to be, any one of us could rattle off the top 5 and there'd be very little debate about who they are. There might be SOME debate on the ranking within the 5, but we knew who they were. Now, not so much, I dont think it's as clear cut.

I agree if it's only looking at "today" then the Bottos, Andy Dunn and JoeE wouldn't qualify but i was thinking more along the lines of all time rather than the here and now.

I also agree that it's much less clear about who are the top programs today than it was years ago.