Webmaster's Corner

Interview with Mitzy

DFN: This week's interview is with Mitzy.

Lets get the real basic stuff first...
Mitzy My name is Mitzy, I'm "Old", and I live in Louisiana, USA.

DFN: How or why did you pick your nick?
Mitzy Deep Purple has a song "Mitzi Dupree" At the time I was connecting to the internet via AOL and Mitzi wasn't available.. Thus Mitzy

DFN: How often do you try new building ideas, or using new sponsors?
Mitzy I try to try something new every day. As far as sponsors go, I have always signed up for too many :)

DFN: And how often do you build new sites?
Mitzy Again, I try to build something new every day.

DFN: How many hours a week are you able to put into your business?
Mitzy About 20-30 real work hours.

DFN: Do you do everything by hand? or do you use some scripts to automate your work?
Mitzy I do all my coding by hand. I use a script to build my tgp galleries and mirrors from templates. I use a wide variety of templates however. I use the same script to submit. I use a program for batch jpeg optimization. I use a script for my tgp2 site.

DFN: Do you have any tips for us on how you stay focused and organized working for yourself?
Mitzy Besides my regular daily tasks, I have a list of things to do. A lot of those things are pushed back to the next day... and sometimes something comes and I have to address it immediately, but without a to do list, I would be lost.

DFN: Can you touch on how and why you got involved into this industry, and how long you have been doing it?
Mitzy Oh this is a good one... Two years ago my husband opened an adult video store. That summer, my son brought home Front Page 2000. I was decided to build hubby a website to advertise his store on the internet.

I immediately needed help, and being an avid google surfer, I found Voltars newbie board (then on another board). After reading the posts, I thought..."mmmmm all the time I waste on this computer playing Slingo and other stupid games.. I could make money". So Voltar, LadyB, Old Tom, Jojasa, Cleo, Brave1, Pasta, Widearea, Magus, Sumrpal, Pornmeister, Freak, DoghouseDan, Rollerboy, Mr. Boo, and all the wonderful people who posted then are responsible...

DFN: Can you give a brief background on your history in this business, and where do you see yourself in one year and several years from now?

Mitzy I consider myself very part time. I have always been slow and however improved my speed over the years, I'm still slow. I don't try to win awards with design anymore (although there was no hope in that anyway)... And I've developed shortcuts to help me improve my speed. I started off with free sites, moved to tgp2 and tgp I have one tgp2 site and one site that I'm not sure what to do with... I would like to start avs sites soon.

I don't know what the future will bring. I have a lot of responsibilities out side the internet porn biz... And it looks like those may increase with time instead of decrease. But this is too much fun and I think I will always be around.

DFN: What area in terms of site building do you specialize in, if any?
Mitzy Tgp, tgp2, getting back into free sites soon... but always build for the search engines.

DFN: What do you consider to be your strengths in this business?
Mitzy The need to create, and to learn. The ability to not let things get me down. The notion that "Everyone has something to offer"

DFN: What do you consider your 3 best niches?
Mitzy Gay, mature, ethnic

DFN: What is the best advice you were given when you were first getting started in this industry and what advice could you give a newbie just starting out these days?
Mitzy Ohh, I was given so much good advice when I first started... Most of which I wish I would have listened to. But I think it was Jojasa who told me to do whatever it takes to go to a conference. Very good advice. I would pass that advice on to the newbies.

DFN: What do you think the worst thing going on with future of our industry right now? ...and what is the best?
Mitzy The worse thing is too much free porn out there. Too much hardcore given away on tgps and link lists.... Porn shouldn't be free. There are enough softcore pics out there, there is no need to promote a pay site with hardcore pics. Surfers need to learn to pay for porn. The best? VNWR of course.

DFN: Any additional insight you would like to give on being an adult webmaster?
Mitzy Research your potential hosts and sponsors. Don't believe everything you read. Build something new everyday.

DFN: And finally... do you have a URL you want to plug?
Mitzy Babe Buffet