Anyone else think this seems disproportionate?

[K&JIntimates]

Okay…On the 19th I set up an SLS profile. It’s been viewed 345 since then. Keeping in mind that around 50 of those was probably me and my endless tweaking, it still adds up. So I’m wondering, if that many people are looking at our profile why have we only been contacted twice? Let’s just say, 8 views per person that contacted us or that we’ve contacted. That comes out to be around 64 view attributed to those couples, add my 50 and it’s 114. This is where my sense of levity kicks in. I’m thinking that of the other 231 times we’ve been viewed the reason why people are not emailing is attributable to one of the following reasons.

1.) Brain freeze midway through our long profile, “Can’t….concentrate….any…longer.”
2.) That third eye and extra arm is just too much to overlook.
3.) Somehow our sense of humor was misplaced.
4.) No naked photos (I mean really with the third eye, who wants to see the rest, if there was an extra boob that might be a different story). LoL

This is all meant to be in fun, but to not yield even a 5% return..OUCH!

[VegasLee]

In the real marketing world the best companies out there are more then happy if they get anything over a 2% return.

Your dealing in a very narrow market with mostly trolls and people in the Internet fantasy world so don't expect anything better or even close.

[partyof2ormore]

Wow, are you an engineer? I thought I was the only freak who breaks down numbers like that!

I say that with love, because I'm a recovering engineer myself.

J (& L)

[K&JIntimates]

Originally Posted by VegasLee

In the real marketing world the best companies out there are more then happy if they get anything over a 2% return.

Your dealing in a very narrow market with mostly trolls and people in the Internet fantasy world so don't expect anything better or even close.

That is what I've gathered reading on these boards...still you have to admit, it is kinda funny!

Originally Posted by partyof2ormore

Wow, are you an engineer? I thought I was the only freak who breaks down numbers like that!

I say that with love, because I'm a recovering engineer myself.

J (& L)

Does a freaky Domestic Engineer count???? Hehehehehe

[good times]

Well, actually that seems kind of low to me.

The reason I say that is because when you set up a new profile it shows up on the main page every time members in your area log on. Most people I know look at almost every new profile in their area at least once to see if the might be interested. You also have a link to your external profile here, and if a person clicks through from here and wants to see more they will log in and view your profile again.

For the record, I have only viewed your profile 4 or 5 times.

I might ad, after perving your profile again, I do wish we lived closer to each other.

I hope Mrs. GT doesn't read this though. She has been bugging me to move down that way for a couple of years now.

[K&JIntimates]

Originally Posted by good times

I might ad, after perving your profile again, I do wish we lived closer to each other.

I hope Mrs. GT doesn't read this though. She has been bugging me to move down that way for a couple of years now.

LOL!! I figured that a small percentage of the count was probably from members here checking out who was attached to some of the posts. In which case the disinterest would make sense. Hard to get together when you're not in the same state. Hmmmm....I wonder what that number would factor out too.

BTW..... Mrs. GT sexy, sexy woman!

[Thrax]

Our circumstances aren't too similar -- I'm the single male and you two are offering interest as a couple -- except for the fact that we both recently set up our SLS profiles. (My profile went up mid-May.)

When I first posted my profile I received welcome messages from couples and single women merely acknowledging that we already knew each other. Some I'd played with in the past, most not. Yay. It's nice to have friends, but I'd like to see if there are others interested in meeting with me.

I got an inquiry from a local couple that is interested in single males, but we have yet to arrange a meeting. That might be a possibility. I got a message from a couple (straight male/bi female) that said, "We'd love to suck you off, sweetie!" Um...straight male?

Otherwise, the pickins' are slim.

Anyway.

As a couple (and an attractive one, to boot), I know you two will have many more opportunities than I will have. It's in the cards, if you're genuine. However, taking some time to peruse your very well-written profile (Really...I wish good grammar and spelling was a turn-on for the majority) I noted that you are newbies (which some folks disdain), you appear, at least initially, to be more soft-swap than full, and finally, you've not filled in the description for J. Not a major failing, but git'r'done, as they say.

You're an attractive couple. I hope you get some quality contacts. Soon!

Best of luck,
Thrax

[lustylearning]

Hmmm. Good question. I suspect Lee's probably right. It is seldom that I'll look at a profile and be inspired to communicate. More often it's a mental "hmmm... interesting," but that may be because we typically don't use sls to meet people. There are rare exceptions - those are usually induced by the combination of who we are, what we're looking for, what your pictures are like, and what your profile says. When I think about it that way, it's a tough sell. Profiles can only communicate so much about a couple... If we judged our "success" in the lifestyle by the percentage of hits we received given the number of views, we'd have quit a long time ago

[two4youinswva]

Originally Posted by good times

The reason I say that is because when you set up a new profile it shows up on the main page every time members in your area log on. Most people I know look at almost every new profile in their area at least once to see if the might be interested.

Yep, that's what my thought was. You're new to SLS, and you have a picture. That puts you on the front page of SLS for everyone in a very wide geographic area (up to 100-125 miles for us sometimes). That's a lot of members that log on and say "Oooh, newbies!" and click it up.

Now, don't despair that not many of them don't respond. When we see new members to SLS, we check them out, but don't usually send a message immediately. If they're still around in a month or so, and we are interested and are within their strike-zone, we'll drop them a note to see if they might like to meet us.

I imagine we aren't the only ones that do that.

[Thrax]

Oh, I forgot to address the fact that you thought your profile might be too long and folks might become disinterested partway through.

I'm very wordy. Just check out my profile link and many, many of my previous posts on this board. I asked someone who belongs to this Board and to SLS about my wordy profile and got a thumbs-up and a very limited critique. Another friend was more concerned about the pics I posted. They both liked that I was so descriptive and they didn't mind my long-windedness. They thought it was informative.

Anyway, you are a good-looking couple (unless you stole the default pic). Relying only on your profile text I'd say you are intelligent, thoughtful, and articulate. And you have a sense of humor. Just don't worry. It might take awhile, but I think you'll attract the people you want to eventually. Just be patient.

Again, good luck!

Thrax

[shymxcpl]

We are proud to be one of those 345 and for the record: we would TOTALLY do y'all... but you're too far away

[Pepper & Drew]

Hell, I just clicked on your profile twice...once to check out the pics, and then another time to read the profile. And, since we're about 10 hours from Miami, I don't see an email coming to you in the near future.

Clicking on profiles is a great passtime. There have been times when I've just clicked on profiles, and just clicked on who certified them to see where it leads. I don't have the intention of contacting every profile I click on, and I'm sure lots of others don't either.

And, what Vegas Lee said is also true. There are a lot of trolls and wannabes online. It's why we don't depend on meeting people online anymore.

Pepper

[K&JIntimates]

Originally Posted by shymxcpl

We are proud to be one of those 345 and for the record: we would TOTALLY do y'all... but you're too far away

Thanks!

I just want to add that I appreciate all the support. I was poking a bit of fun at myself....try to not take myself all that seriously ya know!

[K&JIntimates]

Originally Posted by Thrax

Anyway, you are a good-looking couple (unless you stole the default pic). Relying only on your profile text I'd say you are intelligent, thoughtful, and articulate. And you have a sense of humor. Just don't worry. It might take awhile, but I think you'll attract the people you want to eventually. Just be patient.

Thrax

Thanks Thrax. The photos are really us, as for being genuine, yep that too. Inexperienced to be sure but the only way to fix that is with practice! lol
We've generated some interest within the local club website, as with all things, only so much time to follow up and actually meet some of the people we've spoken with via email. Poco a poco

[Chicup]

You guys are a cute couple, we would have contacted you if we were currently contacting new couples (on hold a few more months) and you didn't live 800 miles away.

Now that being said, let me tell you what the problem is.

You don't understand the numbers.

Of those 231 people, 230 were looking for naked pictures and ONLY naked pictures.

People cruise the profiles just looking for pictures. Back when we had an LL profile up we were the 5th most viewed profile for the first month on the entire site. Not because we had naked pictures but because they thought we MIGHT have naked pictures.

They saw new couples, certified, 5 gold pictures... ahah! Oh wait, they weren't naked, oh well......

When we were on SLS the same thing happened. We didn't have a picture up at first, few looks, then we put up some pictures and POOF the counter shoots through the roof for a few days. Now it does help you get more responses, but there will be 100's of views for every real couple looking.

So don't worry, you seem like a nice couple in good shape, just give it a bit more time, or be proactive yourself. After we first get on a site, we tend to slow down our searches, its a heck of a lot easier if new couples contact us then us trying to find them in all the couples we already contacted at some point. In fact of the couples we have hit it off with, I think every one WE contacted them, not the other way around.