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020: How the Porn Guys Do Things, Tinder and DHL Punks UPS

March 04, 2014


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What can you learn from the porn industry? Find out by listening to this and more on episode 020!



  • The Finger – DHL Punks UPS and TNT
  • The Toolbox – Tinder – Casual Dating Phone App
  • Two Mics, One Cup – How the Porn Guys Do Things
  • Outro Song (Alan) – Particles of Passing by Neil Cabana

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Episode 020 Nugs of Knowledge


  • Namaste brand beer by Dogfish Head (1:15)
  • There are 58 different genders according to Facebook. (6:00)
  • There are many different “trans”. (6:30)
  • Alan was always “other” in the racial background checkboxes on the SATs (7:20)
  • DHL cleverly uses temperature controlled paint in the prank (10:30)
  • One UPS guy covers the message in tape (12:15)
  • Tinder device drops (15:10)
  • What’s the difference between this and other dating websites?  Requires Facebook (16:45)
  • When you are a verb, you are super successful (19:15)
  • Many users of Tinder put their Instagram profiles on there (22:30)
  • Andrew is not a tattoo guy (26:00)
  • USD Ad club is where Andrew speaks occasionally (27:00)
  • The topic of this episode’s Two Mics, One Cup segment is the origin thought behind the segment. (28:00)
  • Justin Brooke (surprise to Andrew) wrote the article related to the topic. (28:20)
  • Adult industry pioneered many website marketing related items. (29:ish)
  • Someone ironically, “Squeeze pages” as a term isn’t typically used by the adult industry, who basically founded the concept. (32:00)
  • Porn industry has many different variables with fairly simple things (37:20)
  • Most common price for a porn membership (38:00)
  • There could be parts Six through Nine of this topic (40:00)
  • The people in the porn industry, especially bigger companies are smart and (surprisingly) professional (41:00)
  • Competitive edge sets you apart (42:45)
  • Affiliate programs are large if not the primary source of marketing for many adult sites (43:45)
  • Menage-a- song; all the instruments are MIDI or live, no samples. (49:10)


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