Yahoo! adult groups can be much more than a source of entertainment, for the adult webmaster they can serve as a traffic/promotional source on par or superior to TGP's Or Link Lists.And, unlike Link Lists Or TGP's you have the control of your own promotional destiny, there are few if any submit rules, unlimited categories and all it takes is a little knowledge and A LOT of hard work.This tutorial will consist of two separate and distinct parts first, how to build your own Yahoo! adult group, and part two, how to promote your Yahoo! adult group through the Yahoo! adult groups system.

Before you even begin to consider the technical aspects of building a group, you must decide on content, and where to get it.Many sponsors forbid use of their content and links in an adult group, however, there are just as many or more that will be happy to have a webmaster build a group for their program or site.(On a side note, many of the sponsors that forbid use of their content in a group will be happy to give permission, however, this is like anything else in the business and is based on your personal relationship with the sponsor and how well they know you and how well you already sell for them.)In general you will only be able to use one sponsors content for any group, to use multiple sponsors you will want to build more than one group with one sponsor for each.Best results usually will come from the smaller ccbill type of amateur sponsor rather than the large mega sponsors, but there are always exceptions.

Well now lets get ready to build our first group, first thing you need to do even if you already have a Yahoo! account, is to get a separate account for your new group. You can sign-up for an account absolutely free right here.There are a few reasons to get a new account for your group even if you already have one, first on occasion groups, especially ones that become popular have been known to be hacked down and also Yahoo! themselves on occasion arbitrary close down groups for what seems to be no reason, so you don't want to risk loosing your main personal or business account in the event either of these occur.

Ok, now that you have your sponsor chosen and your new yahoo account, you need to start a group the link to start a group is located here.When you start your group it is essential to place your group in the adult section! If you place it anywhere else you will be deleted ASAP it is also important to designate your new yahoo ID as adult as well, the proper location for adult groups is found by going to the Romance & Relationships section where you will find the adult category at the top. The final step now can be one of the hardest, choosing a name for your group.Just like with domain names you want something relevant and catchy as well as short.However, just like domain names many top Yahoo! group names are taken, so finding a good name may take a few tries.

Once you have completed all the above tasks it is now time to actually build your group, HTML knowledge is not required unless you want to add graphics and banners, etc to your groups description, however for this example and because we want to profit from our group like any other website we build in this tutorial we will be using some simple HTML and graphics as well as banners.You will also need some form of hosting; as Yahoo! will not host your images or banners in the description you will have to "hotlink" your own images to place them in the description.This is an example of a group with graphics in the description as opposed to Yahoo's generic text, group description with graphics, in order to achieve this you will need any kind of simple graphics program and some basic HTML skills this is an example of what the html would look like in your groups description, HTML Example, as you can see where I highlighted in the example this is how you would insert a graphic or a banner into your group (Note: hand coding is not required you can simply use your favorite html editor to do the work then copy and paste).While it may seem a bit confusing now, when you are in your groups settings things will become much more apparent and you will see it is quite easy, much simpler than building a freesite.The rest of your groups look is controlled by Yahoo! and is preset, but you have quite a bit of options in choosing color schemes, etc.Choosing color schemes and the rest of designing the look of your group is very easy and you will be prompted by Yahoo! with instructions at every step of the way, in order to keep this tutorial brief and to the point, I won't go step by step through those instructions as there is no need, all you will need to know is the settings for your groups appearance are located by clicking the management link and then clicking on description & appearance.At this point you will be given simple options to choose from and now you are done with the first steps in creating your group.In the next paragraph of this tutorial I will explain what other settings you have and how to use them to profit from your adult group.

Our main focus in building our adult group is to make a profit, the following tips are essential in using your group as an effective marketing tool.Yahoo has an amazing feature, in that it will email your sponsors site links and galleries to new members as well as email all current members every two weeks like clock work.This is the most essential part of using your group to make a profit.The best part is that it is 100% CANN-SPAM compliant and is age verified by Yahoo!.This feature is known as the files section which you will find on the right hand side of your group.What you need to do in order to take advantage of this great opportunity is simply create a text file with a list of your sponsors sites and galleries, as well as your own.When creating your text files (you will want to use various ones) you should name them something interesting in order that the group member opens the email and goes through what you have to offer, for example if you are promoting a sponsor with multiple sites a text file named something like 'TOP PORN SITES' or 'HOT NEW SITES' with a list of links to all your sponsors sites with your reference codes and a description of what the site has to offer should bring many clicks and hopefully some conversions.You will obviously want to put one site per line and it is essential when placing your URL in the text file that you use the entire URL including the Http: in order for the links to be clickable from the group members email box.Also, updating the text file on a semi-regular basis for older group members is a good idea to keep things fresh.For hosted galleries you will want to repeat the same process only with a different file name such as 'NEW XXX GALLERIES' or something similar (if it is a niche group such as creampie or something else then you would want to use that in your title instead).When you have created your text files make sure to click the send file on join as well as send file every two weeks option located next to the text file you have created or your files will not be sent.There is also an option of sending the files to members leaving the group; you should avoid this function as the surfer is obviously no longer interested in what you have to offer. In the next paragraph I will explain the links section which is almost or equally important as the files section.

Like the files section is the links section is just about as equally important.Also, the links section unlike the files section is available for the group member to click on at any given time not just when Yahoo! decides to email the group member list.In the links section you will basically want to put the same information you already put in your text files, maybe with some variation and if you have them available daily rotating galleries are a nice touch to keep things fresh.The links section is located on the right hand side of your group just as the files section is.To use the links section you must add one link at a time, unlike the text files where you added all of you links in one file.Yahoo! will give you simple instructions at the top of the links section on how to add a link to your group, it is very simple, and a space for the URL as well as a text description is provided for you.As with the files section, you must always provide the full URL when placing a link for your group members for it to be clickable. The links section is also an excellent place to add links to your own sites, i.e. freesites, hubs, etc.

Finally some last tips to make your adult group a commercial success.Placing a banner or two in the description serves more than one purpose, not only does it provide the daily visitor to the group with a reminder to click through to your sponsors site as well as add a bit of color and energy to your design, it also is visible to non members who may look at your group and not join but may like a site they see in the banner selection giving you another opportunity to make a sale.You will also want to add a variety of photo's to the photo section, this has its drawbacks as the surfer can click and download the pictures without using your reference code, however Yahoo! groups always have a certain amount of free pix available.So add a few pictures from each niche your sponsor provides in different folders, but don't over do it, give just enough to keep the members happy (Note: Yahoo! does host the pictures you upload to the photo section and automatically thumbnails the big pics to 3 sizes so use big pictures when uploading).Locking various functions to the owner/moderator only, Yahoo! allows you to control whether or not group members can upload pictures and files as well as links, these functions should be set to allow only the owner/moderators to be allowed to upload any type of file.As a sponsored group not only do you not want competition, you do not want illegal or unauthorized files to be uploaded; this can upset your sponsor as well as you.Another function provided by Yahoo! is the ability to allow posting from members or group owner's only leave posting open as you want you group to be interactive, sure you will have to put up with some spam but this is the price you pay for a vibrant interactive group.It is always very easy to ban and delete aggressive spammers under the member section if they become a problem.

Well, you are now on your way to a successful adult group, in part two I will focus on how to promote your group and get as many members as possible.