MEDIUM | WRITING | EROTICA
If Sex Sells, Why Aren’t I Making Money?
If a social media brand is the sum of all content, then content must be managed to fit the brand. So, where does sex fit in?
It used to be if you wanted to sell shampoo, you had a naked woman under the shower. If you wanted to sell a car, you had a sexy woman on the bonnet. If you wanted to sell cow manure, you had a sexy woman in lingerie shoveling the shit.
Okay, I might have exaggerated, a little.
Sex is beautiful. The illusion and fantasy of sex are beautiful.
The reality of legal and consensual sex is beautiful.
So, why is it getting increasingly difficult to make money when sex is the product — or at least sex on a page is the product?
Twelve months ago, writing and publishing short erotic fiction on places like Medium was fun. I’d literally wake up, write whatever turned me on, hit publish, and a few dollars would come my way. I saw it as a win-win. I put a smile on the faces of readers, and in return, Medium would help pay my rent which would make me smile.
Now?
I still love to write.
