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The year’s drawing to a close, and like we did last year this time, I’d like to review this year’s top posts... both in my own humble opinion, and judging by the interest from comments and social shares.
2014 saw 268 articles (well, 270, including this one and Cody’s piece on meeting women on New Year’s that goes up tomorrow) written by 15 different contributors (several with only one to three articles, but many with a whole lot more). Leading the charge were:
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Hector Castillo’s 4 articles on getting girls in college and the power of ‘alone’
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Darius Belejevas’s 5 articles on sexy attire for summer and winter alike
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Halvor Jannike’s 6 scribings on revamping your mind and approach
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Drexel Scott’s 7 pieces on attitudes toward women and being a man
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J.J. Jones’s 7 articles on making things happen fast and taking them sexual
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Ross Leon’s 15 articles on getting your mind right and getting women bought in
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Cody Lyans’s 24 meditations on being intriguing, seductive, and romantic
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Alek Rolstad’s 33 pieces on fast sex, sexuality, and cultural norms
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Colt Williams’s 49 articles on women’s minds, cougars, and next level seduction
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And my (Chase Amante’s) 112 articles on mindsets, seduction, and relationships
... not to mention a contribution apiece from Eric Reeves, Ethan Fierre, Robert Hortzclaw, and Sarah Williams (that last not so popular), and two from Will Legend.
(the author links above link to each writer’s catalog of articles)
Also, I’m going to use this post to talk about plans for Girls Chase for the New Year, and what you can expect to see this 2015 – we’ll do that at the bottom, after the article review here.
Comments
Thanks to all our fantastic
Thanks to all our fantastic readers, writers, editor (ethan) and formatter. Also big thanks to anybody else on the site that i haven't had contact with. And big thanks to chase for making one of the best, if not the best seduction blogs out there. Wish I had a site like this one at my disposal when I started out.
I have to say that I as a fulltime writer here only has positive things to say about Ethan. Cool guy who knows a lot about writing and publishing. I am looking forward to work even more with him. I am sure you won't be disapointed about Ethan.
Beside the formatting work from about formater, a lot of the magic in our articles comes from Ethan. Most of the articles on GC are edited by Ethan. so you already know what you will get!
Best Wishes!
Best of luck on taking your business to the next level. Given your tenacity and persistence, I have every faith that you will succeed. Nay, good sir! I know that you will succeed. Faith is based on not knowing. Knowing makes all the difference. And you know.
You should also know that something you said in one of your blog articles years ago affected me in a profound way. In essence, you said that it scares you more to be living a mediocre life than it would be to take a chance, put it all out there, and run your own business.
I've been thinking about those words for years now, much as you have predicted that 95% of your readers will only mentally masturbate rather than carry out your suggestions. Sad to say that I am still in that 95% when it comes to seduction. But at least you have impacted me in the sense that I have decided to pursue running my own business! Don't worry. It's not about seduction so you won't have another competitor :-).
There is a sense of freedom in finally making a decision, a decision that you feel in your heart, because this time you really mean it. What do I mean? An example is in order. Decisions are really two sides of the same coin. Many people think they know how to make decisions but their results indicate otherwise. For example, some people start the new year with the best of intentions to get into shape, only to quit after a few weeks. I started going to the gym almost two years ago. They did not want it bad enough. For me, I had real physical issues that greatly and continues to motivate me into working out. 99% of the time, I go at least 3 times a week. I decided to commit and get into the best shape of me. That is to really decide. There is truly a fine line between thinking you've made a decision and really making a decision and commiting to it. The only difference between people who are successful and those who are not is habit. Successful people habitually do things that lead them to success.
I had the same feeling again when I decided that I will start my own business.
Thank you for being one of my advocates.
Take care, old boy!
Chase,
You are a scholar, gentleman, and true Renaissance man. I have learned so much from your articles. Not just about women -- about life, learning, loving, and growing as a person.
In 2013 I read many of your articles and they changed my whole perspective on life, for the better.
You've written about how seduction actually enhances us as men and equally gives women an amazing time. Your article on depression really changed my view of you, and I realized you really are an amazing guy.
Thank you for everything. I really mean it. You may not fully ever appreciate how much you have done for many of us out there.
Take care, old boy!
CK
Happy New Year
Sometime I feel like some of the new articles writers have failed to grasp or internalize certain key facets of seduction which often result in them writing content which violates certain essentials and key aspects which repels from the bedrock which you have laid and leads to advice which I don't always feel many beginners would do well to adopt. I don't account these situations as an example of difference in style but rather the lacking of a three-dimension and well rounded skill set (which is of course is the essence of a truly talented seducer) which as a result means that certain key elements of seduction haven't been fully grasped leaving a gaping whole for potentially erroneous content.
I am not saying that the new guys are not good or successful with women, just that it is a shame that we are going to be seeing less articles from you yourself Chase and may have to put up with content that isn't quite as well articulated and may go slightly against the grain of what has been taught here.
One thing we always get from you Chase, is 100% pure gold. Every corner covered, no room for error.
But of course this is the next step for your business and one which you need to take, just make sure that you do it carefully... Good luck!
Authors should respond to questions in comments
When I look at older posts by Chase, I notice he would give these amazing responses to questions of readers in the comment section.
I have gotten so much value out of that.
However, some of these other writers don't seem to care to respond to reader questions. Some of the exceptions are Alek & Cody, as they do respond to questions in the comment section. However, Colt never responds to reader questions, which is unfortunate.
Chase, I'd recommend you ask your writers to at least answer the most pertinent questions in the comment section for their articles.
Yep
I totally agree with this. A while back when Chase used to personally answer every single comment was when Girls Chase was at it's best - Chases answers to your specific question was an invaluable source of knowledge. I always knew that Chase was eventually going to have to stop answering every single question because the amount of work there was huge, too much for one man himself.
So now he has Dave answering all (or most, often we have to wait ages and I am sure that he misses many articles out) of the questions.
I think a better strategy would be to have the authors of their own articles make sure that they reply to the questions, before they release a new article.
The kind of one on one advice that the comment section provides is fantastic and one of my favourite parts of GirlsChase, I think we need to get that dynamic between author and reader back.
I'm Here
Hey Anon,
I'm sorry you feel that way. As much as I would like to answer everyone's question, I have many things to do myself. Please be aware I'm still here and I'm attentive to you all.
Just Dave
Very True!
I also agree with this comment. I have noticed that Alek is very responsive, which is excellent.
Chase responding to messages was excellent. He would seriously have the answer to literally any question you might have after reading his article. He understood your question and would address it effectively.
No offense to "Dave Riley" but who is this guy? He doesn't seem to be able to understand questions and his answers are inept at best. Dave, you're obviously trying to help, but please leave it to the writers to answer the questions.
I really want to see the writers follow up and answer reader's comments. I honestly have an issue reading an article, having a question about it or finding a discrepancy, and then not being able to get any answer about it from the writer. It literally makes the writer's article useless in my eyes, as I just see it as a flawed piece of work, full of holes.
Please follow up on comments guys. That's 50% on the article!
Ted S.
Check my Stats
Hello Ted,
If you want to know who I am check the forums, I was a beta tester when Chase's forums went active. I am a tribal elder with lays and knowledge about getting women. I am merely answering questions to help Chase and the rest of the authors. I am assisting. I've dropped countless bits of knowledge on the forums. Obviously these can be frustrating times with leadership, but we all must come together.
Just Dave
spot on!! i agree about comments!
Truth be told i stopped visiting this web regularly due to the change in comments respinses. The biggest value of the web for me used to be in depth comments by AUTHORS.
Yep, Chase's personal
Yep, Chase's personal responses to the comments was the best thing about GirlsChase imo too.
I have to agree with Kael,
I have to agree with Kael, too. Colt used to respond to comments and questions back in the hey-days but that has sadly greatly diminished greatly over time to almost non-existent. He's one of my favorite writers, too.
The interaction of the masters with the novices is what supercharges the learning process. It goes back to Chase mentioning that his skills in seduction really skyrocketed when he started to hang around other naturals in San Diego.
I also know that people tend to ask questions unrelated to the article at hand. These questions should really be asked in the forums, where they would get more exposure and likely to be answered. Perhaps, the better balance would be to make it a practice to delete comments that are unrelated to the article, putting a conspicuous notice that comments unrelated to the article will not be approved for release.
Just a thought.
Good Feedback
Hello Anon,
The authors and myself have personally told users to take advantage of the forums because the personal interaction we can give there. Members can interact among themselves to speed up their learning process.
Just Dave
Thank you and a plea
Chase,
I discovered Girls Chase in July 2013 shortly after a girl, who I thought was "the one" lost interest and left me demolished. Though soaked in sorrow, I had an undying will to get better. After happening upon the site, I was immediately HOOKED. But not in a "hey this is cool I'm gonna read it for a week and learn some stuff" way, but rather a "this is my new life's mission" way. Since then, I have religiously read articles, forced myself to go out, approach women, and push my comfort zone. I have made ENORMOUS strides with women.
For the most part, I'm not a loser. I've always had lots of friend, always had lots of attention from women, I'm tall, good-looking, and advantaged in every way (read: no excuses). I even have a doctorate and a great career. But until I found Girls Chase I was a LOSER when it came to understanding women and how to act around them. Once I began reading your articles, MY ENTIRE WORLD CHANGED.
Now I've always been the "self improvement" type of guy and I have read over 100 "self help" books of all types. But let me say without a shadow of a doubt:
--CHASE AMANTE HAS WRITTEN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, ACCURATE, AND APPLICABLE WEALTH OF INFORMATION IN EXISTENCE ON ATTRACTION PSYCHOLOGY--
But even the above statement is inadequate, because your articles about motivation, time management, attitude, work ethic, and on and ON are so incredibly insightful, well written, and down right FUCKING INSPIRING AND AMAZING that you are without a doubt once of the greatest philosophers of our time. If anyone thinks that is an overstatement, they haven't read enough articles.
So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for everything you have done. Your tireless obsession is changing the world and we are all benefiting from it. I wish you the best of luck as you move forward and hope that you become a BILLIONAIRE.
I know that you are not "leaving" per se, but I do have a parting plea. We all know that stories capture the minds, hearts, and souls of people in a way that text books never do. I would absolutely LOVE a fiction book about our beloved "Genuine Man," written by Chase Amante himself. A man who embodies the principles that you put forth on this site. Sort of a James Bond of our time, except not completely empty and broken inside. A story like that would be enrapturing in the same way that your fictional and non fictional prose capture us, but would give us a tangible imagine to emulate and strive to become. Of course, it's your time and you should do what you want with it, but if there is any hint of an urge deep inside you to do such a thing, let me be the first to say YES.
I'm not ever a CAPS LOCK kind of guy, but that is the only way I can come close to expressing my gratitude. So, THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE FUCKING MAN.
Chase, write a work of fiction
I agree with this comment. Chase, you really should write a work of fiction. I would buy it in a heartbeat and have all my friends do the same.
While the seduction aspect is key, you're such an inspiring person, that the book could be much deeper and profound than just seduction. Your insights are amazing. I do agree that you're one of the best philosophers of our time. And you're very honest. Whereas many people today try to be PC, you tell it how it is, going back to the natural biological dynamics between men and women.
Good luck with everything you do, Chase.
Best Seduction Site/Blog in the History of the Internet
Period.
Happy to be involved with the most informative, helpful seduction / life enhancement blog out there. You won't find anything but contemporary, up-to-date advice for men on everything from mindsets to technical assistance to general get-go and motivation to be the best damn person you can be.
Come join us on the forums too! It's the best place for us writers and contributors to find out exactly what guys want to know and learn. And, we have a lot of fun discussing field reports from all members and breaking down recorded interactions into piece by piece portions and analyzing these tidbits so the psychology and thought processes at play are easy to understand (and also give us writers/contributors things to toss around for content on the main site here!).
Happy New Year and God bless!
J.J.
Where I Started
Good words JJ,
The forums is actually where I got my start with GC and were I obtained a lot of my knowledge. The interaction with other members and learning the ins and outs of seduction was amazing. It was awesome when I became a tribal elder and was able to give back to the community. Then Chase and the writers delegated their comment section to me as well. We're all looking out for each other and are trying to learn.
Great comment,
Just Dave
Chase! Thanks... for everything.
" I’ve been starting to feel the past half year or so like that old guy who keeps telling the same stories again and again and doesn’t realize his audience has already heard them three or four times. "
Chase, your audience can never get bored of you and your unique advices.
I don't agree too much with the fact that you are " retiring " but man, you have
your reasons and I should respect them.
However, you are the best of the best in seduction and dating advices and we
all have learnt from you.
Thanks man for changing me from a boring unsexy guy to a dashing, cool and
sexy guy whom girls find irresistible.as before. I trust the other writers will keep on the good work.
I know you are not leaving but I still kind of feel sad that you won't as involved
as before but I trust the other writers to keep on the good work.
I won't hide to you that very often, in the coming year, I'll type in the search engine
" Articles by Chase Amante " and enter the first available link with the hope of
seeing a new article.
This is to Chase, the man who changed my life.
Thanks Chase
90210
Excited for the New Product
Hey Chase
I'm excited to hear about your new upcoming product that is going to have new material not covered in the articles on the site. I always had a feeling you had some really good stuff you hadn't written about in a full article because every now and then you would drop things in comments or in the forum that seemed really powerful and unique but weren't written about in full blown articles.
Your responses to comments discussing "inappropriate" touching of women's breasts in a bar or cafe and on how developing your sexual intent supercharges your game when you approach women come to mind. I'm hoping your new product will have more of those types of unique tips!
Robert
A big cheers and Happy New
A big cheers and Happy New Years to Chase, all the writers and especially to all the reader's out there!
Looking forward to 2015 and all the opportunities it will bring.
Cody Lyans
thank you!
gotta say thanks, been a silent reader since 2011 after trying to get rid of that "can't stop thinking about her stuff" your site helped me see the world in a different light.. it sucked at first but gradually made me mentality stronger as an individual... i can actually see and understand the nuance of these social frames now.. in a way...your articles made me fully awake and autopilot no more...kinda like snapping out of the matrix. thanks to all the new writers too!
happy new years bro!
Thank you!
I had a good time making out with girls from high school and sports and bed them in my teenage years. I believe it's some kind of dominance effect since I wanted to win in everything - both sport, education and bedding girls. However, the good times changed when I turned 18. I got to understand life on a deeper level, and it simply messed with everything. I believe it was some kind of depression.. but after a year of being depressed, I was like "I don't wanna be the bitch of depression anymore". I started to get back on my game, but every chick I tried to pick up ran screaming away, or I failed to escalate things. For a year, I didn't get any results. Sometimes, I just didn't get the girls' signals (i.e. we can move on now), other times I knew I had her wrapped around my little finger, but I just couldn't make myself escalate.. and it's the latter situation that made me discover sites like GC. I had to know why I failed. I NEEDED to understand. And boy, am I glad I discovered your website. You do things (analyzing different concepts, that is) exactly like myself - detailed and thorough. Using your articles, I could analyze every one of my previous interactions with the girls I've had non-friendly relationship with. And of course, I think about them in future interactions :)
Wrapping up, I just want to say that I'm so grateful to have discovered your site. It gave me a whole new perspective to interact with women. You guys are simply the best and so down-to-earth. I don't know how my life would look like if I didn't found your website. Thank you very, very much.
I wish you all a happy new year
From
The 21-year old kid from Denmark
Lack of topics???
I'm just a passerby and may miss something, but I've read some articles and I guess there's really stuff to add: more on relationships, more on tricky life sides like understanding asymmetric returns or other concepts that seem difficult to grasp, more on advanced pick up stuff... You really don't lack topics, you can review requests' list by readers and really find ideas to post. I don't think that you talked about "everything". If you know how to keep long term relationships with a girl fresh, you really have ideas to post.
That one on asymmetric returns was such a mind-blower :). Great stuff there, I should visit more often probably.
And don't forget advanced stuff, relationships and tricky life concepts.
For example what about handling jealousy from others when you get good at something? Other than just keeping mouth shut. If you look weak - you don't attract girls, if you look proud - other men get jealous and angry at you...
Next one - hygiene, how to keep proper one of a "real man"...
More practical examples of the stuff you describe would help as some articles took me ages to read and understand while most readers I guess don't spend a week reading a single article ;)...
There're really topics to explore, even you could post some lessons from business that could be a good way to teach men tricky part of life and getting better at pick up,
approaching this stuff smart way, not just "somehow" and doing it "some day". :)
There's really what to discuss, just look through readers' requests and I think you'll find what to talk about.
Noted!
Hey Anon,
I ensure you that writers have many articles coming forward on advanced topics. I make sure to drop your topic ideas in the queue for the writers to look at. 2015 is going to be a great year.
Happy New Year,
Just Dave
chase
believe or not chase you have made a whole lot of impact in the lives of men all around the world even here in Nigeria,Africa.i consider myself a lucky guy to have stumbled on this site and your philosophy about women,sex,dating,way of life shall always be my philosophy.
thank you.
'Bout To Blow Up
Thank you to all the readers and writers for helping GC grow, and thanks most of all, to Chase, for starting this fantastic business.
Here we go ;)
- Hector
p.s. As JJ said, the biggest way for you guys to really grind the material into your bones is to join the forums. You can sit around all day reading articles, but if you're not really analyzing your actions, nothing will change. The forum community is the most positive forum I've ever seen (and being a huge fucking nerd, I've seen my fair slew of forums) and we'll level up your game FAST.
Okay, well, I lied, that's the second biggest way to improve. The first is to actually ACT.
So read a bit, go act, then post your results on the forums, ad infinitum ;)
Thank you, Chase
I found this site during a moment of weakness. I was having trouble getting over a girl. Then I read the article about abundance. With that, I went from feeling down to feeling positive... feeling alive... feeling like I was a fool for feeling down about a girl. Immediately I was hooked on Girls Chase.
Chase, I found strength and wisdom in your articles. While seduction is the focus of the site, I really do love your articles about how to handle situations in life. Whenever you would post an article about how to handle certain types of people, workplace situations, or just various situations in life, I would read them with such enthusiasm. Of course your articles on seduction are top notch and second to none!
Thanks Chase and I hope you'll grace us with an article every now and then!
Ted
Your articles are the best +where to find good girls in this age
Hey Chase,
I'll be frank I like your posts the best as you're so insightful and really know what you are talking about. And I'll tell you that I pretty much read only your articles as the others aren't on your level.
Its a shame that you will be slowing down but I understand that you will be going hard on the business aspect. Just thought I'd put my 2 cents in.
All the best for the new year. Thanks,
Prince
P.S Q. In regards to finding a good girl with fun characteristics and beauty= & WITH a low sexual partners count, where do you find them in this day and age of Tinder etc.?? When I get/want a serious GF I would like to know the answer....
Priorities
Priority #1: Make the site more mobile friendly and responsive.
Priority #2: Add more multimedia like podcasts and videos.
Big Note!
Hey Anon,
Thanks for the feedback I'll definitely pass this on to Chase. Thanks for the ideas.
Happy New Year,
Just Dave
Fantastic, Chase! All the
Fantastic, Chase! All the best for 2015 and your new ventures, and a really heartfelt thank you for all you've done so far. Your help has been an important influence in my life and I know there is a huge number of other guys who feel the same. Again, all the best, David
afric pick up
Hey Chase, if you were to mingle about in Africa, I'm sure you'd have PLENTY to write about. ;) just a tip.
All in though, great year!
Thank you
Honestly I would like to thank each and every writer especially Chase. Also to the readers who comment and add more insight on the topics.
I recently found this site around what like November. I was seriously looking for a stable easy to navigate website to read up on from my phone. And I haven't been any happier with any other site. Ive been an avid reader reading at any free time I have to learn more.
Im 20 in nyc.During the summer I went thru a phase change where I just exited a 3 yr relationship and was looking for a change and more exploration. No where is better than NYC. Before I used to be stuck inside the house playing video games and never really ventured out. But it was a great adventure at first. I started speaking to 4 girls at once. Unfortulately being new to the dating game I fumbled all of them and got friend zoned in 3 of them. HARD. The other one I ddon't speak to anymore.
One of the 3 I fell for hard. And when I say hard. Like flat out face first hard. Emotionally attached and everything. And to this day I still struggle with it. what makes it worse is that I now work with all of them. So I see them daily esp the one I fell for. At first I was nearly pleading for reasons why she did and came off as a needy guy. I was asking myself why is it that I got zoned by all 3 I'm such a nice guy and this sight made me realize all of them. I used to look at other guys that are bad guys and are much MUCH BETTER with women and used to envy them so much
i realize so many things I've done wrong such as being a nice guy, being the shopping guy (yes I know shameful) trying to know them thru text and not in person, not going fast enough, being regular, not deep diving, missing major escalation windows, trying too hard and working too much to get there attention and the list goes on and on.
With all the articles and podcast videos comments etc, I can say I've learned ALOT. I'm not saying that I'm an expert in any way. I still have a lot to learn such as doing day game (THANK YOU on the 3 videos on the day game) anand just having more confidence in myself and to implement what I've learned in real life. I hope I can grace the expert level one day but I will have to grind to the top, I know I can do it, I'm looking at it right now. I know I had improvement because I not only had a date with a pretty cute girl I even attacked every escalation window and had a great night in the end. Even when become anxious and scared to escalate I immediately thought of all the articles and thought to myself, if I don't do this I'll be letting myself down, girl chase and chase down (even though no one knew about it) and I went at it.
I just want to say thank you to everyone at this wonderful site. Even though I'm still trying to get over that one girl and move on slowly, I know with the help of these wonderful teachers I will and get onto bigger and better things and women
I would appreciate any comments on this with any tips onto further my development
Happy New Year
Hey Chevy,
I know the feeling of being friend zoned hard by a girl you like or even flat out ignored. It definitely sucks and can be a major downer. The bright side being that you were able to find help on this website. The fact of avoiding the friend zone ever again is amazing in and of itself. Now since you are 20 and in NYC and you have this material, you'll be unstoppable. I'm glad things are shaping up for you.
Best of luck mate,
Happy New Year!
Cheers and Responses
Howdy all-
Cheers for all the kind words, kudos, and well wishes, gents.
On writing fiction, well, we’ll see! I have a novella out that does very modest sales - it’s not under my name as used here, and I’ve done nothing to promote it since all my focus is on business. Don’t want to get worlds mixed for now, but if at some point I retired from GC and went on to write more fiction, I’d takes those walls down and say “Chase Amante is writing fiction under this name” then.
On some of the things to include in my upcoming product, Robert, I’m only in the initial outline phase of what’s going into it (need to finish launching Colt’s product before I really dive into it in earnest), but those are noted down now and I will make certain they’re in it!
On lack of topics, thing to understand there is that while I do have plenty of topics - we’ve got maybe 400 of them sitting in a big spreadsheet waiting to be written - some of them no matter what I write it’s going to sound like other things I’ve already written, and others I’m just not motivated to write, which means the article will turn out crummy (one thing you’ve got to be if you want to write a 3,000+ word comprehensive informative article that’s not completely boring is MOTIVATED!). Some of the ones at the top of my list still are the one on how to be funny and the one on men’s hairstyles. These are two guys have been asking about forever that I think I can contribute some good stuff on, but every time I sit down to write one of those it’s, “Ah, I can’t write that now.”
There are plenty of things to write on, but at least for the moment I’ve mostly exhausted the fresh topics I feel like writing about, and I find I keep circling back to ground I’ve covered before. I’ve seen lots of other guys do this in lots of different fields (including this one), and they either don’t recognize it, or refuse to, and continue repeating themselves. I’d rather exit when I’m still fairly good than wait until I’m the show cancelled by the network after people quit watching it because it used to be good but somewhere along the line it jumped the shark (maybe you could say I sensed my shark jump moment coming up, and figured it was time to get out of the water before that happened).
On comments: comments have always been a double-edged knife in my opinion. On the one hand, personally responding to comments is a major value add to articles, generates a LOT more content for readers (even readers who don’t comment… but still read all the comments and replies), and builds more of a sense of community and personal connection. They are very good from this perspective. For some of us, like myself, and also Cody and Alek, comments can also be an enjoyable way to interact with the audience.
The downside is that comments can become a GIANT time sink. When I was at 3 to 4 articles a week (which was most of 2013), I was spending between 10 and 20 hours a week responding to comments. I liked it because I felt like it was training for getting better and better at analysis and getting more and more tuned in to what guys want to know, and because I like helping people out and problem solving and taking people who are motivated to achieve and giving them the push they need to go do that. But what happened though was that over time, people would recognize this, and the comments sections started becoming this huge free-for-all where people would post really long comments irrelevant to the article content where they wanted personal advice on individual situations, or they’d straight up list out their list of questions (“Hey Chase, 12 questions for you here, hope you can answer them”). In a way, it was a tragedy of the commons scenario; there’s no cost to post a question and ask for help, and if the guy answering is trying to bang out answers to every comment and make sure his answers are all thorough and good, pretty soon more and more people show up who want to max out what they can get from that, and before you know it I’m spending 20 hours a week writing comment replies (and I think I calculated that in 2013, I wrote about 150% as many words in comment responses than I did in actual articles).
So: I’m in agreement that comments are a big value add for readers. And even after we brought Dave on, I tried to continue answering relevant comments on my own articles (I got backlogged in late October / November / December because I had a super hectic travel schedule - I did 13 cities in 6 weeks - and then got really sick with a nasty case of bronchitis as my penalty for burning the candle at both ends, and comments were one of the places that suffered for that, but I’ve been chipping away at them again recently - got through some of the October articles the other day).
However, we need a way to effectively screen which comments the author responds to and which ones maybe should get a response of “You should post this to our community on the discussion boards.”
If we can make the site more profitable (which will be one of my focuses as I shift more of my attention to biz dev), that’ll up the value of the article and we can afford to offer additional incentives to writers that’ll help them earn more while providing more value to the GC community. So maybe the next incentive I would add would be something based around comment responses… though right now we’re not in a position to do that for economic reasons (e.g., in the past two years, while I’ve focused on writing TONS of content and answering every comment and bringing on a host of new writers, more than doubling the article count and probably tripling or quadrupling the word count of the site, our traffic has remained almost stagnant while I’ve watched numerous other sites like ours grow and grow. I’ve been able to up revenues a bit through better conversions and better sales strategy, but we’re at the point where we can’t throw more time and money at content than we already are right now - it isn’t helping, whether more content from me or more content from others. Content here isn’t “shareable” like more politically correct stuff on Ask Men or Art of Manliness so people can’t find it that way, and because my focus has been so singly on developing content for GC I haven’t been able to go and market us other places. The only way I can grow this business now is focusing on developing the business itself; once we’re bigger and the site earns more, that’ll up the value of an article and there’s lots of cool things we can do at that point).
On mobile: it’s on the list! Our devs are upgrading GC to new site software as soon as they’re back from holiday break, and once we’re updated it’ll be time for a theme revamp. Mobile will be a prominent focus of that, especially seeing as how we’re now 60% mobile traffic these days (people’s device preferences are a’changin’).
On multimedia: noted. We’re going to try to make the podcast a more regular (once a month?) feature. And Hector just proposed an ongoing video / YouTube project to me I’m going to mull over. If there are ways to incorporate more of this, and people who are skilled and interested, I’ll find them and employ them!
I think that covers it! Oh, and Prince had a comment about meeting girlfriend caliber girls. Prince, try this article: “Where to Find an Amazing Woman: 20 Surprising Places.”
Happy New Year to all of you! I am honored to have been (and hope to continue to be) of service.
Chase
About that Podcast
Hey Chase, I tuned into the DSP podcast you were on. Just want to let you know, I completely agree with your view of marriage and society.
I won't be getting married in my lifetime. Western society is not ok with letting me marry a woman and maintain a free lifestyle and having my own life. Moving in with a woman and going through the whole married life is a recipe for a man and woman who will stop having sex and will end up resenting each other. There's a reason divorce rates are so high.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone on those views.
Good luck with everything, Chase.
Jim
Same boat
Hey Jim,
I feel similar when it comes to marriage in the western world. I don't see it as practical right now for myself. I'm looking at it for an economic point of view, your resources and time will be drained. A lot of people get married for the wrong reasons. More so, people don't understand why they're getting married in the first place. At times people feel pressured to get married from social norms. These are just some of the reasons for things going south in a marriage. But Jim, you are also not alone on your views. On a interesting note, women have been wondering where all the "good" men gone.
Happy New Year,
Just Dave
For my favorite website I say
For my favorite website I say a big thank you and well wishes to all the writers and offer a few suggestions
#1: The novel is a fantastic idea. Where the articles give us the knowledge base, reading field reports from the forum from the experienced guys has been the most effective in cementing these ideas. Likewise, watching TV shows with amazing seducers, e.g. Damon from Vampire Diaries is referenced frequently on the boards and is a great example can help us to learn by example. A novel written from the POV of a seducer would be great to really get inside the mind of a seducer and learn their thought processes. Or an article recommending existing novels/shows with great seducers would be amazing.
#2: I remember reading you did some acting classes. Having read a lot on acting, I feel there's a lot of concepts from the acting world you could bring over. I love the articles on facial expressions with examples and break-downs of film seductions. Video examples are always appreciated to describe and show us what words sometimes fail to convey.
Thanks again and best wishes to all the community for 2015
Chase! Great Service Bro! :-)
Happy New Year All!
And Chase,
What's up bro! I've been meaning to give a shout out from this article went up. Haha didn't get the time and had a full schedule the entire Christmas. Now I've got school next week.
You already answered the guys above but I'll still say what's on my mind.
First time I posted here was back in late 2013 and I continued posting. I really needed the help back then and I've grown. Thanks to your, the other readers, and the writers help. And then I decided to branch off to using the forum's. Over time my consciousness kicked in telling me " no Troy don't bother commenting and asking questions on stuff that doesn't relate to the article. The writer's need their time too. Its free service so make the comment shorter."
We all gotta be considerate of other people's time and encourage them to go for what they want. Lol I too have seen guys punching out 4 pages of questions into the comments and thats when I realized I shouldn't be doing that. I laughed out my belly when I saw novels being written in the comments section. But ive read all of them on every article ( ive read every article too ) and it's all been helpful. Stuff that you haven't written in articles yet I got by just reading comments. So all the guys who wrote long comments, I thank you. And Chase I thank you for replying to them.
Chase while I relyed on seeing an article from you daily to motivate me to improve as fast as you improved the site, that time has passed. I'll find new motivation.
I'll greatly miss your presence (regularly) on here and the boards. But likewise the time has come for you to move on to higher heights. And if you feel that persuing other work on the site is going to benefit you then go for it bro! :-)
I encourage you to make the best possible and do any shit you want. You said you begun to feel like a guy who was starting to repeat himself. Nah I don't think so. Well you did repeat stuff but from a new and different perspective. A good perspective. A motivational perspective that was good to read. It got me thinking of stuff in a different way. Which was good. So you did a excellent job man.
Perfect time to retire? Yeah do that before you become the show that was good but is now repetitive that stops being watched. Too many writers and sports stars ive seen done that. For even athletes they win for several years and instead of leaving as a winner they wait till they start losing and the new winner's block them out. Definitely good thing you are doing. Whenever you decide to leave I'll respect that.
It's just normal. A part of life. Just as one book opens, one day it has to close. Nothing on earth lasts forever. Eventually you and all the writer's will exhaust every topic and have to retire from article writing. That's normal. Though it will be one big success thanks to you guys. It's not how much is written but how much it influences the lives of others for the best :-)
Sometime ago I messaged Franco telling him I couldn't start a field report. And you replied. I don't remember what you said but I found the problem.
When I put emoticons along with the text from social media into the boards it doesn't work. I remove the emoticons and the post goes up well. I realize a lot of guys on the boards are using words to show the emoticons. What if they had a text conversation or online date setup and emoticons were in it but is missing? I think it loses some meaning. As a suggestion could emoticons and stickers be integrated with the boards?
And that's all I've got to say. Haha felt like I just wrote a novel. I said what I had to though. Chase, take care bro and it's my best wishes that the work you put out this year launch you into smashing success and you make the site a better place for guys to visit.
Happy 2015 and Cheers,
Troy :-)
You're a good Guy
Hey Troy,
I want to personally apologize to you because I know there were a few comments of yours I missed. I had been having computer problems and just moved cities. I'm going to be a lot more active on both the site and forums going forward. I've definitely seen some growth from you. You have tremendously improved and stepped up your game. I always appreciate your input and what you have to say in our dialog. Anyway let's make 2015 great.
Happy New Year,
Just Dave
It was a good run, Chase!
I realize you're not going anywhere, but nonetheless I'll miss your articles.
You mentioned every guy having a different style. Truth be told, your style - both in how you approach women and how you write - has really... well, "spoken" to me.
I can't say I'm rolling around in women, but really, that's more my fault; I'm a slow learner with a background of being supplicating and depressed. Nonetheless, your articles have helped me in ways I consider much more important than sex. You have helped me to improve as a person, which is what I needed all along.
So thank you, Chase. I doubt we'll ever meet - hell, I doubt you'll even have time to read this - but your articles have helped me fix my life. :)
Kuro
"So thank you, Chase. I doubt we'll ever meet - hell, I doubt you'll even have time to read this - but your articles have helped me fix my life. :)"
Here is a fun fact: we actually love reading the comments we get on our articles :) So yes he has probably seen your comment. heck even I, who did not write this thread saw it.
I can't guarrantee to you that you will meet chase, but stick with the hard work and you will some day catch the interest of some really good seducers and hopefully meet them.
-Alek
rok on
This is such a great site and thing to behold. May it live forever. Many like me stumble here after failed with the "right" girl/girls. Reason or another. heart broken or so on.. So these articles and writers will keep you motivated and to understand women and life and YOURSELF better. NOTHING can replace this. What you get from here. Draw power so to speak... If i feel lost and confused/failed/failing or shitty etc.. i just read and reread some articles and keep studying so these things go to my subconscious and spine :D Keep on rocking ! BIG THANKS Again. Site really has helped in so so so many ways.
ALL OF YOU have shown that 'where there's a will, there's a way'.
Appreciation
Hey Chase,
I personally appreciate everything you've ever done for me. Your articles changed my perspective on dating and life. You've definitely been a great friend and mentor. Its been fun interacting with everyone on this awesome site. I really love the forums were I met a lot of good dudes. I personally enjoyed all the advice you've personally given me. Thanks for allowing me to give back and help newer guys. I cant wait to see the growth in GC in 2015.
Take care,
Just Dave
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