It took me 3 days to get through this thread... lol but was great reading for the intermittent times when photoshop was on a run throwing the sites label onto images.
Paul, thanks for the time you took to contribute this. Through the posts I have seen something all too familiar with "trolls"... seems to only come from guys who are angry at life who wish to vent their anger as apposed to getting into a civil discussion about what they agree and disagree with... immaturity shown by contributing members on an adult industry forum? Shocking, I know.
Who would have ever thunk it, right? It sort of defines for me why some of these guys are in this capacity of business when their personalities bar them from civil interaction face to face with the rest of the world.
The egos of a few of the affiliates I have come into contact with leave a lot to be desired when it comes to professionalism. The affiliates who are too immature to have an exchange of ideas without resorting to school yard name calling and such do not get to make sales with us. (It is something I too have been personally guilty of in the past, but quickly learned it is counterproductive and therefore have evolved.) Those affiliates who have been cutoff seem to think if I refuse to do business with them, that I will lose sales... one of these days I hope they may have an awakening and realize that someone else just got paid to make the sale instead of them... but I lost nothing at the end of the day by refusing to play;
"Kiss an affiliates ass because they know everything and I know nothing and had better listen to him!" Note to affiliates... there are more than 5 of you doing this online adult business.
For HotManilaNights We are toying with the logistics of some of the things you mentioned. The hardest part we have found is not putting it into play technologically speaking, but for live models on cam, time... it comes down to reliability for us. For example, one of our models who has been outstanding for sales we have shot a few times with her, and her fan base is good for the niche we work in. We had her on cam, and it was very successful... almost too successful because her first whopper of a pay day, we handed her 2K USD and she took a 2 week vacation... 6 weeks ago.
So back to the drawing board. But I feel you are spot on with everything you have said regarding doing what others in your field are not doing to create a competitive edge. When we first launched the site, we were very green with how to process photos and a lot of them do not look as good as they should... instead of saying "Oh well, we will get better with the next shoot..." we are going back and re-processing all the original shoots and re-releasing them. Feedback has been very positive, which leads me to address your concept of staying in touch with the customers... it has been one of the sure fire winners for us by doing this. The mythical character "KB"... the American guy who meets cam models on cam sites and then flies to the Philippines to shoot them on video having sex has been a great concept that works for us. Our customers get into the fact that all the models are or were cam models at some point... meaning they are all are or were accessible. The personality we have created for this character seems to be very appreciated by the customers who have found that "KB" is always willing to have a conversation about anything related to meeting cam models face to face, general tips and advice for tourists going to the Philippines to meet their cam model crush, ect.
I have picked up some valuable insight that we can also work on in this thread... thank you for that, and your time.
To the guys flaming Paul... is it possible that switching to a better diet might help with your angst? Just saying... it appears a couple of you could do with a switch at the very least to decaf.
