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ninjrk

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #405 on: July 23, 2005, 07:17:03 PM »
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I love Minka and I think she is a fantastic lady.  That being said:
Minka is an educated lady and many have described her as somewhat of an "intellectual snob", would be the best way to say it.  I also saw many members give her intelligent suggestions.  While I would never be presumptuous enough to tell Minka how to operate her website or her business interests, I would sometimes give her some suggestions, as would others.  

It is certainly her option to consider, implement, or discard any advice she receives, of course.  However, sometimes it cannot hurt to listen to others.  Lisa Lipps is a very net savvy businesswoman and she always asks for suggestions from her members.  It cannot hurt to have someone's outside perspective.




Honestly, I wonder if there isn't a bit more than that.  I love to look at Minka and she does come across well, especially in person.  However, my impression of her has always been that she is fairly unsentimental when it comes to the business.  Which does make sense, lugging around heavy sacks on your chest is something that you can only do so long, so you'd best reap what you can while you can.  I suspect that, with her site, there is simply no financial benefit to revamping it and probably a great deal of sacrificed time, effort, and capital.  IOW, if it's not going to result in a surge of customers or a significant increase in retention rates, it's not worth it.

Of course, I could be wrong.

Matt
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MunsterEddie

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #406 on: July 23, 2005, 07:51:45 PM »
for a while she was my favorite, the only super bosomy asian and to me, oriental ladies were so sexy looking.  but imo she came across as hard, tough, cold, no nonsense, lightness or levity, arrogant, all business, curt, bottom line, abrupt and conceited.  she also seemed to lack imagination, innovation, inventiveness and creativity.    maybe she had no motivation  or was just plain lazy. who knows?  

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melonie_charm

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #407 on: July 23, 2005, 09:26:46 PM »
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I suspect that, with her site, there is simply no financial benefit to revamping it and probably a great deal of sacrificed time, effort, and capital. IOW, if it's not going to result in a surge of customers or a significant increase in retention rates, it's not worth it.

Of course, I could be wrong.




... which brings us to the issue of another fundamental change having occurred in the huge boob business - the possibility of earning $1000+ for a single hour's effort providing 'up close and personal' attention to a single fan, versus investing untold hours worth of effort to (re)establish a pay website plus interacting with pay website members on an ongoing basis in a gamble that the pay website will turn a net profit of $1000 a week? month? after hosting fees, bandwidth charges and income taxes.

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MunsterEddie

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #408 on: July 23, 2005, 11:22:39 PM »
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...many models have the rock star disease as described by U2'band members....

evryone will copy their oppinion so they cant see when something could be improved.

inherent to sttardom, I guess...


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ordinary people are often self centered and selfish.  but **28** are not just regular folks. theyre usually abnormal. theyre generally compulsively self indulgent and materialistic, self absorbed and self obsessed.

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LancelotKane

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #409 on: July 24, 2005, 03:08:22 AM »
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I suspect that, with her site, there is simply no financial benefit to revamping it and probably a great deal of sacrificed time, effort, and capital. IOW, if it's not going to result in a surge of customers or a significant increase in retention rates, it's not worth it.

Of course, I could be wrong.




... which brings us to the issue of another fundamental change having occurred in the huge boob business - the possibility of earning $1000+ for a single hour's effort providing 'up close and personal' attention to a single fan, versus investing untold hours worth of effort to (re)establish a pay website plus interacting with pay website members on an ongoing basis in a gamble that the pay website will turn a net profit of $1000 a week? month? after hosting fees, bandwidth charges and income taxes.




Very true, Melonie.  Many new entrants into the big busted entertainemnt business start private dances and escort sessions from the very beginning.  It certainly is a change in attitude.
"veni, vidi, vici."
"(I came, I saw, I conquered.)"

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Hentaibee

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #410 on: July 24, 2005, 05:26:22 AM »
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Quote:

I suspect that, with her site, there is simply no financial benefit to revamping it and probably a great deal of sacrificed time, effort, and capital. IOW, if it's not going to result in a surge of customers or a significant increase in retention rates, it's not worth it.

Of course, I could be wrong.




... which brings us to the issue of another fundamental change having occurred in the huge boob business - the possibility of earning $1000+ for a single hour's effort providing 'up close and personal' attention to a single fan, versus investing untold hours worth of effort to (re)establish a pay website plus interacting with pay website members on an ongoing basis in a gamble that the pay website will turn a net profit of $1000 a week? month? after hosting fees, bandwidth charges and income taxes.




if you do it the right way it will work..(ok Im biased as it will especially work in Europe.)..if you dont sell yourself properly....you can rather use the site as billboard and have a 3rd party site and fan sessions, as proven by several girls. One of the great thinks I always admired in Minka is her sense of biz with her truckload of merchandise. Very smart a lady  

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JustMeMike

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #411 on: July 24, 2005, 09:12:17 AM »
 

I've had lots of dealings with Minka over the years. Whether it was about a video review or an interview, she has always answered. Always.

Doesn't matter to me if she answered in 10 words or 100 words. It was business. Just business. Never personal.

I never assumed that if I wrote favorable reviews of her videos that we were 'friends'. I never expected that she would be chatty, or interested in me or my family because I liked the size of her boobs. It was business.

Minka probably, at the height of her career, got more email, more messages, in a day, and every day, than you or I get in month.

Whether she followed your advice, took your suggestions, or not is her business and is up to her, not you. Just because we buy her videos, or join her website doesn't mean that she's going to take the time to have long and chatty conversations with you. Part of her business included taking phone calls from you, but you would have to her pay to talk to her this way. Otherwise you are a stranger to her, and why would she want to talk to you.?

As Melonie says, a girl in this business has to work very hard, and the returns are not all that great after expenses and taxes. And she may not have the time or be willing to put up with some of the stuff that is likely sent to her.

And when a model like Minka has issues with a CC billing company, or a webmaster, that puts her business at risk. If she has to close it down, we just move on to the next model we like.

But what does a Minka do?

Melonie has already told us what it is like for a model.

For me - I always had nice dealings with Minka. Direct, timely, and when she sent me videos for reviews, I never had to ask twice. She's a classy lady...and 10 word responses or not...I appreciate the way she dealt with me over the years. We go back to the late 90's when she was living in Virginia.
And it was the same then as it is now with her living in Las Vegas. Professional.

From New York, this is...  

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MunsterEddie

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #412 on: July 24, 2005, 10:41:00 AM »
obviously your experiences as a colleague  or insider in the business qualify you as knowledgable, and youve known her personally for years. you certainly have the understanding to excuse or justify  her attitude, as the points you make are  quite valid.  maybe i expressed myself a little too harshly. i was only attempting to relate the fans point of view, of the facts of what was occurring on her web site, regarding her relationships [and they were relationships, however one sided] between her and her fans and paying consumers/product customers. so ill just leave it at this and then shut up and leave: on the web site, as  "a star", she was often  unmotivated, uncaring or just lazy;  discourteous, impolite, disrespectful or rude, whether people deserved it or not [and sometimes they certainly did deserve it],  all of which is bad for business  and  some of  "her public" was disenchanted or disillusioned, frustrated and "fed up" with her  bad attitude and/or her lame web site.
 thats  the reality of what was happening  on the site, for years, and as a result, her  web business was losing many customers and not gaining many new ones.  again, sorry for being so harsh about her. [i guess i just personally prefer vixen lamoore, and a couple other names] thanks.      bye.

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JustMeMike

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #413 on: July 24, 2005, 01:43:18 PM »
I didnt say you were wrong...I only related my experiences with her. And I visited her site but did not join it. So I plead ignorance of the daily events there.

I didn't say I knew Minka personally...I said she acted in a professional manner with me. That's all.

If you think she's difficult to deal with from your own experiences, or you think that because of the comments made on her message board, then you have more knowledge than me.

My remarks weren't meant to discredit you - my remarks were meant to offer another perspective based on my own real life experience dealing with her. That's all.


JMM

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zappfra

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #414 on: July 24, 2005, 10:21:08 PM »
Thank to JMM for his input, I think some people here are getting off the subject which I originally posted to advise that Minka had set up a new site because of problems, mentioned here in an earlier post.

For my two cents worth I have been a member of Minka's titanic site a few times over the past few years, and for a monthly fee it is acceptable, fairly regular updates, plenty of archives, real movies are a bit poor in quality, but in general the site is ok, and a Minka site is better than no site at all. Purchasing merchandise has been quick and easy and any e-mail I have sent I have had a reply. I don't expect Minka to treat me any different than as a customer/fan. Bit like me in business, I don't have a chat with every customer that comes into my shop, because sometimes business is just that, business.
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TheOtherMacman

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #415 on: July 25, 2005, 04:34:49 AM »
Thanks for the heads up zappfra, and from a fellow Aussie no less! Anyway, I've put up a post on this at Asian Sirens - hopefully we can help her to make this transition as smooth as possible.

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #416 on: August 30, 2005, 03:13:03 PM »
Anyone happen to know whether Minka's appearance on the Man Show afew years ago is on any of the many Man show DVD's that are available to buy, and if so which vol.
Same goes for that wrestling show she appeared on.Nitro I think.
Any info would help. cheers

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Maximus

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #417 on: August 30, 2005, 04:42:03 PM »
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Anyone happen to know whether Minka's appearance on the Man Show afew years ago is on any of the many Man show DVD's that are available to buy, and if so which vol.
Same goes for that wrestling show she appeared on.Nitro I think.
Any info would help. cheers




Minka was on The Man Show    

When ?

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Starscream

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #418 on: August 30, 2005, 05:06:08 PM »
I have the clip on Minka on WCW Nitro somewhere on a back up cd. I'll have a look for it and upload it somewhere for you. As for The Man Show, I'm not sure she was ever on there. Unless it was after the original hosts left which is when I stopped watching

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cynic

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Re: Minka MERGED
« Reply #419 on: August 30, 2005, 05:47:43 PM »
To my knowledge Minka was never on The Man Show.  As stated above, she was seen on WCW wrestling in a black T-shirt when (for one night) she  donned herself the wrestler name of 'Satin'.  She didn't wrestle though; the whole episode was a 3-minute prancing around the ring where she pretended she was about to rip her shirt off but never did.

Side note: I liked the concept of the Man Show, but their 'juggy' girls were under-qualified by BEA standards.  Usually just a C-cup maximum.  So their only real good moment was getting Busty Heart AKA Susan Sykes to do her can-crushing thing.