Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Hey, just a quick question. How do you glamour models respond to a fan when he oversteps his limits--asking for "private texts" and so on? I totally get that this is probably a common thing--I'm just wondering how the rest of you set boundaries, without losing fans? PS: I will come back to this thread; I'm just really busy today and tomorrow.  Also, please no "don't be a glamour model if you can't handle it" responses--I can handle it; I just want to know how others do, as well.
Model
Jessica Vaugn
Posts: 7328
Los Angeles, California, US
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it.
Photographer
Loki Studio
Posts: 3523
Royal Oak, Michigan, US
There is no reason to provide your cell phone, personal Facebook, or other means of direct contact to a fan. There is no good reason to meet fans except at public promotional or work events. Your only response has to be "I only talk with my fans on Facebook or yyyy." If they have business offers, refer them to a booking agent contact email until you can verify its legit.
Model
Scoria
Posts: 55
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Loki Studio wrote:
There is no reason to provide your cell phone, personal Facebook, or other means of direct contact to a fan. There is no good reason to meet fans except at public promotional or work events. Your only response has to be "I only talk with my fans on Facebook or yyyy." If they have business offers, refer them to a booking agent contact email until you can verify its legit. +1
Photographer
JAE
Posts: 2207
West Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Jessica Vaugn wrote:
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it. The Ferrari should arrive at your place tomorrow. I had them put one of those giant bows around it.
Model
Nicole Nu
Posts: 3981
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I just tell them that I don't give out my number unless it's for a shoot.
Or if they aren't someone I've talked to before I ignore them. It's rude, but, I'm not about to give a random person my phone number who I've never talked to before.
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
JAE Photography PA wrote:
The Ferrari should arrive at your place tomorrow. I had them put one of those giant bows around it. xDDD
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Jessica Vaugn wrote:
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it. Somewhat off-topic, but I'd practically DIE to get advice from you on monetizing....
Photographer
Marc Damon
Posts: 6562
Biloxi, Mississippi, US
JAE Photography PA wrote:
The Ferrari should arrive at your place tomorrow. I had them put one of those giant bows around it. Ferrari? LOL Cheapskate!
Rachel and Jessica, I'm sending you each a Maybach Landaulet. What color and options would you like?
![https://images.forbes.com/media/2010/02/01/0201_maybach-landaulet_485x340.jpg]()
No cheezy bow. It might mar the paint. Instead it comes with a dozen long stemmed red roses and a bottle of Cristal.
Photographer
Jay Lee Studios
Posts: 1239
San Diego, California, US
When I build websites for glamour models, I either have them create a blog that I link to the site or build one it. Also you can have forums added to your site that way you can have conversations without any personal info being out there.
I also highly recommend webcam chat sessions. You charge a membership to your site and with that membership they are able to access your webcam chat when you are online and start it. OR you can join a cam site and sit there in your underwear or nude and chat to them and they have to pay for time to view the session.
Other than that do not give out any information. If they want to buy photos you can set up a store on your site and that way they never have your personal pay pal account either.
Best,
Jay
Model
Babalon Salome
Posts: 3499
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Loki Studio wrote:
There is no reason to provide your cell phone, personal Facebook, or other means of direct contact to a fan. There is no good reason to meet fans except at public promotional or work events. Your only response has to be "I only talk with my fans on Facebook or yyyy." If they have business offers, refer them to a booking agent contact email until you can verify its legit. This.
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Marc Damon wrote:
Ferrari? LOL Cheapskate!
Rachel and Jessica, I'm sending you each a Maybach Landaulet. What color and options would you like?
![https://images.forbes.com/media/2010/02/01/0201_maybach-landaulet_485x340.jpg]()
No cheezy bow. It might mar the paint. Instead it comes with a dozen long stemmed red roses and a bottle of Cristal. Canary yellow, please. 
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Loki Studio wrote:
There is no reason to provide your cell phone, personal Facebook, or other means of direct contact to a fan. There is no good reason to meet fans except at public promotional or work events. Your only response has to be "I only talk with my fans on Facebook or yyyy." If they have business offers, refer them to a booking agent contact email until you can verify its legit. I know all of this--I'm wondering what words, specifically, others use in a nutshell to relate this to those fans.
Photographer
Lumigraphics
Posts: 32780
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sounds kinda pathetic to me. Either the fan or the model who encourages it.
Photographer
Christopher Hartman
Posts: 54196
Buena Park, California, US
Rachel-Elise wrote:
Hey, just a quick question.
How do you glamour models respond to a fan when he oversteps his limits--asking for "private texts" and so on?
I totally get that this is probably a common thing--I'm just wondering how the rest of you set boundaries, without losing fans?
PS: I will come back to this thread; I'm just really busy today and tomorrow. Also, please no "don't be a glamour model if you can't handle it" responses--I can handle it; I just want to know how others do, as well. Is this your way of telling me to back off? a private message via text would have sufficed.
Model
E M E R S O N
Posts: 1004
Tucson, Arizona, US
I certainly don't text my fans, they won't ever see my phone number. When they make comments that are inappropriate I just ignore them if they make me uncomfortable, I've never lost a fan because of it.
Model
MelissaAnn
Posts: 3971
Seattle, Washington, US
Thank the fan for his enthusiasm, and tell him you'd be happy to chat with him/text him for a pre-paid rate of $50 per 15 minutes. 
Photographer
Sedition1216
Posts: 273
Buffalo, New York, US
MelissaAnn wrote:
Thank the fan for his enthusiasm, and tell him you'd be happy to chat with him/text him for a pre-paid rate of $50 per 15 minutes. $50 for 15 minutes of texting! O.O
Model
Virginia P
Posts: 469
Los Angeles, California, US
Get a P.O. Box and create a wishlist, so that you can maintain safer contact with people, plus possibly get some goodies out of it.
Photographer
Art of the nude
Posts: 12067
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Jessica Vaugn wrote:
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it. Rachel-Elise wrote:
Somewhat off-topic, but I'd practically DIE to get advice from you on monetizing.... I suspect that staying alive is a useful part of making money as a model.
Model
hygvhgvkhy
Posts: 2092
Chicago, Illinois, US
Art of the nude wrote:
Jessica Vaugn wrote:
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it. I suspect that staying alive is a useful part of making money as a model. True, but just the knowledge would be worth the dying(-:
Photographer
Carle Photography
Posts: 9271
Oakland, California, US
Jessica Vaugn wrote:
I only text with those mega fans who are also mega buyers. I make them work for attention or easy access to conversation with me. Wanna be my favorite? Earn it. This is great advice...
The more fans you have, the higher the price of the fame...
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Lumigraphics wrote:
Sounds kinda pathetic to me. Either the fan or the model who encourages it. ?
I'm certainly not encouraging it!!! So far, I've just ignored it.
Thinking about that wishlist, though. *remembering the other thread on how wish lists are "evil"*
Model
Rachel in GR
Posts: 1656
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Christopher Hartman wrote:
Is this your way of telling me to back off? a private message via text would have sufficed. LOOOOLLLLLL!!
Model
Sabine Luise
Posts: 890
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Rachel-Elise wrote:
?
I'm certainly not encouraging it!!! So far, I've just ignored it.
Thinking about that wishlist, though. *remembering the other thread on how wish lists are "evil"* This seems interesting... I have seen others do this or with signed prints.
Photographer
Patrick Walberg
Posts: 45198
San Juan Bautista, California, US
Jay Lee Studios wrote:
When I build websites for glamour models, I either have them create a blog that I link to the site or build one it. Also you can have forums added to your site that way you can have conversations without any personal info being out there.
I also highly recommend webcam chat sessions. You charge a membership to your site and with that membership they are able to access your webcam chat when you are online and start it. OR you can join a cam site and sit there in your underwear or nude and chat to them and they have to pay for time to view the session.
Other than that do not give out any information. If they want to buy photos you can set up a store on your site and that way they never have your personal pay pal account either.
Best,
Jay I like this advise. Jay, I know a long time popular Internet model whose website has a forum, and she even has canned webcam footage that was produced previously. Very well maintained website that has lots of fans! As a model, you don't have to give up privacy to be popular.
Photographer
Patrick Walberg
Posts: 45198
San Juan Bautista, California, US
Marc Damon wrote:
Ferrari? LOL Cheapskate!
Rachel and Jessica, I'm sending you each a Maybach Landaulet. What color and options would you like?
![https://images.forbes.com/media/2010/02/01/0201_maybach-landaulet_485x340.jpg]()
No cheezy bow. It might mar the paint. Instead it comes with a dozen long stemmed red roses and a bottle of Cristal. Rachel-Elise wrote:
Canary yellow, please. Hmmm ... so if I gave that car to you, would you marry me?
No wait! I forgot for a moment that I am commitment phobic. But if I didn't want to be single? Naaw! It shouldn't be about buying stuff.
Model
Calypso Moon
Posts: 848
Banning, California, US
I don't respond to messages asking for personal information. If a fan messages me on facebook or MM with some sort of compliment, I will respond and say thanks, but that's about it. I don't market my personal attention. It seems like it could be a slippery slope, especially if you got a really obsessive fan.
Photographer
WIP
Posts: 15973
Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
My PA sends fans an autographed pic of me.
c h r i s xxx
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Also, please no "don't be a glamour model if you can't handle it" responses--I can handle it; I just want to know how others do, as well.
