I don't think I can respond to all of your question. Besides Julia has already provided insightful comments to your post. But I do have an opinion on Theme Days.  

Firstly, I remain perplexed by the gents that bitched about this. I mean WTF. This is a board dedicated to Eroticism. Plus if they don't like it they need not open the thread. As for me I'd much rather view an enticing pic of a hot lady and smile at their clever comments than see another post about Aunt Flo , EROS ads, Provider emails etc ..... I swear , some of these guys really just want a board for dudes. No girls allowed !

The main thing is Theme Day was about a lot more than Pics. It allowed opportunity for friendly banter and for ladies to display personality as well as physical attributes.  

I have no objection to the new Photo Board. I guess it could be a way for ladies to catalog their pics for potential clients. But it in no way provides the spice of the Theme Days.

Sadly I fear TER is listening to the louder members and not the solid hobbyist or ladies that make TER intersting. This disappoints me.  

There were options to consider. Hell, they could have least considered a compromise of limiting Theme Days to once a week

Thanks for a thoughtful post. Well done. I kinda wish you had put this on the General Board for larger viewership.

I am not sure I have any worthwhile answers to the questions, but I can always depend on Julia to provide better ones anyway, so I am not going to try.

She has not paid me anything to say this, but I so respect Julia for her outlook. She is the consummate professional. She understands her business, understands how to market herself and her profession.  

Rather than getting all involved in emotional responses to anything, she looks at things logically, decides how a change in the outside environment will affect her, and incorporates that change into her business model.

Wow, what a concept. If more people in this world would accept change, and decide how to use it to their advantage, or at least not let it slow them down, we would all find less stress in our lives. I fifind in my own business that change often frustrates me, and it is easy to complain about it. But the smart people (like Julia) adapt and adjust and find ways to make things work to their advantage.

Of course in her case, her marketing skills are combined with exceptional customer service and customer experience that makes me wonder why she has to market at all !!!  But we all need to keep our message fresh and she has articulated eloquently why and how she does so...

this is not a paid advertisement. However, if Julia would like to hire me as her PR guy, she is welcome to !