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Cam Models Guide to Twitter for marketing

As a cam model, social media is incredibly important for improving your career. When you can’t be live on cam, social media is the main way that your fans can interact with you and see what you have going on. Twitter is one of the best marketing tools for the adult industry. Unlike Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, Twitter is adult friendly. As long as you’re not spamming and as long as you have your content marked as sensitive, you don’t have to worry about getting your account shutdown. The only exception to this rule is in your profile and header pictures. Those cannot contain any nudity.

There are several different ways that you should be utilizing Twitter to market yourself. The first way is just through daily posts. Your fans want to know what you have going on, both in your professional and personal life. Don’t make every single tweet a plug for something you’re selling. Even if you aren’t comfortable sharing a lot of your personal information, there are still little things that you can include to make yourself more relatable to your fans. You can post pictures of your animals, mention when you’re running errands, talk about concerts or events that you attended earlier in the week, etc. Throwing in little things like that in between your ads helps your fans build a real world connection with you and makes them look at you as more than just a sex object or product.

But with that said, tweets that mention your business are also extremely important. Whenever you go live on cam, you should always tweet it out. Include a link to your cam room and maybe even a picture. Tweets with pictures generally get more views that ones with just text. Mention what you’re doing in your cam shows for that day or put in a funny little pun like, “Cum hang out with me on cam!”. Little things like that add personality to your tweets, even though the main message is an technically an ad.

Using hashtags is another great way to get your tweets seen by more people. Use relevant hashtags as often as you can, without overdoing it. If you just put in a short description of the link that you’re posting about, you’ll likely already have keywords in there that you can turn into hashtags. Some good examples are #camgirl #cammodel #livesex #sexy #webcam #porn #naked #sex… just to name a few. I’m sure you can come up with plenty more relevant hashtags to use in your tweets throughout the day. If you have something hashtagged and someone searches for that hashtag on Twitter, they might stumble upon your profile and become a fan.

There are TONS of cam model promotional accounts on Twitter. A lot of them have thousands and thousands of followers. Often times when you start following other cam models or other adult promotional accounts on Twitter, you’ll start to see suggestions for more promo accounts pop-up. Follow as many as you can and make sure you tweet them occasionally. If you include them in a tweet that has a picture attached to it that’s relevant to the kind of things they post, they’re likely to retweet it for you. This can mean lots and lots of extra exposure for you. To help get you started, I made a public list on Twitter with over 160 promo Twitter accounts that you should follow and tweet. Some focus on specific things such as selfies, ass shots, bikinis, etc., so make sure you check out each account so that you tweet them a picture of something they’re most likely to retweet. When you follow all of these promo accounts, it can make your Twitter dashboard very cluttered since they constantly retweet stuff. So to make things easier for yourself, be sure to mute them after you follow. This will just make it so their notifications don’t show up in your main Twitter dashboard feed, and they won’t know you muted them.

To keep your content protected and prevent it from getting shared all over the internet with no link back to your site or cam shows, be sure to watermark all of your content! That’ll also ensure that every time your tweet gets retweeted or quoted, the link that you put on the picture will always be there.

A few other things before we’re done here. Make sure your location service is turned off. If it’s on, you may expose where you live or where you’re currently at. Make sure you’re interacting with your fans. When someone tweets you, tweet them back if you have a spare few seconds. If someone gives you a compliment or shout-out, you can at least like the tweet. Also, if you want your tweet to reach the most amount of people, don’t put someone’s username at the beginning of your tweet unless it’s a reply directly to them. When you put the @username at the beginning of a tweet, only the people who follow both you and the person you mentioned will see that tweet in their timeline. But if you put anything at all before the @username (a word, sentence, hashtag, or even just a period), everyone will see it.

Protecting Yourself On Cam

July 7, 2016

Protecting yourself on Webcam

Protecting yourself while on cam is extremely important. From your real name to where you live, it’s completely up to you what information you decide to share with your fans. Definitely make sure you have a clear plan in action before getting on cam for the first time of what you’re comfortable sharing and what information you want to keep private. I’m gonna go over some different things to consider in this article, but keep in mind that this is the internet and you are being broadcast in front of hundreds or even thousands of people. Even if you do everything that you can to protect your identity, the possibility is always there for family, friends, or potential employers to find out what you do online.

There are lots of different things that you can be doing in order to protect yourself. The first is picking out your stage name. You shouldn’t use your real name on cam. Pick out a name that you like. This is your chance to be called whatever you want! If you decide to cam with a friend, make sure they know not to call you by your real name. It can be easy to slip up, so just watch out.

Some models are comfortable giving out their location, while others are not. This is completely up to you. If you decide not to share your location, there are some extra things to consider. One big give away of where you live could be sports teams that you root for. Even if you tell your fans that you used to live there and now you moved, it could still compromise things. You also have to be careful when posting on social media. Don’t mention events or places that you’re gonna be attending. That could be another sign of where you’re from. You could even end up with a stalker this way that follows you home… who knows.

Most cam and clip sites offer some form of regional blocking. Regional blocking allows you to block certain countries, states, cities, or even zip codes from viewing your cam shows. If you’re worried about friends, family, or just people in your area finding out what you do, you should probably set up regional blocking. Although this sounds like it would completely protect you, it doesn’t. There are hacks around it, such as someone using an IP address from somewhere that you don’t have blocked. Someone watching your shows could also secretly record them and post them on a tube site or somewhere else on the internet. If your content gets pirated and posted somewhere without your knowledge, you won’t be able to block regions on that site and someone you know may stumble upon it.

Keep your personal life and camming life separate. Create a new email address specifically for camming before you start. Never use your personal email or have it attached in any way. You should also make sure you protect your address on your wishlists. Either have it kept hidden from your wishlist or use a PO Box to get your fan mail. One thing that a lot of cam models don’t think about is photo cross-referencing. If you post a photo on one of your personal social media accounts, you should not post that picture on anything related to your camming. Someone could do a Google search of that photo and cross-reference it back to your personal account.

What you decide to share is up to you. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable, but be safe about it. Even if you feel fine with sharing a lot of your personal life, use common sense to know when it’s enough. I hope this article hasn’t scared anyone. It wasn’t meant to scare you, but more to make you aware of things you absolutely need to consider before deciding if this is the right career for you.

Making The Most Out Of Sexting

July 1, 2016

Webcam Models and Sexting

Now that you’re a cam model, what should you do next? Don’t just stop at camming… broaden your horizons! Expanding your business past just camming is what many successful models do. There are lots of different ways to do this: starting your own website, offering custom content, and even sexting! Sexting and phone sex is becoming more and more popular. There are lots of different sites out there that offer an easy way for you to sext your fans without having to give out your phone number or compromise your security.

On all of the sexting and adult phone call sites out there, they keep your personal phone number and the fans who are contacting you personal phone numbers completely private. They are able to do this with a routing system that takes the messages sent back and forth and making them come from an anonymous phone number. This way you can’t be tracked and your fan’s number is also secure. This can be done for both texting messaging and actual phone calls. The only thing you’ll want to do is make sure your voicemail doesn’t mention your actual phone number. That way if a fan calls you and gets sent to voicemail, they’re just hear some kind of generic message and not get your actual number.

Setting yourself up on the various sexting platforms is super easy, and there are lots of different choices out there for the site you decide to stick with. You can even feature yourself on multiple sites to increase your earnings if you want. But more goes into it than just getting approved and setting up your profile. It’s important to follow some pretty simple steps in order to get the most out of sexting and to be successful at it.

All of the various sites have different features, but one of my favorite features is being able to see how many credits on the site each member who’s connected with you has. This makes it easier to decide which members are a waste of time and which ones might actually chat with you. It’s especially useful if you have your phone number set to free and just charge per message they open from you. When your number is free, any member can ‘connect’, but that doesn’t mean they’ll actually chat with you. Some guys don’t understand how the site works and think they’re collecting hundreds of model’s phone numbers for free, not realizing they can’t do anything with them unless they pay per message. So being able to track how much money each user has on the site can really be a time saver. So that’s basically the first tip that I have… check credit amounts before spending too much time continuously messaging everyone who connects with you.

With that said, you should at least send some kind of hello message to everyone when they connect. Even if they don’t have any credits, they might be intrigued by your message and buy credits so that they can see what it says. And once you’ve roped them in, they might just become a repeat customer. Usually what I like to do is send them a short hello message thanking them for connecting and say that I hope I hear from them soon. Then I’ll send some kind of sexy teaser picture. I’ll even sometimes say something after the picture like, “If you like what you see, let me know so I can send more ;)”. If the person doesn’t have any credits on the site, I’ll usually just send the initial hello message. But if they have a decent amount, I’ll do the follow up ones to see if I can really engage them.

It’s also important to hold your customer’s interest without giving too much away at once. Don’t send them your most provocative picture right off the bat. Ease them into it with some flirty messages and pictures first. Make them want to see a little more at a time until they’re totally hooked on you. Make sure you’re engaging. Get to know the person and let them get to know a little about you. Many guys want to do some normal, everyday chat in between sexting. And also make sure you reply to their messages at a timely manner. They might message you on their lunch break or something and if you don’t get back to them until they have to start working again, they might lose interest by the time they can check their messages.

Just have fun with sexting and follow my simple tips. You’ll find that you can make a lot of extra income from it without having to do a lot of work.

Types Of Cam Shows

June 30, 2016

Different types of cam shows for webcam models

Depending on the site that you cam on, there are different types of cam shows you can offer your fans. It’s completely up to you which kind of shows to offer on each site. In most cases, you can set your own price either per minute for different shows or have a flat fee that each fan has to contribute in order to watch the show. So let’s go over the different show types:

FREE CHAT/PUBLIC CHAT
Every cam site has a free or public chat, but they all have different guidelines for what you can and cannot do while in public. Essentially this chat mode is free to any member or guest (although you can turn guests off on some sites, such as Streamate). You can still get tips while in public chat though. So, like I said, the rules for what you can get away with in public chat vary by site. Some sites such as Streamate don’t allow any nudity below the waist in public chat. You can shows your titties, but no pussy or asshole shots allowed! Other sites such as Myfreecams, don’t have restrictions for public chat. On sites like this, most girls will set a goal while in public chat and accept tips until they reach that goal. Once the goal is met, they’ll perform a show for everyone right there in public chat.

PRIVATE SHOW
Despite the name, private shows usually aren’t exactly private. On some sites like Streamate, one member will take you private and pay your per minute price for the whole time he’s in that private session with you. But other members can enter that same private chat and join in on the show. They have full access to everything that original member does. The private ends either when you end it or when all members leave the private. A private show is a little different on Myfreecams. Only one member can take you private and they pay MFC’s set per minute price. Other members can join in, but they only join as spies. This means they can watch the show, but they cannot chat with you or hear anything you’re saying. They pay a lower per minute rate, which is also set by MFC.

EXCLUSIVE/TRUE PRIVATE
Although they have different names depending on the site you’re on (exclusive on Streamate, true private on Myfreecams), these shows are the same thing. When a fan takes you into an exclusive or true private chat session, it’s just the two of you. No one else can enter and no one can spy on the show. MFC sets the per minute price for you, but many models require the member to tip a certain amount before the true private to show they won’t just take them and leave them after a minute or two. You set your own exclusive price per minute on Streamate, and it’s generally higher than your private rate since it’s a one-on-one show. You can also offer block sessions on Streamate for exclusive and private shows. With these, the member pays for a certain block of time in advance (5 minutes, 10, minutes, 20 minutes, etc.). They’re charged the full amount right away and you’re paid that amount as long as you don’t end the session early.

GROUP SHOW
Group shows exist on various sites, including Myfreecams. Basically at least three members have to request a group show from you before you can actually enter a group chat. More members than that can join, but three is the minimum to get things started. Once in group chat, everyone watching the show pays a small per minute price, set by MFC. You can end the show whenever you want, or else it ends automatically once all paying members leave the chat.

GOLD SHOW
A gold show is a special show on Streamate. Similar shows exist on other sites as well, but have different names. With a gold show, you set a topic letting your fans know what you plan on doing in the show, a goal for how much you want to raise in order to do the show, the minimum amount each member has to tip in order to watch the show, how long of a show you’ll do, and how long your members have to collectively get you to your goal. During the countdown process, members tip the minimum or higher to be able to watch the show. Every member that tips will get to see your show if you decide to start it. If you hit your goal or get close enough that you decide you want to start it, all of those members who tipped the minimum or higher get taken into a private chat where they can watch you perform. Even after the show starts, more members are free to tip in and join as well.

Hygiene Tips For Cam Models

June 24, 2016

Hygiene for Webcam Models

Keeping up with your health and hygiene is incredibly important for anyone, but extra important for cam models. If your body isn’t healthy, you may not be able to work. There are lots of little tips and tricks that you can do to keep your body at it’s best. You really have to pay attention to everything that you put on and in (giggity) your body. From the type of soap you use to the material of toys you use, it’s important to know your own body and do everything you can to keep it healthy.

When first starting out as a cam model, it’s a good idea to get several toys that are all made out of different materials. Even if you just buy cheap ones at first, it’ll give you the opportunity to see which materials feel the best for you. You’ll also be able to find out if your body doesn’t react well to certain materials. Some models buy expensive toys right off the bat and then end up being allergic to them. They have to either throw them away at that point or put a condom over them. And let’s face it, guys don’t want to see you fucking a dildo with a condom on it.

After finding out which materials work best for you, keeping up with cleaning your toys is incredibly important. You should clean your toys every single time that you use them. Some toys such as glass ones and silicone ones can be boiled. This will kill any germs and bacteria. But good old soap and water will do the trick too for most toys. Use a gentle soap and be sure to completely rinse your toys off after using soap. You don’t want to get that soap inside of you because it could lead to an infection. You also want to make sure you completely dry your toys after each washing. Leaving them wet could cause mold or bacteria to grow on them. When you aren’t using your toys, you should store them in a cool, dry place. Either space them out or get some kind of individual storage unit for each toy. You don’t want them touching each other. Some toys don’t react well when touched by other toys, and you may end up ruining them. There are also cleaners made specifically for toys. These are a good option too. Although you really should wash your toys after each use, some models use baby wipes to clean them off in between shows and then actually wash them or boil them at the end of the night. This isn’t a bad option, and baby wipes can really come in handy if you have toys that are particularly attracted to dust and fuzz.

Some models will do oil or lotion shows. Depending on the type of oil you use, it may not be the best idea to get any inside of your vagina. It may lead to an infection. The same goes for lotion. You should never put lotion inside of you. Some girls make the mistake of filling their squirting dildos with lotion. Terrible idea! Use watered down, plain yogurt instead.

If you do a lot of bath shows, you may also be susceptible to infections. To help prevent them, try using soaps and bubble baths from the baby aisle. These are specifically designed to be used on sensitive skin. You won’t have to worry about them irritating you. I also recommend using baby soap for shaving. It’ll help prevent irritation and leave your skin smooth and moisturized.

Another good habit to get into is showering after you’re done camming. If one of your toys or even your fingers were a little dirty, you’ll prevent anything from going wrong down there with a quick rinse off in the shower. Also, if you start to feel sore or swollen during your shows, take a little break or switch to a wand vibrator for awhile. The last thing you want is to be in pain while working or have to take the next day off because you went too hard the night before.

File Sharing And Storage

June 15, 2016

File Sharing and Storage for Webcam Models

As you start to create more and more content, it’s important to have a place online where you can store everything. There’s a couple reasons for this. First, it’s good practice to keep backups of your content just in case something happens to your computer. If you get a virus or any kind of issue happens with your hard drive, it’d be a nightmare to lose all of the content that you spent so much time working on. If you have everything saved online, you can just download everything after your computer is fixed. Sometimes your customers will lose their copy of a custom you shot for them. Instead of wasting space on your hard drive, you can store custom content online. That way you’ll be able to send it to them again if they accidentally delete it.

When using most file storage sites, they also let you share your files anonymously. This is great for sending out customs, putting together and sending out video/photoset packages, and also for sharing files on sites like Streamate where they don’t allow you to give out any personal information or other social media names/links. On sites like that, it’s perfectly fine to send out content using a file sharing site as long as it’s anonymous and you don’t have your content watermarked with a different site link or username.

There are three main sites that most cam models use for their file storage and sharing needs. All three sites are pretty similar, but have a few differences.

The first site is Dropbox. Dropbox is my personal favorite and the site I use to store all of my content. It’s the most expensive option, but I find it to be the most reliable and incredibly easy to use. If you don’t have a lot of content, Dropbox allows you to store up to 2GB for free. If you connect your Facebook and Twitter accounts, you can earn an additional 250MB of storage. And for each person that you refer, you earn an additional 500MB of storage space. If you have a lot of content, you’ll have to upgrade to the Pro version. It’s $9.99/month or $99/year for 1TB of space. That’s 1000GB! You can organize everything by folder, move, copy and rename files, and share your files. You might be thinking, “If I give out a link to one of my videos to a paying customer, couldn’t they just share that link with other people?” A really great feature with Dropbox is the ability to make links expire. And if you upgrade to Pro, you can password protect your links as well if you choose to. For me, I sell video/photoset packages when I’m doing my live cam shows. I have four folders that contain different videos and pictures, depending on how much the person tips. Every Monday before I get on cam, I set my links for those folders to expire at 11:59 pm the following Sunday. And then when someone tips for them throughout the week, I send them that week’s link and let them know to make sure they download the content by Sunday night. Another nice feature about Dropbox is the phone app. You can access your Dropbox from any device.

The second file sharing and storage site is MediaFire. MediaFire offers many of the same features as Dropbox, but it’s cheaper. You get 10GB of free space when you sign-up. If you connect your Facebook and Twitter accounts, you can earn an additional 2GB of free storage space. And for every person that you refer, you earn an additional 1GB of space. If you run out of storage space, you can upgrade to Pro for $5/month or $45/year. If you’re using the free version of MediaFire, there are lots of ads and captcha codes. The amount of time that you can store your files for free is also limited. Like Dropbox, you can organize your files into folders and share those files through links.

The final file sharing and storage site is Project Maenad. It’s currently in beta mode and completely free to use. It was designed specifically for cam models. In the future, they plan to monetize the site by taking a percentage from payments processed through the site. The site has been around for over a year now, but I’m a little skeptical of future plans. I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable moving all of my content to them since they aren’t as established as Dropbox or MediaFire. I’ve also seen a decent amount of cam models reporting errors and bugs on the site. Just like with the other sites, you can organize your files into folders and share those files through links. You can also set expiration dates for your links. With Project Maenad, you’re even given a profile that you can customize. Your profile can contain a picture of you, some basic information, and the sites you’re on. If you’re using Project Maenad with a site like Streamate, you must check the Hide Profile Links button before sending out a link. That way you won’t break Streamate’s TOS about not giving out links to other sites you work on.

All three sites are good options for file sharing and storage. Ultimately it’s up to you which site to use.

Being Smart With Your Contests And Raffles

June 13, 2016

Webcam Contests

To earn extra money and increase interaction with fans, most models will hold contests and raffles. These can be live on cam, through social media, or through your website. It’s completely up to you. Contests and raffles are a fun way to engage your fans and get them to participate in something together. But it’s important to be smart about the way you run your contests and what prizes you offer.

If you’ve ever watched any of the top cam girls, you may have seen them holding big contests and raffles with huge prizes. This makes sense for them to do because they have such a big following. But a rookie mistake that a lot of newer cam models make is offering unrealistic prizes to their fans. Once you’ve held a few contests and you can gauge the amount you think you’ll make based off of the interest of your previous contests, then you can start offering bigger prizes if you feel it’s worth it. Bigger prizes doesn’t always mean that you’re gonna have more interest shown in your contest. So if you offer a date, travel expenses, long custom, long Skype sessions, etc., you may end up dishing out more money than you make.

Some models that think it’s best to offer a huge prize without really having a large following will add a stipulation to the rules. It’s usually something like, “There’s no specific date that this contest ends. It ends once I raise x amount of dollars or get x amount of entries.”. This might seem like a good idea at first, but as the contest goes on and on and on, interest will die down. You may never reach your goal. And then you end up with the fans who did enter mad at you. It’s important to be reasonable with your expectations. Saying that you’ll only do the raffle if you sell a certain amount of entries isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But if you decide to do that, you should offer consolation prizes to those who did enter. If you’re not at least offering that, your fans will be skeptical about entering in the first place for fear that they won’t have a shot at winning anything. Or if you’re holding a monthly contest, you could always roll it over to the next month if need be.

Before you announce a new contest or raffle, make sure you establish all of the rules. Every cam model has trolls in their room who will try to find a loophole or try to confuse you so you agree to something that you don’t actually want to offer. So just be sure to spell out all of the rules and specifications beforehand.

Things to think about:

Can the same person win multiple prizes?
Do they have to specifically say in their tip note that their tip is for the raffle?
If you’re offering a custom video or Skype time, can it be split up into multiple sessions?
Are there any restrictions to what you’ll do in a custom or Skype show?
If your contest rewards the top tipper, is that the top overall tipper or highest single tip?

These are just a few of the things you should think of and plan out before officially announcing your contest. Just make sure all points are covered so there’s no confusion once the contest starts.

Camming With Other Cam Models

June 10, 2016

A good way to earn some extra money is by doing shows with other cam models! Guys love it when two of their favorite cam models get together to do shows. So not only is it a treat for your fans, but it’s a treat for you too because you get to play with another sexy girl on cam all day! 😉 Not only can you do live cam shows together, but you can also shoot content to sell later on. But it’s not all fun and games. There are certain things that you need to establish with each other beforehand.

If you’re doing live cam shows together, you have to make sure all of the legal stuff is in place beforehand. If you cam on different sites, make sure you both register on both sites and get approved before meeting up. This will prevent any delays in your shows. You’ll also need to decide which account you want to perform on. You can do all of your shows on one account and split the money afterwards, take turns switching between each other’s account, or even keep both of your rooms open and keep whatever your fans tip you in your own room.

The second and third ways that I just mentioned are pretty straight forward, but you have to be careful if you’re doing all of the shows on one account and splitting the money afterwards. First, make sure that you trust the other cam model. You wouldn’t want to do all that work and not get paid for it. Second, you need to remember taxes. Since it will only show as revenue for the girl who’s account you’re performing on, she should keep more of the money for tax purposes. About 30% is fair, and then the remainder should be split 50/50. You also need to establish when you’ll both be getting paid. If you’re camming from another model’s account, will she pay you that same day or wait until the check comes in for your shows? These are all things that need to be discussed beforehand, and it’s best to get it in writing as opposed to over the phone.

If you’re shooting other content besides live shows with a model, you need to agree on some things beforehand as well. Do you both have 100% rights to do whatever you want with the content? Should you both sell it for the same price? Are any sites off limits for selling it on? If the girl you’re working with has geo restrictions in place, she might not want her content sold all over the internet. Geo restrictions come into play when live camming as well. If the girl you’re shooting with has certain areas blocked, you should block those areas as well while the two of you are camming together.

Make sure you protect yourself. You’ll need to get a copy of the other model’s photo ID and a signed 2257 form. These should be exchanged before shooting content together. If you haven’t worked with the model before or if you don’t know her that well, a confidentiality agreement isn’t a bad idea either. This will prevent her from sharing any of your personal information online. You should also both get tested for STDs, depending on the type of content you’re shooting. There’s no need to feel weird or uncomfortable asking for all of this. Any smart model understands that it’s important to protect themselves and cover all bases.

Even if you don’t live in an area with a lot of other cam models, there’s plenty of ways to meet them. Social media is probably the easiest way. If there’s a girl you want to work with, give her a follow and shoot her a DM. Don’t give out too much personal information right away, but maybe mention the state that you live in and see if she’s willing to travel or host you. Conventions are also a great way to meet other cam models. Usually you’ll be staying in a nice hotel, which is the perfect setting for shooting content together. Some conventions even buy out entire hotels for the weekend, so you’re free to run around naked… which gives you even more locations to shoot together!

Camming On A Budget

June 9, 2016