November 30, 2012

Cam Model Marketing Part 5



The final installment (I think it is at least, for now.) of the Cam Girl Marketing Series. In this video I share a few  basic tips for getting started with marketing on Twitter. There are hundreds of cam models using Twitter everyday and in this video you will learn how to make your profile stand out and also how marketing on Twitter ties into all the other marketing strategies I have discussed in the previous videos.

The most important thing here ladies is to TAKE ACTION. It's one thing to watch the videos and have an idea of what to do, it's completely different to have the experience of actually doing it. So if you're serious about wanting to make great money with webcam modeling, then you need to turn up the heat on your marketing! Implement the strategies I've shared with you and let me know if you need any assistance!


November 29, 2012

Cam Girl Tip: Tracking Your Money

      One of the most important things when it comes to being a cam girl or being in business in general, is knowing exactly how much you're earning so that you know how close or far away you are from your desired income goal. Here are a few tips for tracking and increasing your earnings.

make money webcam modeling1.  Calculate your per hour rate.
   When you sign on cam, note the time. After one hour has passed, pause, and take note of how much you earned in that hour. Some hours you may make nothing, while others you may be in and out of private chat and the tippers are making it rain. Regardless, just write down how much you make each hour you're online.

2. Calculate your free chat/paid chat ratio.
   Here you are looking to see, out of one hour in free chat, how many minutes do you spend in paid chat, on average. So again, each hour, write down how many minutes you spent in paid chat during that hour. Let's say after 4 hours of camming, you clock a total 60 minutes of actual paid time. 60 minutes divided by 240 minutes equals 0.25. So that means you spend 25%, 15 minutes, of every hour in paid chat.

3. Calculate your average private time length
 It's helpful if you're on a site that does this for you, some do. If you're not, you can do it manually. Write down how many private shows you do in a given hour and how long the session lasted. At the end of the hour take the # of minutes divide by the # of private shows you did that hour. So 20 minutes of private / 3 private sessions equals an average of about 7 minutes.

4. Check your timing
Note the time of day, and day of the week. Then you'll be able to look back to see if a specific day or time is especially dead or profitable. For example, if you serve a lot of military clients, you may notice a spike in your activity on the evening before, on and after, the 1st and the 15th, military paydays. You may even notice that one of those days is better than the other.

5. Check the client
Keep track of your regulars, your big spenders, your small spenders, your tippers only, etc. Keep track of those screen names. You may discover that even though "bigdickhasselhof" never takes you private, he contributes 60% of the tips you get each week. Or maybe "kingdingaling" only goes private for 5 minutes, but he does that with you 4 times a week, consistently.

So to recap, in your webcam modeling journal or notebook you will be writing down:
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1. The Date & Time (Thursday, November 29th, 2012 at 3pm)

2. Your private show client(s) (JerseyMike)

3. How long each private session lasts. (JerseyMike 12 minutes)

4. Your free/paid chat ratio and average private session length ( 3pm - 4pm: 22 minutes 28 seconds; 37%).(22.28 mins / 7 sessions = 3.18 mins avg).

5. Your rate per hour (3pm - 4pm: $44.56 in private chat; $10 in tips)

6. Overall average rate per hour (3pm - 7pm: $113.50 / 4 hours = avg $28.38/hr)

7.  Overall average minutes per hour (3pm - 7pm: 45.25 minutes / 4 hours = 11.3 minutes avg per hour)

   The longer and more consistently you track this information, the more reliable your numbers will be. Once you have all this information, you can adjust your pricing and timing accordingly. If you know you're doing 11 minutes of private time and $5 in tips per hour, average, then set your cost per minute based on your awareness of this information or you can keep all things as they are, but with this awareness, you now know how much you need to earn from video clip sales, affiliate commissions, tips, gifts, etc. in order to get to your desired income goal.

   You may have heard the saying, "What you focus on expands", so take the time to focus on your earnings, find what's working, where you can improve and watch how things start to expand!

November 28, 2012

Sex Worker Pride: Our Purpose in Porn


Sex worker & mother: 'Yes, I AM empowered by my job.'
I cannot stand the uninformed and ignorant rant that sex work is not empowering or a real ‘choice’. I am going to put it in a very simple way:  I love sex. I f*cking LOVE it. I have loved it before I even knew what it was or that there was such a thing as the patriarchy. All I knew was that something down there felt really good.

     

      This blog post by Eva Schless articulates the sentiment of many of us who work in the adult industry. (Thanks to @SinnamonLove for sharing it). It reminded me of the blog post from Airen Star about "How the General Population Views Women in the Sex Industry" and this article from XBiz that was posted the same week.



Female porn stars are psychologically happy and healthy according to a recent report published by the Journal of Sex Research.


I have had many clients just like Eva's. Ones who were shy because of their size, disabled, disfigured, taking care of an ill parent, recently divorced out in the desert serving our country (and he's divorced because his wife cheated on him and got pregnant while he was on deployment AND it turns out the first kid wasn't his either. Gotta support the Troops :).

    As much as people think they know about the adult industry and people who work in it, we know we serve a purpose and fulfill a need for our clients and, yes, for ourselves too. We also know we are dynamic, intelligent and capable women. We are still mothers, sisters, aunties, teachers, artists, psychologists, spiritualists, atheists...and everything in between. Just like everybody else. There are broken people in all professions, and nobody is discounting the experience of sex work victims all over the world, who are being abused in the name of porn. That is our wound to heal and make right and we will. You don't have to like our choice of vocation, but please respect our hustle. ♥

November 27, 2012

WeCamGirls: The Community for Cam Models


      Perhaps you have noticed the new banner for WeCamGirls.com under the header. Well, let this be your personal invitation to come over and check out the community. I've been hanging out over there for a few days now and I really enjoy the atmosphere. It has a very Facebook-like feel and offers all kinds of tools and resources for cam models. There's a forum, a chat room,  a "commercial profile" that you can use to promote your independent cam shows and cam site profiles, cam site reviews on more cam sites than I ever seen before, and even reviews of some cam studios. WeCamGirls.com also welcomes user submitted tips, articles, and useful links.


There's about 800 registered members on the site, everyone seems friendly and eager to help each other. So far I haven't seen any dramatic outbreaks. The creators and moderators of the site are very accessible and always open to our suggestions. I love racking up experience points and achievements, too. My only suggestion is when you create your username for the site, keep it short. I didn't read the disclaimer and my screen name, "1UniquePassion" got cut to "1UniquePassi" and once you submit your screen name you can't change it.

Be sure to add me as a friend when you get there! www.wecamgirls.com/users/1UniquePassi/


November 26, 2012

Monday Funnies: Phone Sex Girlfriend



I connected with funny man Jason Horton (featured on shows like Tosh.O) on the XBiz forum. Everyone needs a good laugh, especially the Monday after a holiday week. In this video, Jason and his phone sex operator girlfriend get into an "argument" while she's on the clock. Completely hilarious.

Jason Horton, being a phone sex operator, Tosh.o sketch comedyBe sure to check it out and get your seven laughs in. You can find more of Jason's sketch comedy videos on his YouTube Channel

November 25, 2012

Know Your Worth: Wisdom from Venus


Resurrecting Venus by Cynthia Occelli       I love adding new books on the subject of personal development and spirituality to my library (or my iPod as I'm addicted to audio books). Lately, I've been reading "Resurrecting Venus: Embracing Your Feminine Power" by the beautiful Cynthia Occelli. I discovered Cynthia's message on her YouTube channel and immediately felt drawn to her. Since then, I've been able to connect with her via social media and realized we are indeed kindred spirits.

I'm always relating the books I read to being a webcam model and looking for ways in which a particular concept can be adapted to the webcam modeling experience. So when I read the following passages in "Resurrecting Venus" it instantly reminded me of a YouTube video I posted a while back about my total frustration with webcam models who are willing to do so much for too little.

Here's some wisdom from "Resurrecting Venus" translated into camgirl terms:

EVERYONE DESERVES FAIR PAY 
"No one should work for less than the market value of her work. Check inside. Ask yourself, Should they? When I ask this question and it’s applied to anyone other than the person who is undercharging, they always say, “Of course not.” We all know there is something wrong with paying someone less than they deserve. Though some people feel like they've won something when they manage to under-pay, this is not the energy you want to put out to the Universe, unless you are ready to have it returned to you in spades."

Camgirl Translation: You are not doing anyone any favors by charging $.99/min for cam shows when the MARKET VALUE for a show is $3.99/min or more. If you put yourself on the discount rack, expect to attract discount minded customers.

PEOPLE VALUE WHAT THEY PAY FOR 
"Paying for a product or service instills in the buyer an affirmative belief in the value of the purchase. People do not value what they get at a deep discount."

Camgirl Translation: Why do you think Maserati, Christian Louboutin, and other high end brands aren't advertising super discount sales every week? Could you imagine if every week Christian Louboutin was tweeting that you could get 30 pairs of red-bottoms for $30. Think about how fast the value and allure of owning these shoes would plummet? It seems like such an obvious concept, and yet, constantly cam models are on twitter running "a sale" on their clips and cam shows. ("Get all 30 of my clips for $5! WTH!?) Why should anyone pay full price, when they know all they have to do is wait until the end of the month and you'll discount everything anyway?

CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT YOUR WORK OR PRODUCT IS WORTH 
"Don’t make decisions out of negative programming or fear. Be objective. Whether you are employed by a company or run your own business, study three positions, businesses, or products that are similar to yours and make sure that your rates, salary, or prices are competitive. Update your research from time to time."

Camgirl Translation: This is why it's important for webcam models to have a reason why they want to get into this business that has nothing to do with money. If you are pricing yourself from the mindset of being desperate for money, then you are setting yourself up for failure. Any decision made from lack, limitation, not enoughness, fear or desperation will only result in a situation that causes you more lack, limitation, not enoughness, fear and desperation. You are not passing out burgers and fries here. A cam site is not meant to be the dollar menu. You are sharing your most intimate energy with others and that is very valuable. The sooner you know and start charging your worth, the sooner your pay will reflect as such.


Occelli, Cynthia (2012-10-22). Resurrecting Venus: Embracing Your Feminine Power (Kindle Locations 1999-2002). Hay House. Kindle Edition.

November 23, 2012

You're So BORING! Tips for Being a Cam Girl Worth Watching

       Are you looking for ways to keep the visitors that come to your chat room entertained? Have you ever found yourself staring at the chat screen, blank faced, with nothing to say? Remember if your bored than you're boring, and being a good webcam model means knowing how to keep the energy in your room inviting, engaging, and positive. One way to do this is by using quirky or fun questions to spark conversations between you and your audience.

    Whenever you feel the energy in your room dragging or you're starting to yawn and feel sluggish, I dare you to make things interesting by asking each guy that enters your chat room if he will answer your question of the day! Cam girls get bombarded with questions all the time, so this is your opportunity to control the Q & A. Plus, if there's one thing men love to talk about, it's themselves. LoL! 

     Here's a list of  "21 Fun Questions to Ask Any Guy" and be sure to come up with some of your own fun questions. Avoid asking overly sexual questions as those are kinda expected and unoriginal. The point here is to be intriguing, not predictable. Focus on open ended questions that prompt your audience to tell you stories about themselves. You never know when a tidbit of info they share can be used to your advantage later. Some cam sites like Streamate, have a feature that allows you to take notes on each screen name that comes into your chat. Use this! The more you can remember about them, they more they will return to you.

     Webcam models who make the most money are the ones who are the most engaging, entertaining and genuinely make an effort to know their audience. When it comes to being a successful cam model, this is where personality and attitude trumps outer beauty. No one likes a boring cam girl, even if she is beautiful.. Think about it, would you spend $3.99/min on someone who can't hold a conversation or isn't interested in getting to know you? Don't be boring, ask questions.

Share some of your juiciest, funniest, most thought provoking questions in the comment box below! 

November 22, 2012

Webcam Models Petition XBiz Awards

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Congratulations to all the cam models who made the XBiz Award Nominee Finalist list and Happy Holidays to you. ♥



XBIZ is pleased to announce the finalist nominees for adult entertainment’s biggest industry awards show of the year, the 2013 XBIZ Awards, presented by Fleshlight, scheduled for Jan. 11 in Los Angeles.

There's only a few categories related to being a webcam model. Most are for cam/video sites, adult affiliate programs, and other IT  stuff.  In fact the, "Web Star of the Year" category, is the only one featuring ladies whom I know to make money being a cam girl.

We should get together and petition for more webcam modeling related categories in the "Web & Technology" section. Live chat cam sites are the boom right now in the adult industry, it would be nice to get a little more recognition for the contribution of hard working cam models all over the world.


What do you think?

Which categories would you like to see added to the XBiz Awards?

Leave your suggestion in the comment box below. ♥

November 16, 2012

Will being a cam girl affect my future career goals?


    Q:  "I'm going to school for nursing, and I plan on eventually working towards my Doctorate in Nursing Anesthesia Practice, and I'm wondering if being a webcam model will have a negative impact on my getting into different training programs or getting hired at a hospital? What do you think? I need a professional's advice! I miss camming so much, I've just been apprehensive in starting back just because I don't know how it will impact my medical profession. My guess is that it wouldn't, but I'm not certain."


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   A: Great to hear from you! In my personal professional opinion, there's no reason that being a webcam model or having worked in adult entertainment should affect your ability to do anything else you want to do in life. I am a registered mentor with my county's school board and I have a 16 year old mentee that I work with. I have been fingerprinted and background checked numerous times over the years, while still actively being a webcam model, because I do a lot of volunteer work. There's no space on applications asking, "Have you ever worked in the adult industry" and if I ever did come across such a question, my answer would be, YES, I did it. AND? so what? How does that affect my ability to be an effective whatever-it-is-I'm-aiming-to-do? Always be honest and proud of your work.

make money with webcamI have a big problem with people/employers/etc. that bully ladies who have worked in the industry, as if we are not also fully capable of doing other things. I'm equally annoyed with ladies who have worked in our industry who allow themselves to be bullied, shamed or try to downplay their adult work, as some "young and dumb life mistake". Chile please! Stand up for yourself. People will treat you however you allow them to treat you. If you don't make your work as a cam girl seem like some shameful secret, than no one else will be able to hold it over your head either.

I am working with an attorney to get an official, legal, point of view on this matter because it is a question I get quite often. My advice for right now is to stay focused on what you want to do, be that nursing, camming, or both...and don't let anyone stop you. ♥

November 15, 2012

Cam Model Marketing Part 4


In this video, you will learn about how to use YouTube as a marketing tool for your work as a webcam model. So many business people in general either totally dismiss using YouTube or they use it but do it all wrong. When using it to promote yourself as a webcam model, please recognize that YouTube isn't a web cam site and so it isn't the place to be posting videos of you half-naked, shakin' it fast and droppin' it like it's hot. That will only attract people who want to see you do more of that...for free.

After you watch the video for ideas on how to use this free marketing resource to your advantage, leave a comment below sharing what your first video will be about and include a link to your YouTube channel.

November 14, 2012

The Most Annoying Part of Being a Cam Girl

       No matter how many times I see this video about the being a webcam model, I always bust out laughing. It's so incredibly sad, yet so incredibly true and that's what makes it so funny.

      Let this be a lesson to any cam models who are new to the business or anyone who is considering working as a webcam model. You will get visitors in your chat who are as annoying as this guy.



       In all seriousness, when you find yourself in a situation like this, the best thing you can do is keep your cool. Be assertive, but not bitchy. Remember that YOU are in control, it's YOUR room and YOU are the prize. Be sure to let your visitors know your expectations and the rules in your chat room. My room headline clearly states that the only thing free in free chat is the CHAT. So if you want to chat, let's chat, if you have any type of request, you must tip X amount or come into private (and don't be cheap with your X amount, this ain't the dollar menu!) 

If you find yourself, getting worked up by your cam site's chat members, tell them so! Again you don't have to be bitchy, just be real, "Look, if you guys keep being disrespectful and begging for freebies, I will log off for the day, ban you from my room, report you to the site.." or whatever you want your consequence to be.  Just as our fellow cam model Spohie Moon stated in her post about "The Backwards Show", the fear of loss may be enough for your chat visitors to straighten up and fly right and the paying clients will respect you more for not being a desperate, pushover. Lastly, never be afraid to use the kick, block, or ban button. 

Hope that helps your ass, bb. LoL

♥ 

November 13, 2012

Who Wants to Be A Cam Girl Correspondent?

   
      HowToCamGirl.com is a place for webcam models all over the world to be able to get news, training, coaching, and access to resources we need. Thus far, it has been a one woman show. In no way am I complaining about this, I love helping models and sharing knowledge on how to run a successful business. Here's the thing though...I'm only one person, with a lot of great things going on behind the scenes and there's only so much I can do in one day! LoL.

So, consider this an announcement to any cam models who would like to contribute to making HowToCamGirl.com a well-rounded site that is published by cam models for cam models. Just like mainstream magazines, the vision here is to make this site more like an virtual magazine for cam girls, like our own version of Cosmo. ♥

HowToCamGirl.com is seeking cam models who would like to produce content in any of the following categories:

  • Cam Girl Mindset - the inner game of being a webcam model
  • General Information & News - general news or industry gossip
  • Cam Site Reviews - the real low down on web cam sites
  • Toy/Adult Product Reviews - which one you love, which ones you hate and why
  • Marketing - ways to market your webcam modeling services and related products
  • Health & Hygiene - articles related to staying healthy, both mentally & physically
  • Security - how to keep your business as private and secure as possible.
  • Funny Stories & Bloopers - share your funniest or most embarrassing experiences while cam modeling
  • Software & Equipment Tutorials - show other cam models how to use specialized equipment or software
  • Castings - notices about adult or adult-related castings such as calendar shoots, promo modeling, etc.
This is not an exhaustive list, however I'm sure you get the idea. Content does not always have to be in the form of written articles; photos, infographics, audios and videos are all welcome. If a handful of people regularly contribute, HowToCamGirl.com can truly be the ultimate resource site created FOR and BY cam models.

If you are interested in being a HowToCamGirl.com Contributing Editor, head over to the CONTACT page and send me a message with your name, how you'd like to contribute and tell me a little more about yourself in general.

As always, I will be here every step of the way to guide and support the team. Together we can and will achieve more. Let's create some helpful, positive, uplifting, synergy and show people just how dynamic, intelligent and down right amazing we are.


November 5, 2012

True Life: I Married A (Virtual) Stripper


I got this post from Help A Reporter. I thought it may be something one of my married cam girls would be interested in. Let us know, if you end up applying, I'd love to hear about it.

Summary: Looking for people who married to an exotic dancer or stripper

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Name: Steve Cubine Casting Info
Category: Entertainment and Media

Email: query-2kt2@helpareporter.

Media Outlet: Casting Info

Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 13 November

Query:
VPE Talent is currently casting a new show for a major cable TV
network that explores happy, but unconventional marriages.

We are looking for married couples where one partner is an
exotic dancer or stripper.

Requirements:
If you are married to an exotic dancer or stripper or someone
you know, we want to hear from you!

Please email us the following: 
1. NAME 
2. AGE 
3. EMAIL ADDRESS
4. PHONE NUMBER 
5. LOCATION 
6. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE AND WHAT MAKES YOUR MARRIAGE SO UNIQUE OR UNCONVENTIONAL

November 3, 2012

Cam Model Marketing Part 3

Here's the next installment in the Cam Model Marketing series. It's jacked pack full of great e-mail marketing strategies so be sure to have a pen and paper ready to take notes.



Learning about marketing is one thing, in order to make it work you have to IMPLEMENT what you've learned. Let me know if you need assistance and I'd love to hear about your results with your e-mail marketing campaigns. ♥