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minniesoporno
02-13-2012, 11:09 AM
Hey! I watched a ton of your videos before even signing up for stripperweb or any cam sites...you inspired me to move forward on my camming venture.....yay! lol


Great I am hoping I can get insipired from attending podcamp in my city to remake the whole website and video series. I have considered opening a studio where I would pretty much mentor a few girls about webcamming. I use to manage a studio before where i would actually be in the studio 24/7 and that was a crazy life. I sure do miss those video cameras we had. but thank god for ebay so many options.

LAChloe
02-13-2012, 11:38 AM
Great I am hoping I can get insipired from attending podcamp in my city to remake the whole website and video series. I have considered opening a studio where I would pretty much mentor a few girls about webcamming. I use to manage a studio before where i would actually be in the studio 24/7 and that was a crazy life. I sure do miss those video cameras we had. but thank god for ebay so many options.

minnie- what is podcamp? i have never heard of such a thing. :)

CarolinaBelle
02-13-2012, 01:01 PM
:-[Ouch...well...sorry to be a n00b and sorry if any of my questions are redundant. I think I shall forever be afraid to ask another question now.:-[

Marina Starr
02-13-2012, 01:11 PM
I've watched your videos! Very informative. This is definitely a job and a damn hard one that is!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0u4EpJlK6Q

CarolinaBelle
02-13-2012, 01:13 PM
Great I am hoping I can get insipired from attending podcamp in my city to remake the whole website and video series. I have considered opening a studio where I would pretty much mentor a few girls about webcamming. I use to manage a studio before where i would actually be in the studio 24/7 and that was a crazy life. I sure do miss those video cameras we had. but thank god for ebay so many options.
YaaY! I also watched many of your videos on Youtube before I started! They are fantastic..I wasn't sure if the you on here was the woman on Youtube! Now I know! You certainly inspired me as well..so, Thanks a million girl..YOU ROCK!

HaydenBlue
02-13-2012, 01:23 PM
:-[Ouch...well...sorry to be a n00b and sorry if any of my questions are redundant. I think I shall forever be afraid to ask another question now.:-[

*shrug* This wasn't a bully post. But it was to get the point across that certain girls are absolutely delusional thinking that they can come in here beg and demand questions that they could find themselves if they just do a search on it. Then are completely rude if they don't get exactly what they want, or give us a hit-and-run.

"I didn't make any money today. Tell me how."
"It was slow so I logged off, how can I make more??"
"What site is best?"
"How much do you earn?"

All of those questions ^ should not need to be repeated 10 times a month. Should not need to be repeated, ever. They have been answered hundreds of times!

I cannot stress this enough: People should not be so lazy with something they are wanting to make an income from!!!!

If this wasn't internet based and you go out into the "real world" no one would hold your hand and step-by-step tell you how to run a business, they would laugh in your face and tell you to scram. I think people have that common sense to not beg for things in RL, so why come on here and do it to us???

Because we're just here and available while some prissy snot pounds away at her keyboard and DEMANDS info at the snap of her fingers? NO. Fuck that.

If anything, you should be THANKFUL for StripperWeb and the tons and tons of information that it holds for you to look up at any moment. 5 or 10 years ago when girls were camming there was no information like this on the net. There was no SW. Those girls did it on their own and did just fine. Why can't a lot of you do it yourself then as well??

To anyone reading: So, if the OP hurts/offends/makes you "scared" (oh please!) maybe you should suck it up and actually read it and understand what it is saying, or just move on to another place if you don't have thick skin or want insta-answers.

I am talking blunt common sense.

Myself (and everyone who agreed and thanked the post) are not pissed off at questions - questions are good!

But if you cannot read through the forum for questions that have already been answered or infront of your face, or continue to beg for simple hand-holding things ("which site is best?") don't expect us to just hand it out when all of the information is there. This is your job now. Find it yourself or fail. That's your choice.

TheBrownFox
02-13-2012, 01:33 PM
Excellent post, Hayden...as usual! :)

Holly_xoxo
02-13-2012, 01:39 PM
I agree that the questions are getting to be a bit too much. If we were in any other commision based job out in the mainstream world you wouldnt see people telling you their tricks of the trade. It's great that we have a forum where we can talk and share stories and if I can help with certain things I am more than happy to but I'm not going to say what site I'm on and the great traffic hours and the hustle that works for me...etc..why would I shoot myself in the foot like that??

I usually just ignore the posts that ask these questions

pumpkin_lovely
02-13-2012, 01:49 PM
I'm new to this thread and haven't started camming, and have come on and asked questions. I do a thorough search for specifics and usually get a good answer from an older post. Having said that, I've also posted questions and ALWAYS respond with a "thank you!", which I ALWAYS mean. I can see where you girls are coming from... This forum is best used for browsing and reading posts already made.

I've been in sales and porn-related positions before, and I'm always happy to help. If anyone would like tips before or after I've begun SM, don't hesitate to ask. While we are in competition, I still feel confident in myself and my ability to perform at my best, no matter what the competition or what advice I give. Have a great day! :)

Marina Starr
02-13-2012, 01:52 PM
Good post! I've also just started working on SM before I found this place. I'm glad I did but a lot of things I had to learn on my own.


I'm new to this thread and haven't started camming, and have come on and asked questions. I do a thorough search for specifics and usually get a good answer from an older post. Having said that, I've also posted questions and ALWAYS respond with a "thank you!", which I ALWAYS mean. I can see where you girls are coming from... This forum is best used for browsing and reading posts already made.

I've been in sales and porn-related positions before, and I'm always happy to help. If anyone would like tips before or after I've begun SM, don't hesitate to ask. While we are in competition, I still feel confident in myself and my ability to perform at my best, no matter what the competition or what advice I give. Have a great day! :)

pumpkin_lovely
02-13-2012, 01:52 PM
:-[Ouch...well...sorry to be a n00b and sorry if any of my questions are redundant. I think I shall forever be afraid to ask another question now.:-[

I know what you mean... I understand it wasn't meant to be a bullying post, but some girls genuinely either don't understand how to use a forum or search, or have their own personal situation that they hope to get help with that they felt another post didn't answer for them. Then again, we're all using the internet to do these jobs, so understanding a forum should come pretty easy!

Decalyn
02-13-2012, 03:24 PM
I may still be one of the new girls around here, but I agree 100% with this post.

I spend at least an hour a day on here reading random threads, and I've been trying to help out where I can rather than ask a bunch of stupid questions. I mean, I know I'm not making much, but I've also been too sick to work more than a few hours a week. That's my current flaw, and I accept it. *shrugs*

On any forum for any reason, I think everyone should follow the general rule of "Answer five questions for every one you'd like to ask yourself". This isn't a giant FAQ, it's a community. More people need to contribute to keep this place from becoming one giant garbage bin. @[email protected]

lilbellea
02-13-2012, 03:53 PM
I fully agree with this post. I'm new and I'm still waiting to be approved by SM but I almost never post on here. I do nothing but search and I have found everything that way but the problem I have been having with my internet and that's the only thing I have really been posting on. I was sent over here from textilicious we were talking about what made us what to be PSO or texters and was talking Desperate House wives were Susan was camming and how I thought it was the best idea ever and I wanted to know if there was something really like that and they sent me here. I had always wanted to do adult work and I didn't think I could really do camming so that's how I ended up trying out the texting. But back to the post, I get pissy reading the same stupid crap over and over, girls begging what's the best site, who pays the best, what do you make, will you wipe my butt for me and make all my money and put my make up on for me. And most of the time there is no please or thank you! I've not even been on this site for 3 weeks yet and I could answer most of their questions but I don't because the search is really easy to use. But it takes time and hours of reading. *rant over*

CurvySweet
02-13-2012, 04:00 PM
HaydenBlue preach preach girl. You said it so true.

Holly_xoxo
02-13-2012, 04:41 PM
I think it's best to just not respond to the spoon feeding posts. If we just go past them then they aren't as annoying and they'll be put in the back pages because they arent active threads. That way people have to do research on there own...I've looked at older threads and I dont think there's anything or any site that hasnt been covered at some point.

pumpkin_lovely
02-13-2012, 06:59 PM
I think it's best to just not respond to the spoon feeding posts. If we just go past them then they aren't as annoying and they'll be put in the back pages because they arent active threads. That way people have to do research on there own...I've looked at older threads and I dont think there's anything or any site that hasnt been covered at some point.

Agreed! And the great thing about even the older posts is that they are still relevant today.

TM1975
02-14-2012, 01:23 AM
I think it's best to just not respond to the spoon feeding posts. If we just go past them then they aren't as annoying and they'll be put in the back pages because they arent active threads. That way people have to do research on there own...I've looked at older threads and I dont think there's anything or any site that hasnt been covered at some point.

This works to a point, but then you have a new person who comes along and says "I searched and found 20 posts with this same question and no one answered... Why can't they just answer me" Because eventually unless we can find a way to link these posts or get people to stop asking (hahaha) The posts with the answers (unless they're stickied) are going to get buried.

I'm not sure there is an actual solution to that, and i'm pretty tired so I hope this actually makes sense.

I have seen that people are starting to tag their posts and that the mods are doing a great job now of trying to link posts together! Thanks for that! :)

mimiboo69
02-14-2012, 03:55 AM
I wish I had found this forum when I started camming some times you have to learn the hard way.Ya I have had to busted my ass. I have little girl and my old car got repoed do to the fact my little girl has autism I can not work a 9-5 anywhere my little cant talk at all and she almost 4yrs old no one understands her she like I do.From camming I have bought a car and got my rent and bills in line had to do some all nighters. I may ask silly thing at times just see that others think the same as I do, when it comes down to it just turn on your cam on and see what happens.I have waited my time on dead sites that is part of learning

AngeXx
02-14-2012, 07:01 AM
There is no easy way to success.......plain.and.simple.as.that. You gotta work your ass of and see what it will take for YOU to get there. I'm all for hard work and putting in the dedication to get where I want to be. To be able to stay home with my kids and make money in the mean time......I will put in all the work I have to.

I'm still very new to SW.....but I think at times everyone needs a reminder that yes, this is still a job! So thank you for this post!!!

FYI - If you can't find what your looking for in SW through the search forum go to google and try typing in your question. You can even modify your question so it's shorter with keywords and put stripperweb to get posts from here! I almost always find my answers doing either or!

AngeXx
07-06-2012, 10:13 AM
*Innocent* bumpity, bump, bump. I've missed this thread :)

Citychick
07-06-2012, 11:36 AM
I was talking about this only the other day with KDB.

Having just helped a friend of a friend set her camming profile up.....she hasn't even logged on more than 10 hours in 2 weeks. Waste of my time !
This is not an isolated incident.
Having been a camgirl for half a decade I have seen many girls come and go, everyone thinks that they can make quick, easy money.
Whilst that may not be far from the truth (it's not hard to roll out of bed, turn a cam on and make a decent wage), it is also true that you have to keep working, stay motivated, and save for retirement (pretty doesn't last forever)

So Dear Newbies,
I am now DONE with giving out free advice, if you want the benefit of my 5 years experience of camming (as my FULL TIME job I may add), then you can come and see me on webcam, Direct IM, or call me on Direct chat.
I will be happy to answer all your questions as long as the metre is running.

ThatOneGirl
07-06-2012, 11:40 AM
This works to a point, but then you have a new person who comes along and says "I searched and found 20 posts with this same question and no one answered... Why can't they just answer me"

I've revived a couple of older threads because they were the most relevant to a question that I couldn't find an answer to (and unless I'm forgetting about one, I posted whatever answer that I found). Like pumpkin said, most things HAVE been covered in old threads; you just have to try different search terms to hit on it.

What some girls don't seem to understand is that this is a subjective industry. There is no "one size fits all" model or program. You read, you find tips and tricks and advice and you take it with a grain of salt; sometimes it will work for you, and sometimes it won't. You can't ask for a solid answer on how to make money/what site is best/what type of show should I do, because there is no solid answer.

Watch other models; see what they're doing that works for them. Read the forums; see what everyone is saying. Take all of that, combine it with your own sexuality, and just try things out. Not saying go and steal some other model's gimmick (that's just low), but definitely take inspiration. THINK.

kinkydirtybitch
07-06-2012, 12:22 PM
I was talking about this only the other day with KDB

I am now DONE with giving out free advice, if you want the benefit of my 5 years experience of camming (as my FULL TIME job I may add), then you can come and see me on webcam, Direct IM, or call me on Direct chat.

I will be happy to answer all your questions as long as the meter is running.

THIS is how CityChick & I run things - we are delighted to give the benefit of our experience but it is on a consultation basis

I actually take quite a lot of calls/shows/chats in this way

newsweet
07-06-2012, 12:54 PM
I think that one thing most of you aren't considering at all is that not only are some of these newbies new to camming, they might also be new to using computers and the internet in general. I mean, my mom is a smart lady but would she think to use the search function or even know where to start on a website of this magnitude? Ignorance does NOT equal laziness and the fact that a lot of these girls are here instead of approaching their new career blindly and unaware should automatically suggest that.

I noticed the sticky threads for newbies but a lot of newbies might not even see them! I know, how could you miss them but not everyone is perfect. Most of these girls (myself included) assumed that a forum is a place for people to ask and answer questions, a safe place to share information, so they figure, I'm new now, I'm asking questions and in a few months, I can maybe start answering questions. I think I might have even specifically said that in one of the terribly annoying newbie questions I've asked (none of which have ever been asked after no less than 30 minutes of searching previous threads).

And if someone asks a question and doesn't thank the poster, that doesn't necessarily mean that she doesn't appreciate the help or is expecting everyone to hold one of her hands while she masturbates with the other, just as the op's shameless accusation of every newbie who couldn't find an answer to their question buried in amongst the millions of posts on this website and mistakenly asking it in a new thread of being worthless and lazy probably (hopefully) isn't truly trying to be offensive and judgmental. You have to step back from your own situation and try to appreciate others'.

I have had MANY different jobs in my short life from being a web coder to a dental assistant and a plumber to a tutor and the one major difference between camming and all of the other jobs I've had is that with all of my other jobs, I've received TRAINING. No, no one held my hand, they told me the best way to do things to start out until I found my own rhythm and way of doing things, which I always did. That's all these girls are looking for here. They're afraid, nervous, shy, and often computer-illiterate and it's no secret that there are a LOT of scammers out there. Often, these girls are desperate for money and work and they turn to the adult world as a last resort.

I have trained many people in a couple of the jobs I've had and I KNOW how frustrating all of the same old questions can become, especially when the same person has asked and then has forgotten and you have to repeat yourself but greeting new members with such hostility and annoyance isn't good for anyone. I mean, can't you feel the amount of negativity coming from so many of the posts in this thread? The downright anger and genuine disgust? To me, this is WAY more obnoxious and defeating than any of the noob questions I've seen "flooding" the forum. Of course, even as a noob I've thought, "well geez, 'what's the best site?' I just saw a thread last week with a whole list of sites that (I forgot who) posted! Der!" or "Holy cow, just google it!" but answering people's questions with such coldness and uncaring in a world, as we all know, that is FILLED with it isn't doing ANYone any service.

I spent days and days and hours and hours reading through this site before I even became a member. And then I read and read and read some more before I posted for the first time. My ability to have enough free time to do that was a LUXURY. Some of these girls might have three screaming kids, working two other jobs with husbands who beat them and repo men taking their only ride to work away, you have NO idea where these girls are coming from and to greet them with such rudeness and uncaring behaviour is unacceptable in my opinion and I honestly don't want to bring ANYmore negativity and entitled people into my life and am now rethinking my role in this community.

I am new to camming but I am not new to life and to how people treat each other. I got into camming because I couldn't handle all of the inconsiderate, rude, arrogant, condescending people anymore and I was tired of trying to fit in with them and here I am again, surrounded by rude, unthoughtful, inconsiderate, insensitive people AGAIN. I was telling my husband how excited I was to finally have some females to talk to and to share things with but now I am disillusioned (not that you care, right?) and a little heartbroken! When some 50y/o perve demands I stand up and shake my ass for him without paying (entitled jackweed), I can just ban him! Problem solved! And then I could come here and laugh about it with wonderful girls who understand!

Stripperweb is an incredible place filled with SO much information and so many wonderful people but seeing how many people "thanked" some of these negative, disheartening posts really makes me sad.

I am not saying that I don't share your frustration with people asking, "how much do you make? What's the best website?" especially when it's been asked a thousand times (and I'm new!) but you don't have to retaliate with venom, anger, and insult (LAZY?!).

If the new people asking questions is truly a detriment to the functioning of this community, it wouldn't be difficult to require every new member to read a "before you post" informational piece, answer questions regarding it to verify their understanding and willingness to comply with what ever rules you've implemented before allowing them to post. Tadaa, problem solved. If you'd like help with setting that up, PM me and I will help you establish that system.

Otherwise, try to remember that you have no idea who is on the other end of your messages, it could be a suicidal mother, an abused wife, a girl who didn't graduate from highschool, or the Queen of England. Be thoughtful, be sensitive, and be kind. And if your skin is too thick for that and you feel you should treat others with hostility and lack of understanding, then maybe you should take a step back and figure out why and if that's really the person you want to be.

"YOU are our competition." No, we aren't your competition, we are your sisters in a world run by men. Let's get it together, guys!

**end rant (and possibly end of sw membership :-[ )**

LusciousKatya
07-06-2012, 02:05 PM
Great post Hayden!!!

Been out of the loop for months now, about 4 or 5. Hope everything is good with everyone :)

Jay12
07-06-2012, 02:17 PM
I would only post a "help" thread if it's an issue that is not already listed on older threads.

Vlodina
11-02-2012, 10:16 AM
Been doing searches for other things, and came across this awesome thread so I thought it should be bumped. :D

superstargirl
11-02-2012, 11:29 AM
I've been reading a while so I decided to create a profile. I found sw about 8 months into camming. I learned everything on my own. Typically I would think there's too much info on here. Its a competitive world and reading sw would have given me an advantage on day one. Lucky for me I'm a good bullshit detector so I caught on the first week. This is a job, no doubt.

KimKlass
11-02-2012, 08:30 PM
Oooh me likey this thread! I'll just say that I've only been camming seriously for about 5 months, and have only been a member here for slightly less time than that. But I feel I have learned a lot very quickly, due in part to the brains I'm blessed with ;) However, I truly do have to credit SW and the many wonderful, smart women here more than anything else. I may have gradually figured things out on my own, but it would have taken me a lot longer than it did to reach the same place I'm at now. Take my case- MFC is a veritable, mad jungle of competition, and my ass would probably have sunk without this website. I could have whined, asked obvious or overly broad questions, or plowed ahead without knowing anything about camming then come back here and bitch because I wasn't making money.
Instead, I soaked up all the advice I could, read until my eyeballs were in danger of falling out, and met a bunch of very cool, smart, and wonderful women. That being said, I am with whoever commented that newbies asking for advice should try to give back if they can, instead of just asking for all the secrets and contributing nothing. All of this helpful info would not be here if some generous girls weren't willing to post it. I take a lot from this place for sure, BUT I feel I do my part with contributing back. Most ladies are more than happy to help! But never take that for granted. I believe I made one newbie thread mistake, but after I was set straight, I learned my lesson.

On another note, I want to comment on something else I've encountered. If you ask someone for advice, and they give you good advice, LISTEN to them! I have personally seen girls who asked me for advice about MFC then disregard what I told them and just do whatever they want. I mean obviously you don't have to listen, but why ask if you aren't going to use what you were given? It makes me inclined not to help next time. We cam rookies (yes I still consider myself a rookie) have the greatest resource ever here- industry veterans right at our fingertips! Many of whom are willing to give us personal advice! How many other industries can you enter where you have ready access to the experts? How many other sales jobs can you think of where your COMPETITION is willing to help YOU? Don't squander that resource by asking shit like "what do you do in a pvt?" or "what site is the best" or "how do I make money?" Because when you have more specific questions you need help with, you may find you are less likely to get the answers if you started off on the wrong foot with the people who were willing to help you.

Basically; use this VERY valuable resource we have here, but don't take it for granted that your competition will always want to help you.

The End :D

domino.damoiselle
11-02-2012, 08:59 PM
[QUOTE=HaydenBlue;2256364]I'm seeing a lot of new girls on this board.

All talk, no action with a lot of you girls.

Too many questions and "please help me." "What am I doing wrong??" "What is the best site??" "best hours?" all amount to: "tell me how to make money!"

To put it bluntly. No one here is going to spoon feed your lazy-self.


EDIT: Do not come in here and demand answers from us. Especially without a kind attitude or a thank you. YOU are our competition. Why should we do all of the work for your lazy self? Why should we tell you step by step how to make money????

So funny how some people just come into this type of work and try to demand everything because they are too lazy to actually do the proper research for it. THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS. This is a job! You are now SELF-employed. No one will hold your hand in the real world if you can't figure 99% of it out on your own. Why do you expect us to do any differently????

If you came up to the owner of the Cheesecake Factory and asked them to tell you all about the menu recipes and running your own knock-off restaurant they would laugh in your face and kick your ass out the door. Why do you expect us, hardworking women, to fall on our faces and cater to YOU??

If you can't do something as simple as read up on what you plan to earn money from (!!) from then you might as well throw in the towel now, because you will end up sinking before you get anywhere.

AMEN. I've been noticing a LOT of this lately. If you want the benefits of being self-employed, you have to take the negative aspects of it, too.

JoJoX
11-03-2012, 06:02 PM
why isnt this a sticky?!?!?

CamgirlInUK
11-04-2012, 03:22 PM
"Starting place for cam girls" is a sticky, and the nearly 100 thanks for the OP would indicate it ain't sticky enough ;D

Seriously, I think asking questions that have already been answered is something that's becoming endemic in all forum sites, plus a lot of forums just tend to sticky 'forum rules' rather than their most useful posts. I think that leads to some people just being blind to stickies!

I think part of the problem is, when you're new (and I was the same), you can't understand that a lot of the answers really really really are "Try it, it's different for everyone, do what works for you". It sounds like people are being vague and unhelpful - only actual experience teaches you that it's the truth!

EDITED TO ADD - as I posted this, 'No easy way out' from the Rocky films came on my ipod which I thought was highly appropriate (and yes I have shit taste in music, sue me)

TheBrownFox
11-04-2012, 09:32 PM
EDITED TO ADD - as I posted this, 'No easy way out' from the Rocky films came on my ipod which I thought was highly appropriate (and yes I have shit taste in music, sue me)


Nah, it's not shit taste in music...lol. I have one of the Rocky soundtracks which has 'No Easy Way Out' on it, and I love listening to that song. :) In fact, that's one of my favorite scenes in the movie Rocky IV. :P

Your Evil Twin
11-04-2012, 11:38 PM
When a forum has been around a while posts and threads accumulate and searches become less and less effective because you have to wade through so much just to try to find what you were looking for with no guarantee of finding it.

Also support forums are for support, not a place for seasoned veterans to take out their frustrations on newbies. What may seem obviously like an idiotic question and an unwillingness to search for an answer - to a seasoned vetran - can seem quite different to the newbie asking the question.

I have mixed feelings about this thread. I can appreciate the sentiment of the OP but I also know what it is like to be a newbie and I have spent a lot of time searching for answers I was never able to find without posting a question and asking.

As far as I can tell camming is a profession where success depends upon many variables. And a person can have different ratios and still experience success. To one cammer it may seem like youth and beauty are the answer. To someone else it may seem like a willingness to do anal (etc.) is the secret to success. It is different for everyone. As people grow into adulthood they adopt ideas, and the ideas they adopt begin to define their reality. Sometimes thinking outside the box can become very difficult because we get locked into our own restrictive realities where ideas become absolutes. So being able to ask a question on an open forum and then being able to get a variety of different answers can be very liberating as opposed to searching for one person's idea about something.

Also the economy and times, fashion, sensibilities and (etc.) are constantly changing. Software and hardware are changing. People are changing and becoming even more introverted and narcissistic. Now days we can't be bothered with phone calls and instead return texts. It is like we are trying to insulate ourselves from each other and getting upset at someone for asking a stupid question that someone else already asked and had answered seems reasonable (to many) but I see it as another mass attempt to limit human interaction.

Yes, camming is a job. This is a support site for cammers/strippers... If an individual is concerned with making money then I would suggest focusing more on camming and less on a support site. Everyone is ignorant before they learn something new and not everyone is going to be straight A student. So although I appreciate the OP, I can understand why the OP hasn't been stickied, because the OP is kind of a rant against unavoidable ignorance.