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SarahTime
05-27-2012, 02:44 PM
I will admit - traffic has been pretty slow this past week.

It hasn't helped that I had big problems with the encoder and staying connected to the site, and so my placement tanked from being online and not being in private. Now instead of the luxury of spot 1 or 2 on the site, I'm in row 3 or 4 which can make a big difference in traffic as it turns out. It's hard to do ANYTHING when the site is not functioning properly to begin with. This week was the first time I had problems like this, which just happened to be the same week the traffic took a dive.

However, aside from that, I have also noticed that traffic in general has been very slow. Most of the time when others have made threads complaining about traffic, I personally was not seeing a dip, this time I am - for whatever reason.

I do agree that being positive and in a good mood, smiling with sunshine flying out your ass at all times, is going to get you your best possible outcome... like Fridays said no one wants to pay for a whiny bitch... this is a great thing to do in general. Be positive. Smile. This will help you get more shows. Yes. Okay fine.

What my problem has been this past week is not necessarily no traffic, it's no PAYING TRAFFIC. And this week I did something that is not like me at all, I fucking went off on people in my chat. Like, not as bad as "some" people here have done..... but it was pretty bad none the less. I had been happy bubbly in a great mood nice smiling, ETC ETC ETC..... trying Gold Show after Gold Show count down not even getting so much as 5 pledges...... 30 guys in the room..... THIRTY which is always MORE THAN ENOUGH to make a $100 goal with a $5 buy in...... it's always worked for me with those numbers...... this week.... NOTHING. Not so much as 5 people joining the show...... yet a room FULL of people SITTING THERE. Not talking. Not pledging. NOTHING. Finally I quit trying the count down and said, "okay fine, we will do private shows then". The room STAYED FULL. 25-30 guys SITTING THERE. NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. THAT is when I went off on them.

Why the fuck sit in a girls chat room and do absolutely NOTHING. Don't talk. Don't join. N O T H I N G. I wasn't doing anything besides sitting there, I wasn't giving anything away for free... there was nothing to sit there and SEE. SO yah. I had a bad week.

This week was awful. It was VERY STRANGE. But, the last time I said I had an awful week I was surprised the following week with one of the best weeks I've had. So I have to remind myself, and you ladies as well, that it's temporary. It WILL get better. And it's not JUST you guys..... take it from a model who easily makes $100/hr..... it has been SLOW this week.

Keep your chins up though, it will pass. :)

HaydenBlue
05-27-2012, 02:56 PM
This isn't about how you act in chat. Smiling, etc. Yes - we all know that neg. attitude attracts nothing. That is a no brainer.

I think the point that some of the girls are trying to point out, is the facts. With Manwin, and that he took his traffic and redirected it elsewhere. SM won't have an immediate plunge, but unless the SM owners can keep scraping up quality traffic the site will be a shithole in a year or two. And it's out of your hands no matter how much you 'smile' (no paying traffic = no money)

Sure IMLive has traffic. LiveJasmin has a TON of traffic. But it is junk. Go sit on IMLive and smile all day, then come back when you've made $1,000+ for the week.

That is the facts - you can deny it all you want but that's what's happening in the porn world right now. And soon it will start to effect YOU.

Expand yourself. Find backup sites. Put more eggs in your baskets.

Don't solely rely on SM's traffic as your main income source or you will eventually sink.

SarahTime
05-27-2012, 03:12 PM
This isn't about how you act in chat. Smiling, etc. Yes - we all know that neg. attitude attracts nothing. That is a no brainer.

I think the point that some of the girls are trying to point out, is the facts. With Manwin, and that he took his traffic and redirected it elsewhere. SM won't have an immediate plunge, but unless the SM owners can keep scraping up quality traffic the site will be a shithole in a year or two. That is the facts - you can deny it all you want but that's what's happening in the porn world right now. And soon it will start to effect YOU.

Expand yourself. Find backup sites. Put more eggs in your baskets.


I just finished reading the rest of the thread... all the Manwin stuff and what not...

But anyway, I totally agree it is not all about how you act. I know some like to keep the "be positive" thing and all that but like I said, if that was IT then we could all make money on the dead sites - and we don't.

HaydenBlue
05-27-2012, 03:19 PM
I just finished reading the rest of the thread... all the Manwin stuff and what not...

But anyway, I totally agree it is not all about how you act. I know some like to keep the "be positive" thing and all that but like I said, if that was IT then we could all make money on the dead sites - and we don't.

Right.

You can't catch a fish in an empty pond. You can't smile and make money on a dead site.

We are in sales. Smiling/teasing/how you act is to close a sale. But you can't make that sale if you have no paying customer. A customer who does not want to pay - will not pay. If smiling tricked them all into paying we would have no freeloaders - ever. So that argument for the most part is silly.

Marina Starr
05-27-2012, 03:33 PM
I haven't cammed in over a month, reading all this makes me nervous :(
I don't feel safe!

idgaf_luvr
05-27-2012, 04:00 PM
Right.

You can't catch a fish in an empty pond. You can't smile and make money on a dead site.

We are in sales. Smiling/teasing/how you act is to close a sale. But you can't make that sale if you have no paying customer. A customer who does not want to pay - will not pay. If smiling tricked them all into paying we would have no freeloaders - ever. So that argument for the most part is silly.

Another reason why ladies are upset is because we aren't suppose to be going out finding our own paying traffic. The whole point of working on these sites is them taking a percentage so they would provide payment processing and traffic for us. If all ladies could do that, then they might as well be indy. Yeah, Streamate says "hey bring your own traffic," but at first, that was just to be an overachiever. Now it's looking like a means to an end if you're only connected to the big sites and not a top model.

I feel a little negative for adding to this topic, but divine action has already passed through me to not just rely on camming on one site or camming by itself. Hopefully all other ladies who feel a pinch have ways to supplement they're income and are not struggling.

CinnimonKiss
05-27-2012, 04:06 PM
I havent posted on SW in ages, but this week has been no different then normal for me, i was surprised to see this thread so active. :S Wierd. If anything money is coming in quicker, lol...lucky me I guess :sly:

bubblegumbitch
05-27-2012, 04:28 PM
i haven't worked full time this week but i def did notice a dip in general paying traffic. i have been getting a shit ton of beggars and they seem to come in waves. thank god i got a nice handful of regs who have been there for me alot lately so i am still able to make my goals in a decent amount of time. also i have been having horrible problems with the phone this week, calls being dropped, not connecting or not letting the guy call through at all. yes it def has been quite frustrating to say the least.

TracyBlade
05-27-2012, 06:01 PM
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one that a felt a hit this week haha. Still going to work on some things though of course ;) Good luck to all of you, hopefully it picks up $$$$

jessycalove
05-27-2012, 06:48 PM
STREAMaTE been good to me especially during the days and at nights which i hate is up and down. I am not much of a talker tho..i type but I decide to start talking and smiling more and I notice that it has gotten better and I did build up my regs and I sometimes do lot of teasing like sexy moves with my clothes on and it helps.

SarahTime
05-29-2012, 03:49 PM
Happy to report last night was back to normal in terms of the traffic and spending that I saw. Thank GOD.

It always gets better..... that's what keeps me going on slow times, remember that it ALWAYS (so far lol) gets better!