View Full Version : 6 Figures in 2015 Hustlers Challenge
SarahTime
01-06-2015, 09:55 PM
OMG I need motivation tonight..... :-/
Sam38g
01-06-2015, 10:09 PM
I sit in CPA office with all my reciepts & he adds them up. I call out "dildos $180" "makeup $500" Computer, internet, part of rent, phone, all clothing items used on film, decorations for videos, travel to shoots, food for shoots.
Keep all receipts. Since I do porn and clips, actually do have recordings of all the stuff used. :)
It was banging earlier on SM Sarah... I made $242 in my first hour on, then it slowed down. Or maybe I did since only 4 hours sleep. Total for the day of camming $426, between clip stores, my site, camming have $2242 in checks coming in over the next few days.
Video sales really do add up over time. On days I am have no energy to cam, I edit, upload, do my online marketing while watching tv. This way it isn't a total loss.
Also signed up 8 new girls through my modelcentro link so they can have sites & I make 10 percent off of them when they start turning a profit. Spent most of Monday, walking them through it and motivating them.
Each day, it is important to do 30 to an hour of work, laying out the ground work for future income.
Go get'm girls,
Sam
sugardaddywanted
01-08-2015, 10:28 AM
I'm up for this challenge! It's not going to be easy as I and hubby are relocating to a new country this year. I made $85K in 2014 with seven 10 day European trips throughout the year (we love to travel).
I can't possibly stick to making exactly the same amount day in day out. I always aim for a minimum of $350-$400 a day. Some months I prefer to only work 4 days a week with a goal of $500 a day.
January doesn't look very promising at the moment. Mind you January and February have never been my good months. Recently I've averaged about $60 per hour instead of my usual $75-80 so reaching $100K might be pretty hard. I'm also considering trying out chaturbate and opening a C4S store. My one and only camsite is MFC and it seems to be going down for me over the past 4 months.
Good luck to all of you ladies!
PurpleLily
01-08-2015, 10:45 AM
Wow! Thank you so much!;D You definitely inspired me to get more organized. I didn't expect to make much money camming, but it paid off once I really invested in it. Unfortunately, I'm still playing catch up with some details.
I think it's always worth it. I used TurboTax one year and it was a massive cluster fuck in terms of missed deductions. Besides that, your chances of being audited drop substantially if you use a CPA and you won't be preparing the audit documents yourself. If you get audited, a good CPA (most of them) agree to go to audit court for you. That means you don't lose an ounce of your own time or money trying to deal with it. A good CPA won't write off anything he/she doesn't physically have a record of and isn't 100% sure is a legitimate write off. You're both self-employed as a cam model and an employee because of vanilla work, so certain write offs are going to have very odd rules that are hard to figure out if you're not a professional.
If you bring your accountant all of your 1099s and w-2s in an organized folder with all of your deductions (item, receipt, category) neatly filed, it won't take them much time to do the return for you and set up your quarterly payment plan for next year and won't cost more than $200-$400 in all likelihood. If they just have to crunch out the numbers after your stuff is organized, they're pretty cheap.
Pros to using a CPA: audit protection in the event of an audit, less likely to be audited when the IRS sees a professional signature on your return, 100% certainty that deductions will be legal, additional deductions will likely be found, can answer any of your tax questions about what deductions you're eligible for and what receipts to save for next year, and an extra write off for next year as a 'business expense.'
Cons of using a CPA: you have to tell someone what you do for a living honestly (they're required to keep your info confidential, of course) which can be embarrassing/awkward and they cost money up front. Yes, some people lie or fib, but it's better to be honest so they can do their job properly. I don't recommend visiting a CPA whose company name is 'Conservative, Religious, Stodgy Old White Men, CPA,' but you should be fine otherwise.
Pros of NOT using a CPA: totally anonymous and much cheaper, if not totally free depending on your TurboTax package of choice.
Cons of NOT using a CPA: increased chance of audit (IRS targets TurboTax users because they're more likely to make errors that mean money for the IRS), having to defend yourself in audit court (TurboTax claims you can buy audit protection, but it's shit), can't be used as a 'business expense' for a tax credit, may miss legitimate deductions or make illegitimate ones accidentally, no way to answer questions about write offs that you're unsure/unaware of.
MissQuirk
01-08-2015, 09:06 PM
OMG I need motivation tonight..... :-/
It's so funny that I saw this just now, because I was literally JUST creeping on your twitter for inspiration/motivation to cam. :)
I hope you found your motivation and made serious $$
SarahTime
01-09-2015, 04:24 PM
It's so funny that I saw this just now, because I was literally JUST creeping on your twitter for inspiration/motivation to cam. :)
I hope you found your motivation and made serious $$
Aww thanks! I need to remember to post more motivating things :D
CurvyWinona
01-09-2015, 04:32 PM
Love love the tips in this thread!! :)
I am in for the most highest earning year. I just have to learn and be consistently on the schedule.
smaddy
01-09-2015, 11:47 PM
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Had a rough start to 2015. My ex has been causing some drama which has been hard for me emotionally. I also got my period a week early and that threw me off my camming schedule for a few days. But I got on cam and stuck with it this week. My vagina really took a beating but I made my goal each day that I logged on. This week really helped motivate me. I CAN do this.
My goals for this month are to #1 - pay ex back some money I owe him so he has no reason to contact me anymore #2 - Make the money I need to pay taxes because I saved $0 the past year #3 purchase a vehicle so I can actually leave town and also so I can start going to the gym.
Then I get to spend the next 10 months paying off debt... and then I'm a free woman.
For now I just need to focus on this month. 1 year seems like sooo long of a commitment.
SarahTime
01-09-2015, 11:55 PM
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Had a rough start to 2015. My ex has been causing some drama which has been hard for me emotionally. I also got my period a week early and that threw me off my camming schedule for a few days. But I got on cam and stuck with it this week. My vagina really took a beating but I made my goal each day that I logged on. This week really helped motivate me. I CAN do this.
My goals for this month are to #1 - pay ex back some money I owe him so he has no reason to contact me anymore #2 - Make the money I need to pay taxes because I saved $0 the past year #3 purchase a vehicle so I can actually leave town and also so I can start going to the gym.
Then I get to spend the next 10 months paying off debt... and then I'm a free woman.
For now I just need to focus on this month. 1 year seems like sooo long of a commitment.
Good for you!
One day at a time, bb :) You can do it!
ScarletKitten
01-10-2015, 09:32 PM
OMG Smaddy, I LOVE that Betty White pic with the quote! That is GOLD! :rotfl:
CinnimonKiss
01-11-2015, 10:16 AM
I'll be first to show my board. ;D I have a few more spots that I can add some stuff, which I will soon.
The middle is a chart to stay on track with my earnings each month and what is needed per week & month. Every week I will pencil in what I made and by the end of the month I can see if I made my monthly goal, right there in my face. It motivates me to work harder when I see this board every morning. I have it now hanging in my bedroom.
And yes that is a bum on my board. lol I want that nice booty baby!!! I will get it !
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sammii
01-11-2015, 02:48 PM
^ I loveeee it!! I just added a board to my Amazon cart. :)
SimoneGray
01-11-2015, 05:24 PM
My ticker is moving every day and I am proud of that. Even though all of what I have earned will be going toward bills and payong off some unexpected holiday debt, I am just happy that I can see where my money is headed and how it is accumulating.
SarahTime
01-11-2015, 10:12 PM
I'll be first to show my board. ;D I have a few more spots that I can add some stuff, which I will soon.
The middle is a chart to stay on track with my earnings each month and what is needed per week & month. Every week I will pencil in what I made and by the end of the month I can see if I made my monthly goal, right there in my face. It motivates me to work harder when I see this board every morning. I have it now hanging in my bedroom.
And yes that is a bum on my board. lol I want that nice booty baby!!! I will get it !
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That is AWESOME! I love the idea of putting the income chart right on the board. I have mine on my computer but I'm always looking at it because it really motivates me, printing it out is perfect! I need to get mine put together ASAP!
ExoticBeauty4U
01-11-2015, 11:30 PM
I'll be first to show my board. ;D I have a few more spots that I can add some stuff, which I will soon.
The middle is a chart to stay on track with my earnings each month and what is needed per week & month. Every week I will pencil in what I made and by the end of the month I can see if I made my monthly goal, right there in my face. It motivates me to work harder when I see this board every morning. I have it now hanging in my bedroom.
And yes that is a bum on my board. lol I want that nice booty baby!!! I will get it !
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I love the tack board idea!!! Ive been hesitant to put my vision board together due to being lazy. But this is an awesome idea, plus you can take off each goal as you accomplish it as opposed to having the pictures glued on.
limecoconut
01-14-2015, 01:00 PM
I'm down! I neeeeed to hustle...
Flickdreams
01-14-2015, 05:54 PM
^ You could also have an accomplishment board to move the pics across as you achieve them?
bigbootyjudy1
01-14-2015, 06:17 PM
I'm so in.I'm going to break up my hours up so im not so overwhelmed.I want to work about 7 hours a day ,five days a week. $250 in the morning shift ,$150 the night shift.I will work a minumum of 7 hours a day even though i make my daily goal. I want to save $25,000 a year for the next two years so i can open a 24 hour childcare center (Of course i wouldn't be running it, i would hire people for that). I want to have a back up business just incase camming is not as profitable later on :)
smaddy
01-14-2015, 09:00 PM
I'm so in.I'm going to break up my hours up so im not so overwhelmed.I want to work about 7 hours a day ,five days a week. $250 in the morning shift ,$150 the night shift.I will work a minumum of 7 hours a day even though i make my daily goal. I want to save $25,000 a year for the next two years so i can open a 24 hour childcare center (Of course i wouldn't be running it, i would hire people for that). I want to have a back up business just incase camming is not as profitable later on :)
There are actually a lot of grants available for that. You would probably need to have a partner who has a license in order to go after the grants for the center but you may be able to do it a lot sooner than 2 years. There's also SBA loans. OHH! Also... If you go through a childcare franchise they have a lot of financing options available.
bigbootyjudy1
01-14-2015, 11:47 PM
There are actually a lot of grants available for that. You would probably need to have a partner who has a license in order to go after the grants for the center but you may be able to do it a lot sooner than 2 years. There's also SBA loans. OHH! Also... If you go through a childcare franchise they have a lot of financing options available.
Really!!!! Thank you.I'm definitely going to look into that .Thats why i love you girls.So knowledgeable about everything :)
SarahTime
01-20-2015, 12:42 PM
How is everyone's year starting out?
It was so great the very beginning of the month, but after the 10th it's like it all went to crapville. Kind of discouraging. I'm going to have to rework my numbers a bit to make up for it.
I'm totally looking forward to the next couple months though... the IRS starts accepting returns on Jan 31 so people will start getting their refunds back in Feb.... and I intend to capitalize on that! lol :)
temptingmodel
01-20-2015, 01:18 PM
Hilarious you mentioned Tax returns, that is prob why some ppl think its busy during the spring months and then dead
noooo they ran out of tax money
Broke ballers on those tax returns. I try to get all in one night, not even playing.
SarahTime
01-20-2015, 01:24 PM
Hilarious you mentioned Tax returns, that is prob why some ppl think its busy during the spring months and then dead
noooo they ran out of tax money
Broke ballers on those tax returns. I try to get all in one night, not even playing.
I totally believe that's why the Spring is the best time for camming! :D "I'm so rich bb!" It's the only time some of these cheap asses will part with a measly buck for a gold show! The rest of the year it's just "show ass bb" "show tits then pvt bb".
Marina Starr
01-20-2015, 01:27 PM
That's why I think SM should accept EBT as a form of payment.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/tsmelania/ArlhK_zpsezhi9jgo.gif (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/tsmelania/media/ArlhK_zpsezhi9jgo.gif.html)
Hilarious you mentioned Tax returns, that is prob why some ppl think its busy during the spring months and then dead
noooo they ran out of tax money
Broke ballers on those tax returns. I try to get all in one night, not even playing.
temptingmodel
01-20-2015, 01:35 PM
That's why I think SM should accept EBT as a form of payment.
I give out the number to UNICEF all the time :D
ClassyCara
01-21-2015, 04:04 AM
I'm SOOO IN!
You girls are such motivation! 2014 wasn't the best for me. It started off great, but then I think I wore myself out working harder not smarter. Then I became inconsistent, and eventually took a break from camming altogether. I've decided to get my shit together, not just with camming, but life in general. I want to be a healthier, more productive me. Must...not....be....lazy! I know I'm a few weeks late to this challenge, but I'm IN.
I'm going for the full 100k, not sure if it's doable for me but that won't stop me from trying. I'll need to play a lil catch up for January though. I think I will keep my goals simple with $8350/month. I found that if I get too specific (weekly/daily goals) I tend to get discouraged when I don't make them. This way I don't restrict myself to a number of days/hours, because inevitably, something always comes up. If I'm doing good for the month and want to take an extra day off, then I'll do it. I think the key is to be honest with myself. If I KNOW I haven't been pushing myself, I'm not going to take off. But if I've been working 10+ days straight, and been productive with my time (making content, promoting, etc.) then I won't feel guilty about rewarding my efforts. I don't want to take away one of the greatest benefits of this "job", the FLEXIBILITY! I just have to be careful. I do better when I'm in a routine, good or bad. When I'm consistent and work everyday, it's easy to keep that up. When I'm lazy and make excuses not to work, it's easy to keep that going too!
Hopefully doing this challenge will help with some of our financial goal this year. (I think we have too many)
-Taxes (I dipped into my tax savings during my break from cam)
-Hubby's lease on his car is almost up, so we'll need a down payment on a new car. (I want a big down payment too, I hate having a high monthly car note)
-New House! We are hoping to be able to buy a house this year. Not sure how likely that is, but it won't hurt to apply for a pre-approval and see where we stand.
-Being debt free! I want most our debt paid off by the end of the year. Credit cards, financed items, my car, and school loans all need to be paid! We are going to use the snowball method so it shouldn't take too much extra income to make this happen!
-Savings. In addition to putting away savings for taxes, I want to build up personal savings too. I love the idea another model on this thread had about having a years income saved. I want to work towards that, so if something ever does happen, we're covered.
Yikes! Writing it all down like this makes it seem like sooooo much!
I LOVE the board idea, think I'll NEED it some days! I just don't know where to put it. My office area is in the main living space and I'm not sure if I want put it there...
Nikki_Fox
01-21-2015, 07:21 PM
meh - I made most of my $$ the first 10 days too :boobies: then I started hustling my vanilla job which is commission that I dont see for awhile - I am so used to the instant gratification of adult work that it is hard - I just cant seem to find the balance of not neglecting one for the other :seesaw: :juggle:
bigbootyjudy1
02-04-2015, 11:42 PM
Trying to make this six figure aint shit to fuck with.Damn.I've been putting in a crazy amount of hours since its slow.Also the amount of estimated quarterly tax is ridiculous.(dont forget to give uncle sam their cuts girlies).Im not sure if this is a challenge i can do every year but for 2015 im about to drain balls and wallets trying to get this money.My new motivation is to pay off my $24,000 student loans,plus im moving to a new city.we all know how expensive moving is *sigh*.I hope you ladies are still in!!! Come on girlies we got this.Checking in cuz i need some motivation .LOL
ClassyCara
02-05-2015, 02:07 AM
-Update!
Been working my butt off, literally! Trying a new schedule of working 11 days straight, then 3 days off. I start on the by-weekly payday, and work up until the Monday before the next payday. That way my days off coincide with the days when most guys are out of mulah, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on too much. I take my well deserved & much needed 3 days to myself to reboot for the next go around. It's much easier for me to get my butt up for cam when I've been doing it routinely, and taking my days off together helps me stick to that routine. I used to just take whatever random day I wanted off & it was so hard to cam the next day. One day wasn't enough, and I was too used to the laziness. I'd find any excuse to take the next day off too.
So far I've been kicking my daily goal's ass! My placement & traffic have increased a bunch, & this week may be my highest week ever. I think by March, I will be on the $8334/month track! Keep at it ladies, our hard work will pay off!!!
Flickdreams
02-05-2015, 07:22 PM
On track: I've gone from cancelling shifts, to 2 shifts per week, to 3 shifts (with my next goal being 4 shifts) each lasting between 8-12hours. I'm also walking daily and looking at the lifestyle choices I make and how they support my goals.
I do need to sit down and look at the tax bracket and budget.
SarahTime
02-05-2015, 07:58 PM
I really want to say I'm on track... but I haven't started putting in the hardcore effort yet. If I work too much when it's slow I very quickly lose all momentum and hope. Silly, I know. So because of this, when it's a slow period, I just work less and try to make up for it when it's really busy. I'm gearing up for Spring because Spring has always been my best time on cam.
I still think I can make it all the way though! :)
SimoneGray
02-06-2015, 08:00 AM
I really want to say I'm on track... but I haven't started putting in the hardcore effort yet. If I work too much when it's slow I very quickly lose all momentum and hope. Silly, I know. So because of this, when it's a slow period, I just work less and try to make up for it when it's really busy. I'm gearing up for Spring because Spring has always been my best time on cam.
I still think I can make it all the way though! :)
I have to say I am guilty of not being on track too. Between settling into a new schedule and finding my feet on new cam sites, things have been less than perfect. I also cam up with a net amount that I want to bank at the end of the year meaning that I have also had to reassess what I want to earn each month and where it comes from etc. That and also I had a very very slow period on my main site and my esteem took a huge knock meaning I didn't try as hard as I could have.
But, that aside, today is one of my first real money making days on my new sites, so I am going full steam ahead!
audritwo
02-06-2015, 07:52 PM
I somehow managed to make $75k in 2014. ($10k more then I estimated)
I can so do this now!
ClassyCara
02-07-2015, 02:07 AM
So I finally got all my 1099s in. I made a lot less last year than I thought. So bad news is it's gonna take a lot more work than I thought to increase to 6 figures. Good news is I won't have to pay as much taxes as I had planned. Which is nice since I dipped into that savings during my "break". But the last 2 nights have been slow, so I feel my positive attitude slipping away....
CinnimonKiss
02-07-2015, 09:21 AM
audtritwo your a beast! Wow!! I need to play catch up with taxes for 2014 and then of course build 2015 this first half of the year. I will be 100 % caught up by summer and be on track for taxes next year, which will be so relieving. :)
This year is kinda like my, get my ass in gear, make changes, and set up for 2016. My start up year to a new life, changes and growth and happiness. :)
Flickdreams
02-07-2015, 11:19 PM
Had to leave shift very early last night to rescue a very ill husband! It would be the busiest shift in awhile, fuckknuckle.
LilliB
02-12-2015, 09:32 PM
You know what? Fuck it, I'm in. I did the math, and with even with my fairly low current hourly, all it would take is me pulling my head outta my butt and actually logging on 5-6 days a week and working. I've been way too focused on homefront stuff thus far, but I have 10 months to get my ship in shape. Also, seriously, even if I don't make it to $100,000 - heaven forbid! - anything close is winning.
Making my cashspo board *tonight!*
Juliette25
02-12-2015, 11:26 PM
Man I don't know about 6 figures for me but I'm trying to more than double my income this year. Upper middle class baby lol. I'll at the very least be lurking in this thread.
Juliette25
02-12-2015, 11:26 PM
Correction:
Yes I'm down to make 6 figs this year!
LilliB
02-13-2015, 08:30 PM
Wow, totally didn't realize what a lack of cute, inspirational image stuff exists in my life. Got my background put together (a Hello Kitty poster, yay!) and printed out a customized calendar from timeanddate.com, but the rest will have to wait until after I've completely killed it on cam tonight. ;) Get some, ladies! There's plenty of that sweet money cake to go around!
ScarletKitten
02-14-2015, 01:44 AM
I'm totally pumped to make money like never before. My inspiration and motivation are back, and I'm feeling confident & great! Shake it ladies, make that pyramid paper, roll baby, roll! It's great to be slutty, sexy, and rollin' in dough!!!
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KikiLeMieux
02-14-2015, 12:31 PM
Well, it's not quite six figures a year... But it's still more than my friends who flaunt their fancy "big girl jobs" and college degrees!
Since this is my first year of really going for it with camming, I think these numbers are a little more doable for me than $100,000+
$85,000 year / $7083 month / $1770 week / $295 per day, working six days a week (I'm the kind of person that needs at least a day off to do other things.)
Since I primarily use MFC, I went so far as to multiply that number by twenty, so I would know the actual amount of tokens I would need to earn per day, which is 5903.
So I'm going to make that my lucky number for this year, empower it and write it everywhere!! Bring the money in, baby!!
This is not including income I make doing other modeling, so hopefully with the momentum I gain with that, this year is going to ROCK financially.
<3
DonaDiabla
02-15-2015, 02:52 PM
I will be doing six figures this year.....I need this year to really financially rock :) I am upgrading my teeth, nails, hair, car, and apartment. I will getting me a great paying vanilla job and hustling my other eggs including phone sex and Second Life clips hard :)
missyamaya
02-17-2015, 01:11 PM
You ladies are inspiring!
ScarletKitten
02-18-2015, 06:45 AM
Keep hustlin', bb's! Imagine that huge stack of cash or that big, juicy number in your bank account. 8)
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SarahTime
02-18-2015, 09:19 AM
I think I'm finally getting my hustle back!
Something about the winter months just drags me down! When it's cold and dreary outside all I want to do is cuddle up on the couch and binge on netflix... cold weather does NOT make me want to get naked! LOL :)
I took yet another week off last week but I got back to it last night with my newly refreshed cam set up, and it was a good night! Ready to rock the Spring! :D
Juliette25
02-19-2015, 02:29 AM
I think I may have just had the best day on cam that I've ever had, and it's gotten me on track for my goal this month which is fan fucking tastic.
Juliette25
02-19-2015, 02:34 AM
I think I'm finally getting my hustle back!
Something about the winter months just drags me down! When it's cold and dreary outside all I want to do is cuddle up on the couch and binge on netflix... cold weather does NOT make me want to get naked! LOL :)
I hear you man. I feel the same way. I don't know how I did it but I watched the entire first seaon of Broad City yesterday lol. Got back to hustlin' today though! I had been off for a few days.
CinnimonKiss
02-20-2015, 04:14 PM
BUMP!!!!
This thread needs to be seen every single day!
TGIF!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!! Im working tonight are you? ;P
SarahTime
02-20-2015, 04:26 PM
BUMP!!!!
This thread needs to be seen every single day!
TGIF!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!! Im working tonight are you? ;P
I'm working :D I hate working Fridays, but I'm making myself work anyway lol