Are you satisfied with where you are now, or do you have plans to expand yourself....
Im wondering how everyone feels about where they stand right now in the camming/adult industry. Are you comfortable or do you feel like you should be doing more, or that you need more? Would you rather stick with 1 or 2 websites just because you dont want to get "too big" or be well known? Am I crazy for feeling like being well known is just too much, I mean thats where the moneys at right?
I myself have made the decision to expand myself. Well Im trying anyways, if I could just get AW and MGF to verify my account already. lol But Im also looking into my best options for a couple more decent camming sites. I guess my worry is that adding the extra sites and providing content to the others, etc. will put a lot of extra pressure and stress on me. I feel like the extra customer demands are gonna overwhelm me. But then again the way I thought of it initially is that maybe it will take some stress off my shoulders if I make a success out of what I do on these sites, and hopefully make a decent amount extra without having to actually be online.
I guess my most important question here is, when those of you who decided to expand yourself, did it help you mentally or maybe hurt you? I mean we all have our good and bad days, but I just wanna prepare myself now for what may come if I dive into all of this like Ive been planning. What finally proved to you that you were established in this industry. Im assuming number 1 is better money and larger following.
Thanks!
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I'm pretty happy with where I am, but above all I just want a more solid base of regulars so I can spend as much of my working time as possible in paid chat. This will involve promoting myself as much as possible, though I'd still like to continue working solidly with Streamate rather than having my own site. I do not have a very good grasp of setting up or maintaining my own site, plus it isn't within my comfort zone - at least not right now. In the future, perhaps. :) We'll see what happens.
I do want faster internet speed so I can have that damn SM Encoder.
I also want to use my voice. (I can't speak on cam as I still live with my folks).
Busting out my English accent is something I feel certain will attract a lot of clients as I get told constantly that I am something of a rarity on SM for being a (genuine) British girl.
I also want a rider range of outfits and costumes.
The most prominent breakthroughs for my career will incur when I get to move out.
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The only girls that are "well known" are well known because they do porn. Or, more likely, did porn but retired because there's no money in it anymore. And by doing porn, I mean they do whole films for $600 per entire film these days, and if they're considered lucky if asked to film more than a couple films per month. Especially once they are past their "new girl" phase. They do it for exposure, not for the pay obviously. But those films are around forever. So it just depends what you are comfortable with. But if your goal is to be #1 and one of the most well known girls, then you'd need to do porn. Don't anything you're unsure of, are questioning, or don't want to do because you'll regret it and turn into Shelley Lubben.
I am so far on track with everything I want to accomplish, yes.
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To me it's less about being "known" as earning. If I can be on one site and make bank, then I could careless if I'm a household name.
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I think sometimes if you work too many sites you aren't giving any of them your "all" and it can show. Especially if you are working different sites at once. If you can do it successfully, cool. If the members are getting pissed your focus is elsewhere, I wouldn't do it. I'm going to focus all of my energy into one site right now. :)
Re: Are you satisfied with where you are now, or do you have plans to expand yourself
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playboymegan
I think sometimes if you work too many sites you aren't giving any of them your "all" and it can show. Especially if you are working different sites at once. If you can do it successfully, cool. If the members are getting pissed your focus is elsewhere, I wouldn't do it. I'm going to focus all of my energy into one site right now. :)
If members are getting pissed that a cam girl's focus is elsewhere then he should actually be paying instead of freeloading. Attention is not free. And if you're in a paid show, then obviously you'd be focusing on the show (or the customer is going to leave) because this is a profit-oriented business where the goal is to build repeat clientelle. Working multiple sites, and working them at the same time, is always the way to go. Unless you're currently working on MFC since its a tip-oriented site where you can be tipped at any time, so you need to put in a lot of effort 100% of the time on there.
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I am sorely tempted to respond to this thread's title literally .... "If I expand myself any more I won't be able to stand up "
http://www.jigzone.com/p/up/H/1J/50/94iv.jpg
But to respond seriously, expanding your 'market value' is not the same thing as expanding the number of channels by which customers can access your current 'market value'. I have always been a firm believer that 'investing in yourself' to increase your 'market value' to customers ... thus allowing you to charge higher rates ... is the best possible investment. As was pointed out by GlamourRouge, one way to do 'brand building' is to go after some porn industry credits. In my own case, I was able to do a large amount of 'brand building' with the help of plastic surgeons. Other girls have done successful 'brand building' via magazine appearances, contest wins, adopting a 'fetish', etc.
The cold hard business reality in any case is that there are 10,000 'girl next door' camgirls online, with more starting every day. If a camgirl is serious about achieving major success in the future, she has to find some 'angle' that will allow her to be recognizable amongst that crowd of 10,000. Being listed on page 5 at five different webcam hosts is NOT going to result in as much traffic ( or paid sales / income ) as being listed on page 1 of just one webcam host !
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Since joining this site the cam girls have given me inspiration to go further. Study a degree perhaps along side this. Why not? I'm more than just a big pair of boobs. I have a brain. I do have to thank this site cos its given me a lot to think of in the long term rather the short term if things continue the way there are.
In the early days of me camming it was just for fun with the added bonus of money for paying debts off, buying something saucy and spending money on my hair! Now thats all cleared its more of rent, bills etc. I've never had 'the plan' so was 'happy' where I was.
Its only a shame I never knew this site when I first started camming because it helps alot.
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Thanks ladies for the responses, everyone of you had a great point.
I guess the way Ive viewed coming into camming and providing adult content is, "If Im gonna do it, I might as well do it big!" I honestly think I could do it "big" for about a year, just to gain a great base of regs, get my name out there and then taper off. To me it seems like to get your name out there you almost have to be part of a lot initially then taper off. And when I say a lot I dont mean like the really awful sites that are hard to work on, but the decent ones. And not just camming, but adult content providing and adult networking. If I thought I could build a website, or had the patience for it I so would, just dont see it in the cards. Much kuddos to the ones who have!!
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I am working MFC. I tried 3 sites at one including MFC. Typing on two different sites while being in free chat on MFC, was not good for tips and guys didn't want to go to a pvt with a model who seemed preoccupied elsewhere.