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What are the reasons for you not using Twitter to promote your cam?
Seems like twitter is a great promo tool for cam girls. yet I see so many girls either not being active on twitter or worst, not even having a profile. Curious as to the reasons... anyone?
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I am new to camming and I would love to use twitter to promote, but I'll be honest, twitter kinda confuses me...(makes me feel old to admit that)
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I have a cam Twitter but have never used it... I know it's a great promotional tool but eww, social media. (I know SW is technically in that category but it doesn't feel that way haha.) It's exhausting enough to me to have to deal with guys when I'm streaming, much less when I'm off the clock. Plus I really don't have any interest in developing that kind of cam persona. I know I would make more money and get more customers if I connected with them more but all that stuff is just, well, as I said exhausting to me. And I feel like it really increases the chances of being outed which seals the deal.
Basically I know it's a poor business decision to not promote off-site but it's just extremely unappealing to me. Maybe someday.
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I used to have a twitter but over exposure is my reason for me taking it down. Though I've been camming off and on since 07', I'm here this time around to make a short term career of camming, not a lifetime. What I mean is I prefer promoting my ads on places that can be quickly taken down and are controlled by me. Ads that I pay for have an expiration date and are PPC. I understand that people record us, and promos/white labels are used, but I think posting on twitter with photos daily put you at risk much higher if you don't want to be over exposed. If you don't care, I think twitter can be awesome!
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I forget. Simple as that.
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To be honest...I don't know how to use Twitter for promotional purposes. I often forget to post that I'm going on call or on cam, and I do have some blurbs with my listings linked to it and I randomly put up photos...but I honestly have no clue what I'm doing on there. I really wish they had a cam girl course in HOW to actually use social media for promotion. I know that most women like to guard their marketing secrets, but at the same time, newbies can lose a lot of time and money floundering around learning on their own. I wasted my newbie status because of the learning curve - and I'm OCD about doing my research and learning skills before applying them. I wish I had a mentor when I started...heck, I would love a mentor NOW!
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I USE THE FUCKING HELL OUT OF IT.. love it..
lol
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Because I spend too much time on my personal twitter. LOL Seriously i love social media but I don't use it as much as I could for marketing, but I do see an uptick in sales when I am active on twitter.
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Twitter is my chat room. Except in that one I don't have to pretend to smile or answer stupid questions. Come to think about it I do smile when I interact on twitter. But it's much more genuine because I get into some really funny exchanges on there. I think some people don't understand how it works and of course the many reasons listed above. I have zero qualms with exposure and it jeopardizing my future. My future plans are unconventional so no worries there. Only problem I have with twitter is I have too many of them and even with hootsuite I find myself spending too much time some and not the other.
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I use twitter to promote.
But truth be told, it is hard to use twitter WELL when you are promoting. I know that I haven't mastered it yet.
The line between 'promoting' and 'spamming' can be a fine line, indeed.
I also personally find it hard to use Twitter effectively and not have it be a major time suck from other more profitable projects that I should be working on.
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I have friends who make 4 figures per day often on Streamate who don't use twitter (nor any social media at all). I also have friends who make good money on Streamate who use twitter religiously. I really don't think it matters unless you're doing porn.
That being said, I had a twitter for awhile and used to tweet all the time until it was hacked. Then I took like a year off and went back to twitter (but barely lol) with a new account. No earnings difference. In fact, I probably make more per hour now.
IMO most of the money guys aren't sitting around checking twitter all day. They don't have time for that. But twitter can be fun, and good if you do porn or modeling work aside from camming (even though camming is porn).
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I actually have quite a few regs that use twitter...and they have an easy way of getting ahold of me. I love twitter!! I also make it a point to reply to every mention. It is kinda hard bc im almost at 10k followers but still. My guys love it. And I know they will be in tomorrow tippin what they can. It's good for me but not for everybody. And I can understand that ;)
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Twitter suggests you to followers based on IP, not your listed location. I didn't want to use a VPN/proxy every time I tweeted or be suggested to people in my area.
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GlamourRouge
IMO most of the money guys aren't sitting around checking twitter all day. .
All it takes is one click. I have customers that use twitter solely for getting in contact via DM.. they don't use it BUT THEY DO USE IT.
They see boobs fly down the line or in most cases just sit there bc they don't have many followers.. The MAN will click. I follow men LOL just bc I see who (they tweet) when (times) and where (do these guys make comments) ..
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I tend to always get other models or pervs referred .. maybe this is new? Im not sure I have heard something about this. I have very few from my area, very few.
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Charlotteslut
Twitter suggests you to followers based on IP, not your listed location. I didn't want to use a VPN/proxy every time I tweeted or be suggested to people in my area.
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^^Same here...all i get suggested to me is porn ppl, pervs or some random account...like starbucks lmao
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temptingmodel
I tend to always get other models or pervs referred .. maybe this is new? Im not sure I have heard something about this. I have very few from my area, very few.
It might be new, I'm not sure. They definitely went by IP in my case, as that was the only connection for local followers. I never had my real location listed or followed anyone local. I know 3 models who also had this issue.
Scary for the models who live in small towns especially.
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Originally Posted by
Charlotteslut
It might be new, I'm not sure. They definitely went by IP in my case, as that was the only connection for local followers. I never had my real location listed or followed anyone local. I know 3 models who also had this issue.
Scary for the models who live in small towns especially.
Hmm...that is scary if that's the case. I luckily haven't had any issues w/ ppl knowing where I am at. But that doesn't mean it won't happen tho. :/
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Originally Posted by
temptingmodel
All it takes is one click. I have customers that use twitter solely for getting in contact via DM.. they don't use it BUT THEY DO USE IT.
They see boobs fly down the line or in most cases just sit there bc they don't have many followers.. The MAN will click. I follow men LOL just bc I see who (they tweet) when (times) and where (do these guys make comments) ..
I got two indy shows just this morning through DM's. I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet but they were looking for me.
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Originally Posted by
Charlotteslut
It might be new, I'm not sure. They definitely went by IP in my case, as that was the only connection for local followers. I never had my real location listed or followed anyone local. I know 3 models who also had this issue.
Scary for the models who live in small towns especially.
This has happened to me when I used my adult twitter in a browser that I normally only use for my vanilla twitter. Also I tweeted about something that was trending on both accounts. But that only happened the one time. It was in Firefox btw
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PhatGirlDynomite!!!
This has happened to me when I used my adult twitter in a browser that I normally only use for my vanilla twitter. Also I tweeted about something that was trending on both accounts. But that only happened the one time. It was in Firefox btw
I've never had a vanilla twitter, so I doubt it was that. :(
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I like Twitter. I use it for both my dog rescue pictures and cam. Funny because dog people/rescues follow you for that, then you have cam people too. It's kinda like some don't care what I do for a living, just my rescue with dogs they love. But.... I am friends with (yes and met often enough in the past) Bret Michaels who REFUSES to follow me, but we have had a few DM before about his dog collection. And Aldon Smith of the 49ers (who also stopped following me) I know to keep their reputation.
I still follow anyone I like, or know, or have something in common with.
I don't just follow anyone back. I like that they let me know who they are first... I am not out to gain tons of followers, then I see all these stupid messages I have nothing in common with. Wish I had made two accounts.
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Twitter has brought a lot of business but a lot more lurkers.. It is a powerful tool but it's just as annoying as sitting in free chat all day.
I've had my personal twitter since 2011 and it's pretty much my escape from everything. :P But my camming twitter is, too. It's a good tool and it's fun.
If anyone needs help figuring it out or setting up, info about what to tweet etc. feel free to ask. :3 I think I do a decent job.
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Camigirl
I like Twitter. I use it for both my dog rescue pictures and cam. Funny because dog people/rescues follow you for that, then you have cam people too. It's kinda like some don't care what I do for a living, just my rescue with dogs they love. But.... I am friends with (yes and met often enough in the past) Bret Michaels who REFUSES to follow me, but we have had a few DM before about his dog collection. And Aldon Smith of the 49ers (who also stopped following me) I know to keep their reputation.
I still follow anyone I like, or know, or have something in common with.
I don't just follow anyone back. I like that they let me know who they are first... I am not out to gain tons of followers, then I see all these stupid messages I have nothing in common with. Wish I had made two accounts.
How does Bret Michaels DM you if he doesn't follow you? Did he used to? And waaaaay off topic....how bad is his hairline under that bandana?
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I use twitter but only to get my cammodels link out there. I try to do more with it when I remember... but honestly I don't use it much because it's full of time wasters. The guys there mostly want free pics, free show, free free free free.