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    ***Please note: OK, I'm writing this a bit on the fly. I've spent a lot of last night and today compiling a list of useful online resources which go into extensive detail in a few different categories I'd like to touch on.

    This post is written for those camgirls/models/strippers/actors/writers, etc who want to increase their exposure. And those ready, or soon-to-be ready, to launch their online career (or boost it) and develop a brand name.***

    I'm still learning as I go along. So, ladies, feel free to chime in, revise, agree/disagree or what have you with what I am presenting below.

    I plan to expand more open each one in later posts. I juuuust finished typing up a bunch of hand-written notes from when my internet went down late in the afternoon yesterday. Here is a somewhat abridged version of one of the potentially very valuable gems I discovered:


    On the Importance of Press Kits and Professional Queries

    On http://www.murdermustadvertise.com/index.html, I was actually reading about ways to promote an e-book I'm working on, but the light bulb shined so brightly when I realized, while reading, how a lot of the information on the site can also be used directly and indirectly for aspiring web star brands such as ourselves.

    One topic in particular, that I found useful is about creating your own press kits.

    Why develop a press kit?

    Well, they help in "securing broadcast interviews, newspaper and magazine features, chats, and.....other appearances."

    I have been on Playboy Radio quite a few times in the past year, and, luckily, I did not need to use a press kit for these appearances.

    I DO, however, plan on using press kits for soliciting magazine interviews, radio and other forms of multimedia broadcasting and have begun to implement this strategy in my current and future projects.

    This mindset will ultimately be more likely to increase receptivity and (hopefully) mass appeal. If you want to make serious money and have your brand be taken seriously, it should be submitted in a fashion similar to those sent by major media public relations firms.

    Granted, there are plenty of online stations and media outlets which require much less formal methods of submitting one's brand. Yet, if you want to go for the big dogs in media, you should present yourself as you would if you were "already" in the big leagues.

    If nothing else, you may get a small mention or appear as a co-host/guest for a quick two minute spot. But getting your message and 'product' out to the number of eyes and ears that the mega-media conglomerates have is worth its weight in gold.

    And, best of all, it's free(ish, depending on marketing costs) and sometimes even PAID. If not immediately, it most definitely will indirectly as a certain percentage of those viewers/readers/listeners will want to know more. And a percentage of those may be other valuable media outlets who want to jump on what's "hot."

    No matter what, establishing a sense of professionalism and credibility presents you in the best light possible.

    So, "adult" or not, another point worth considering is whether your brand can be marketed in a way that is mainstream enough for certain segments of the population. This will depend, at least in part, on what else you can bring to the table, other than your stunning good looks, hot bod, or top cam score.

    The best way to approach both adult and mainstream media is to have some sort of novelty or niche item to promote.

    Alternatively, while sifting through different creativr strategies to integrate into your platform, you can 'cross promote' by promoting one of your most marketable, recognizable partners, social media sites (Twitter, anyone?)affiliates (Amazon? Google?), etc...

    This could also include a mention of one of your major major money-making webcam sites, merchant credit card processors, your favorite photographers, lingerie/clothing websites, your site host/domain registrar (WordPress, GoDaddy, et al...).

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    OK...before I go on.....is this interesting enough to the ladies here? I'm seriously just sort of in "super-stream-of-consciousness" mode and I feel like I'm giving my own self a pep talk.

    Feel free to let me know it's all good, but "No, thank you!!!" if this is overkill. I'll be sad for a minute, but I'm still so glad I wrote this out while I'm feeling so inspired and I hope this helps some aspiring ladies (webutantes?) here, too....

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    It's awesome, carry on girl!

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    It's amazing. Please do go on. Thanks so much for this.

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    Thank you, Katie, Nocturne, and T_Plush! Will add more later tonight or tomorrow late morning when I wake up. Yay!

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    And thank you, Miss Ego!!!!
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    I would definitely love to read more!

    I've finally decided after doing this job for so long-but never committing to it 100%,that I am unlikely to ever work in any other area-so have been looking to push myself and go forward into this on a serious basis.
    So,reading your above post has definitely given me food for thought-I'm revamping my existing website and working on a new one-as well as shooting as much video,photo and mp3 content as I can.

    I'll definitely look forward to reading more,and thanks for taking the time to do so.

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    That's awesome, English Princess! Yes, personally, I feel quite similarly, in that I figure I've attained a fair amount of success in the 'straight-laced' world. Most people in my life who know me more than casually have enough of a hint of my personal philosophy to know, and usually come around to appreciate my umm 'open-mindedness' and unique perspective on life. So it has been quite exhilirating to merge the two sides of myself, and have it transform into its own unique niche.

    So, a lot of what I'll be adding in to this thread will be for like-minded women who feel that they want to offer the world a taste of their specific brand of sexy and be successful with it in multiple arenas...cohesively, hopefully!!!

    Thank you all for your encouragement. There's more on the way. I had my parents visit, and chilled out for a bit with my boy. Then I suddenly started thinking of a new erotic story to post on my site when he was halfway falling asleep next to me on the couch. My brain is a total sponge. Or maybe a dump truck.

    Oh, and, no, the erotic story has nothing to do with parents or any such thing, thank gosh! lol...I'm not THAT out there! rofl.....k...to be continued.....
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    London, you are awesome. And your writing is crisp & clear & wonderful to read! Looking forward to more

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    Thank you, sexandgrammar! I'm a fellow degreed chica (M.A.), so I guess it has been extensively drilled in my brain to structure and organize my thoughts in some sort of methodical manner. Still, sometimes I feel like I'm having waaaay too many thoughts at once when I start to write. Eeek!

    OK...So, once again, I'm writing a bit 'spontaneously', as I'm still compiling even more information. I don't want to skip over anything important on the road to producing a 'chain reaction', so to speak, in the pursuit of...errrr....erotic recognition!

    So feel free to ask me to clarify anything or be more, uh, succinct if I begin to ramble. Like now! lol

    Today, let's pick up with where I left off by focusing on how to build the foundation of an active, interactive(!) media presence.


    Last night's post addressed the big picture and touched briefly on what to do when you actually SECURE an interview. But you may want to know the different forms of actually seeking and attaining those interviews.

    Sometimes the web is entirely too big to sift through, indeed, and the speed at which information can travel is often overwhelming. Some of you may be familiar with quite a few of the methods I'll list throughout this thread.

    Yet, perhaps there will be a few new ways that you had not realized existed. In order of difficulty, from easiest (and FREE) to more difficult (or at least that may require a monetary investment) I begin with two examples, in this post.


    But first, this is my number one tip to everyone in business:

    #1 Rule: Exploit your resources!

    (And don't look at 'exploit' as a bad thing. Sales and 'stardom' are all about exploiting one's self to some degree.)

    The best thing about running your own brand is that YOU control its image, ethics, and credibility. So, "do good". We are all in this together.

    Every connection you have can prove valuable to not only yourself, but to that 'exploited' connection as well. Networking, in its purest form, is all about inter-connectedness and mutual, effective cross-promotion accomplishes this.

    Best of all, so much of this is FREE and requires nothing but time and the commitment to forming a steady alliance.



    EASY, INFORMAL METHOD #1

    1) Twitter is indispensable for increasing your recognition. For current Twitter account holders, keep your eye out for interesting companies, be they adult, adult-friendly, or even mainstream.

    Your favorite lingerie store, nightclub, local photographer, as well as your adult-specific companies you follow may need some promo and if you already really like their brand and aren't afraid to say so, that can get you very far in exchanging cross-promotion with them in some form.


    2)Do not forget the companies you already follow, check back on their pages and see if they're hunting for ladies. See which companies are interactive with their fans and whether they engage in dialogue (i.e.: @replies) regularly.

    They could be doing so with people you recognize in the media, 'normal' citizens (lol), other adult starlets, upcoming entertainers/bands/musicians, or known and recognizable celebrities. Get a sense of their tone and approachability.


    3) Engage those that seem 'openly' responsive with your own @replies. Don't focus on whether or not you are getting instant replies back or not, just yet.


    4) If you do elicit a response from them, keep the open dialogue going for a bit so they can become familiar with you.

    You may even get other followers who are by-products of this exchange and they may be even more targeted followers who saw that you, an adult entertainer, are mingling with 'society' in a friendly way.


    5) From there, do NOT be afraid to send a direct message to those who are following you, telling them that you'd love to appear on their site in some way or would like to send them pictures (moreso for the adult and adult-friendly sites, of course!).

    The character limitation compels you to be concise, just try to be friendly, brief, and add your email address in that initial request if you can.


    6) So many adult companies will twitter throughout the day to announce their need of a model/actress/pictures/ etc for any number of reasons.

    You don't need to be obsessive about checking non-stop, but when you check out your timeline, spend 2-10 minutes tops actually 'reading' or at least 'skimming' the tweets of those that you are following.

    Jump on what you feel sounds like an ideal opportunity if the request seems easy enough, especially if it doesn't involve any huge time commitment than you can afford to give it.

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    I can add quite a bit more on Twitter, alone, but I will stop there for now.

    I wanted to add in one more site into this post which is at the opposite end of the spectrum at first glance.

    However, once you look closely, there is a very good starting base with 'free' information for how to do the same service for yourself while you are just starting to get the ball rolling.

    That site is: http://www.guestfinder.com



    THE FORMAL/MONETARY INVESTMENT METHOD #1: Paid Third Party PR Platform


    Now, Guest Finder's site says,

    "GuestFinder is a web-based directory of people available for radio, TV, and newspaper interviews. The site is designed for the media professional and others who wish to quickly and easily find guests or interview subjects. It is a subsidiary of NewsBuzz, Inc. "

    Sounds great. But it's not free for those wishing to be listed as "potential guests" for media outlets.

    The cost is $249 for a 12 month listing (gulp!) . Um, yeah. Perhaps we don't want to jump right in and fork over that kind of money on a site that is not instantly recognizable, eh?

    However, if you look on their page: http://www.guestfinder.com/tips there is a veritable treasure trove of valuable advice in regards to creating an attractive and media-friendly profile on their site.

    But, hey, why not use those suggestions when you are implementing your own press kit when soliciting interviews with the big dogs?

    Additionally, you can look at their list of guests, who have provided their contact info on their open profiles. From there you can, if you're like me, hunt down your OWN interviews, if you also enjoy interviewing others.

    And so far as I can tell from the site, that's totally free(!) and the profiles are listed in their open directory.

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    In my next post, I'll stick with coupling an easy and/or free method of achieving publicity with a more difficult/costly/ or time-consuming one.


    I want to look at the next two sites I've catalogued more extensively first before chiming in with how to integrate them into your media platform.


    More coming soon.....!!!! =)


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    Oh, and as an aside and personal testimony: I was able to secure interviews/feature stories by networking via Twitter for the following sites:

    1)http://www.altboobblog.co.uk (Paul is awesome and super sweet!)

    2)http://www.icammodel.com (Alex is amazing and full of great info! Secured via Twitter AND S.W., actually)

    3)http://www.adulttalentregistry.com (Marc from the Dark =) is the owner and very professional )

    4)http://www.youwerejustthinkingit.blogspot.com (LaMar JUST started interviewing models on his sports stats site and is eager to interview more lovely ladies!)

    There are a few others I garnered using different forms of communication and will add those when those sites are outlined!
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    Great info London and I really enjoyed being interviewed by you

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    Thank you, Bella! And you are just so damn fascinating! I re-read your interview DAILY. Same with Daisy Delfina and Randi. But, yeah, I've got an interview wishlist that is QUITE extensive and includes a great number of Sw gals, especially CamWhore, PrincessJenny, Ms. Avalon, etc....

    I have been swamped with 'reading' and studying webmaster forums, PR stuff, my fellow colleagues' sites....But, yes, I looove being the interviewer very much, too...and hope to collabo with you all veddy veddy soon.

    In a silly mood right now. Excuse the mess (You should see my hair arranged ever so haphazardly all over my head. Nutty professor, par excellence!)

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    I found this ebook while I was doing some research on SEO etc. thought you all may enjoy having it as well. http://smallbizbee.com/index/wp-cont...er_for_biz.pdf

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    Thanks, Juliette!

    I've got more coming soon, but I've had to handle a few emergencies. My site's being transferred from WordPress to a new domain registrar and host.

    So, just as an FYI, WordPress is not affiliate-friendly...and although my 'pride' in all that darn WORK I put into my site is a bit bruised, it is better if I pack up and move to a host who is perfectly okay with that!

    I learned a lot with WordPress, it's a shame they pulled the plug so abruptly.

    But hey, crisis=opportunity, right? Time for bigger and better things at an even faster pace than I planned!

    Enough about me, I wanna keep adding to my tip-a-dees! I'll just put one little quick snippet, but I do want to go more into this point and add more information later:

    There's a cool site called helpareporter dot com (or dot org, I don't have their site on my computer at the moment) where individuals can contribute and "help a reporter out" if they have any knowledge, anecdotes, advice on any number of topics.

    In some cases

    - you can be credited in the article, or
    -you are 'anonymous',

    and still others give you the option to decide which way to go.

    Either way, most of the reporters will indicate such in their queries.

    The reporters are from magazines, radio, tv, internet, (did I miss anything?)....

    I am pretty sure you are NOT paid for this as it is considered moreso as a form of volunteering.

    However, the exposure can be worthwhile and there ARE reporters looking for people in different forms of entertainment. Even adult! And some will let you list your site, email, etc within your submission.

    I responded to a query a few days ago for an interview for a book about sex tips from sex workers by an adult publishing press on the East Coast.

    Didn't involve too much of my time. I'll be credited and my site will be mentioned, etc...So, yeah...there's another possiblity for you there. And it's FREE!

    Right about now, I do so sincerely love free anything....It costs a LOT to get the ball rolling in business expenses, promo materials, time, sweat and tears...

    So any expenditure that can be curtailed or is non-existent....hey.....lemme at it, so long as it fits with my business goals!

    I really hope you all like this "little" blurb....I debate whether to 'overshare' or be super concise whenever I'm about to post, since I really can get way too wordy when I'm in the zone.

    Cheers,
    london

    p.s.: My site should be back up soon with a new host. Meanwhile, you can do a google search and look at the cache of the first result and see the archived version.

    Totally took the wind out of my sails when I saw a text from one of my closest long-term friends and die-hard fan around 1am Monday morning that my site was totally decapitated.......I'm progressively getting back to Zen mode....slowly, but surely!
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    This is an Amazing thread! I am learning so much!!! Thank You London!

    PS I enjoyed the interview you did with Miss Bella Bellini

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