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    Default So confused! ugh.

    I just can't make up my mind damn it.

    So I belong to numerous sites, and yesterday I THOUGHT I decided to dedicate most of my time to promoting myself on ONE site. I picked ImLive because I love the features there. A lot.


    So, yesterday I spent all my hours camming there. It was fun, and I met lots of new people, at one point I had 55 people in my room. But in 5 hours I only made $10. So last night tried it again. I only got a few people in my room an no pvts. after 2 hours I switched to MFC because I had an appt with a reg there, and in less than an hour I made $71. I know that It takes time to build our clients at each site, but it's kind of frustrating. I'm going to keep working with ImLive over the next few weeks and see how it goes. I don't know what the point of this is other than trying to sort out my thoughts on this. Any input would be helpful though.

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    Default Re: So confused! ugh.

    ImLive is most definitely not what it used to be. What youre experiencing really is just how it is to be honest.

    I used to *LOVE* ImLive, it was my BFF, ATF, all of that LoL but throughout the years, the amount of traffic has gone down to some seriously bad levels. I remember going into the discussion board, in the traffic forum laides would be posting all excited and cheering others on to get online, how there was such good traffic. NOw wen you go there, every post on there says Its so dead. Wheres the traffic. No one is in my room. Is my room broken someone please check. Etc....

    It makes me sad, because I too love the features they have on there, but for whatever reason, ImLive went into the toilet at least 2 yrs ago and hasnt unclogged itself.
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    hmm. So, would I be better off focusing all my efforts on SM instead of Imlive? I enjoy MFC too. I just can't figure out which one I need to stick to.
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    Default Re: So confused! ugh.

    I was only on ImLive up until yesterday where I went to SM.
    I agree ImLive has cool features and I hear they are changing the format for the hosts. But I was getting discouraged with ImLive - made me a bit self conscious - reading here I know it is not me.
    I was only on SM for about 2 1/2 hours and it was great (more than double compared to ImLive). I also did not have to work as hard on SM as I do on ImLive.
    I will participate in the mad video competitions because I think they are fun and keep my creativity full throttle. I am not sure how to exactly split cam just yet with ImLive, but someday I might.

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    does anyone know if imlive can be decent for fetish at least? i foumd that there was decent traffic but not enough actual paying traffic
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    Default Re: So confused! ugh.

    Lauren, When I was working ImLive strong, I did get a lot more fetish than vanilla sessions.. (I advertise myself for both). but *a lot* is subjective, it was still a huge difference between other sites since the traffic simply is not there.

    JackAlexander, That is great to hear that they are changing the format...they need to change *something*. I still think that site has a lot of potential, Id hate to think its in the hole for good. I used to really like the parties..even though I didnt get *all that* involved, it inspired me to take more creative photos that I wouldnt have thought of to do myself and was able to use for promotion in other places too. Its just so weird to me, because yeah, between the parties and video competitions, youd think traffic would be awesome there...Im at a loss honestly.

    Eye, I wouldnt pick only one site to work on. If you like MFC and Streammate, I would say its a good idea to schedule in working both. I have a thing about putting all my eggs in one basket But all the same, its totally managable to work two sites. Heck, in my "hey day" I worked 4 or 5 sites at once. Burned myself out super quick...but between split-camming and tons of coffee...I did it. You dont *have* to choose just one though, and I think working both SM an MFC is reasonable. You'll also learn the ebb and flow of the sites..when one is slower, the other may have better traffic...so you'll know which one to log in when, and other little things to keep things going for you.
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    Default Re: So confused! ugh.

    ImLive is more like ImDead, lol. Waste of time for anything other than something to run in the background.

    I used to do well there, but just like ifriends they have gone downhill. Traffic means nothing if they are losers with no money!


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    I remember iFriends... they died like...jeez 4 or 5 years ago. Not too heartbroken over that one...I dang near needed a course on how to set things up on there. I think I was able to do one session, have no idea how I even did it, and so the next time I tried I had no idea how to do it again and gave up. More confusing than AW is.

    There used to be a program on about women and thier secret lives on Lifetime, and one was on a woman who was a cam girl on ImLive. She made mad money, I was like woooow when they showed the house and lifestyle she was able to afford, and was a single mom as well. And when I joined, I could see how....biz was really good there. I wonder what shes doing and how things are for her now.....She probably on MFC

    I think where they screwed up though are all these promotions they did, and advertising on the tube sites. They decided to appeal and focus on guys looking for free porn... I dont know WTF they were thinking. Its like someone in marketing said "I have an idea!!! Lets focus *all* our advertising on guys who will never spend money" and everyone else said "Brilliant!!!!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by LaurenAus View Post
    does anyone know if imlive can be decent for fetish at least? i foumd that there was decent traffic but not enough actual paying traffic

    Yes, ImLive is great for fetishes, in my opinion. I just had a foot fetish guy in my room earlier. I want more guys like him...easy sessions where I'm not expected to "fuck that pussy really hard, bb" all the damn time...lol.

    @Eye: If you had 55 people in your ImLive room, it sounds like you were in free video chat mode...am I right? I cannot stand free video chat on that site, so I never use it. But I know that you're required to start out using it if you're a new model on the site, unfortunately. If free video chat isn't mandatory for you, then I think you should just stick to paid chat mode. You'll still be available in free text chat (where guys can't see you but can type to you), but that's certainly better than dealing with a bunch of rude trolls and assholes begging you to show stuff for free.

    If you like ImLive and want to try to make it work, you can also read the host forums. Just be careful because they're maaad strict on there...lol. You're not allowed to use profanity, and you're not allowed to discuss your earnings or other cam sites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaurenAus View Post
    does anyone know if imlive can be decent for fetish at least? i foumd that there was decent traffic but not enough actual paying traffic

    Yes, ImLive is great for fetishes, in my opinion. I just had a foot fetish guy in my room earlier. I want more guys like him...easy sessions where I'm not expected to "fuck that pussy really hard, bb" all the damn time...lol. The foot fetish guys I get on MFC are usually just cheapasses with 0 tokens who ask "Can I see your feet?"

    @Eye: If you had 55 people in your ImLive room, it sounds like you were in free video chat mode...am I right? I cannot stand free video chat on that site, so I never use it. But I know that you're required to start out using it if you're a new model on the site, unfortunately. If free video chat isn't mandatory for you, then I think you should just stick to paid chat mode. You'll still be available in free text chat (where guys can't see you but can type to you), but that's certainly better than dealing with a bunch of rude trolls and assholes begging you to show stuff for free.

    If you like ImLive and want to try to make it work, you can also read the host forums. Just be careful because they're maaad strict on there...lol. You're not allowed to use profanity, and you're not allowed to discuss your earnings or other cam sites.

    Also, I DID NOT know this until a few days ago, but ImLive is on Twitter, and they will tweet things like "______ is online right now!" I'm not sure what you have to do to get ImLive to advertise you on Twitter. If it's just something they do for the 'free video chat' models, then I guess I'm outta luck, huh? I'm gonna ask them about it though.

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    Okay, nevermind about getting ImLive to advertise you on Twitter. I just asked them in the host forums about this, and they said "You are already being promoted outside Imlive. Note that some promotions are designated only for a selected group of hosts or countries, thank you!"

    So I guess that's a no. You could always just use Twitter yourself to tweet "I'm on ImLive right now!" or something.
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    MFC is always my favourite site simply because I do tend to make about $80 in 2 hours usually?

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    I'd also work more than one site, not only because it's good to have a back up in case one site goes downhill, but only through working a site consistently for an extended period of time can you get a sense of your full potential on there. As far as what site you should promote, I'd pick the one with the higher percentage. So yeah, if I were you I'd work a few shifts a week on SM, a few a week on MFC, leave ImLive running in paid chat only in the background, and spend most of my promotion efforts on MFC (unless you do significantly better on SM, then I'd promote my cammodels link).

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    Why stick with one? Double up, and you'll probably do better. That said, I only work SM - I just have an MFC account in case of suspension or emergency.

    Sounds like you do OK on MFC, so I would probably stay there if you enjoy it.
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    The HD Streamer will make a big difference on Imlive, my paying traffic literally doubled overnight. Fetishes do well make sure you list them on your profile and in your tags, also I dunno what your current rate is since your new, but even for new I would raise it to $2.80 I think it is? And then if you want offer discounts for 30-60min block sessions, and offer a discount club. Also I hate to say it but happy hour can be great for getting alot of reviews fast...alot of guys read the review section, also tons and tons of photos, I would avoid completely nude ones unless they are tasteful but not too explicit guys will literally jack off to your free photos and not take you private. The mad video competitions can help alot with getting new traffic as alot of guys watch them, use the record live sessions option in your privates and resell them on there, some guys will watch them before taking you private as a preview even though they cost more and some guys if they like you will watch them while your not online. Or you can just ditch it completely and go elsewhere. I honestly do a few sites, Imlive is still one of them, and it can be alot of fun there.

    Keep doing MFCs as well if you can, its always good to have other sites with income or just do it instead, though beware the camscore is a mindfuck and some days its like yay 4000tkns and I got wishlist items for free, next day get online same time and stay online almost the same hours and...500tkns?
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