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    Default My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    For a long time, I would cam, check how much $$$ I had made, then keep camming...

    Unfortunately, checking my $$ constantly seemed to be kind of a mindfuck. If I had made very little in the last few minutes, I would feel discouraged and want to log off. If I had made a lot, I'd be like HOORAY! I made a bunch I can come back later and make the rest, TIME TO LOG OFF!

    So my new trick is this: whenever I go online, I tell myself I will stay 4-5 hours (I seem to work best in 4-5 hour blocks at a time). I track my daily progress in terms of, how many hours have I put in towards my weekly goal of X hours? And I don't let myself check the $$ I've made until once every few days (you can do it at the end of the day, or every other day if you prefer).

    I make my goal the number of HOURS instead of $$. Obviously I still hustle as hard as I can during those hours. But my main problem with camming is that I am not online enough, not my performance while I'm online.

    My new goal is 30 hours a week. Once I achieve that I will go for 40 (camming is my full-time job but I've only been pulling around 15-20 hours a week lately ).

    This approach is designed to help those of us who struggle with "treating it like a REAL job"-by focusing on putting in a min hours per week, that is the BEGINNING to treating it like a REAL job, which is the key to camming success for everyone.

    I think this strategy could help anyone. It helps to keep one from being discouraged when it's slow, and it helps to keep one from logging off early during a great night.
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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    I do the same exact thing,check and check some more.

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    I can see staying positive towards your hustle, no matter how much you make a day. However, some people absolutely have to make daily/weekly goal or they're fucked on bills, rent, etc. I would hate to not look at my earnings until the end of the week, find out that I didn't make anywhere near my goal, and spend the next day or so trying to hustle knowing that it's the end of the pay period. To me, that could set up a lot of people for failure and landlords and bill collectors don't GAF at how positive you stayed during the week, they want their money lol.

    How about not obsessing so much over your earnings, stay positive, and do the best you can while making your goals? It's okay to check up on how you're doing so you know your next move. It's really about the attitude. As for camming longer, it's a great trick, but longer doesn't always mean smarter or more money. I stayed online for 11 hours straight once at got $2.35 lol. I was splitting, but that one site only got me $2.35, if that was my only site I would've been miserable.
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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    That's true, this approach may not be for everyone.

    However, I find that I make more when I am not so micro-focused on every dollar.

    You could modify this approach and check daily, or every other day, see how things are going, instead of waiting until the end of the pay period.

    I personally have the tendency to check my earnings WAAYYY too often, and it mindfucks me. If I put in the hours, I always come out doing ok, the only time I don't is when I haven't been online for enough hours.

    The other thing is, even if it's slow now, it can pick up later, and if it's going well now, it may be even better later/it may be an AMAZING night if you stay on so don't log off as soon as you made your goal!

    This approach is designed to help those of us who struggle with "treating it like a REAL job"-by focusing on putting in a min hours per week, that is the BEGINNING to treating it like a REAL job, which is the key to camming success for everyone.

    If checking your earnings motivates you more, then good for you-hustle on!

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    It's important to check ur earnings for all the reasons Kortney listed above plus on SM for example u want to see ratings, tags, to take notes of members and shows provided to each one, it's not wise to work 'blindly'. Also staying online not making money it's affecting placement, even SM does not have a visible cam score like MFC there is an 'invisible' one.

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    You can check all of those things-ratings, tags, etc. AND take notes without necessarily checking your earnings.

    I don't mean to suggest anyone just sit there and not do anything.

    This is something that has helped me, and is meant to help anyone who is kind of ADD/impulsive/compulsively checks earnings and lets it mindfuck them.

    I am simply suggesting that committing to staying online for a few hours or more at a time can greatly help some of us, and that not paying attention SO MUCH to every dollar, can be of great help. You can check every day, or every other day. If one was waitressing or dancing or any other job, you'd be more likely to check how much you made at the end of your shift, instead of counting along the way.

    Not everything works for everyone.

    I have made MORE money by doing this. I am not saying it will help everyone.

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    You know these are good points about not working blindly, but you can check notes and tags without looking at earnings.

    I have noticed lately I do better when I just work a schedule and stick to it no matter what (with a rare exception when it's completely dead, dead). It is just too easy for me to get lazy and log out when I've made a bunch. Checking earnings too often for me is a killer for my total paycheck, and that is what really matters, not the amount I made in an awesomely busy hour, but the amount I make in each check total.

    It takes so much discipline to keep at it!


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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    Awesome thread. Concentrating on time instead of just money really works for me, I made the most money I ever had the one time (lol) I completed the 1000 minutes challenge. Unless I'm in a really shitty mood or something my hustle isn't really the issue, it's putting in the hours. However I never tried not checking my earnings... I usually check them approximately a bazillion times an hour. Hell, sometimes I check them when I know I haven't made anything since the last time I checked them. I think next time I cam I'm just going to work a set shift and not look at my money until I've done those hours. Maybe it'll make it easier to stay on. Thanks, this should be interesting!

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    Yeah, same to me. I can help be watching all time how much I´m earning and I feel discouraged. If I set a goal in time, I can make my money goal more easily, even surpassing it.
    Yesterday went to check my earnings, and see 35 dollars. I was OMG, this sucks, I suck, I been here ageees for 35 dollars, *log off*. Then later in my bed, realized that I was online only an hour, so 35 dollars didn´t seemed that bad. I would probably could make my goal if I just stayed online at least 3 hours.

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    I think working set hours is good, but having a daily goal is also crucial for budgeting. A good combination is checking at the end of your shift. If you need 100$ a day, you can check after your 4 hours online. That way you aren't tempted to just log off as soon as you hit goal. Which is what I do and then I just play Skyrim for 6 hours

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    This is a great idea the only thing I would do different is check my earning AFTER my shift not during

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    I do this a lot, I find myself refreshing my earnings after every show, it's habit for me. Seems like the less I check them the more relaxed I am during my shift. I'm trying to check no more than every hour. Unless SM is giving me a lot of glitches, then I check more often.

    Ideally I'd like to get where I only check them at the end of my shift, but I couldn't imagine going a couple days not knowing what I made!

    You are right tho, putting in the TIME is the biggest challenge for a lot of us. If you put in the time, you'll make the money, so however you have to do it just get on and work!
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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    i totally get where you are coming from. when i dance at the club, its my rule to never ever check my earnings til the end of the night. that way i don't get either depressed with lack of earnings or think, hey i've made enough time to go home! its bad luck to check your money before the end of the shift too..stripper lore. i'd imagine the same goes for camming, although i can see it how it can be addicting to keep checking. maybe for those who have immediate bills just don't check til the end of the day? instead of the end of the week

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    this makes sooooooo much sense. I mean, if you were at a real job, are you pestering your boss every 20 minutes asking him if youve met goal yet or how much youve made ? The problem is discipline and its just way too easy to click recent earnings. im gonna start doing this tho and completely forgetting about the money ive made. at least, ill try

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    I too check my earnings after every show. I am gonna try and do it at the end of shift and see how it goes. If I can handle it that is lol

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    Default Re: My NEW Trick to Camming Longer!!!!

    Im going to try this this week actually - because everytime I dont obsessively check, it is always a pleasant surprise. When I obsessively check my mind just calculates and gets discouraged. Ill see if I can do it for at least 2 shifts.





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