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    Default The Adaption Support Thread - Share tips on how to adapt to changes in camming!

    In the ever-changing climate of changes in the camming world, I figured it'd be a good thing to have a thread for sharing tips, advice and general support for performers struggling to adapt. It can be a scary time for some of us when we feel like the way things are changing is making us lose out, perhaps whilst others thrive, or that we simply don't know how to make things work as they used to for us, and are looking for ways to keep our game sharp.

    Those of you who feel perhaps that camming hasn't changed for them are of course more than welcome to post here! In fact your advice and input would be so valuable also because perhaps you have the ability to naturally adapt than some of us. That said, it needs to be emphasized that I don't want this to be a debate thread about changes, but rather a place for us to come to to share tips and support to keep everything constructive in everyone's favor regardless of how things are going for us all, good and bad.

    My little couple! -
    - Don't keep all your eggs in one basket! This is of course a given, but so, so important. When you have a good handful of alternative sites to work, it can feel less like the world is caving in on you when one of them gives out. Other content sales, like clip selling, can help massively when it comes to camsites glitching out, or just making you feel like tearing your hair out.
    - Having a Plan B - This could be other forms of self-employment or back-up work. Selling stuff on eBay can be a great help, or making things to sell on to others.


    For me, I've spent so much time procrastinating over how worried I've been about camming, I've ended up stressing myself out to the point where all the stuff I've been doing out of procrastination, I could actually turn into profit! LMAO! I know that sounds so bad, but I'm actually pretty proud that I've ended up making a bunch of stuff I could sell. I've been getting into photography, painting and flower pressing. The first two are things I actually did make money from before I took up camming, so it's been a positive thing for me to rediscover these old things. Not to mention they are things that don't require me to physically perform, act, put on a happy face no matter what.

    I certainly don't want to give up camming, and I still want to excel at it, because I still believe I can, but the pressure that's been on me lately, combined with how my placement took a dive after I was just selling clips has affected my performance to the point I absolutely need more back-up.
    Sometimes you find the more back-up you have, the more you actually find yourself enjoying camming more, thus actually wanting to do it more, because you actually feel free to, because that pressure to "MAKE $1200 BY THIS DATE ON THIS CAMSITE OR ELSE!" goes away... I know not all performers work that way though, and that some actually feed off that pressure rather than completely buckle under it.





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    Default Re: The Adaption Support Thread - Share tips on how to adapt to changes in camming!

    What sites do you cam on? I want to stick to sites that can direct deposit into my bank account (because of Germany and all, and right now I'm living at home for 3 months before going back so yeah, do NOT want that check coming to the house) and I don't get involved with Payoneer either. So right now it seems it's just MFC who can offer that. I'm also selling on ELM but of course I can't get a video to work right. x_x
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    Default Re: The Adaption Support Thread - Share tips on how to adapt to changes in camming!

    First off great thread idea. To piggy back off the eggs in the basket tip, selling content can really make a difference in your income. Don't be afraid to branch out. I know some are wary of making content because of sharing and because you put in the work and hope it sells, but it's so worth it. Also days you don't really feel like doing shows if you are on a tipping site log on and just push your content. It can be a lifesaver.
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    Default Re: The Adaption Support Thread - Share tips on how to adapt to changes in camming!

    Great thread! These are my tips:

    Consider a niche that is popular enough to make money, but rare enough so that you won't have tons of competition.

    Consider pairing up with other cam models to make content with or to live cam with.

    If you are not consistently making big money (consistent and big enough to retire on), get a vanilla back up job and work it part time. Research jobs and see what is in demand and has good employment prospects for the future. Resume gaps are hard to deal with, so if you don't want to depend on camming forever make sure you are either in school or working.

    Keep your living costs down. A lot of people are living beyond their needs and beyond their means. If you live a more frugal life, there is less pressure to make tons of cash.

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    Default Re: The Adaption Support Thread - Share tips on how to adapt to changes in camming!

    1. SPLIT CAM! Invest the money for good equipment/fast internet, and take the time to learn how to split cam effectively. If your main site is slowing down, there's bound to be at least one person on another site that will take you private. This was the biggest change I've made to my camming and it took the longest to really get the hang of to where it's quite easy and seamless, but it's really paid off big time for me!

    2. I wrote a bunch of stuff about this exact topic here if anyone wants to read it
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    Base your life around work, not work around your life. Traffic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GlamourRouge View Post
    Base your life around work, not work around your life. Traffic.
    I like that one. I see a lot of people online and in life who talk about needing to get x,y,z in order THEN they can work. It should be more like, WORK then x,y,z will work its self out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SarahTime View Post
    I like that one. I see a lot of people online and in life who talk about needing to get x,y,z in order THEN they can work. It should be more like, WORK then x,y,z will work its self out.
    I kinda think the opposite. I feel like you can "work" at ANY time. Once you're consistent with whatever time you schedule for yourself, guys will come. There will AlWAYS be guys that want to beat off at ALL hours of the day! So I work at a time that is convenient for me, considering what else I have going on in my life. That's one of the GREAT things about camming, and why I made this my full-time job, I can make it fit my lifestyle! Quality of life is what I'm after, I had a vanilla job where I put work 1st. I'm over that!

    But everyone sees thing differently, and if it works for you, more power to ya! We are all free to be different and ADAPT differently, and it's cool to see how others do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ClassyCara View Post
    I kinda think the opposite. I feel like you can "work" at ANY time. Once you're consistent with whatever time you schedule for yourself, guys will come. There will AlWAYS be guys that want to beat off at ALL hours of the day! So I work at a time that is convenient for me, considering what else I have going on in my life. That's one of the GREAT things about camming, and why I made this my full-time job, I can make it fit my lifestyle! Quality of life is what I'm after, I had a vanilla job where I put work 1st. I'm over that!

    But everyone sees thing differently, and if it works for you, more power to ya! We are all free to be different and ADAPT differently, and it's cool to see how others do.
    Yah of course one of the best things about this job is that we can do it whenever we want! So we can move our schedules around for things that need to be taken care of and what not. I was meaning like, the people who don't work AT ALL or keeping putting it off because they let other things get in the way and then they end up stressed and worrying about money and start thinking their life is in shambles and if they could just get x,y, and z worked out it will all be fine, THEN they can work. Ya know? Like, get the work in and things tend to work themselves out in other areas of your life.

    I had a relative living with me recently who was jobless and all he would say is things like "well I have to do this and that and this, then I can look for a job." How about, um, get a job, then worry about the rest of the stuff? It happens to lots of people not just those who cam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ClassyCara View Post
    I kinda think the opposite. I feel like you can "work" at ANY time. Once you're consistent with whatever time you schedule for yourself, guys will come. There will AlWAYS be guys that want to beat off at ALL hours of the day! So I work at a time that is convenient for me, considering what else I have going on in my life. That's one of the GREAT things about camming, and why I made this my full-time job, I can make it fit my lifestyle! Quality of life is what I'm after, I had a vanilla job where I put work 1st. I'm over that!

    But everyone sees thing differently, and if it works for you, more power to ya! We are all free to be different and ADAPT differently, and it's cool to see how others do.
    I can log on whenever and its almost always busy for me. But I like to maximize my hourly by continually logging on and off so I maximize the best times and am able to log off when its slower. I hate going into private when there is just one guy. So I like to collect a bunch of regulars who are into the same things, in my cam room, and make them all go private at once. And to do that, its mostly just luck and logging on and off and catching them all on at the same times, which varies.

    I make the same amount of money or more if I log on and off to maximize my hourly, than I would just working long stretches of time like I used to do. And I can get things done during the break times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GlamourRouge View Post
    I make the same amount of money or more if I log on and off to maximize my hourly, than I would just working long stretches of time like I used to do. And I can get things done during the break times.
    I like the cut of your jib.

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    ^^^ Hi GR, one question for u pls and other ladies, how do u manage to sign in/ off multiple times in order to work that way? I mean u keep work clothes on and make up? I mean when i do something around the house i like to feel comfy & i always sweat when doing any effort (even mental), i hate to sweat (i drink plenty of water all the time, i am healthy but that's how my body & mind function), i know i shower every time before work, put make up on, do hair, wear sexy things on cam, i wonder how i could work around this as i almost always work at night and do a single shift. Maybe it can be done if i change hrs, style, dresses, no make up or minimal, etc. So how u do it? Ty!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AliceFun View Post
    ^^^ Hi GR, one question for u pls and other ladies, how do u manage to sign in/ off multiple times in order to work that way? I mean u keep work clothes on and make up? I mean when i do something around the house i like to feel comfy & i always sweat when doing any effort (even mental), i hate to sweat (i drink plenty of water all the time, i am healthy but that's how my body & mind function), i know i shower every time before work, put make up on, do hair, wear sexy things on cam, i wonder how i could work around this as i almost always work at night and do a single shift. Maybe it can be done if i change hrs, style, dresses, no make up or minimal, etc. So how u do it? Ty!
    It's definitely a weird balance and I end up doing things like working out in nice lingerie. Luckily I don't sweat that much doing resistance training and light pole dancing, and I crank the A/C when I have to because that's my cost of doing business. The problem for me is going to do any errand with a full face of makeup but I will even take it off and reapply. Also if you wear glasses sometimes you can get away with being cam ready with just a bold lip.

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