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    Default Putting Your Time In

    We often read in this industry that you must put your hours in and people asking what hours. It might be helpful to have a big thread of times we work. I'd do a poll but there'd be too many options (unless someone wants to edit my post and knows how to make it work lol). Maybe also the site worked?

    I don't work much but when I do I work MFC from noon til 8 or so (depending on how it goes), eastern time.

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    Default Re: Putting Your Time In

    The answer is, the more hours, the better. Ideal (minimum) would be 40 hours a week. Ideal (the best) would be 50- 60.

    -As a new camgirl (or a camgirl who didn't have much sucess lately, been in vacation, been away from camming, wants to reinvent herself or just wants more money), you need to be seen.
    -The more hours you show up on camera, the more chances you have to be seen.
    -Some members won't have the money now, or they just want to know you better, they don't have time this week, but they will look for you next week. Some members have a favourite model and she is offline, but he is horny and there you go, you are there and he will pick you.

    -Also, the competition is big. You need to be seen, among those camgirls from the page. Assuming that some of them usually stay about 6 hours on cam, if you stay at least 30% more than them, you have 30% extra chances to be seen.

    - Long hours on cam help you reach your goals. They never let you down. Is not a shame to make $100 in 12 hours (if that's your low goal). At the end of the day, you have those money in your pocket. You must be aware that not all the camgirls make same amount of money in same amount of time. It's impossible to not put the time and see results in a few months. Each month you will be busier and busier, because you are there, people see you and they become curious. today you might have only 3 members in private per day (or even one), but in a month, you will have more. The next month, even more!

    It takes time and patience. Long hours in freechat, only few privates and tips here and there. The key is to be PATIENT. Sun will shine. It takes 2-3 months of working long hours, to start making a lot of money, but I tell you one thing: hard workers never failed. You might be 11 hours in freechat and in the 12'th hour to end up with a beautiful amount in your pocket (been there, done that. Still happens to me, I have my good and bad days).

    Personal experiences: Jasmin and Streamate.

    Of course, after you become succesful, you can lower your hours, but nowadays, for most of the camgirls, is not easy to make lots of money and the majority can't make $500 in 3-4 hours of work. I repeat, is not a shame to work double or triple for your money. In the end, is your money.
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    Default Re: Putting Your Time In

    I no longer cam (for now) ... but I spend the vast majority of my day working. If I'm not logged in, I'm working on marketing, images, profiles, listings, etc. How to do better, how to be better, how to tweak and expand, how to make more money. When I'm logged in, I'm doing the same thing between calls and 'chatting' with potential clients. Sometimes I feel down and depressed about feeling as if I work nearly constantly and that I should be making more money from my efforts - but like said above it takes time, patience, and dedication. My time now, will reward me later when I have enough of a presence to increase rates, implement more of my plans, etc.

    Honestly, I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of the time, the only time I'm not working in some capacity is when I sleep.
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    Im really bad at this, if I log on one day and its bad (slow) then I wont log on the next day at ALL. I just physically cant. At most I do 2 hours on my best days. Im working on doing more, right now its my only income. I love camming is the weird part, I have a blast doing it. But i cant deal with the slowness and more so, the not knowing if its going to be slow.
    Not knowing before hand if its going to be a waste of time. I know, its illogical, but ive built it up in my head so badly, If i have a bad day I literally have to FORCE myself to go on the next day. And in addition to that, if the next day does not show iMMEDIATE improvement, then I abandon ship. Anyways, looking forward to seeing actual numbers from other girls. Some days are just going to be busts no matter how many hours you do.
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    I only have time for about 3-4 hours a day, because I have a full time day job. But on my days off I try to do more. Still not 8 hours though DX

    I'm usually on 10am - 1pm on weekdays and 10am-2pm and 5pm-9pm on weekends or days off.
    It's complicated DX

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    Well it's been really, really slow in August. But this morning (9/1) I am back to my usual daily goal. So it should get better now!

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    Years ago I dabbled in trading. I had a super successful day trading mentor who wouldn't fully take me on as a men-tee until I read what he described as his trading bible: "Trading In The Zone". I never would have guessed that a book written about trading psychology would help me now with camming. I highly recommend this book to all camgirls.

    Here's a brief description of the book:
    Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost them money. He takes on the myths of the market and exposes them one by one teaching traders to look beyond random outcomes, to understand the true realities of risk, and to be comfortable with the "probabilities" of market movement that governs all market speculation.

    In so many ways camming is like trading...the book will help you get your mind right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by coco789 View Post
    Tons of pDFS of this book online. No need to buy it
    unless the author is giving his consent to the online free resources it's not ethical to access them. I know you mean well, I just wanted to write this cuz we received a report about this, and I figured it was better to explain why it can be problematic to do what you propose rather than delete.

    aside from the ethical issue, a lot of file locker type sites are riddled with viruses that can harm your comp and compromise your privacy and security. free often comes with a high cost

    if I misunderstood and you're talking about legit and safe author-approved free pdfs then apologies, none of the above applies

    either way thank you for your synopsis of the book, it's cool how skills can transfer over like you describe

    peace and $$$$$$ y'all =)

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    Someone reported my post? .......well, my bad...and you're right. I actually added that last line because I didn't want anyone to think I was trying to spam and sell a book, lol. It was written in 2001 so it may be at your local library as well.


    I went ahead and deleted that line, and thanks for the explanation loveshooks

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    Just putting in my experience here. I've been working about 4 years (with a year hiatus), so I'm relatively established. I do very few video sessions, mostly phone sessions and I create and produce content. I have a very specific niche/fetish. I worked about 2 - 4 hours a day last month (with quite a few days off with a move, camping, and starting school), and I made 6.2k for the month. It's worth being consistent longterm.

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    Default Re: Putting Your Time In

    Quote Originally Posted by coco789 View Post
    Years ago I dabbled in trading. I had a super successful day trading mentor who wouldn't fully take me on as a men-tee until I read what he described as his trading bible: "Trading In The Zone". I never would have guessed that a book written about trading psychology would help me now with camming. I highly recommend this book to all camgirls.

    Here's a brief description of the book:
    Douglas uncovers the underlying reasons for lack of consistency and helps traders overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost them money. He takes on the myths of the market and exposes them one by one teaching traders to look beyond random outcomes, to understand the true realities of risk, and to be comfortable with the "probabilities" of market movement that governs all market speculation.

    In so many ways camming is like trading...the book will help you get your mind right.
    I finally read this book and its AMAZING how much this book applies to discipline in not only camming but anything that you are working towards. He's a bit repetitive, but there are some parts I really really liked. I also recommend it.
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    We've been recently trying to branch out into financial management and retirement planning as a side gig, and its absolutely amazing how a lot of books on stock market and trading would apply directly to camming.

    Try looking at an article or book on how to psychologically deal with market up and down swings, investor panic, getting rich slowly (turtle method), and see if that doesn't sound 100% like cammodeling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KatyBoleyn View Post
    We've been recently trying to branch out into financial management and retirement planning as a side gig, and its absolutely amazing how a lot of books on stock market and trading would apply directly to camming.

    Try looking at an article or book on how to psychologically deal with market up and down swings, investor panic, getting rich slowly (turtle method), and see if that doesn't sound 100% like cammodeling.
    on the trading factor yes. Living one country and making USD$ and see who from the financial services want to make money off my money. While most complain about the % we get paid I am worried of how much of my money I can keep.

    but now with learning about trading . I just need to make sure I put money in my broker account and make up for it.

    What I've found so far for this month is that I really don't need to be on every website. I just need those strong ones and maximize my benefits and resources and other streams of income outside of adult. that have me using different skill sets and expand my brain.

    been watching www.liveoutloud.com on facebook and realizing I will have to change things if I want to reach that million dollar mark. cash flow is king but this girl needs some queen assets under my business.
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    Default Re: Putting Your Time In

    Quote Originally Posted by KatyBoleyn View Post
    We've been recently trying to branch out into financial management and retirement planning as a side gig, and its absolutely amazing how a lot of books on stock market and trading would apply directly to camming.

    Try looking at an article or book on how to psychologically deal with market up and down swings, investor panic, getting rich slowly (turtle method), and see if that doesn't sound 100% like cammodeling.
    That's really interesting. Camming is such a volatile job... it can be stressful, it's constantly changing, and the money's not guaranteed. But the potential rewards high. Very similar to trading stocks. It's a gamble whether you'll make money, at least until you figure out what works for you.

    As far as putting hours in, I work about 8 hours a day. I generally don't livestream, I do texting/PSO/Skype shows as they come in. The more my status is set to "available," the more regulars I get and the more opportunities to sell things. IMO, the best thing you can do when building your business is have content to sell passively. Customers will have access to you 24/7, whether you're logged in or not.

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    I mostly do phone sex and text and I''ve noticed the big difference in earnings.
    The hours do count but its what you do with them.

    I sometimes think camming takes away from the time I could be spent doing other things,
    especially when its dead. I think I need to find my motivation for camming. My pso characters are mostly
    gfe with a domme edge but I dont like gfe in my cam shows even thought thats what i offer. I have a hard time implementing a totally
    domme persona even if its a sensual domme.

    I juststick to putting more time into pso work.

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