Become Independent Web Cam Model

Have you ever thought that cam girl market is getting oversatured and one day you may not survive the competition? Read this great article written by webcam model Sandra London where she explains why you shouldn’t worry (assuming you do things right and take your webcam modeling career serious). Also don’t forget to check out her great blog.

These days, with many countries experiencing a massive economic downturn, several industries are being outsourced and some are even disappearing completely. Recession, bankruptcy, and foreclosure is running rampant and dampening the spirits of many of the world’s citizens who had heretofore been fairly positive in their expectations for the future for the world at large.

In a curious form of juxtaposition, one particular industry which serves as a counterpoint, and which is increasing its exposure at lightning speed, is that of the online “live sex” industry. In this vein, the camgirl industry is booming exponentially and is projected to increase, not decline, over time.

The major live cam sites such as MyFreeCams, Streamate and My Girl Fund have tens of thousands of women signed up, ready and willing to go online to bare their bodies, and sometimes their souls, for a ‘token of appreciation’ (or several). This can translate to mega-bucks and lead to an actual sustainable ‘career’ as a work-from-homer who just so happens to work in the nude in her living room.

Of those denizens of women, however, only a few rise to the top and become ‘mega’ chat hostesses earning in excess of $20,000 a month consistently. Many others will see their dreams of fat paychecks and easy living become nothing more than a nightmare of chargebacks, dead time, rude men, and long waiting periods between payment, hoping for that ‘one’ cam customer who will rescue them from the tedious nature of ‘waiting’ to please someone online. According to the law of averages, the majority of women committed to a camming career will fall somewhere in the middle on the earnings scale, and able to adjust their expectations and/or lifestyle in exchange for what will amount to a reasonable monthly salary for their household.

Because of the allure of this niche industry, many new women join the ranks of adult hostessing everyday. Scores of women who have never worked in the adult industry before and have held ‘vanilla’ jobs their whole lives are suddenly making the switch to voyeurize themselves for money. The fear of oversaturation of the market has begun to mount. Yet, new and current cam-girls ought not fear this rapid emergence of new femme bots. Not at all.

The main reason why more women joining popular sites isn’t that bad is the concept of, uh—”stick-to-it-iveness”……(yes, probably a made-up word, but you get the meaning) and individual motivation— traits in which a lot of people are sorely lacking in regards to a consistent work ethic. A LOT of women joining the ranks does not, in and of itself, correlate to those same women:

a) sticking with their site of choice, especially if they get frustrated easily because they jumped in to the business assuming the money would just flood their account from minute one of being on cam

b) reading extensively as to the different ways they can generate income (active AND passive) and devoting time to training themselves to SELL effectively. This is sales, after all.

c) working a regular schedule on the site so that they can become known and stick out in the sea of hostesses. When you go into business for yourself, you are officially a BRAND. You need to be a memorable brand. And one that is ‘open for business’ so to speak, on a regular basis.

d) creating the best profile possible. Men are visual creatures. Great quality pictures, or at least ‘clear’ , recent, and relevant are what often makes or breaks a man’s decision to spend his hard-earned money on a strange nude girl before his screen.

e) regularly updating their content/picture sets. Yes, ‘you’ are always ‘you’, but you can repackage yourself and your look a million-fold to appeal to as many customers as possible. The easiest way to do this is to constantly create something ‘new’ about you: costume, picture location, hair, etc. A set of pictures or videos that you made ‘on the fly’ could pick up a new customer who you would never have had if you had not experimented with different ways to be ‘you’.

etc……

So, you know the expression, “You can lead a _horse_ to _water______ but you can’t make them __drink_________?”

Well, let’s replace the blanks with ” You can lead a woman to financial opportunity, but you can’t make them rich”. And the only way to be rich is to ‘work’ for it. And like Oprah once said, “Nothing will work unless you do.” For women who really want to commit to secure financial freedom in this genre of adult entertainment, the sky is the limit.

Now, as an adult entertainer and camgirl myself, why do I care about the financial freedom of other women?
Because, there is no use in “hogging the knowledge”. A few of the women who are just now entering the online legion of ‘boob’ may be your biggest motivator or resource guru one day. Those same women may help YOU out with new creative and innovative strategies. Or serve as unofficial advisors in regards to financial info/tips/new goldmines…..

And, ultimately, because YOU are still gonna have to “mine” for that gold and do the WORK if you want it, and not just ‘read’ or ‘know’ about it. You know?

Hope this helps!
Sandra London

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Here are some great tips from webcam model Natsuki Wantanabe. She is absolutely right – have fun while earning some good money!

I have been working as a webcam model for over 2 years now. These tips are from MY observations and what I have learned from experience!

1. I always like to say hello to any customer that comes into my free chat and ask them how they are. Just basic politeness and very easy to do!

2. I think that smiling at customers when they come into my free chat room is also very important. Again very easy to do! I have seen other girls who never smile and they never get many privates as well!

3. I try and vary my outfits on a daily basis. I like to wear different colored bikinis, g strings, sexy shoes etc. The more varied the better! Also make sure you have some toys, oils readily available.

4. Let your customers that you have audio in private chat! Sometimes I like to turn it on in free chat a bit, just to tease them into private chat more!

5. Make sure the lighting where you work is good. Not too bright but not too dark.

6. When I am in private chat, I will always show them my tits after about 1 minute of normal chatting (unless they actually want to just chat normally). I don’t like to keep my customers waiting too long in private chat, it’s not good!

7. I like to keep a regular schedule and try and go online the same time every day. That way my customers know when and where to see me.

8. Ensure that your webcam is in a good place to show you off to your full potential. Try and make eye contact with your webcam as much as possible too.

9. Never swear at your customers or speak badly to them. It doesn’t look good, just kick or ban them if necessary.

10. Lastly, try and have fun! Don’t take it too seriously and you can have fun when you are earning some good money!

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This guest post was written by independent web cam model Dynamite. She gives a nice advice on how to keep your fans updated on your current appearance.

This is the most common question I hear daily and I am sure you do as well. Describing your outfit each day via text chat can be tedious and your message may not come across as enticing when you have answered the same question over and over again.

Let’s say today your wearing a red laced lingerie piece, black bra and panties, a garter, black thigh highs and PVC stiletto thigh high boots. A guest looking for a web cam show then asks you the infamous question “What are you wearing today?”. The first time you answer the question, you may describe it in detail like above but let’s say you have had answered that question 5 times prior to this guest. Your text will grow shorter by mid day to something like this “I’m wearing Red lingerie and stockings”. Now that you have condensed this your outift might not sound so appealing and convincing anymore.

Instead, offer your guests a picture of what you are wearing each day and simply send them the link! Place your link in your messengers status, twitter, and other various networking sites you use. Doing so not only gives your guests a better sense of what to expect but also a great traffic driving tool. My fans love it and so will yours!

Check out my example http://dynamitexxxcam.com/shows

Happy Camming!
Dee

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In this article webcam model Niki talks about niche markets and shares her experience with breaking into BDSM community as professional submissive.

For me, one of the most rewarding things about being a cam model is having virtual strangers entrust so much of themselves in my confidence. Never is this more evident than in the fetish communities, where discretion can understandably be of the utmost important to people who, sadly, are sometimes not out to their loved ones about their often unpopular—alrthough in no way less valid—desires.

True, catering to people’s specific fetishes is not everyone’s cup of tea—although I would argue that every area of sex work caters to fetishes; it’s just that the fetishes of the BDSM communities are more frequently considered outside of the mainstram than, say, the fetishes of the Maxim-loving, big-breast-rubbing set. The all-too-common social marginalization of such niche markets, though, makes focusing on them all the more fulfilling—and, it should be said, often all the more lucrative.

I, for one, have never been shy about being a submissive. Perhaps it is this knowledge of myself (and passion therein) that makes me care so much about serving others. Perhaps it is the more cynical fact that there is a market, often under-served, often under-whelmed—and often, to be quite frank, with wallets as deep as their desires—and where there is desire, there is demand. And lots of it.

Since beginning to market myself as a professional submissive, I have felt fulfilled like never before. Like porn queen Nina Hartley, I truly feel as if I’m performing a social service—and, as someone who gets off, copiously, to the idea of serving, this is the best of all possible worlds.

What more, then, can I say? Focusing on BDSM is certainly not for the faint of heart. It is not a get-rich-quick scheme—but neither is camming, or any adult work for that matter. Working in pornography, however peripherally, requires far too much emotional investment, if you’re at all serious about your work, to be considered lucrative simply for financial gain. But if you have any inkling of enjoying the darker side of sex; if you like being entrusted with the fantasies, fears, and feelings of interesting and often kind people; if you get off on playing with power, with gender, with roles in general—then fetish work mght very well be for you. It has certainly been quite the journey for me, thus far, and I very much look forward to turning the next dark corner and seeing what lies beyond.

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