All posts by Ashley Maule

Time Management Is Money

If you’ve ever thought to yourself “How come that person is more successful than me when I feel like I do so much work?” you may benefit from learning how to more successfully manage your time on and off cam.

Understanding Time Management

The first step is understanding that ‘clock time’ and ‘real time’ are not the same thing. Although we measure our lives with clock time, it has little to do with our success… Real time, on the other hand, is relative and is made up of our thoughts, conversations and actions. How we manage these thoughts, conversations, and actions is what determines how productive and successful we are in life.

Without going into great detail, write down all your thoughts, conversations and actions for 1 week to see how your time is spent. This will show you how your time is spent both on and off cam.

Once the week is done, take a look at your list and determine which thoughts, conversations, and actions produced positive results, which produced negative results, and which wasted your time.

Knowing where and how your time is spent will drastically help you focus on things that get you the results you want. You will have a clearer picture of where your success is coming from while doing everything – including filming videos, taking pictures, engaging in social media, getting ready to perform, and even broadcasting your shows!


 How To Apply This To Your Performances

Step One: Set a schedule for yourself and stick to it.

Once you get into a rhythm, you will find you have more time to get things done outside of your shows – like videos, pictures, social media, and much needed personal time. You will also see that having a regular schedule will make it easier for you to fill up your room with fans (because they know when to find you).


 Step Two: Stay positive!

Before you go on cam, take 5-10 min to envision your show. What is the positive outcome you want? How you are going to achieve it? Time management + positive frame of mind = results.


 Step Three: Keep your show focused

While on cam, use your time effectively by staying in your public show until you have finished. Only accept Private Show requests after or before your public show. Keeping this separate will increase results for both – running around is not effective and you could lose fans and money as a result.


 Step Four: Learn to say “please wait” to your fans.

Your fans will learn your schedule and greatly appreciate the structure in your room. Fans of your public show will tip more because you are not going back and forth to private all the time, while private show fans will appreciate you being ready and prepared to give them a great show.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

So… You’ve Been Recorded. (Video)

Broadcasting yourself online – on CAM4 or 3rd party services like Skype – carries the risk of being recorded, but there are many things you can do to lower your risk or take action once you’ve been recorded.

Lowering Your Risk Of Being Recorded

Using programs like Many-cams or broadcasting using OBS will allow you to watermark your broadcast and that will give you more control of your image – most adult content sites care about your privacy and will not allow watermarked videos/images to be uploaded.

To further protect your privacy, CAM4 allows performers to hide their face – or even wear a mask – while broadcasting.


What To Do If You Find A Recording Of Yourself

If your videos/images are uploaded to a download site (such as 4shared or Megaupload) your best bet is to contact them first to request the removal.  Have the URL links to your uploaded video(s) ready. Upload sites are more apt to respond quickly as this violates their policy.

If other types of websites posting your content you can contact the administrators  by using their Copyright Violation/DMCA link – this will typically be located at the bottom of the page. If you cannot find one, use their Abuse or Contact info provided.

If you are unable to find contact information on the website, you can go to netsol.com and do a WHOIS search. In some cases you may be able to find the company that hosts the website and inform them of the violation of the company’s terms of service.

You may have to contact certain sites a few times before your successful, but these are the steps you need to take to get your videos/images removed from a website.


 

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Why You Should Stay On CAM4 For Your Shows (Video)

Leaving CAM4 to do shows elsewhere while you broadcast can do more harm than good! Take a look at the benefits of staying where your fans can find you.
 

Staying reliable for your fans

Constantly going on and offline to do shows on other sites or services while you’re broadcasting can create a kind of roller-coaster effect that your fans may find tiring. It may even encourage them to go watch a performers who doesn’t leave all the time.


We have your back

CAM4 support team is here 24/7 to ensure your safety – but we can only do that when you are on the site. Once you leave the site you’re on your own… Let us support you!


It’s a private affair

On CAM4, you can feel safe knowing that we will never disclose your location, banking, or personal information with anyone. The information that you provide CAM4 when you perform, earn money or upload your ID is completely confidential. Leaving the site means sharing personal information with fans so you can meet them elsewhere – this increases the chances of your private information being revealed.


Keep the fantasy alive

By doing shows elsewhere, you run the risk of getting too close to a fan and potentially ruining the fantasy you project when you are performing live on CAM4. Fans may get confused at this level of intimacy, they start to feel close to you and feelings may be hurt.  You could even end up losing a great fan.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

Keeping Your Personal Information Safe

Protecting your personal information starts with you – just use your common sense, trust your better judgment, and keep these tips in mind! 

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Passwords and Privacy

Never give out your passwords to ANYONE! No one at CAM4 will ever ask you for your passwords – don’t be fooled by someone posing as a staff member who is trying to ‘help’.

A useful tip for password protection is to use different passwords for all of your online accounts. That way, if someone does get access to your password, the damage will be contained to only one account


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Send and receive gifts safely

Use a package forwarding service when setting up your Amazon wish list or any other wishlist you may have. This service gives you an American address that all of your things will be shipped to, then they will notify you when something arives and ship it directly to you. No one ever sees your address!

Asking for giftcards is another great option to protect your address. To receive a giftcard safely, create a new email account using your camming name when setting up the account. 

To send a gift safely you can use these services to protect your address:

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Turn off Geo-tagging on your pictures

Taking selfies with your phone is super fun and easy – just remember to turn off your Geo-tagging or GPS locator first. Your phone tags the location of where a picture was taken and adds it in the image info, you can see it when you right click on your image.

If you don’t know how to turn this off on your device…Google it! 🙂 


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

How To Buy A Gold Membership With Tokens

One of the benefits of being a verified performer on CAM4 is the ability to purchase your gold membership with tokens at a discounted price! Take a look at how you can convert your tokens into over 20 awesome Gold features.

Using Tokens For Your Gold Membership

First, tokens must come from your dashboard to be used for a Gold Membership.

Go into your Performer Dashboard  and request a CASH TO TOKENS payment for $12.50. 

You will see these tokens in your account on the CAM4 homepage.

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Once you press the “Upgrade to Gold” button you will be  taken to a  checkout window where Cam4 Tokens is a payment option.


 

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After clicking continue, you will receive a receipt and see your status go to Gold in a few minutes.  (You may have to refresh your page)

 


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!


Paint Your Body For Camshow Art! (Video)

Get step-by-step instructions on how to do some simple body painting techniques that will have you looking like a sexy work of art.

Why Body Paint?

Ever feel like you are always wearing the same thing? Want a unique outfit for one of our CAM4 photo contests? Looking for ways to spice up your shows and make some ‘art’?  Sounds like you need to give body painting a try!

Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to do some simple body painting techniques that will have you looking like a sexy work of art.

Note: Everything used for this article was purchased for under $20 at a dollar store.

What you’ll need:

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  • A set of brushes
  • A plate
  • Water
  • Paper towel or a towel
  • Baby wipes
  • Q-tips
  • Sponges
  • Stick on letters

Twinkling Star

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This star looks best when you use a thin brush and a light color of paint.


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Start by making a line with your thin brush, you want to make this line fairly even width throughout.


DSC01026Place your brush in the center of your line and make a stroke outwards creating a ‘T’ shape


DSC01027Do the same for the other side so you now have an ‘+’ sign.


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Following the same technique, make a smaller ‘+’ shape that fills in the area between the original, larger ‘+’ shape.

Add dots to create the twinkling effect!


Stencil Your Body

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For this one, place sticky foam letters anywhere on your body in the text you want.


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Use your sponge to dab paint all over your stencils in your desired colour. This effect is really cool if you use different colours throughout your stencil.


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Once the paint is dry remove the foam stencils to reveal your work. I used my flat-head brush to trace the edges of my foam stencil for a more dramatic effect.


One Stroke Painting

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This technique is about using more than one color but not letting your colors mix together with your brush stroke. I am creating a flower using my flat-head brush and 2 colors of paint.


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Placing the flat head of the brush down on my skin and holding my brush strait up; I make a crescent shape while keeping the head of my brush on my skin the whole time.


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Repeat this crescent shape; keeping one color always on the outside and the other always on the inside to create the center of the flower.


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By adding white to one side of each petal you create a highlight that will give added dimension to your flower. Finish with a white center and some dots and you are finished!


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

Wear Cat Eyeliner For A Simple Sexy Show (Video)

This tutorial will show you how to go from day makeup to an evening look with just an eyeliner change! Cat eyeliner is the perfect makeup addition to lingerie, a dominatrix look, or even Hollywood Bombshell when you pair it with red lips.

Creating The Cat Eyeliner Look


To create this look you will need:

  • Liquid liner
  • Concealer
  • Flat head sable brush (for the concealer)
  • Q-tips
Step 1

  • Start by putting a base on your eyelids of either concealer or foundation to neutralize your eyelid – this will also make your liner stay in place longer.
  • Using the side of your eyeliner brush, start to slowly drag it along your lash line in short small strokes, starting at the outer corner and working your way in.
  • Doing short, small strokes is the key to getting a straight line.

Step 2

  • After you have your eye lined it is time to create the ‘wing’ of your eyeliner. Make sure your face is in a natural position so you can see where the winger is going to sit the best.
  • Place your liner at the corner of your bottom lash line and extend outwards at an angle that suits your eye shape. To create a proper cat eye you need to extend your lower lash line, not your upper lash line.

Step 3

  • Once you are happy with your lower lash line you need to connect your lines together by extending your upper eye line; think about drawing a triangle on your eye.
  • After they are connected you can fill in the empty space and complete your ‘wing’.

Step 4

  • Repeat this process for your other eye now, taking care to match your ‘wing’ to the other side: take a step back, have your face in a resting position, and extend the lower lash line. Check to see that your line is even with the finished wing on your other eye, then connect the upper and lower line to create your triangle.
  • You can sharpen up you wing, or correct a mistake, by using some concealer on a flat head brush and running along the edge of your wing.


Now you have a sexy cat liner technique you can wear on cam to seduce your fans!

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

What’s Allowed On Cam Outdoors? (Video)

With warmer weather and the CAM4 Mobile Broadcaster, you are no longer confined indoors for your shows! So grab your phone and follow these guidelines to protect yourself from harm and legal trouble.

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First, when you’re broadcasting in a public place, you should be respectful of the people around you. Being live on CAM4 is probably not what people expect to happen while on a walk through the park.  Always protect yourself from angry people who might sue you – never broadcast others unless you have added them as a new performer on your account in CAM4 Bucks!  

Here is a step-by-step guide on adding additional performers to your account:
https://www.cam4.com/training/using-c4bucks/adding-additional-performers 


Being outside while you broadcast (on your own property or property you have received permission to be on from the owner) opens up a ton of fun new things to try! Just be sure you don’t get in trouble by violating other people’s trademarks or copyrights.  You can’t even use music in the background of a broadcast without having permission. If you do, you can be sued for copyright infringement.


Feel free to broadcast from a car, motorcycle, airplane, or flying saucer… just make sure the engine is OFF! We want you, and everyone around you to be safe and injury free – let your common sense prevail.  You can’t operate machinery and broadcast at the same time, it’s too dangerous.


Finally, this is very important to remember while using CAM4 (on mobile or any other way):

NEVER allow children to appear on your broadcast in any way. If a minor or child or someone who appears to be too young (under 18) appears on your broadcast, your account will be instantly terminated. CAM4 will never let children be exploited in any way, shape, manner or form.  


So go have fun broadcasting outside, in public, at the beach, at your favorite bar – just make sure you always know the rules that apply to wherever you happen to be (and don’t upset that bar owner or it’s patrons). Remember, it’s your responsibility to stay out of jail, so just use some common sense and you will be fine. 

To help eliminate claims of invasion of privacy, CAM4 recommends you don’t broadcast from a height of more than 5’5″ (1.67 meters) off the ground.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

Tease Your Viewers With A Car Wash Show! (Video)

“Wanna watch me give a great hand job?”

“Yes!”

“Then watch me wash your car.”

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Tips For Your Car Wash Show

Start the show by sporting your cutest shorts/bikini/speedo and adding lots of soap and water. Have goals like “Get me wet”, “Shirt and shorts with no underwear at goal” or “Soapy strip” to get your fans excited and showing you love.

 

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Once completely naked, continue to wash the car, but use your entire body. Try using sexy positions to tease your fans – like bending over the car to reach those hard to clean areas, using your sponge and getting soap all over you, bending over to pick something up off the ground. I can’t promise that your car will be any cleaner, but you will have a lot of fun pretending to wash it for your fans!

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

The Power of the Dominatrix

A dominatrix is a woman who takes the dominant role in a bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM) relationship with a willing partner (sometimes referred to as a submissive or ‘slave’). This relationship is very intimate and needs to have a strong foundation of trust and communication for it to be mutually satisfying for both parties.

There are two ways of acting out this fantasy, one is by simply dressing up like a dominatrix for fun, and the other is actually being the dominant role to your submissive. Read on for tips about both types of BDSM shows!

How to LOOK like a Dominatrix

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To get into this role you need to have fun with it: turn on some dark sexy music, add lots of makeup, big hair, and tight well-fitting black clothes. The more time you spend getting into this character the more confident and sexy you will become and that is what really sells this look. This fantasy is about sexy, dominant, dark fetishism and more often than not is what your fans will be looking for.

For the Femme Fatale you will need:

  • Cat suit or full body fishnet
  • Corset
  • Black boots or heels
  • Stockings and garter belt
  • Sexy black dress
  • Gloves
  • Whip or riding crop

 

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How to ACT like a Dominatrix

Being a true dominatrix can be very satisfying, but it demands a bit more commitment on your part. You should make sure you enjoy this role before you dive in – but once you start to develop this relationship with your fans they are extremely loyal and very eager to please.

How it’s done:

  • Be Confident. How can you dominate someone else if you can’t assert yourself? Focus on the fact that YOU are in charge.
  • Have a plan. There is a big role-playing component to being a dominatrix so thinking ahead and being creative will help you a lot. It will also make it more fun for you to slip into different dominating characters and easier for you to stay in this dominating role.
  • Listen closely. As a dominatrix your job is to make your client feel safe so they can be sexually vulnerable to you; you explore their boundaries…then push them. You hold all the power so make sure you respect your client’s hard boundaries and there is mutual consent. A safe word or hand signal will stop things from going to far.
  • Hold yourself correctly. Remember; you hold all the power; maintain good posture and carry yourself upright at all times. This lets people know subconsciously that you are in charge. 
  • In the end it’s all about you. Being a dominatrix is very empowering; it’s the pleasure you get from dominating that will give you the self-confidence, self-awareness, and ability to control the conversation. A confident woman is so irresistible to a man because it brings out his animalistic lust, it will make him feel that her sexy appearance and attitude is all about him. As a dominatrix, it’s the other way around – make it clear that it is all about you and your pleasures and amusements. You would wear that outfit if he was there or not….you are wearing it for you bb.

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!