All posts by Ashley Maule

How To Make Your Fan Club Successful

Having a CAM4 Fan Club is an incredible opportunity to make guaranteed money every month before you even set foot on cam.

What is a Fan Club?

A CAM4 Fan Club is a monthly subscription to you as a broadcaster that gives your fans exclusive features unique to your room. Your fans pay a token subscription fee every month – the fee transfers automatically to your CAM4 account on the rebill date!

Your subscribers will then get these awesome features while in your room:

  • An exclusive gallery that they can access at all times (there is no limit to the number of pictures you can upload to this gallery).
  • A chat badge that is displayed beside their username while in your chatroom. (This is an image that you choose and upload when you set up your Fan Club.)
  • Unlimited Private Messaging to you, including priority messaging your CAM4 Mail.
  • Free spy show access to your Private Shows (Group Shows are still by ticket purchase only).
  • You can also offer your subscribers special pricing on your video shop content! You will see the Fan Club pricing option when uploading videos to your shop.

What do I need to do for my Fan Club?

1. Set a price for Fan Club Membership.
This will be charged to your members monthly.

2. A description of your Fan Club and what it’s about.
This will show on the Fan Club page where viewers will see a list of all available Fan Clubs to join.

3. Upload Pictures to your Exclusive Fan Club Gallery. Your best content that are for your fan’s eyes ONLY.

How to Prepare For Success

Branding your Fan Club. It is important to be unique and to have your Fan Club reflect who you are as a content creator. These are some important questions to ask yourself:

What kind of Fan Club are you going to make?

Does your cover photo for your Fan Club gallery properly express who you are as a content creator?

Make a schedule and stick to it! It is important to show your fans that you will be on regularly to give your Fan Club value. Your fans really do notice when you are putting in time and effort for them and will show you love back by subscribing and tipping you during your shows.

Keep the Content Coming! The whole reason for joining a fan club is to feel closer to you and to receive exclusive stuff! Here is a list of cool things you can do with your exclusive picture gallery that your fans are going to love:

  • Make it known what your fans are going to get in your gallery. Eg. If you are going to release 20 new pics a month and have a monthly exclusive contest for subscribers tell them in your Fan Club description that shows on the Fan Club page.
  • Change up your cover photo for your fan club gallery! It will make it more exciting for your fans.
  • Promote a subscriber exclusive contest by uploading a promo picture that includes the details about rules and prizes directly to your Fan Club gallery! This way subscribers feel special and it does all the work for you.
  • Meet your Fans! Host a password-protected room, you can post a photo in your gallery that gives subscribers the time and password to the show!
  • Post pics that show and advertise exclusive merchandise/videos that are available for purchase by your subscribers only.
  • Highlight upcoming shows and events or show support for a cause you care about.

Fan Club Pricing

Increase the value of your Fan Club by offering members a discounted rate on select My Shop content! Select only your most exclusive content for this special pricing (videos of things you don’t do on cam, added guest, special location, etc..) and leave your regular My Shop video prices as is. This selective pricing will make your Fan Club videos feel even more special, increase sales on your My Shop videos in total due to peeking viewer interest, and make subscribing to your Fan Club a no-brainer!

How to set Fan Club pricing:

~When you upload a new video there will be a Fan Club price option.

~For existing videos, go to your My Shop dashboard in your account options and click edit.

*You have full control over both regular and Fan Club pricing.

Fan Club Mass-messaging

Keep your fans devoted by staying connected! Use this feature to announce the release of a new video or invite them to your Fan Club exclusive shows!

How you do it:

Start a new message in your CAM4 Mailbox.

Then under ‘Select Group’ choose ‘My Fans’. You’ll notice a few more messaging options are on their way too bb 😉

Make sure your profile looks great to attract more viewers and more fans.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

Add Performers To Your Verified Account

We say “the more the merrier” while you’re broadcasting on CAM4 – and adding additional performers is easy!  Just follow these steps:

Go to your Performer Dashboard…

Under ‘Manage Documentation’ you will see the option to add a new performer.
*NOTE- You must upload ID for ALL persons seen on your cam. This includes other approved CAM4 performers. 

ID requirements:

-Valid Government-issue PHOTO ID (expired ID will not be accepted)
-ID must be in decent, readable condition with no tampering or visible damage that could block information.

Upload requirements:

-Clear, high quality, color image. *recommended resolution 240dpi 
-No part of the ID can be blocked, covered, or cut out of the photo. 

Next, we require that you check the box at the bottom of the page that means you agree to the following: 

-You’ve read, and understand the CAM4 site rules.
-You’re allowing CAM4 to show your image live on the site.
-You’re the sole owner/creator of all content you share on CAM4. 
-You will collect and maintain records of ALL performers’ identification information that are seen on your live broadcast or content you sell on CAM4. You also swear to have them readily accessible if you’re ever asked to produce them. 

For added protection, we ask for a live snapshot of your face to verify your ID. Please make sure you are in a well lit room with all scarves, hats, toques, and hairstyles removed that block your full face from being seen. 

Now its time to get back to the show 🙂  

Approval times vary, but performers that get back online to do their shows as normal can expect 24-48 hr wait. 
*We can’t approve performers that don’t broadcast.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

Broadcast Window Legend

Learn all the tools CAM4 has put at your fingertips to help you stay organized and manage your room.

Show Settings

Private Show Settings – Private show dashboard that allows you to set your per-minute rates, or your fixed rates (blocks of time). Enable  spy viewer rates.

Private Show Requests – When you get a private show request from a viewer you will see them here. You can simply accept the request or ignore it.

Game Center – Built in tipping games you play with your viewers for tokens during your public show. 
Tipping game show ideas

Tip Menu – A fun tool that allows you to create a customized list of actions with the corresponding token amount a viewer needs to tip for you to perform the action during your performance.
Your Tip Menu

Live Touch – Connect your toy to CAM4 and allow viewers to control the vibrations through tipping. 
Find out more on how to set up Live Touch 

Boost – Gold members, friends, and fan club subscribers will be able to send you PM’s (private messages) during your show.

Group Show – Customize the show that works for you. Set your ticket prices, # of tickets available, length of show, and length of time tickets will be available for purchase. 

Chat Windows

      Friend request 

        Settings 

For more info on these filters read the ‘Chat Settings’ article inside the ‘Broadcasting’ Catagory

The brown text color indicates viewers in your room who have tokens available in their CAM4 account. 

If the user is a gold member, tip leader, FanClub membe  an icon will  be present next to their username.

Admin’s will ALWAYS be represented with a CAM4 key Icon, the text “CAM4 Admin”, and comments in blue text. 

Broadcast Window Widgets

Access these control widgets by scrolling over the bottom of your broadcast image. 

  Your audio (what viewers hear)

  Full-screen.

  Mirror Image (Change your image from left to right)


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Chat Settings

Your Chat Settings allow you to completely customize your CAM4 chatroom experience. You decide who will be able to chat during your shows and when, you can turn your chat filters on, or off as you please. Feel like some extra privacy? Start a password protected room where you control who can enter. 

In the top right had corner of your broadcast window you will see a little Gear icon gear icon where you can access your chat settings.

 

Pro Tip’s for performers on how to use your Chat Settings:

1.  Use your chat filters to clean up an overload of unwanted messages while you are actually doing a show. This will allow your friends, favorites, and tippers to chat to you instead of a million ‘feeetttt bb. plzzzzzzzz’ messages. 

2. Another clever idea is to announce that you’re turning on your ‘Allow users with tokens’ filter to your room mid-way through the show. Simply say “Hey guys! I’m turning off my free chat now! You can still watch for free but if you want to chat you must have tokens in your account! You don’t have to tip me but you have to have tokens to talk bb’s!” Saying it this way takes pressure off token holders to tip…but the enjoyable feeling of this VIP environment will more than likely make them want to thank you with a tip. ?


When you click on  ‘Moderation’, this drop-down menu will appear: 

Manage your Bans – Click here if you would like to un-ban someone from your room, or see who is currently banned from your room. 


 

Manage your Silences – Click here if you would like to lift a silence from a member in your current broadcast.


Manage your Moderators- Remove moderator privileges from a viewer even if they are not currently in your room. 


Manage your password protected shows – To begin a password protected show, click ‘Go Private’.

To end a password protected show, simply press ‘Go Public’ to return to an open room.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

Camming Do’s and Don’ts (Video)

Here is a quick guide of what you are and are not allowed to do while broadcasting on CAM4.

CAM4 is the most accepting, open camming community online: almost anything goes, as long as it is legal and doesn’t harm yourself or others. Here’s a cheat sheet you can reference if you aren’t sure of what’s allowed!

What am I allowed to do on cam?
  • Masturbate
  • Be naked
  • Accept private shows
  • Have guests (if they have uploaded ID and 2257)
  • Be in public
  • Use sex toys/objects for pleasure
  • Hang out and chat
  • Advertise your personal blog
  • Sell merchandise
  • Play games/raffles/contests
  • Squirt shows
  • BDSM shows
  • Pee on cam
  • Drink pee
  • Role-play shows
  • Wear uniforms/costumes
  • Do shows with other CAM4 broadcasters
What am I NOT allowed to do on cam?
  • Be under the age of 18 or have anyone under the age of 18 on cam with you
  • Have animals on cam or use them in a show with you
  • Operate heavy machinery – This includes driving a car, bus, van, motorcycle, mope-head, scooter, tractor, or any other sort of movable vehicle. 
  • Advertise another competitor site
  • Accept paypal or other 3rd party payments
  • No unapproved people on cam
  • No siblings/relatives
  • No self harm or harming others
  • No illegal drug use
  • No blood
  • No poo
  • No vomit
  • No weapons
  • No hate speech
  • No sleeping on cam

*Failure to comply with these rules will result in CAM4 Admin stopping your broadcast and taking necessary actions up to (or including) banning your account.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

Common Questions In Chat (Video)

 

By pressing ‘Broadcast’ on the CAM4 homepage, you are creating your very own show where people can chat live with you. While there is always the element of surprise, I have made this guide to prepare you for the questions people will ask you in your chat room on CAM4.


 

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Requests for private shows.
As a new broadcaster, it feels great when your viewers want to take you into a private chat and they are a lot of fun to do. Its a great way to get 1 on 1 time with a viewer and turn them into a long time fan.

These are the types of show requests you can expect:

CAM4 private show
-You make tokens per min 
-You set your own rate per min under the ‘settings’ button in your broadcast window
-Default rate is 24 tokens per min/6 tokens per min for spy viewers
-You can choose to allow spy viewers
-Spy viewers can only see you, no audio and they can not chat. 
-Cam2cam option where you can both see and hear your viewer while in private. (Spy’s cannot see or hear your cam2cam viewer)
-Viewers can tip you if they like
-You get site support
-You keep your place on the homepage.

CAM4 group show
-You sell tickets during your public show
-You set the price, length of show, and number of tickets you want to sell
-You set your timer for ticket sales (You have max 30min to sell tickets to your show)
-The show starts when all tickets are sold
-If the timer runs out before you sell all your tickets you still have the option to do the show. If you decide NOT to do the group show, ticket sale tokens are returned to the viewers
-Viewers can tip you during the show if they like
-You get site support
-You keep your place on the homepage.

Off-site private shows
-You lose your place on the homepage
-No site support
-Chance of fraud increases
-Could have your Skype account banned if you are caught doing a private show.

Option:

Instead of going to another site to do a private show, you can use the password protected room feature to sell blocks of time to this viewer. That way you can still offer viewers a deal, have the privacy of a true private room,    and you don’t have to leave the protection of CAM4!


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Dozens of private messages.
Viewers love sending performers private messages when they are in public chat. It’s exciting to have a private conversation with you while you have hundreds of viewers watching.

Option:

If this becomes overwhelming simply say to your viewers that you are not taking PM’s (private messages) right now. Politely smile and tell them to chat in your public room. “Guys! The more I type the less I can perform!” That usually works.


 

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“Do you need me to be your moderator?”
These viewers may only be trying to help, but I recommend waiting till you get to know a viewer a bit before you make them your “Mod”.  Moderators have the ability to Kick, Silence, Ignore, or Ban anyone in your room, so you want to pick someone with your best interests at heart.

Option:

After a few shows you will get to know your viewers a bit. You should be the one who approaches a viewer about being your “Mod”, not the other way around.


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Do you take PayPal bb?
This one is a no-no. PayPal gives your full real name when you do a transaction and that is just not safe. You will be banned for advertising or accepting any forms of 3rd party payment.

Option:

Viewers have the option of using PayPal when buying tokens, the option is right on the payment menu.


 

amalia_foryo-PTR

Millions of requests bb….
Some of these will be in the form of a question and some will be just words over and over. Whatever they are just remember every person in your chat room counts towards your total viewers and that moves you up the homepage.

Options:

Put a list of things you will do in your broadcast window text box, this wont stop them from requesting but at least the ones that are serious will know how to get their wish granted.

Keep it light and politely say “Oh looks like someone wants to take me private.” or “You first!”. The more you keep things light and fun the better.


 

annekenecro-PTR

What do you do in your shows/private shows?”
This is a common question you will get from viewers who want to get to know you better. It is best to have a general idea of where your boundaries are so you don’t get put on the spot.

Option:

On your CAM4 profile there is a section where you fill out your bio, this is the perfect place to talk about what your fans can expect during your shows. If you are not comfortable doing something state it here and stick to it.


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“What outfits/costumes/toys do you have bb?”
Lots of your viewers get turned on at the sight of your toys and sexy things you have to wear.

Option:

The best way to show your collection is to take pictures of all your outfits/toys for your CAM4 photo gallery that viewers can browse through. You can even create fun names for your outfits/toys.



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Tokens! Compliments! and More….
Your viewers will shower you with kind words and tips to show their appreciation. Make sure you show your appreciation back with a smile and a simple thank you.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

How to Turn Any Show Into Art (Video)


The more you focus on making your shows fun and creative, the more viewers you are going to attract.


 

 

Remember these simple rules when you start your CAM4 show.

 

#1. Be Patient.

Role-playing a new theme during your broadcasts? You should plan to do it for a week or more before you decide if it is worth continuing or not.


 

#2. Perform for 10 viewers as you would 1000.

 You never know who is watching you. There might be the most loyal, awesome viewers in your room but if you are visibly upset about your numbers it can be insulting.


 

#3. Don’t demand your viewers talk to you.

They are not all masters of conversation and talking to a hottie like yourself may be intimidating.


 

#4. Use Color in your room.

This is not only eye catching from the CAM4 homepage and will attract people to your room, it will make your viewers more comfortable when they are there.


 

#5. Have fun props.

You need to have these in your background to decorate your room and peek the interest of your viewers. It is a conversation starter, and the best way for YOU to not get bored on cam.


 

#6. Be an Internet personality.

CAM4 is all about real people, real cams, in real time. This means that your viewers want to see more than just a body with a toy – they could get that anywhere. Be YOURSELF and share your personality, that is the cornerstone to success.


 

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

How to block countries or regions?

All CAM4 broadcasters have the ability to block multiple locations or countries they do not wish to be viewed in. This means while
on CAM4, no one in your blocked locations is able to see you, look you up, or access your chat room from any computer, laptop, tablet, ipad, or mobile phone.

You can change your blocked countries at anytime.

Go to your Broadcaster Dashboard by clicking on your avatar on the right top side of our website. A drop down menu will appear.

Choose ‘Block Regions / Countries’ from your list of account options under ‘Performer Tools’ and choose the countries or regions you would like to block.

Once you save your settings, you are invisible in the  selected area.

To remove a location from your blocked countries, simply click on the bin behind the area or country.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

 

Lighting 101 (Video)

Great lighting is camming 101  – having a poorly lit room can affect the quality of your cam feed and result in an unflattering image. Using accent lights, like red or blue floodlights, will make your cam more noticeable on the homepage, and increase the amount of viewers in your room.

These are the things to consider when lighting your room:

    • What sources of light do I have already?
    •  Do I have enough lighting?
    • Is it flattering?
    • What “color” bulbs do I have in my light sources
    •  Are they all the same type and “color”?
    •  Where do I need to place my lights to get the best effect?

Chances are that you have lights around your home that will be very effective in creating a well-lit room. As much as possible, try NOT to use sunlight – it is inconsistent and may blow your cover if you are hiding your location.

These are some great lamps you can add to your collection if you don’t have what you need already:

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Multi-head lamps are great for adjusting the light exactly where you need them.


 

 

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This little guy is a great way to maximize your lamps you already have. It converts 1 light socket into 4! Use energy saving bulbs ONLY!


 

lighting-101-clamp

This disk light is very versatile with its clamp on the back you can use it in any space.


 

Bulbs

I recommend using a natural white or soft white bulb, they are the best choice when lighting for your cam and will flatter your skin tone.

 

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These A-Line bulbs are great because they are energy saving, low heat, and frosted to give off softer light.

Please make sure all your bulbs are the same color!


 

Lighting set up

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*In real life your lights will need to be turned towards your wall in order to get that soft flattering effect you are looking for. The light that reflects back off your walls will be perfect to light your room.

Your lights should never be visible in your cam window. The light will force your cam to make your image dark and no one will see you. It is best to have them behind and to the side of the cam, out of view.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

Using Twitter Analytics

Being successful means being connected to your fan base, to do this you need to utilize Twitter analytics.

Twitter Analytics

Analytics lets you see every impression, engagement, and engagement rate that is related to your twitter activity. Knowing who your fans are, where they are, and what they like is going to elevate your shows to the next level.

Impression – The number of times your tweet has been seen by Twitter users.

Engagement – The total number of times a user has interacted with a tweet. This includes all clicks anywhere on the tweet (including all hashtags, links, avatar, username, and tweet expansion), retweets, replies, follows, and favorites.

Engagement Rate – The number of engagements (clicks, re-tweets, replies, follows and favorites) divided by the total number of impressions.

Here is where you need to go to get started: https://analytics.twitter.com/about


Tips for using analytics info

Twitter-tweet-dashboard

Tweet Dashboard

  •    Shows you what tweets are getting the most attention
  •    What hashtags are working for you
  •    Pictures that are getting shared and clicked
  •    URL links that are getting attention

Use this to see what content is getting you the most views and edit future tweets to increase your success.


Follower Dashboard

  •    See your follower breakdown by country
  •    Shows you your fan base by what special interests they have (music, modeling, etc.)

Use this info to subtly customize your tweets to the location and interests of your fan base.


Twitter Cards

  •    Allows you to add media (like video) to your tweets and give you better insight as to how your content is being shared
  •    Learn how to improve metrics like URL clicks and retweets

Your followers will LOVE seeing videos of you on twitter and will be more likely to click the URL link you include to take them to your show. 


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM