Category Archives: Broadcasting

Successful webcam modeling starts with successful broadcasting! This section gives tips for setting up your room – on CAM4 and in real life.

Broadcaster Release Form (2257)

Your broadcaster release form (or 2257) is a legal document that you electronically sign in when you are going through the approval process – take a closer look at what it means here.

Anyone aged 18+ can broadcast and accept tips on CAM4, but you have to upload your I.D. and sign your Performer Release Form in order to cash out your tokens.

 

What are you agreeing to when you sign your Broadcaster Release Form?

  1. You are the sole owner and ‘producer’ of all content and you agree to not create any illegal content.
  2. You and any others on your cam are all 18 years of age or older.
  3. You are granting CAM4 the right to show or display your likeness on the site during your show.
  4. You have agreed to keep a copy of this form for your own records and you can produce that copy if needed.

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Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

How To Handle Tips & PM’s In Chat

Being successful in Public Chat is more than just getting naked, its about knowing how to react to your chatroom and what to do when you get tipped. Staying calm and making these small changes to your show will make a BIG difference!


1. Don’t Let TIPS Stop You…

Don’t send a PM to every viewer who sends you a tip! If you are in the middle of your show and someone tips you its because they like what you are doing! If you stop what you are doing to send them a PM, you will train your room to not tip you because you stop the action they are tipping you for.


2. Stay Cool And Tease.

When someone sends you a tip its nice to say thank you, but don’t rip all your clothes off and get too excited, make them work for it a bit and TEASE! Its also important to NOT jump all over your tippers when they com into your room. Jumping on your whales when they come in the room (or someone who contributed a lot to your last show) can alert others to the fact that that a generous viewer came in the room and could make them rely on this viewer to tip you. This can make generous viewers feel awkward and can open them up to messages from others asking for tips. Just stay cool and the tips will come.


3. Less Typing Means More Touching.

Keep your chatroom alive by making everyone chat with you in your public chat. It is VERY boring to watch you type during your show and having a bunch of private conversations kills the show an the chat. When they all ask to PM you simply say “Talk to me in here! If my hands are busy I can’t do a show!”


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

How to Use Lightstream Studio

Here at CAM4, we’re proud to welcome a new feature that will forever benefit performers and their streaming quality – Lightstream Studio! 

Lightstream Studio is a web-based broadcast studio that will give our broadcasters the tools they need to create their most fun, or craziest, live shows! Lightstream Studio is similar to tools such as Split and OBS, but performers don’t need to download and install any software to use it! 

Features for Lightstream Studio include:

  • The ability to combine multiple cams into a single stream
  • Add graphic overlays into your videos
  • Pre-recorded video playback for review
  • 3rd party plugins are allowed

Broadcasters on CAM4 will have to create an account on Lightstream Studio before they can use the feature on CAM4. 

NOTE: The only way you can create an account on Lightstream Studios is to link it to an existing FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, TWITCH OR MIXER account. Once you’re linked on Lightstream Studios, you can disable broadcasting on any of these platforms. Performers who want to stay anonymous are recommended to create a new YouTube or Twitch account to sign up.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

 

Broadcast on CAM4 from your iPhone!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our official iOS Broadcaster! Now you can cam for your fans from the palm of your hand on your iPhone!

iPhone users, ever since we launched our Mobile Broadcasting Appfor Android, we know you wanted to join the fun! Well great news: we’ve officially released a mobile broadcasting solution for you to use too! Introducing the CAM4 IOS Broadcaster!

You’re the Appleof our eye, darling, and we can’t wait to see your gorgeous face on CAM4 from the comfort of your iPhone. You don’t even need to download an application! Just log in to CAM4 on your iphone, click broadcast, and you’re good to go. You can set a status message, a tip message and a tip goal when you sign on, and you can chat with your viewers while you cam.

Here at CAM4 we want you to Cam Without Limits. With the new CAM4 iOS Broadcaster, you can cut the cord and expand the reach of your cam life, taking your viewers places you never could before. We can’t wait to see what you show the world from your iPhone.

Android users can download the C4 Broadcaster App from the Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heftlab.c4b&hl=en_CA

For more information, check out our FAQ Page!

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Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

Mobile Broadcasting with C4 Broadcaster!

Stream from anywhere, accept private shows, and upload videos to your my shop using C4 Broadcaster!

On C4 Broadcaster you can:
• View a list of your top tippers.
• Earn tokens, gifts, and accept private show requests.
• Set your private show rates and your public show goals.
• Private message with your viewers and moderate your show.
•Record and upload your show directly to your my shop.
• Use fun face mask filters exclusive to C4 Broadcaster!

Download and start broadcasting now!
* C4 Broadcaster is for Android devices only.


During Your Broadcast

From the top row of your screen you can:
– Edit show details
– View top tippers
– List of viewers
– You can stop broadcasting anytime by pressing LIVE.

Chatting Live

– Tap on a chat message to start a private chat.
– Longpress on a chat message to bring up the moderation tools.
– Switch between private messages by simply tapping on them.
– Longpress on a private chat to remove it.

Upload Your Videos To My Shop

– Press ‘REC’ to start recording your show.
– Press the timer next to the live button to STOP recording.
– To upload go to settings, press Upload Video, enter your video details and press Upload.
*Access your settings by swiping left on your screen and the menu will appear.

Before getting started, read our rules on outdoor shows:  “What’s Allowed On Outdoor Cam Shows”.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

Username & Icon Legend

Usernames on CAM4 are sorted by color to help you identify who is addressing you.

Here is an overview of the different username colors you will see on CAM4 and what they mean.

Legend:

Model: Your name will appear in the live chat for your room like this.

Gold Member: They have purchased a Gold Membership, which gives them exclusive access to certain options and contests on the site. This color is not related to the chip balance.



Moderator:
You can use a moderator to assist with chat while you perform. They can help with abusive viewers by using the silence, kick, or ban tools to control the room. The setting will only apply to your room, not the entire site.

Basic Member: These members have a CAM4 account but not the options of a Gold account and they will not display an avatar in front of their name.

Admin & Account Manager: They are members of the CAM4 team, they are there to assist users and to ensure that the rules of the site are respected.
IMPORTANT – They will never ask for your CAM4 password.

Coach: A  CAM4 team member that will guide and help models.


Notifications

You will also see these notifications when a certain member enters your chat room:

A member of the CAM4 Admins team has entered your chat.

A member of the Coach CAM4 team has entered your chat.

The token icon indicates that the users in your room have tokens available on their CAM4 account. Users with tokens are potential tippers that can help you reach your goal quickly!

If the user is a Gold member or a member of your FanClub, this icon will not be present next to their nick (even if the user has available tokens)

Do you want to learn more about all the colours and indicators, we might have a very interesting article about that! –> Token Indicators

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

How To Best Use Group, Private and Password Shows

CAM4 offers a wide variety of show options to give you complete creative control over the type of show you want to offer your fans – read on for tips on how to best use each of the options available.

Private Shows

This is a full 1 on 1 experience where fans get you all to themselves, perfect for living out either of your fantasies. I recommend doing private shows either before or after your public show – this way you can give the viewer in your private show your full attention, without upsetting fans who were tipping to reach your public show goal. No one likes to be left hanging bb.

Private Show Tips

  • When you are accepting private shows, change the scenery by either moving to a different room, turning on different coloured lights or simply changing your cam angle. This will let your fans know it is private time and may entice more fans to take you private. 
  • Have specific costumes, toys, and roll play scenarios that you do only when in a private show with your fans. Sexy show exclusives will heighten the excitement and pleasure for both of you.
  • Cam2Cam is a private show exclusive feature where you get to see and hear your fan in real time. This makes it so much easier for the both of you to communicate your desires during your show. (Don’t worry, spies are not able to hear anything in a private show and they can only see the broadcaster)
  • If your fan wants to get more personal in the private show, call them by a name they choose. You can even record the show and send it as a gift by uploading the video to your Google Drive and sending the URL link in a private message. Even better, send the video as a surprise 😉

 Group Shows 

Group Shows are special show that requires a number of viewers to purchase tickets (for tokens). These are great for hosting groups of fans that want to see you pleasing yourself and others without having a huge crowd around. 

Group Show Tips

This is also a great option if you have a few very loyal fans in your room and you want to offer them a more intimate show.

  • If you are a couple and offer this fantasy, you can have your partner watch in the background of the cam while you please the fans who are in your group.
  • If you have slaves, you can tell them to get tickets –so they have to watch you get  pleasure from other fans while they can only watch and tip.
  • If you enjoy the fantasy of being watched by multiple people while you are doing a show, tell your fans that this turns you on and create a group show. To really heighten this fantasy, tell the fans in your group show to say or do certain things while you are performing, they will absolutely love to be a part of your fantasy.
  • If you have a gangbang or multiple partner fantasy, tell your fans how much you want them to have their way with you. You then have the option of letting them take control of dirty talk, etc… or telling them how you want them to act towards you while the group show is taking place.

Password Protected Shows

All approved CAM4 broadcasters can start a password protected show. You can charge whatever you like and use password protected shows in such a huge variety of ways.

Password Show Tips

  • Fan Club broadcasters can use their exclusive galleries to post a time, date, and password to inform subscribers of an exclusive fan club show.
  • If you are a fetish broadcaster, you can have a list of role play and fetish shows that you will only do in a password protected room
  • If you are concerned about showing your face on cam, a password show is perfect because no one can spy on you if you do decide to show your face.
  • Create set token amounts that fans can tip to have true private time with you in a password protected room. For example, instead of leaving the site to do a show on a 3rd party service, you can offer fans the same amount of time you would spend there for a set token cost.
  • Password protected shows are a lot safer than using 3rd party sites like Skype – mainly because you’re not sharing any personal information and still have the protection of CAM4 support team! With our Cam2cam feature you ther is no need to ever go off site to engae with your fans.

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

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

 

What’s Allowed On Cam Outdoors? (Video)

What’s Allowed On Cam Outdoors?

With warmer weather and C4 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 uploaded their ID to your account.  

Here is a step-by-step guide on adding additional broadcasters 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, 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

 

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, followers, 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