Whether you are brand new, or an experienced performer, setting up a new space can be a little tricky – unless you follow these great tips to getting set up!

 

 

Locate All Light Sources

You want to control the light no matter where you are performing. Start by:

• Covering all windows. The sun is not a suitable source of light because it is inconsistent and can give away your location.
• See what light fixtures are already in the room and how much light they give off.

Once you know how much light you have to work with you need to:

• Compact fluorescent bulbs should be used (daylight color / 5500 kelvin or 5000-6500 Kelvin)or (Soft white bulbs are 2700 – 3000 kelvin and that is on the warmer side)
• Get a few clamp lamps to add light where needed

For full info on how to set up your lights check out the article “Lighting 101” 

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 Choose A Flattering Angle

When choosing which direction to point your webcam, keep in mind that we are a visual site and the more you have in your background the better.

Here are a few tips for picking a flattering angle:

• If you have a “good side” you are more comfortable facing the cam with take that into account. You always want to be comfortable, so make sure you don’t have to position your body in an awkward pose to get the effect you want.
• To make the most of a space, have the camera angled towards a corner of the room with your webcam in the opposite corner. This will give you the most space to work with and incorporate more wall space you can use for decorating or game boards.
• Position your webcam so it is above you angling down, this is very flattering on all body types.
• If you want to look taller place your webcam below you angled so it is pointing up at you, this is also a great angle for sexy walking, dancing, and the giantess fetish.

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 Set Your Stage

This is the best part of setting up your room. The longer you are in a space, the more comfortable you get and the more you will decorate. Your room doesn’t have to be perfect, but it has to be a place you will want to hang out in for hours.

Beautiful additions to any room:

Curtains are the perfect room accessory if you can’t paint, or if you need to hide things like closet doors (which I did here).

To create this affect I used a basic curtain rod and attached it to the wall the same way you would hang any curtains. I then sewed fabric loops onto my favorite fabric and hung them.

 

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 A large mirror is fantastic for selfies and to reflect the back of you to your viewers so they catch you from every angle. To make this extra flattering, prop your mirror on your wall at a bit of an angle. This will make your body look longer while laying down and taller when standing. Having it by your bed is also a plus because you will have so many bed selfies!

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Use colored lights, pillows, posters, games, toys, musical instruments, etc. to dress up your space. Remember, the whole point of adding these things is so you don’t get bored, if you love your surroundings and have lots to interact with, the more fun it is to watch you.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

 

 

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!

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 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).

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

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  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. ?

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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. 

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

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

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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.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

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

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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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

 

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?

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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:

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!

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

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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.

 

 

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!

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Lighting set up

*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.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

Stay 10 steps ahead of the game with this easy to follow guide.

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1 – Takeover the CAM4 Instagram accounts!

This is an incredible way to get exposure to new and eager fans 🙂 
DM @CAM4 on Twitter with the following info:

• Your CAM4 username
• Upcoming dates you would like to check are available
• For takeovers you will need to include your Instagram handle.

We will reply to you in the DM so make sure you check back with us! 

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 2 – Our brains judge how good something is by the peak of excitement felt during the experience, and the ending.

This would imply that we put more effort on how we END our shows rather than begin it.

To maximize this effect, I recommend:creating a ritual (or tradition) of how you end your show. This could be an article of clothing, a particular action, or closing song/speech you give at the end of your shows. Almost like your signature. This would allow people to have a solid memory they would take away from your shows and talk to others about.

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3 – A positive state of mind will attract positive results.

It sounds obvious but being negative is not fun to watch, attitude is a choice and it affects your success.

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 4 –Guide your viewers eye line.

Use lines of site to draw the eye to the TIP button on your broadcast window. Using simple tricks like positioning a colorful room decoration, or gesturing to the lower left side of your viewers screen is a silent way to ask for tips.

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 5 – Connect your twitter to CAM4

We tweet 15 min before your scheduled show, and again 5 min after you have actually started your broadcast. Viewers who subscribe to your CAM4 Calendar will also receive a browser notification they can click on to instantly enter your room.  You can tweet directly from your broadcast window, and it includes the URL link so your Twitter followers are just a click away from you.

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 6 – Use Twitter Analytics

Twitter analytics is a powerful tool that lets you see how your fans are engaging with you. You can see where your fan base is, what they are into, how many views your tweets are getting, and what tweets got you the most attention.

You can see more about Twitter Analytics here.

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7 – Use the color Red to get attention.

The most attractive color to males is RED; this makes you more desirable to them and taps into their primal sexual instinct.

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8 – Play it cool!

Don’t jump all over your big tippers when they come into your room. This may make them feel awkward, insult others in the room, make your tipper feel like an ATM, and possibly open that tipper up to annoying invites to other rooms. Treat them all with respect, you never know what will happen in your room today, a fan might just surprise you and spoil you when they were only silent before.

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9 –  Record yourself!

Watching your own show is the best way to improve, if you don’t see what you are doing you will never know what you are doing right. Always ask yourself would I watch me?

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10 –  SMILE!

Its amazing how much more inviting your room is when you are smiling. Seeing yourself smile in your broadcast window will keep you and your viewers in a great mood.

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love your CAM4 Coaching Team

 

In this article, you’ll learn how to set your Tip Goal!

Setting a tipping goal is a great way to encourage viewers to tip you. With a tip goal, you make it clear to your viewers that you will reward them if they tip you sufficiently. 

We’ll also give you a guideline on what to charge and some nice tips on how to actually reach your tip goal.

Types of Tip Goals

There are few different ways that successful cam models set goals on CAM4.

1. One Big Goal

You can set your main goal all at once, right from the start of the show. This can be a bit intimidating for viewers, especially if your show just started and the goal is still far away.

If you set your goal this way, I recommend playing a game in your room to encourage fans to tip. This way you will get closer to the goal step by step.

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2. Smaller Goals

You can break up your goal into smaller increments. For example, if you have a personal goal of 1000 for the day, break it up into 10 smaller goals of 100. This keeps you going the whole time and it will keep your fans interested. This is much less intimidating for fans!

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3. Tipping Menu

Activate your Tipping Menu to create more ways for your viewers to interact with you.

Once you click on ‘Tip Menu’ in the menu below your video display, you will see a pop-up.

Here you can enter the actions you will perform once a tip goal is reached:

You can submit up to 12 custom actions for your audience to choose from setting your price high or low, depending on the act you will be performing.

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Whichever way you choose, remember not to fiddle with your tip goal once it’s set! Changing your tip goal won’t earn more tips, only you and your show can do that.

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Tips & Encouragement

Here are some tips by successful performers to make it attractive for viewers to tip you!

How to get your room going:

• Move your webcam angle! This automatically makes viewers ‘tune in’ and gives a feeling of ‘whats happening next?’. Do this regularly to keep audience attention peeked.  
• Make an unexpected change! This could be anything from brushing your teeth, to changing your outfit, to doing the dishes. More random the better 🙂
• Entertain yourself! The more fun you’re having, the more fun you are to watch. Online hours are long, so fill your room with fun stuff to do!
• Play games with your room. (Truth or Dare is one of my favorites)

 

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How To Know What To Charge

1. Add up all your monthly expenses (bills, food, rent, etc…), then double that number. That’s a good monthly earnings goal to start. You can always aim for more 😉   
2. Divide that by the number of days you’re going to cam. Now you have your daily goal.
3. Break this number in two, three, or four smaller show goals. Whatever feels right to you.

Use tipping games like Roll-the-dice for flashes to keep your text box free for show descriptions. 

• 10 tokens is a pretty standard price per roll
• 5 tokens is often used to get viewers really active in the game. 

TIP!

The dollar-shaped icon indicates viewers in your room who have tokens available in their CAM4 account. 

 

 

If the user is a gold member or is a member of your FanClub this icon will not be present next to his username (even if the user has tokens).

**Once you have chosen your tip or flash goal, don’t change it. Changing your goals all the time tells fans that you are not confident in your show – and that will make them feel the same way.

Looking for more coaching info? Check out my article on ‘How to handle TIPS & PM’s in chat’

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~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!