Also, in my opinion, new models need substantially more help than contradicting forum posts.
I think all the tens of thousands of successful webcam models who didn't get your help (or anyone's help) would disagree. As would the large amount of models (including myself) who found success from using this forum as a source of information.
It really isn't rocket science:
- Get decent lighting, try it out at different angles to get the best lighting for you (which doesn't blind you)
- Make sure you have a fast enough computer to get good quality
- Make sure your internet is fast enough
- Get a decent webcam, there aren't many to choose from and that information takes about 5 minutes to find out which one to get.
- Watch other cam models for research
- Put on some make up, underwear and a top (I'm sure most girls can manage this without assistance)
- Log on and start chatting and doing shows.
- Accept that it is work and therefore you will need to put in the time, effort and energy to keep it going.
For many girls it is that easy, and all of these things are basically stuff that the model has to do on her own. From there a lot that makes success is luck. You may think that girls with a lower camscore are somehow failing, but girls in the top 2000 on MFC make about the same as an entry level job after university. Top 1000 you're talking about what many people get after years of experience in a field. Just a 1000 camscore makes about double what the minimum wage is in England. So no, I do not believe most models, whether new or not, "need" anyone's help. Yes there is always room for improvement, and some girls get really unfortunate and have to work their way up the ranks by working out what it is that works for them.
I would like to know why you believe that you are qualified in this area, and at least why you are any more qualified than a group of models on a free and supportive forum who have actually been through the experience of modelling themselves. Many from low camscore to high ones.
You may have been helpful to some models who are new and have no idea what is going on. I do not know what it is you do. But you also may have been damaging to their camming experience. An example of a helpful member who first visited me was one who took me in long private shows which meant my camscore didn't tank, showed me how to set up a basic account and took me around the site so I could see other models (which at this point I didn't know I could do), he then forwarded me to ACF (though he didn't use this site). That was quite literally all I needed.
I didn't choose to join ACF until some months later. I met another "helpful" member, who basically made me feel like crap about camming because I apparently wasn't successful enough with my 2k camscore and 30 people in the room. He told me to buy expensive lighting which put me into debt (and I actually hated), and he basically tried to dictate how I acted in the room, which brought in more people yes, but it was not my style and I was exhausted from it. I also made less money, which to me was more important than a busy room. I ended up camming less because he took the fun away. He probably felt he was helpful, and he had all sorts of stories about his training qualifications, so maybe with some girls it worked. But in my case, I was new and vulnerable and he took advantage. He did not have my best interests at heart, as any member who does would be bringing your camscore up with tips of a financial type. He just wanted to enjoy the thrill of controlling a girls room and making it successful. I joined ACF shortly afterwards, and after joining, my camscore went up and I became much more successful. Controlling "I will help coach you" members stopped bothering me, which is probably the best part of having a camscore above 3/4k.
What I needed all along was a wealth of information that I could sift through, with lots of different reviews and opinions from people who have tried and tested methods so I could find what I wanted and how to make it work for me.
At the end of the day, if I choose to buy a juicer, I won't take advice from one review. I will read through hundreds of reviews and check out their star ratings. I will look up articles on what type to buy and the pros and the cons. I will watch youtube videos, I will access every bit of information I can. Because I want an item that works, and if you were to look at anything statistically you would be looking at a large selection of information rather than one review, which could be an abnormality.
Maybe I am just a nerd and spend too much time and effort considering purchases, but why would I spend that much time over ensuring I get the right kitchen appliance, when I wouldn't do it for my own career? There is a wealth of information on the internet for kitchen appliance reviews, which shows that people do clearly use them and find them helpful in making decisions. New camgirls often feel at a loss because they don't know where to access information, therefore "helpful" members might seem like their only option. This is not true though, there are places to gain resources as a camgirl, such as this site. And I will bet you that no one member knows more about the inside of this industry than most of the camgirls here, let alone all of of combining information together. If you care about a model's success, by all means help her, but also send her here. Let her work it out for herself, she will last longer in the end.
Asking new models (who are likely broke and feeling desperate), for money to give your likely biased information when you are aware they can come here and get a wealth of information, help and support for free, is incredibly exploitative. You are not helping models, you are trying to exploit them out of their money before they've even made it. Some members try to exploit new models in this way by getting free attention from them and getting a thrill from "helping". But in asking for money you might as well be one of the studios which pretends to be the official site and then takes a cut of a models income. It is taking advantage and it isn't right.
