This is Charlie, and i'm going to tell you something. (No, i'm not an alcoholic, hahaha!)
I was you, 2 months ago, I was so f--ckin' scared about this and very unsure, but reading about MFC legal stuff really helped, I wasn't making any tokens, barely understood the system, asking anyone for advice, but here I am, two months later, I know a little more about this, so DON'T FEEL ALONE.
I noticed is that most models has the ''block models'' option, so it's kind of hard to be able to find another model who doesn't have it, but be free if you want to talk to me sometime.
First things first, something that REALLY improves the viewings it's an HD Camera. And obviously a good lighting.
Get obsessed with the Top Models, search for patterns on their channels, on their looks, their profiles, etc. And take the best of them.
I don't recommend the ''Skype for Paypal'' thing, I got scammed and hacked and it was AWFUL, i'm not telling is all bad, but MyFreeCams doesn't protect you in the Skype shows you do, and the customers don't like to pay at first, if you do it, be careful.
Start 10 minutes a day, then go up to 30 minutes and 1 hour so when you're confident you don't make a fool of yourself as I did.
Take your time to learn the slang (C2C/PVT/POV-...) because is very useful
Put a realistic token fee, chose prices you would pay for what you do, start with something low so customers pay more often
Get creative, customers love to play with you, treat them as your friends and play things like truth or dare, charades or raffles. Take ideas from other models, I really recommend to have a schedule of activities so no one get bored and your room gets funny and entertaining
Be very careful for scams; fake tips, fake admins, don't trust anyone who's not an admin, there's even a few models who are a scam.
Don't get frustrated DON'T DO FREE SHOWS if they're not paying you, get back in an hour and start over, I know they want to see free stuff, but you're here because either you have a fetish or want money, more likely to be the last one, you're worth it.
And about the toping, don't be the ''Tip 20 if you think i'm pretty'' girl, set your prices and some originality.
This is all I have and I hope we can learn more, but i'm going to give you a weird advice for the last; see the cam show as you chatting with your long-distance partner, with love, attention and a lot of sexy stuff and everything is going to work fine, I hope I can see you soon in the top models, bye-bye!