Use of Tumblr by cam models

[eclipse76]

For models having a Tumblr, do you think it has a positive impact on your camming? Do you reach new customers with it? Do you manage to get a decent following? Is it a good tool for self promotion in regards to Twitter? How do you use it?
Does any of you dropped it because you felt it was useless?

 

[LaceyRoyce]

I tumblr despite yahoo being a bunch of cunts.

Yes to all your questions , no to the last one.

Its helpful for me

 

[AllisonWilder]

I don't know that tumblr actually helps me at all, but I sure do like to waste my time there.

 

[KayleePond]

I go into a bit more depth in this thread:

https://www.ambercutie.com/forums/viewt ... umblr+help

and in some other posts that I think are in Models Only.

Tumblr is actually something that I sort of built my entire start in camming on and I think that it was one of the best things that I could've done for the start of my career. I would suggest that any model looking to start camming build up a fanbase on Tumblr BEFORE they start camming. (Of course it's still helpful after you've started, as well.)

I was able to log on to my first day of camming already with a room full of people who I was familiar with and who were familiar with me. Granted, not all of them stuck around, but what was important was that in my first days camming I was surrounded by friends who liked me that I could have comfortable conversations with and not only did it put me much more at ease, but my room was HOPPING! I'm sure that made it much more attractive to MFC members browsing models. It was like I started with a group of talking, tipping regulars and I am so grateful that I was able to have such a start.

I continue to get regulars via Tumblr and though it's not always a ton, I am so appreciative and grateful to the people who find me on Tumblr and come to see me on MFC!

As for now, I think it's a great way to continue to gain new followers (and people who might visit me on MFC) and I absolutely LOVE it for getting to share pictures with my followers and interact with everyone. My Tumblr autoposts to Twitter, so if I share something there my Twitter people get it too! I think that Tumblr is great for showing more of my personality, too. It's also AWESOME as far as my fan club goes as I have a password protected Tumblr that I post to for my club members.

I have a larger following on Tumblr than on any social media platform I use by A LOT. I think that there's also a chance that I just click with the Tumblr community. They can be a weird bunch, but I am a weird girl and they are my people. :lol:

I think that at the start, Tumblr requires patience, but it is worth it. For those who find it doesn't help you at all, I can understand that you don't use it. For those girls who are looking to do everything they possibly can to improve their camming success I think that it has the potential to be an incredible tool for building a fan base. Be engaging, talk to people, and post LOTS!

 

[VeeValencia]

I got my start on Tumblr as well!

I have a soft spot for it because it's how I found out about the wonderful world of camming. I had a relatively large Tumblr following when I started on MFC but I made the decision to start from scratch a few months later. It's helped me quite a bit with my camming career but not a crazy amount. I find it's a lot of fun and is also useful for posting info about deals and events I have on MFC. I love it

 

[LilyEvans]

I have a different answer!

I think it's really neat that you ladies got your start on Tumblr but I just never really got into my "groove" on there, cam-wise. Maybe I didn't post enough pics of myself, or do enough self-promotion, I dunno. I kind of treated it like a personal blog so maybe that was it. Most of my followers have been other camgirls, and members who found me on MFC first (so basically I got a lot of annoying "anonymous" asks from people who already drove me insane in my chatroom.) I never liked posting pics of myself on there because things have a way of getting stolen, going uncredited, and getting out of control FAST; I've seen pics posted by camgirls show up on completely unrelated sites like Reddit a couple of weeks later with no credit and a million views.

I think it has the potential to be really good for people who use it correctly, but it's not for me. My Tumblr has been effectively abandoned. (Also I can't remember the password...) I'll stick with Twitter for now.

 

[LilyMarie]

I like tumblr, but it doesn't do anything at all for me camming-wise. I've never had someone in my MFC room tell me they found me on tumblr.
I don't post many selfies but when I do, they get few likes or reblogs because I have so few followers on tumblr. I use my tumblr mostly as a personal blog, I reblog all kinds of pics/quotes I like.

I post my graphics for events/new videos/girl-girl shows on tumblr just like I do on Twitter, but I wonder if any MFC premium members actually see them on tumblr.

I think tumblr can be more useful if you submit selfies to the 'right' blogs, but I don't know who they are. :?

Anonymous asks can be fun, but they can also be terrible. I got a lot of hate (jealousy) in the form of anon asks at the beginning of the year and had to close them eventually which kind of sucked because sometimes I got fun questions from MFC regulars who weren't tumblr members. :|

 

[gonegirl4]

I like using tumblr to promote my camming It's really great to have somewhere that I can put absolutely all of the information I have in one place and be able to direct people to things like my FAQ page on there easily
since I'm new to camming I'm using it kind of as a combination website/blog/promotional tool and it's great for my purposes
I do reach new customers and have built up a following on there, but I also know that it takes time and a lot of effort for a blog to take off on there a lot of the time and since my blog is relatively new it's not huge. Facebook or twitter you gain fans super fast but you don't necessarily hold their interest the way you do on tumblr, but it can take more time to build a following with tumblr (at least that's my experience with it!)

 

[JessieWolfe]

I never liked posting pics of myself on there because things have a way of getting stolen, going uncredited, and getting out of control FAST; I've seen pics posted by camgirls show up on completely unrelated sites like Reddit a couple of weeks later with no credit and a million views.

Speaking of this. Tons of pictures, gifs from videos I sell, and picsets were all posted to a tumblr of someone pretending to be me but with a different name. It had been going on for a year without me knowing, until someone asked If i had a tumblr under a different name. She had over 20k followers, promoted underage sex and meetups.... things I didn't want attached to my face. Tumblr was good about taking down her page for me (after a few hours of pleading and arguing) but there are still random re-upload people posted, calling me by someone elses name.
If my family had fallen upon that tumblr.... I would have had a ton of explaining to do.

So now I just have a tumblr to prove I am not in fact this person, and I am jessiewolfe. In hopes for people to take down the pictures and credit to this other person.

*rant over*
Tumblr is a mess for me.

 

[eclipse76]

What was that tumblr username?

 

[PlayboyMegan]

I have the least amount of followers on tumblr than any other networking site. I don't think it has had any impact on my camming.

 

[JoleneBrody]

I'm pretty new to tumblr and don't have a ton of followers, about 3600 I think. It really doesn't seem to have any impact on my camming but it does provide a cool platform for sharing things with my fans from MFC, since it's linked to my twitter too. I can make longer posts, share the things I'm interested in, answer questions. I just enjoy the tumblr experience personally, as a camgirl.
I think it has done at least SOME good for my site promo. I make post a new video every week on jolenebrody.com and make Animated Gif sets to post to tumblr. I also make an animated Gif and desktop preview for each months 'SLF' exclusive vid that I can easily link in chat when someone asks about it.

So I guess I would say no, I don't think it's really done much, I have met a few new people from there but mostly it just provides a nice platform for advertising to and entertaining my existing friends.

 

[PlayboyMegan]

So a member brought it to my attention that tumblr humanizes me and he has tipped because of my tumblr posts before. So I guess it does help and I just didn't know it!

 

[VeeValencia]

Update:

I recently had two different people who found me on tumblr send me some generous offline tips. One of them told me he had made his account after finding me there recently...

Someone on Tumblr finally cares about my job!

 

[Jessi]

As far as I know, tumblr hasn't brought me any lucrative traffic. I just like to share stuff and answer questions.

 

[LaceyRoyce]

So recently I had the first person that I was aware of come *directly* from tumblr and turn into a very big tipper very fast. He sent me an ask about h ow to buy my stuff, followed me to MFC and tipped me over 6k today, as well as generously all week and buying up my wishlist. He's an absolute angel so far.. im feeling so spoiled!!!!!!!!

So yeah, its possible to find tippers on tumblr. That is all i wanted to add.

 

[ConnerJay]

I use to Tumblr to promote my shit but mostly just to reblog random porn and things that make me laugh so hard my coffee comes out my nose.

I've had quite a few people offline tip for videos on camsites saying they are new to the site and found me through Tumblr. :thumbleft: