Maximize my revenues on Xlovecam

How can I maximize my revenues on Xlovecam?

Every once in a while you may asked yourself this question “How can I earn more money?”, while some of you has found the proper answers, there are still many out there trying to figure out the “secrets” of being a successful cam model. Actually there is no such thing as “secrets”… at least not in the way many of you imagine it. Nowadays all the details required to increase your results are there, right in front of your eyes, even so, many are choosing to ignore it or are being afraid to try making changes or simply they don’t know how to use these details for their own benefit.
Xlovecam models guide it’s all about helping models to find answers and solutions in order to increase their results. No matter if you are a new model or very experienced one we strongly recommend to read these guidelines thoroughly, everyone can maximize their profits regardless their level of experience.

There are several important things that need to be discussed; we will add all these elements in a list and then we’ll try explaining each one as detailed as possible.

About Xlovecam system & working on multiple sites
Quality of your live feed - this is mostly related to Technical area we should include here the following: internet connection, personal computer, webcam or camcorder, lights and accessories
Your attitude in free area and private area - every model has unique personality and that’s great, while attitude is a very important key we want models to be themselves and not to copy someone else or to follow a pattern. With this guide we’re not trying to change who you are, we just trying to show you the right paths to follow in order to take the full advantages of this job.
Appearance in front of your audience – we will talk here about: sexy outfits, room design and backgrounds, positioning in front of your cam, bio page details and your image gallery
Your working schedule

About Xlovecam system

As you probably know Xlovecam is featuring 2 main areas: free video chat and nude chat, from which customers are able to join the paid section of Xlovecam, called private chat or private show. On Xlovecam you can’t switch between areas from your control panel, you have contact our support with a request to change your default connection method. More then 95% of our active models are broadcasting in the free chat area, that’s normal considering we offer a higher commission for free chat. Anyhow it should not be all about the commission; basically the free chat area is the best way to get people (guests) to join Xlovecam as customers. Free chat area is nothing more then your best friend, a great way to promote yourself, to show your uniqueness, to interact with your future customers. We are aware there are many models out there not enjoying the free chat area, they think is a waste of time to chat and interact with the guests. This kind of mentality will definitively affect your final income in a negative way, once you get to understand the tremendous importance of the FREE CHAT, things will get way much better for you. Understand that all current members were guests some time ago and if you ignore or threat them superficially it’s like you’re ignoring your chances to increase your incomes.

About working on multiple sites

As you may know we don’t ask for exclusivity on Xlovecam, you can work on as many cam sites you want (but not in the same time). According to our stats models with the best results are those working exclusively on Xlovecam, followed closely by models streaming few hours only on Xlovecam and then working on other cam sites. Obviously at the end of the list are models that believe rules are made to be broken, working on multiple websites in the same time and even worse – multiple sites with free chat. You might ask: “Why is so wrong to work on multiple sites at once, I can make more money like this, is not so?” – Well at a first look it seems so but in reality most of the models working on multiple good sites in the same time are actually loosing money and we further explain why:

Your attention is divided, no matter how fast you type and how experienced you are, you can’t provide the same performance on all cam sites you are working on, especially if the other sites are featuring also a free chat area.
Your internet bandwidth is divided between sites – most of the cam sites has introduce high quality performer software – including us – you know we have Xlovecam Flux Manager and we strongly recommend all models to use it. Using latest streaming applications will help you increase your sales, but using all in the same time will most probably overload your internet bandwidth and your pc resources… causing slow or bad quality video and other various problems – all these will surely affect your overall sales.
Every time you are in private show on another cam site, you have to close Xlovecam therefore you might interrupt a chain of events, an open discussion in free chat, maybe a customer wants to join your private area right in that moment etc. Disconnecting the software all the time not only it will affect your sales but is also affecting your image in the long run (some potential customers will avoid your chat room, simply because you close the “doors” in their faces too many times).

So if you are serious about making real good money, we strongly recommend taking in consideration our advices related to “multiple sites in the same time”.

If you choose to continue breaking this rule (on your own risk) – at least do it in a smart way – make sure you have enough internet bandwidth and a good computer to run multiple sites without loosing quality and video frames. Don’t work on multiple sites with free chat area in the same time – keep your main site in free chat (preferable Xlovecam) and the others set them to member area.

About the QUALITY of live feed (video stream)

A clear crystal image and a fast video stream are the elements that compose a high quality live feed. As you probably noticed we place models providing High Quality video in the top of Xlovecam online models list. If you want more customers in your private area, you should definitively try to improve the quality of your live video, also your current customers will be happy for that and they will spend more private time with you.

Your Internet Connection is responsible for the video flow – in order to broadcast a faster video – more then 15 frames per second, Xlovecam Flux Manager require a minimum of 512kbs upload bandwidth. Keep this in mind – Flux Manager is capable to auto configure depending on your current internet bandwidth, meaning that you’ll still be able to connect to Xlovecam even if you have a slow connection (lets say 256kbs), but the quality of image and video speed is reduced considerable therefore it can’t be tagged as HIGH QUALITY. If you work on multiple sites at one time, most probably your bandwidth is already overloaded, if so, there is not enough upload for our software to run in optimum conditions for HIGH QUALITY. In order to check your internet speed in connection with Xlovecam use our NETWORK CHECK application, this tool will test internet speed between your computer and our server, if results are more then 512kbs upload/download then your good to go, if not – you should consider buying more bandwidth, changing your internet provider, reduce the number of websites you are connected on. Keep in mind that 512kbs is minimum for High Quality, the more bandwidth you can provide, the better it is. We strongly recommend not ignoring your internet connection; make sure is fast and stable even if you have to pay some extra bucks for it, what you could get in return will worth it.

Camera and accessories – are responsible for IMAGE QUALITY – we know there are many models out there still using a webcam, they do so because is probably easier to setup, is cheaper, they got used to it and are not ready to do any changes or simply because they don’t know the benefits of using a VIDEO CAMERA (CAMCORDER) with optical zoom and remote control capabilities. It is true that some webcams are capable to deliver a good quality image, webcams like: Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF, Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000, Philips SPC1300NC/00, Philips SPC1000NC/00 and so on… but no matter how good a webcam can be – it can’t compare with a CAMCORDER.

With proper lighting and a normal camcorder with remote control for zoom you can do magic in terms of IMAGE QUALITY, if you add a PAN-TILT and a TRIPOD to this combination you open the doors to a whole new level of performance and comfort. Instead of wasting a lot of time positioning and repositioning your webcam, you just push few buttons for zoom or positioning camera, so that your work will become easier this way and you’ll be able to offer a whole new experience to your visitors and customers.

You might think is difficult to install a camcorder and all these accessories, actually is not so at all, especially if you will follow our instructions.

List of devices you’ll need for this kind of setup:

Camcorder with zoom and remote control, preferable with manual white balance and exposure functions, RCA (Composite) or S-video output – we recommend Sony or Panasonic camcorders but also JVC, Canon etc are good to use. Nowadays most of the camcorders have these functions, but check or ask for this before buying. You should also check for the default aspect ratio of your camcorder, it should be 4×3 (not 16×9 – widescreen), most of the camcorders have both 4×3 and 16×9 aspect ratio, but if the camcorder was build to record in widescreen mode by default, even if you switch to 4×3 the video image might look distorted when captured on pc. Almost all cam sites are broadcasting in 4×3 (320×240 for example) therefore your camera it should record in 4×3 mode by default. It doesn’t have to be an expensive camcorder, in fact you can achieve great quality even with older cameras like sony Hi-8, for example Sony Hi-8 DCR-TRV265E PAL it does the job just fine. Mini-DV camcorders are fine as well.
Pan-tilt is the device that will help moving your camera – up/down/left/right with a remote control (see the images). We recommend Bescor MP-101 because is solid and it doesn’t break so easy. You could buy Bescor MP-101 from BHphotovideo – make sure you also buy an extension cord for the bescor remote control (RE-20 20′ Extension Cord for MP-101 Pan Head Remote Control will do just fine). If you would prefer a pan-tilt with a wireless remote control, you could try E-benk Ebra
Tripod to support your camera and pan-tilt – you can find this item in any local photo store (a regular one cost 30$-50$ at max – you don’t need a pro tripod that are very expensive)
Analog capture card or TV-tuner with capture functions (don’t buy firewire capture card, even if the guy from the shop will recommend it) – you need ANALOG capture card or tv-tunner – it must have RCA (composite) and/or Svideo input so that you can connect you camcorder to it through composite or s-video cable. Firewire (digital connection) will work but there are some issues related to it so it’s better to go for analog connection.

Examples of analog pci – internal capture cards and tvtunners:

WinFast VC100 XP (rca + svideo)
WinFast TV2000XP Global (rca + svideo)
WinFast TV2000 XP Expert (rca + svideo)
Pinnacle 50i (s-video only)
Pinnacle 110i (s-video only)
Avermedia AVerTV-Super007 (s-video only)
Kworld VS-PVR7134SE (rca + svideo)
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 (rca + svideo)

Examples of analog USB 2.0 – external capture cards and tvtunners:

WinFast VC100 U Video Editor (rca + svideo)
Pinnacle 55e (rca + svideo)
Pinnacle 100e (rca + svideo)
Pinnacle 150e (rca + svideo)
TV Tuner Pinnacle Studio 10 (rca + svideo)
Kworld VS-2800D (rca + svideo)

Most of the items listed are low price, affordable capture cards or tv-tuners but still the captured video has good quality. These are just some examples, there are many types of capture cards out there working fine but also there are some new generation tvtuners that are not compatible with cam sites software or split camera software. When you buy a capture card or tv tuner from your local shop make sure they will allow you to change it with another one in case is not compatible with the software you are using.

Some tv-tuners that we know are not compatible with our software or split camera programs and therefore you should not buy these models: Leadtek: PalmTop, Walkie Tv, PVR3000; Pinnacle: some versions of pinnacle video creator and pinnacle studio.

Check out these images to see how you can connect your camcorder to pc using a tv tuner or capture card

Common questions that are asked by models when it comes to camcorder usage:

Q: Why should I use a tv-tuner, when I can connect my camcorder using USB?
A: Is true that some camcorders have streaming capabilities like a webcam, and can be connected using usb, but then what’s the purpose of buying a camcorder if you’re going to use it like a simple webcam? Quality is higher when using a capture card or tv-tuner, also you have additional settings to adjust colors, brightness/contrast/sharpness and so on.

Q: A pan-tilt device is really necessary?
A: No is not, but as we said a pan-tilt device will help you a lot in your activity.

Q: I don’t like the colors on the camcorder, image is dark; my webcam is doing much better, why is that?
A: Camcorders requires more lighting than a regular webcam, also you have to learn some basic camcorder features like white balance, exposure etc. You’ll find the answers, just continue reading this guide.

Q: I’m earning great money using just a webcam, why should I complicate myself with a camcorder?
A: Yes we know, but doing the step further to better quality will help you generate even more money.

About lightning setup

Lightning plays the most important role for optimum video quality. When a camera is focused on subjects poor illuminated, it must compensate for the low light and it will turn the video gain up or will slow the shutter speed. This results in a blurry, not colorful picture also with a noticeable increase of noise. This noise makes compressed jpeg image to have a very poor quality and also it will increase the image file size. Without proper lighting final image will look bad even with an expensive camcorder.

When we talk about lighting we don’t refer only to intensity, we have to take in consideration also the color temperature fact. According to WikiPedia “Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, and other fields.” Also “higher color temperatures (5000 K or more) are “cool” (green-blue) colors, and lower color temperatures (2700-3000 K) “warm” (yellow-red) colors. Cool-colored light is considered better for visual tasks. Warm-colored light is preferred for living spaces because it is considered more flattering to skin tones and clothing”

Learn more about color temperature of the light:

Check out also: Color Temperatures in Video Lighting from ExpertVillage.com

You will find on the web many tutorials about lighting, but most of them refer at professional lights usage. We are aware that many independent models don’t want to spend a lot of money for pro lights; therefore we’ll try to keep things simple and inexpensive (but still efficient). First of all you need to improve the global lighting of your working space. A normal bulb with 75W to 100W, lighting a room from the middle of your ceiling, might be ok for your eyes, but definitively is not enough for your camcorder. Even if you add more normal bulbs things might not get any better. Instead of using many bulbs (for the global light) you could use 1 or 2 with higher intensity. We recommend using fluorescent power saving (economy) lights (bulbs or tubes). Don’t buy those halogen reflectors for outside illumination – are not suitable for indoor use.

Here is an example of what kind of fluorescent bulbs we are talking about: 105 Watt Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb
This 105W bulb is 500 Watt Incandescent Equivalent meaning that it has the power of 5 or more regular 75W-100W incandescent bulbs. Depending on your room size you might need 2 bulbs like the one from our example.

Here is a simple lighting setup example for a medium size room (4×3.5 m , 2.5m high):

Check also these tutorials about lighting techniques: Video Production Lighting

The more you learn about lights the easier will be for you to obtain a great video quality. Don’t expect to have the perfect lightning setup from your first try. Play with the lights in terms of intensity, distance and color temperatures. Adjust the exposure of your camcorder if needed and don’t forget to set the manual white balance.

If you don’t know how to set the exposure or manual white balance checks out these video tutorials: (locations of these settings will vary depending on camcorder type)

Using manual Exposure: Tutorial 1 | Tutorial 2
Manual White Balance: Tutorial 1 | Tutorial 2 | Tutorial 3

Few more things you should be aware of:

Is better to cover your room windows so that the sunlight to stay out from interfering with your lighting setup.
Make sure no lights are pointed directly to your camera lens
When you play with the lights make sure your tv-tuner color settings are set to default, you should try to get the best image possible only using lights and after that you can adjust more from the tv-tuner settings.
Make sure your monitor brightness and tones are on factory default while you setup the lights and/or software image settings. If you manually reduced the screen brightness for example, you might be wrong with your image adjustments – visually you’ll be ok on your screen, but for people that use factory default settings your image might look burned out (too much brightness).

About free video chat area activity

Here at Xlovecam we restrict the access on free chat for all non-converting and high-risk countries, therefore our free area might not be very populated, but most of the quests accessing your room are top quality traffic from high-converting countries like: France, Belgium, Germany, England, Canada and so on.
Many models believe that interacting with the guests and free registered members is a waste of time, but if you get to think like this is like cutting your source of revenues. Free area is the best place to promote yourself, to let people find out more about you and the things you can do.
On our system we restrict guests free chat session to 1 minute, then are redirected to the registration page, so basically what is happening in that minute will determine next actions of a particular guest. Obviously their first impression is crucial – if they get to see a smiley model, being in mood for fun, talking with her visitors, a fast video and good quality image – they have more reasons to register and get back to you. If they see a pair of static boobs for example or a very bored model another example, a slow and blurry video, no activity in text chat, no audio and so on – logically most of them have no reasons to visit again such rooms as they know there are better ones out there. Considering these facts one of your important goals should be – to determine your visitors to come back, to register as members and finally to buy credits. Everything is in your power, improve your services, improve the interactivity in your free chat room and you’ll see that more and more people will get back to you and sooner or later they’ll go for private show. Ignore these people and most probably they’ll ignore you as well.
You might ask something like “Hey, but what can I do in 1 minute to determine a guest to register?“. We can tell you that it isn’t about what you can do in that minute, is more about your GENERAL ATTITUDE, but there are also some things you could do, like saying hello to your guests and starting a conversation “Hello guest3 welcome in my room” “Are you new here?” “What’s your first name?”… By doing so you practically request an answer from them, even if they get disconnected after 1 minute, you give them a reason to hit the back button of their browser or to register as members for unlimited free chat. From time to time you could also type a general message to encourage the guests to sign up, here is an example “Hey guys, if you want to chat more with me without interruptions, go and register for FREE, hit that SIGN UP button, I’ll be here waiting for you”

Interacting / communicating with all your free chat visitors it has many other advantages as well, we point here a few:

It will improve your typing skills – if you type faster you’ll be able to interact with more visitors;
If you use also audio combined with the text chat – not only that you’ll improve a particular spoken language but also you’ll be able to communicate with even more visitors;
By being sociable you will also catch the attention of existing customers – is a known fact that many big spenders are watching the models (or a particular model, maybe you) before deciding if they should go further or not.
Another known fact is that customers usually spend more money with models that are offering also an interesting conversation (beside the erotic show), so by improving typing and language you are able to communicate better and therefore some customers will spend more time with you in the private show.
Not at the last, by communicating you will learn to be in control of what is happening in your room, you will learn which visitors are more likely to become paying customers, you’ll learn to transform your free chat room to a magic ambiance where people are having fun with you and between each other, a special environment where people are forgetting about their daily problems. These people will help you as well to spend beautiful moments while online, will support you when you’re having problems with some rude visitors, their positive feedback will bring more customers in your private area.

Other important things that you should know, when talking about free chat activity:

Every piece of thing that could distract your attention while you’re ONLINE is your ENEMY, we include here: working on multiple sites in the same time, watching TV, browsing the web (youtube, hi5, facebook etc.. you know what we mean), talking on the phone, chatting on instant messengers and so on. By doing all these things while working on Xlovecam you’ll not be able to focus on your main goals.
Try to address to your visitors using their chat names, so a particular visitor will know you talk with him and not with someone else. Instead of “hi bb” is much better to use “Hi VisitorChatName, how are you?” – You’ve notice we also added a question to the welcoming message, it has the purpose to initiate the conversation.
About usage of “baby” or other similar appellatives, we can’t say is wrong using it with first time visitors… but think of this: usually, in the real life, people use “baby” appellative to address to someone very close to them like family, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife…in the virtual world things are different, you could use these terms with regular customers/visitors, but when used with a first time visitor might look a little forced, not natural, fake way to welcome someone… at least this is how it looks from a neutral position so it might be better to use their chat names at the beginning.
Text shortcuts like “ty, thx, bb, gtg, wb, pvt, lol, asl” are cool, again we can’t say that usage of shortcuts in free chat is wrong, but it seems that models using more often the full forms of words are attracting more customers in their private show, we are not sure why but is probably because the conversations looks more realistic, it doesn’t feel superficial, and is easier for everyone to understand what you want to say. One thing is sure; if you know shortcuts it doesn’t mean that everyone will understand what you are saying.
An interesting dialog can not occur if you are only limited to words like: yes, no, ok, thx, mmm, hmm, lol, only in pvt – there is nothing special about it – everyone can do it. Interesting conversations have the role to keep visitors and customers focused to your free chat room; it will create that magical ambiance that we talked about earlier. Of course there are models not mastering a language or another so is harder for them to express their thoughts, if you find yourself in this situation maybe you can see now why is so important to communicate with your visitors. Free chat could be the best TEACHER for you, it has the power to help you improve your vocabulary and knowledgebase; realize it and things will get much better for you.
Keep the eye contact with your camera as often as possible, when you look straight in your camera lens is like to you’re looking into visitors/customers eyes, that’s attractive and it gives more weight to your words. Of course you might not be able to look into the cam while reading your chat or when you type, but you could look for a few seconds after you hit the keyboard Enter button for example, or while you’re teasing the visitors with sensual moves.
TEASING (erotic teasing) is another important action that it keeps visitors in your free room and it might determine more customers to join your private area. Anyhow teasing doesn’t mean you have to flash your boobs or other body part (flash = showing an intimate body part for a second or less), that’s no teasing is more like providing a private show in the free chat area. Not only that you break our RULES by doing so, but also is ILLEGAL in almost all countries. You are breaking the LAW by showing nudity in free chat (public area). Is like walking naked on the street, do that and see what is going to happen. We really don’t “understand” why some models are so desperate and ready to show their goodies for nothing, do you think more people will join your private by doing so? Is just an illusion, but you can’t realize it yet. There are so many sexy things that can be done in free chat without showing nudity; you just have to use your imagination.
You really don’t want to force us to switch your account to nude-chat area for a couple of days/weeks or to close your model account for a while… so please respect the LAW and our RULES.
Teasing could have a higher efficiency when you wear more clothes, this doesn’t mean you should get dressed with 2 pair of blue jeans, 5 shirts and 1 coat, we refer to sexy outfits composed from multiple pieces, sexy costumes etc.. which should be better then a bra and a pair of panties. If you can not afford it yet, just combine what you can find in your wardrobe (skirts, ties, stockings etc).
You might ask what is better for free chat. Should you tease more and chat less, or opposite? Ideal solution would be to do both things equally, at least till the point you’ll become more popular, then the teasing factor might be reduced by default, if people see you most of the time in private show, the human curiosity will work in your favor.
You should also know that what is working for a model might be a disaster for another one. That’s why is not recommend to copy other models, is more about developing your own style based on WHO YOU ARE – YOUR PERSONALITY, is more about being unique. YES is ok to get inspired by other models, but that’s not the same with cloning.
Don’t be too pushy in free chat while trying to attract customers in your private show, let it come naturally by the way you communicate and tease, repeating all the time things like “come in pvt”, “pvt only” is annoying and it might have an opposite effect. When visitors are asking things that you can’t provide in free chat like “show pussy”, “show nipple” etc, instead of using the common “I’m not allowed” is probably better to find smart and positive answers like “Hey (visitor name), sure I can show you my pussy, but with my panties ON here in free chat” or “Hey (visitor name), I just show it few minutes ago in a private show, too bad you were not there” or you can even try funny answers like “Show me yours and I’ll show you mine” and visitor might say “but I don’t have a pussy, I have a big cock waiting for you” – Model: “everyone says that, I have to see it to believe it” – Visitor: “no option for me to send you my cam here” – Model: “Yes, I know, but there is cam2cam option in private chat, come in and lets see what you are talking about”. These were just some examples of chat interactivity, which will help your free room to become more attractive, enjoyable to follow the conversations.
Be honest when you talk about the things you can offer in your private show, don’t promise something that you can’t comply with, tell the truth and try to offer alternatives of what you can do. As for an example, if someone ask you if you use toys in private and you don’t have toys (or you are not willing to use them), obviously don’t say “yes” but also don’t say simply “no” – this will cut off the conversation. Try instead to find alternative answers, that will increase your chances for a private show, something like “I can use my fingers, if you would like that, I didn’t bought a toy yet” – 1 or 2 customers out of 10 asking for toys, might still want do see your private show even without a toy, but if you cut off the conversation using “NO”, all off them might leave your room.
Pay attention to visitors and customers requests – things like: “do you have red stockings?”, “do you have black high heels?”, “do you have big yellow earrings?”, “do you have pink panties?” etc.. and in the case you don’t have these items.. remember to buy them next time you go shopping. Being able to satisfy this type of requests will also increase the overall number of your private shows. Models being serious about this job, always save some money from their commission and use it for new outfits and accessories.
Don’t go offline without saying good bye to your visitors and let them know when you’re going to come back. Even if you disconnect for few minutes, let them know about it… “Hey guys, I have to disconnect for few minutes, don’t go anywhere”.
If you are having a bad day, you are extremely bored, not in the mood to interact with your visitors, is better for you to go offline, you don’t want to be seen like this. Go outside and take a walk or do anything that makes you feel good, relax yourself… and return online only when you’re feeling better.
We know there are visitors out there being rude, saying things that they probably never dare to say in the real life, if you choose to ignore them, that’s fine, if you kick them out of your room that’s fine again… but is this really all you can do? From our experience many of the rude guys, can be turned into good guys with a little patience and of course good communication. Make a test, from time to time try to give second chances to some rude visitors; you might be surprised how many good things you can learn from this experience. You could even transform it in a small game, every time you kick a visitor – 1 point goes to rude people, (because he succeeded to make you angry) – and every time you get a rude guy to say “Sorry” or to stop talking bad – you should add 1 point to yourself.
Remember that no matter how good you are, is impossible to please everyone, there will always be a conflict or another with some visitors or customers, the important thing is to be in control of yourself, think POSITIVE, get over bad moments as fast as you can, don’t let negativity or various frustrations to overcome you. Don’t let very rude people to ruin your mood, if there is no other solution, kick them out. If they manage to get you very angry, that’s not good – it will be harder for you to concentrate, take a break and chill yourself or talk about it with your fans / virtual friends it should help you to get over it faster.

About private area activity

Many of the things we talked about so far will help you attract more customers in your private area, but from this point on… is all about your PERFORMANCE which will determine the average length of your shows and returning customers factor. These two elements are your tools to measure whether you provide a quality performance or not. If you constantly have returning customers spending a decent amount of time in your private show (30 min or more) it means you are on the right path. Obviously if almost all of your customers are spending just few minutes in your private show and never come back, that should trigger an alarm on your side. You have to seriously think about the reasons why is happening like so.

There are many models out there believing that Customer Satisfaction is all about “body game” … getting naked as fast as possible, executing like a puppet everything is requested – no questions asked – no relevant communication whatsoever. From a customer point of view playing with a naked “puppet” could be entertaining for few minutes… but that’s all in most of the cases… next time he will visit another model… simply because playing again with the same “puppet” is boring. “Puppet technique” could ensure a decent living but most of the models doing so will never discover the real benefits of video chat activity.

While you read these lines you might think “But what the hell I can do, if everyone are asking me to get naked fast?”. Well, we run an adult cam site, so is normal that customers majority will ask for an erotic show, but this doesn’t mean they are not willing to spice their virtual adventure with a sexy dialog, a fantasy and so on. If you only involve your body in the action and the private dialog looks more like a monolog (because everything you say is mostly: thx, mmm, wow, yes, no), obviously the private show will end pretty soon. The chances to see again that customer in your private show are reduced a lot.

On the other side if you are being too pushy with the chatting, ignoring customers requests – trying to delay the action as much as you can even if you were asked to perform … than the results will be similar like in the first case – many will leave your private area disappointed, sometimes angry, they might also ask for a refund etc

As a conclusion you should remember that each customer is unique, the more you communicate in free and private chat (when possible) the easier will be for you to understand their needs and probably their personality. Understanding them will help you taking the right decision in various situations as well as it will improve the quality of your shows. Don’t think everyone wants a quick “puppet” show because you’re wrong. Also don’t think you are the smartest model in the world and you can play every customer on your fingers because you’re wrong as well.
Providing a great erotic show combined with audio and/or text chat “flavors” as well as being able to entertain the customers with interesting conversations (when possible) are the keys for success.

As we said before, be as natural as possible, be you… don’t let others to set your limits, strive to offer your best performance each and every single time, entertain your customers also with your mind and soul not only with the body, have fun, be creative, use your imagination, surprise your customers as often as possible. Don’t let them getting bored… and don’t allow you to get bored… this activity could be very profitable and enjoyable in the same time… everything is up to you.

What are regular customers?

Xlovecam members returning periodically to the site and spending time in private shows are called – regular customers. There are many on Xlovecam, some of them will visit different models each time they buy credits, some others return for specific models that they like. When you notice a customer visiting your private show several times and different days, he’s close to become your regular customer. They are like “gold” for your activity, keep this in mind and treat them as best as you can. Sooner or later a special bound might be created between you and some of these customers, something like a virtual friendship; these bounds could make your online time more enjoyable and profitable in the same time.

Should I use sex toys in my private show?

Well is up to you, using sex toys is a plus and definitely could determine customers to spend more time with you in private show. Remember also that your ATTITUDE and the way you are using the toys are very important. Think twice if you are planning to use toys just to perform a fake show (fake penetration), more then 90% of the customers can see the differences between real and fake, therefore next time they might look for the real thing. There are models not using sex toys and still being able to offer a great erotic show.

Appearance in front of your audience

About backgrounds and room decoration

Having an appropriate room design will improve your final image quality, also it should make you feel better while working and not at the last will catch visitors attention. An important thing we recommend when it comes to room decoration and backgrounds – KEEP IT CLEAN and as SIMPLE as possible in terms of details and used colors. A very noisy background with tons of details and colors isn’t recommended because in most of the cases will look bad and camera might be forced to focus on your background instead of you. Take your time with this task and do it with style.

Unless you know what you are doing, avoid using big materials reflecting the light. We recommend the usage of soft pastel colors (see examples in the image below).

Most of the models are working from their bedroom (or a working space that look like a bedroom) – try to arrange your working space in a way that should allow you to play in almost any position, without being afraid that some inappropriate things might be seen on camera. For example if you want to dance or strip for your visitors/customers you need to stand up, either on bed or near it, what is behind you in this situation should also be part of your room design. It might be better to use pillows (in various shapes, colors and sizes.) for background, instead of hanging a big textile material on the wall. It is recommended to change the background from time to time, the usage of pillows it will help you do that, even on daily basis if you want – you just change their position or use different pillow covers and voila you have a new, fresh background. Bed sheets, bed linens, pillows and pillow covers are relatively cheap and available in a variety of colors – as we said avoid buying those with a lot of tiny details, simple is better.

Check out few examples with room/bed designs, keep in mind that there are thousands of images on the web with bedroom decorations that you could inspire from.

Source: My Deco | Google Images

Positioning

Positioning in front of your camera is an important detail that could affect your overall sales. A good position will definitely increase your chances for a private show while an inappropriate one obviously will make people think that you are not in a mood for a show, you are bored, superficial etc. so they will think twice before joining your private area. Every time you change your body position check if you are centered on cam, if not, do the necessary corrections (this is why a pan-tilt is a very useful accessory).

See in these examples how proper centering should be vs how it should be not:

You should try changing your body position from time to time, every 15-20 min or so. We know that each model might have a favorite position, that’s fine, but don’t stay like that for long periods of time, is bad for your health in the long run, you’ll get tired sooner, visitors might get bored seeing same thing over and over again. Don’t hide your face from camera view for a long time, that’s the worse thing you could do. A body without a face has no personality. Emotions are only transmissible trough the FACE; therefore you should try showing your face as much as possible. Of course, if you tease your visitors by showing a close up with your bottom for example, is impossible to show the face in the same time (unless you are a contortionist), but usually free chat teasing should last 1-2 minutes at most and then you get back to your normal position (where face is appearing in camera view). Continuing with this example, if you keep the close up with your bottom in free chat for a long time, that’s no teasing anymore, you are probably tired, bored or busy with other things; visitors will notice and definitively this is not good for you. If you are bored, you better take a break and do something that could get you again in the right mood. Keep in mind that you are the most important part of the “equation”, not your background, walls or other things, so you should occupy most of the image space. Good positions are offering you an optimal level of comfort and a great view for your visitors.

About sexy outfits

Sexy outfits will have a great contribution in your activity. Wearing sexy outfits will increase your sexuality and are stimulating visitor’s imagination and desires. Each model should change their outfit on a daily basis; don’t be afraid to use various accessories like earrings, necklaces, belts, hair clips and so on, which should be assorted with your outfit – these have the role to complete your final look.

From time to time, try to experiment also with outfits and colors that you think are not suited for you, each people mind work differently, for example if you don’t like an old skirt or maybe a pink outfit it doesn’t mean it won’t look great on you trough other people eyes.
We understand that some of you might not afford to spend their money on sexy outfits; anyhow this can be done in time by saving a small money amount from your commission. As temporary solution you can try using with creativity clothing items that are currently available in your wardrobe, things like: skirts, dresses, shirts, ties, belts, scarves, stockings, sandals, high heels and so on – combine them with various bras and panties and you should get some nice looking sexy outfits.

Wearing just a bra and panties could be ok from time to time (maybe once a week)… more than that might work against you, because bra and panties are too common; it takes only few seconds to take it off in private show; not so many options when it comes to teasing; even if you change it daily for many visitors (men) is still just a bra and panties if you know what we mean… just to point out some of the reasons why a sexy outfit is better.

There are models asking us if is ok to wear street clothes. We don’t see any problem, we are sure some visitors and customers will be happy to see how you look in regular clothes, anyhow remember that we run an adult cams site, once at every 2-3 weeks is fine, more than that is not.

Check out some sexy outfits examples:

Source: Odgirl

About your Xlovecam bio page

An updated bio page with useful details about you, with fresh images, video teasers and a correct schedule will help you get more customers in your private area. Many visitors/customers are checking your bio page to find more about you; some of the visitors might come directly to your bio page from search engines for example… offering a well maintained bio page is much better then an empty one or with poor content. Don’t be superficial, take your time and build a nice bio page, talk about you, your personality, things you like and dislike, your sexual fantasies, talk about what you can can offer in private show, hobbies, favorite music, food, movies and so on.
Be creative and unique, be you, don’t copy other models description (remember what we said about cloning) that’s simply rude and a very bad practice.

Keep your pictures gallery fresh and glamorous – add new content every few days and remove the pictures that are repeating or are very similar. Most of the pictures (50% or more) should reflect what visitors/customers are going to see in free/private video. If there is a huge difference between your pictures and your live video, people might get disappointed and you don’t want that. Quality digital pics are nice but don’t build your entire gallery with only digital images. You could also add pictures from your real life, these are also great additions for your Xlovecam gallery and could capture visitors attention (make sure nobody else beside you is appearing in these images).

About working schedule

“Many people who work at home do not understand the importance of a schedule. A work at home schedule is basically a way for a person to keep on task and get their work done in a timely and proper manner. Work at home jobs offer a lot of independence and with that come a need for responsibility. To help ensure that a work at home job is successful, a schedule is important.” Read full article

Organizing your work is one of the most important aspects of video chat activity. Your online presence is crucial if you are planning to maximize your revenues and then to keep them at the same level. Treat your activity like a real job, create a working schedule and follow it. Generally specking is recommended to be online at least 6-7 hours a day / 5-6 days a week, of course you can work more or less depending on your goals or personal situation.
Keep in mind that when we say 6-7 hours a day we talk about the time spent online, there are many models thinking they worked 8 hours for example but actually they were online just 5 hours, the rest of time being spent with breaks, software refreshes and so on.

Don’t change your schedule very often, for example if you choose to work from Monday to Saturday from 8AM to 3PM, follow it for at least 2-3 weeks. Generally specking most of the customers are visiting Xlovecam at similar hours, so if you keep the same schedule for few weeks you have more chances to be noticed. There are visitors/customers that enjoy watching a model in free area, trying to know her better, before deciding to join her private show; this could take up to a week or two in some cases. Obviously if you work chaotic, with many interruptions, changing time frame every few days, your chances to get noticed by customers are decreasing a lot.

When testing a different schedule, to find out if is working for you, don’t try it for 1 day and say “That time frame is not good for me” because you’re wrong… remember what we just said earlier – (follow it at least for 2-3 weeks) – is impossible to get an objective impression after 1 day test. Virtually any time frame could work for a model because there is traffic on Xlovecam at any moment of the day; being organized is the trick to maximize your revenues no matter what time frame you’re choosing.

For models following same schedule for longer periods of time (3 months or more) it could be a good idea to change it for a while (lets say for 1 month or so), there are many visitors/customers that never had the chance to meet you as they go online at different hours. Don’t worry about your regular customers during this time, let them know about your change, some of them will follow you, some others will miss you, but when you return to the previous schedule they’ll be very happy to have you back.

Work on weekends whenever is possible, Saturday and Sunday are very good days for high revenues. Most of the visitors/customers are spending more time on Xlovecam during the weekends (because free days) so there are more chances for you to be noticed. Not at the last don’t forget to update your working schedule option from your Xlovecam bio page, so that visitors/customers to know when they can find you online.

Improving language skills

Is a known fact that without communicating frequently in a foreign language is hard to improve it. Obviously the more you talk in a foreign language (in text chat, audio or both) the easier will be to find your words and to better speak your mind. This is another reason why we advised you to pay more attention to free chat visitors (in terms of conversation).

A dictionary or a translator tool is indispensable for any model in order to improve their vocabulary or to easy remember words, in case you don’t have such software, you could use Google translation/dictionary tools, is free. A translation gadget is also available for Google Toolbar, this is useful because you can translate texts from the same window with Xlovecam model software.

To activate the translator into Google toolbar – first add a button from this page
In the example we used: Google Translate / Translation Gadget (version 0.7.0 – 2008.03.22) – Translate text using Google Translate / Author: CHW
If is the not appearing automaticly then folow these steps: Right click on Google toolbar, then choose “Google Toolbar options” and a new window will pop up >> In that window select “Custom Buttons” from the left menu then from the right side search and SELECT “Google Translate”. Hit SAVE button and you’re done. Now the translator button should be available in your Google toolbar.