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Twitter

Most people are familiar with this extremely fast, easy and accessible social media platform. Twitter is a fantastic way for cam girls to stay in touch with people both in your private as well as public cam life, and an effective tool for self-promotion.

If you'd like to create your own Twitter account for your stage cam persona, here are a few things to keep in mind:

  • Make sure that you use your cam name and contact details (i.e. cam girl e-mail address). If you plan on sharing your address or more personal information, try to use vague or fake ones. For example, you can say the country where you're located, and your general age. When setting up your account, you should also remember to make it public rather than protected, otherwise it won't actually help you get any promotion. Once you have a solid fan base, you can consider creating a private account, where you sell access membership for special members.
  • Look for fellow people to follow in the industry-models, porn celebrities, bloggers, etc.
  • Get fluent in the language and communication used on Twitter. Familiarize yourself with things like hashtags, replies and mentions, etc. Hashtags help people find specific things that they're searching for, and can be helpful for you if you tag your posts with popular hashtags.
  • Be sure you're aware of Twitter rules and policies. For example, you should know that while you can share graphic nudes in your posts, you are not allowed to use a photo of this nature for your profile picture. Your account can be suspended otherwise.
  • When tweeting and interacting with your followers or people that you are following, be sure you stay genuine and conversational. You should behave more like a normal person, rather than a cam robot who is only focused on getting more viewers for her cam shows. Just remain playful and fun, and interact with people rather than only posting one-sided comments and promotional material. Engaging followers and potential fans is key!
  • Remember to tweet lots of photos of yourself-just be sure that the device that you're posting from doesn't specify your location, if you'd like to keep that secret. Many times, phones will use apps that include your locations, so pay attention to this. Fans really love to see their cam girls post photos of what they do in their daily lives, so this is a great way to get their attention! It's also a really good idea to use a watermark on your images so that people know where they came from, even if they're shared.
  • Twitter is also a great platform to alert fans of things that you're planning to do or sell, like big shows, new videos, or maybe a sale on some of your material. You can also use this to let fans know what times you'll be online a particular day so they'll have an easier time catching you.

Private or Protected Accounts

Twitter allows you the option of making a protected or private account, which lets you share what you want only with the people that you choose. This is a great way to make extra money, and to give access to special photos or material for members who pay a special fee, for example.

Tumblr

If you're interested in blogging, Tumblr is a great, easy option for this. You can post videos, text, or photos and share them with anyone who visits your site. Many cam girls find that tumblr is a really accessible option for them to self-promote, and post up do date information for their fans to see.

Typically, tumblr pages are set up publicly, but you can also create a private blog, which you can then use as a way to make extra money by selling access to paying members.

It is absolutely free to make an account on tumblr.com. Just be sure that when you're creating your blog, you use an e-mail not associated with your private life.

How do I use Tumblr?

You can find out basic information about the site in its help section https://www.tumblr.com/help. Generally speaking though, Tumblr is very easy to use and you don't need to have any special computer skills to use it.

It's also great because you can link your Twitter account directly to your Tumblr account, and post photos from one account to another. You can also check a box which automatically posts your Tumblr content to your Twitter account. This is great for promotion because people who follow you on one site can then easily become part of your follower base on the other.

The site also offers the option of using “asks” which is basically a way for fans to send you questions with you can respond to on your blog. They do this anonymously, but you can turn this option off, and only give access to other people who are Tumblr members. This is a good option if you feel like the anonymous questions are being nasty or offensive.

Am I allowed to post nude content?

Tumblr doesn't have any rules against sharing pornographic material, so absolutely!

Just so people know what kind of content you have, you can include the tat NSFW (not safe for wor). Once you do this, you are free to post all kinds of pornographic content—videos, pictures, gifs, texts, etc. Just be aware that if you want to HOST x-rated videos, you unfortunately won't be able to. You can do this on another page, and then embed them on your tumblr blog.

Followers

Tumblr followers are only people who also have their own Tumblr blog. This means that just anybody that visits your site can not actually become one of your followers. If you make your blog public, anyone can visit your profile, but they can not follow you. If you want to see who visits your tumblr, you ca install google analytics to see the statistics.

Other advice:

Remember to use tags whenever you can! When sharing a new post, you should always add in a few tags, so that people can find your material more easily. For example, if you have a G/G video, you can use tags like “lesbian”, “g/g”, “girl on girl”, etc. This way people will have a better chance of finding your video, buying it or sharing it with their followers, too!

Remember to follow other cam girls and repost their material!

Link your tumblr account to your other social media pages, as well as your cam site profile, if your host site will let you do this.

When somebody follows you, make sure you reward them or thank them somehow. You could send them a free picture or video, for example. This is great for promotion and creating a good reputation.

Be sure to ask people to reblog or repost your material.

You can really be creative when using Tumblr, so use it however makes you feel comfortable. You can simply repost other people's posts, or only blog your own content. Either way, make sure you have fun with it and try to keep your fans interested!

Privacy

Tumblr doesn't allow you to block geographic regions or states. This makes it possible for just about anyone to find your page. If this is an issue for you, you can consider making a password protected tumblr, and sell access to it for your members. It's actually a great tool to keep your fans happy and make some extra money.

Custom domains

Tumblr is great because it lets you create a custom URL very easily and at almost no cost. You can create your own custom domain at other sites like NameCheap.com or Register.com for around $10. In order to keep your name and address protected, you can purchase WhoisGuard, which will cost you no more than $10 per year.

If you have Tumblr and a custom domain, you will have to make configuration changes on your domain. You can do this with the help of your registrar, who will give you specific instructions on how to do this. You should then go to Tumblr and click on settings. Go to where you usually edit your blog's URL, and click on the custom domain. Now, just simply type in the name of your purchased domain and click on test your domain. If it doesn't work, then you've probably made a mistake somewhere with or typo. Don't worry, just go back and check that everything was typed in correctly and you exactly followed the instructions.