The 4 Practical Tips I Wish I'd Known
Learn how to succeed right out of the gate
Mar 15 2018 28 comments 2,221 25
My start in selling adult videos began with working as an escort. Many of my clients would inquire about whether I sold videos. I also had clients who asked to film our appointments, so I would let them film and edit the videos then I would sell them to the other clients, usually for gift cards or cash. It wasn't a very big business. Later, I had my own website for my escort business and there was a link to my clip site on my escort page. I still wasn't making very much money though. At this point in my life I really need to supplement my income, so I have to figure out how to make my video business more profitable. These things things would have been even more beneficial for me if I had just done them from the start. So here is my list of things you should consider when you start making clips.
1. Make sure all of your videos have multiple back ups. It can be a real disaster if you have all of your videos saved on your laptop, and then you spill a soda on it, ruining your laptop, and losing all of the data. Keeping a USB device or a micro SD card in your computer and saving the videos there is a good idea because they can be retrieved easily if your computer breaks. However, if your computer is stolen, and the device is in your computer, it will be stolen too. The best thing to do is use a file storage site on the internet. The video files can be large, so make sure you get enough space! You definitely don't want to lose the copies of your videos. Many clip sites will give you a lot of difficulty in giving you back your videos. ManyVids is not one of them but I was told by another clip site that I can buy my own video if I want a copy.
2. Don't be afraid to do custom videos. I didn't used to like to do custom videos because, after the initial sale of the video, many times the video would not be a big seller, due to saying the person's name, very specific fetishes, and other things. After awhile, I realized that the custom videos just need to be the right price, and I can be paid right then, instead of waiting for the video to sell. I try to sell my custom videos for what I would normally make off of a video of that length.
3. Advertise on social media, often. This is really important, because not only does it help you gain followers, but it keeps your fans engaged. Showing them pictures of you will keep you in their mind. At first I was concerned that posting too often would cause some fans and followers to get annoyed and unfollow me. Some did unfollow me, but I have gained around 3,000 followers since advertising more heavily, and my sales have increased by a lot too.
4. Invest in a decent camera from the start. I really wish I had bought a good camera when I started making videos. Many of my first videos were shot on the webcam of my laptop and the quality is really terrible. The videos would have been excellent and I could have kept selling them now if I would have just used a decent camera. If you can't afford one, save up and buy one because it will affect the future sales of the videos you're working really hard on.
That is my advice to anyone who is starting out. I probably would have been a lot more sucessful at selling my porn if I had done those things when I first started. I hope this article can be of help to someone!
by MV Girl Liz Lovejoy
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Great tips.
Great advice, thank you! I'm just starting out, so this is helpful
All great ideas hun...best of luck!!!
Thank you for sharing, Liz!
BACKUP YOUR FILES!!! You shouldn't experience much loss if you learn #2-4 through experience, but you do not EVER want to be in a position where all of your files are gone and you can't recover them. Cloud backup will continuously update your files so that you can always access them, even if your computer is stolen or spontaneously combusts.
Great advice, a better camera is a wise investment.
These are some really great tips. Thank u
Thank you for the tips! I am also saving up for a better camera! 😙
Good advice girl
thank you very helpful! currently saving to a camera ive been using my webcam i bought when i first started streaming. im going to now save my videos other places im very unorganized with my saved content this tip will help me out for sure. also if you dont have a camera and want to get different angles buy a usb extension cable for your webcam !
Great tips and thank you for sharing, I definitely just learned the multiple backups the hard way!
The multiple backups tip is so SO important, and something I've been meaning to do for a while - this is just the kick in the ass I needed. I totally forgot about storing them online too, good call! Thank you!!!
Also huge pro tip: Google drive is cracking the fuck down on people who use their drive for adult content/sell access to it etc. Go elsewhere, pay a small fee if you have to/can afford to!
this is SO TRUE esp #4 !!!! I could have had some HD hot content of me DP'ing myself when i was 18
That camera tip is real! I hate all my old videos shot with my webcam... But I'm so proud of my new stuff!
Love this
Thank you so much for posting my article I really hope this article can help some people who are starting out. I think the most important tip that I forgot is, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Because I didn't believe that I could make "real" money doing this, I didn't put the investment of time and money into it that finally allowed me to become successful.
thanks for the tips! always appreciated
Thanks for the wisdom XOXO
These are some really great tips for sure!
I keep my content in two seperate places... one a small external harddrive and the second is an external mycloud. The mycloud is a little box that sits next to my router that I can store a ton of stuff on and it wirelessly connects to my laptop so that makes using it really easy. Its been great for me so I figure I should share the knowledge!
I'm so messy with my content, it would be a real hassle to find everything if I ever like, closed this site, and uploaded all my videos to a different site. I have most of my videos backed up on OneDrive, but I will wait until I have like 30 or 40 videos and upload them all at once, so I know that's bad. I also have them on multiple USBs, Micro SD and SD cards, and I forget what's on the cards. So, I think maybe an external hard drive to keep everything in one place is probably what I need.
I used to have mine on a small USB thumb drive... but then it got too full lol and I was always scared I'd lose it. So when someone told me about this I'm like YES I need to get it and try it out. It's amazing! I have folders for everything... pics, videos, work with other girls etc. All nicely organized on there!
Thank you!
Great common sense advice x
Thanks for the awesome tips!
Great advice!
Great tips!