All you want to know about Rina Ellis
Go back This week a Q & A with our ambassador Rina Ellis. Happy reading everyone. Q- What made you decide to start your business? A- Honestly, being a young curious individual who takes risks and always knew I wouldn’t have a normal conventional job. I don’t like being tied down to one job or company, so it was great that I got to be my own boss. I have always been interested in performing, and have always been very sexual, and needing money quickly. It made sense to me at the time. Q- How do you think other creators can support their business as lucrative as yours? A- I think the best thing is to always support people the way you would like to be supported. We were all new once. Be polite, open and help others. Join groups on Discord and Telegram of other creators in the same industry and ask questions! Don’t start fights or drama, this can be a very isolating industry, so the last thing you want is having issues with other creators. If any issues were to occur, talk to the person directly and privately. Ask experienced creators for advice, most are willing to help. Q- To create good content what are two or three major components? A- Good lighting, flattering outfits, good camera work, and enjoying what you do. Get creative and don’t be afraid to try out new styles and see what your niche is. Once you find your niche, the content will improve. Q- How do you connect to other creators for Collab’s? A- I mainly work solo these days, but usually I DM on Instagram or join groups on Telegram or Discord. Q- What is the most lucrative platform you’re on? Would you recommend to other creators? A- Every creator will have a different experience. Some find tipping sites are better, while others prefer sites with private, group or exclusive chat. Personally, I like Stream mate, but as I said, this will vary for each person. I recommend looking up the best sites and trying a few out to see what suits you best. Q- How do you stay motivated to create new and innovative content? A- This is hard, because as humans we experience burn out from time to time. The best thing is to not overwork yourself and prevent you’re overwhelmed. Work at a pace that works for you. Staying on top of your physical and mental health is important. Drinking a lot of water, eating healthy, exercising, getting enough sleep, and planning out your workday will help. Q- Who is your celebrity crush? A- I don’t have celebrity crushes but a few that I find attractive. Megan thee Stallion, Pete Davidson, Miley Cyrus, A$ap Rocky. Q- How would someone get your special attention? A- I don’t like attention these days (lol), but I suppose if someone is a gentleman on my cam show and is very polite, tips well, and doesn’t push my boundaries…. that will help! 😉 Q- Why would you advise other creators to hire an anti-piracy service? A- Because pirated content and fake accounts continue to be a problem. Doing it all yourself can be tedious and sometimes unsuccessful. CMP do all that for you and can deal with the annoying pirated content that you won’t want to deal with. It also saves you a lot of stress because it’s incredibly frustrating. Love, Rina Rina Ellis – Instagram: @rinaellisx | Twitter: @Rinaellisx |
All you want to know about Cherie DeVille
Go back I’ve had the pleasure of having an interview with Cherie DeVille. We’ve had an amazing chat and I got to learn a lot about Cherie that I will share with you in the blog interview below. Thanks again Cherie! And happy reading to al readers 🙂 Q – Can you please explain what you do? A – I am an adult actress, a journalist, and a sex worker advocate. I have been performing for about 12 years. I create a lot of my own content. I work for other content creators. I’ve been enjoying writing for a variety of news outlets, including The Daily Beast, and just trying to advocate for myself and other sex workers in whatever political arenas I can. Q – What kind of articles do you write about? A – A wide variety of things. My most recent was ‘a sex workers advice on how to survive a recession’. I do everything from, credit card companies or financial institutions that are trying to curb payments to sex workers, and any kind of government policies that might affect our community. Anything that’s going on in our arena that might be beneficial for people outside of the sex worker space too. To see what these policies and legislations might do to our community. Get our voices out into the mainstream as much as possible. Q – What is your main goal in writing? A – In any career, you’ll talk to your coworkers, you know about what’s going on in your field. That’s natural. But with sex workers, there’s such a big stigma to what we do for a living. Most of the time, when we do speak out on the platforms that are available, people don’t always respect our opinion. They’ll throw insults. So, a lot of us, myself included, have tried to reach out to more mainstream outlets, even if we’re not always that welcomed. If I can get access to other sites like The Daily Beast or other people, non sex workers, YouTube channels or podcasts or anything that isn’t a space where only sex workers exist, I think that it can create more awareness on our situation, which is incredibly valuable. They might not even realize is potentially harming the sex worker industry because they’re not aware of other situations. There’s like the stigma and it’s 2022. You watch our content otherwise it would not exist. So why is the stigma there? We’re all independent contractors, which has pros and cons. We don’t get a regular salary perhaps, but the huge pro is you work for yourself, and you’re able to make your own rules. Q – There are a lot of women that just started in the industry, to whom you might be a role model. They don’t have the experience, or the confidence to speak out their voice, do you have any advice to them? A – I think it’s the opportunity I’m just so blessed to have. There are plenty of sex workers and pornographers who could do the work that I’m doing, I was just luckily given the opportunity. So, I take that very seriously. For all my colleagues who were not yet given that opportunity, I would advise to take it once it’s offered to you. Speaking up for an entire community is a very valuable asset to all your colleagues. Q – Are you able to make a living from the work that you do? A – Yes. I’m very blessed to be. We’re all independent contractors, which has pros and cons. We don’t get a regular salary perhaps, but the huge pro is you work for yourself, and you’re able to make your own rules. You’re not limited to just having one stream of income. I have, for example, a stream of income where I work for other people’s products, I’m contracted with Brazzers, I create my own content which I can sell on a wide variety of platforms and then I make some money from merchandise, using my brand, Cherie DeVille. I think that there are sample opportunities for people who are interested in the sex workspace. To find a niche or an area that they’re comfortable in, whether it’s performing directly, whether it’s camming, creating merchandise, doing ASMR, the world is truly your oyster as an independent sex worker to find what you feel passionate about. Creating ways to market that and then putting it out for the consumer to purchase. Me and my colleagues, that are passionate, dedicated, and consistent with their careers do make a tidy living in the sex worker space. Q – How did you make it happen from starting in this industry to where you are now? A – 12 years ago, when I started, people were making most of their money performing for other companies. That’s how I started as well, performing for other companies and somehow had the luxury of them spending their advertising dollars on my name. I might have been working for them and only getting one paycheck for that day, but then they released the scene, they market the scene, they put the scene up on tube sites. They’re paying all their advertisers to keep their company afloat. After years and thousands of scenes, all other people’s advertising dollars paid off for me. In fact, they were also advertising my stage name, Cherie DeVille. At a certain point I was able to piggyback off the traffic they had and the fans they brought me and then being able to monetize that. That doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of performers who have had the luxury of other people building brands for them. Another important component is consistency. Everyone says, ‘what makes you a successful porn star’? I think they’re expecting me to say, oh, I suck good, or I know how to ride in cowgirl, and it’s honestly none of those things. I think my sexual performance abilities are tertiary and my