Being able to easily keep people up to date, via a blog, twitter, Facebook or feed of some kind, nowadays, is really a no brainer. Setting up a blog takes less than 5 minutes to actually accomplish.
In the world of Second Life Porn, the people who are really into it actually follow others, read blogs and stuff daily, etc.
So, I set up a Flickr account, and a Wordpress blog.
Now, Flickr is pretty useful in and of itself, but the problem is, you can't really broadcast that you have uploaded something new. You really have to just hope the people you are in contact with happen to see that you have uploaded something recently, and pray that they click the image.
Wordpress...is not so simple. It's a solid way to blog, but its not as user intuitive, or as streamlined.
Now, I am in the minority of people who don't really care for Gmail, or the Google world, outside of using the search engine itself, and herein lies a small problem.
Flickr is owned by Yahoo, and you need a Yahoo email adress in order to access it.
Blogspot is owned by Google, and you need a Gmail adress to access it.
Instead of just biting the bullet, and taking 5 minutes out to make a Gmail adress, and be able to blog with the community on a platform that seems to be what the majority of PornStars use, I had to make things more difficult. I had to be "different."
Well, different is not always good.
You see, there is no easy way to connect comments and blogs between WordPress and Blogspot. There shouldn't be. They are competitors. If I were to post something on Wordpress, I couldn't easily share it with those on Blogspot.
Mistake #5: I effectively put myself into a postion of not having a way to communicate with the very community I was trying to become a part of.
You need to reach out to people. You need to let them know you are interested in working with them. People are busy in both SL and RL. If they have no idea you exist, or what you are up to, and you don't make it easy for them to find that information out, chances are, they never will.
In writing these blogs for the past few days, I have realized, and made changes to the mistakes I have made. I can only push forward and hope that the changes I recognized and made for myself have an impact.
If you have stuck with me this long, the most sound piece of advice I can give you is: Learn from my screwups, and don't put yourself into the position I put myself in. Re-evaluate, and find areas to improve.
With that all being said, the next few posts will be images. A Porn Star's life is definately a busy one, but ultimately, there is no porn life for you if you don't find yourself working. Well, I've been lucky, and it's time to share.
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