Greetings!
I've been wondering how I could start up a studio for making tickling videos. I need a way to build up a reputation, though I live in a rural area. Does anybody have any suggestions? Should I try my luck with online dating sites to draw women in, or should I meet face-to-face with local women and see how things go in a conversation?
I started with friends, who recommended other friends. I somehow eventually got a Model Mayhem profile and by the grace of god it's stayed up, which has helped a lot (that said, fetish producers are notoriously booted without warning from the site, so don't depend on that too much). Dating sites and apps could work, as anyone willing to engage with you on those are (
usually...) interested in you to some extent, and will likely be willing to give you a benefit of the doubt to at least try. Moreso than a random stranger, anyway.
Do
not randomly approach people. Ever. I don't care if other people say they've done it in it works. It'll probably not work for you, and one or two negative encounters, especially for someone starting from nothing, will be detrimental beyond belief. The last thing you want, especially in a rural area, is a reputation as a guy who runs up on people in public asking them for tickling.
Your best chance is getting a pretty good, open minded friend who wants $100 to shoot a starter video to be used as an example to show other people. I don't advise linking random Tickle Abuse videos or anything like that, as it could give people a different idea of your intentions than what you have planned (TA videos eventually evolved into more or less "real" porn by the end of the Golden Era, something presumably you don't want a normie thinking you're trying to coax them into doing. The first step is a big one, one you'll no doubt become frustrated as fuck trying to achieve, but it'll be a healthy foundation to build from. Once you have that one video, it'll be much, much easier to discuss with people you're trying to recruit. Very few people are going to truly understand what a "tickling video" actually entails just going off of a description. Show don't tell, and that'll make life easy.
Also, be honest that it's fetish shit. They don't need to be naked, no dicks need to be involved, but inform them of what it is. It's not a "silly challenge", it's not "just some quirky shit I like to do", it's fetish shit. That's not as big a roadblock as people initially believe it is... unless you attempt to trick people into it.
Find a friend (or date or whatever), and try to make the video as respectable as possible. Doesn't need to be A-list producer good, just not total shit. That one video is going to help you a lot going forward.