Do you currently have a LD relationship with BDSM elements or are you now looking for one?

Generally, communication is the key with LDR. Many limit themselves only to internet - e-mail or messenger - and forget that there are other ways to communicate such as mobile phones. Getting a text message from a Dom/me is an exciting and scary proposition because it could be an order to perform something there and then and you could be anywhere...

So, I suggest as many methods of communication as you can get. As well as a mobile phone (don't use a work one...) and e-mail (don't use work one...) you can also use messenger programs (yahoo, msn etc) with webcams and things like skype or other VOIP for using your webcam with voices rather than typing (so much easier when you are tied up ). This means that you can communicate to a number of different senses anytime, any place and that adds to the overall level of 'complete control' because you cannot simply choose when you communicate by turning on your computer.

I would also suggest doing some research into tasks which can be done online. The various tasks listed in the tasking society here are all appropriate to be done by a sub with no local master. Though with online especially, you need to be very aware of safety issues because you are alone. There are a lot of self bondage sites out there where you or your Dom may get ideas but these ideas need to be common sense filtered a lot.

One thing you may have to ask yourself is 'is a LDR what I really want at the moment?' Because it could be that your last few relationships fizzled because you were not getting what you wanted in terms of attention and physical contact. Maybe you actually need the real, close up contact more than you need the relationship?