Getting the customer to come to you?
I was wondering if anyone has any techniques for attracting customers to approach you, the dancer, because obviously this is the much more ideal than having to do the approaching yourself.
Or perhaps there is an old thread somewhere on this? I couldn't find any through search :(
Anyways... there are the basic techniques:
* Looking scrupdiddlyumptious. As in: working on your appearance from your physique to the way you make yourself up to look like a goddess of sensuality or something equaly as tempting
* Using stage sets to attract guys. Highly sexual moves, awesome pole tricks, feats of flexibility... novel things that draw them in like moths to a lamp.
* Marketing and regulars. Any time you can get a customer to come into the club just to see you you know there is a 99.99999% you'll be able to make some money off of him.
* Giving flirty eyes to custies. Perhaps even "accidentally" bending over to pick something up and flashing them your undies then flashing a smile.
These are pretty basic tho!!!!!!!!
How do you get customers to come to you? Do you do anything unique?
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princessparis
* Giving flirty eyes to custies. Perhaps even "accidentally" bending over to pick something up and flashing them your undies then flashing a smile.
This is my #1 trick. :) Sometimes it gets the custy to come to me; other times it just makes it easier to know who to approach. Either way it's win-win.
I like to just walk slowly and daydreamy-like around the club, giving flirty eyes and watching to see who's looking at me, whose gaze follows me, who's flirting back, who breaks into a big grin when I look at them with kitten eyes. I decide who to approach for dances based on their reactions. If I toss a guy the kitten eyes and he just stares at me blankly, looks away or otherwise ignores me, NEXT!
It's a great way to pre-screen your customers and decide who's probably going to be worth talking to.
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I don't like to rely on this method because I don't find it successful enough to merit effort. But having said that, I find I have the most success in getting customers to approach me when I act a little goofy, like I am having fun, light-hearted and they see me as approachable. When I'm more serious and in super-hustle mode, they don't approach me.
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When I'm onstage I dance very slowly and sensually, this is key to attracting the males to the stage. Then when I go to collect a tip, I put on a big SMILE and give him the fun, flirtacious, and bubbly side of me. Trying to show some favoritism to those who come up to tip, which gets more guys to tip me because they want the same attention I am giving the other guy. This way they see that I am soft and sexy as well as fun and firtacious.
80% of the time I have someone waiting who wants a dance from me. From there I will find the guy and walk him over to the VIP. As I walk, I lead the guy by the hand, me in front. I will glance over my shoulder and give him a coy, sexy look. I will also give the other guys the look as I walk by, hoping to get them to notice that they could be dancing with me. When I return from the VIP, I seek out whoever will give me a good reaction like Sveta does.
This keeps me busy. Guys will tell me that they saw I was so busy and wanted to get a dance with me before I 'disappeared' into the back again.
This is my main hustle.
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All the points in your OP work well, however remember that alot of guys come to the strip club so they can be approached. In the real world they would most likely be the one approaching and risking rejection. Rather than putting your efforts into having them come to you, do the opposite and build your skills on which guys you should go to. You can still give flirty eyes, etc. and maybe they will come to you, but being able to read them for clues about who will spend$$ on you imo is more efficient.
When I think about it ALL of my realllll big spenders were guys that I approached after looking at their body language and their responses to mine.
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^ I also find this not successfull enough to merit effort, at least in most clubs.The only type of club that this ever worked in semi well were the huge naked warehouse wanna dance clubs when they're packed. In those, the technique that worked for me was smiling and looking approachable, not walking around with a look of purpose (guys won't approach you if you're walking fast as if you've got somewhere to be), and not blending into the background. -I always try to wear something different than everyone else, particularly neon colors- they'll see you from a further distance and those colors tend to attract the eye.
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I use these ideas when I have to be on stage, but I don't have the time to wait for customers to come to me - I get to them. I'm the one "working" after all, right?
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well, we've concluded from various customers in the past on these forums that ideally a dancer should:
-not look bored (sitting alone)
-not look occupied (sitting with other customers or other dancers)
-not be playing a game
-not look unapproachable
-not look desperate/too approachable
-be smiling 100% of the time even if she is blankly staring at a wall
- look like she is busy
-look like she has time for the customer
so in a nutshell:
stand in the middle of the club with a gigantic smile on your face.
:P
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Pretty_Penny
so in a nutshell:
stand in the middle of the club with a gigantic smile on your face.
:P
Wouldn't that qualify as too approachable? :D
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oops ... moderators slapped me on the wrist. My apologies to anyone who might have been offended for my posting in here.
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Yup ^ I agree. It reminds me of that thread "she just seems to attract money" or whatever it is called - but ya, that is basically the way to go, IMO.
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wow, thats a good idea... how come i never thought of that? i always just walked around in circles for convenience... i never realized just how bad that looked.... i mean not that it looks bad... but a "star" pattern would look better.... hmmm....:thinking:
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rofl.
so how does this apply when the club is dead? you know, since it's not full of customers and staff every minute of every day.
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I do the same thing that Verfulgung described during the day, just slower. I mean, I never do ALL of the things he mentioned, I'd look a little manic, and i don't think he even ment it like that. It's just a general attitude. I hustle the different customers that are there, in a way that is very fun, flirty and respectful, if they don't bite I go to the DR, then go back out and have a laugh with the DJ or bartender, the go to the potty, then if there isn't any one new in the club yet, I'll go to the back again. I just try to not sit looking boring, but I also don't want to be in the back too long to miss someone coming in. First impressions in a strip club can be huge. They can determine if a guy even stays in the club, whether he even decides to order a drink, you know? So it can be really pivotal if you can be walking by the front door when a group comes in, and you can flash them a wicked smile. Or if you can be showing off your outfit or whatever to a regular when someone walks in. And that's when the "star' pattern is great, cause it keeps you moving. So you won't be sitting on your butt talking to a bunch of other girls when a big spender walks in. It'd just leave him open to some other girl who is in a more optimal position to approach him.
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When it is super busy and I have too many customers and not enough time to empty each of their wallets, I will 'bait' as I run around the club. If I see a guy paying a bunch of attention to me, whenever I pass I will grab his ass and then bite my lip and smile when he looks at me. No matter how busy I am they always wait until I come back! This keeps me from having any down time between custies.