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Timing
I just left the two clubs i used to work at to work at a new club. I like the new club a lot and the people who come in there have money and the girls are nice etc. However, its pretty slow and the girls are prettier and better hustlers than the ones i used to work with so i have more competition. That and the customers are older are a completely different demographic than what i am used to dealing with and dont like the fast paced hustle that i have always used. It seems like my timing on when to approach a customer is completely off in this particular club. heres my dilemma:
customers dont like to be jumped on as soon as they walk in the door, they want to chill with a beer etc. If i go to them so soon they seem almost annoyed that I am trying to hustle them.
However, if I leave them alone for too long, it seems like the other girls get to them first. On slow nights the girls seem to spend a LONG time talking to the customers before even trying to get dances, so if i dont get to the customer before they do then I wont get to talk to him for a while. Often there are more girls than customers there. I also don't want to approach a group of men if a girl is already sitting with them, even if there are more guys than girls, because I dont want to start drama in a new club.
Does anyone have any advice on how to adjust from going to a faster paced club with more people with less money to a slower paced classier club where the people like to take their time more? It seems like my game is off, maybe im just in a funk, but my usual methods are just not doing so well. Thanks.
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Re: Timing
Wow! I'm exactly in the same position you are. Although I've been dancing for many years, I've known that there is always something new to learn.
Two weeks ago, I started working at a high-class club (they call it 'cabaret') after working a blue-collar establishment for the past seven years. Although I'm much happier now, I feel like the 'odd-man out' in regards to hustling. The opportunities to make big-bank are available, but I'm so out of the loop in regards to how to get it. The white-collar hustle is WAY different than the blue-collar one I'm used to...especially when I had seniority at the place I came from.
I've been watching the other girls, and asking their advice, but I still want to perfect my own 'game'. I'm so used to being a big fish in a little pond, and now it's the complete opposite...little fish in a much bigger pond.
I expect it'll take a little more time, but I'll get the hang of the hustle. It sucks sometimes, but learning something new makes life exciting and keeps me on my toes.
The only advice I can offer you is...that you are not alone...I'm right there with ya! Hard work, dilegence, and the passing of time will make the difference.
Hang in there!
P.S. Not only am I a 'newbie' at work, this was my first post on SW!...hey, everybody!
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Re: Timing
If the club is THAT slow....be the first girl there. Yes you will have to sit longer, but ask yourself: who wants the sale more, you or the next girl?
Customers don't just automatically reject the first girl who approaches them, they reject the first girl who doesn't build rapport and close the sale.
I think what is happening is that you are building rapport with him, getting him comfortable in his surroundings and ready to buy a dance...but you ask too soon and are unable to close the sale. The next girl comes up...he's ready...and she doesn't have to spend as much time closing because you already did the work for her!
Personally, I always wait until a customer is at LEAST halfway done his first drink before I approach.
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the with the customers who i approach early isnt that I am immediately asking for a dance, its that they want to chill alone with a beer or with their friends for a few minutes, so when I go up to them just to make conversation they say "i just got here, give me a few minutes", and when I wait for customers to settle in before meeting them it seems the other girls get to them first and are already sitting with them.
You are right about closing the sale though, I tend to be a bit impatient and ask for the dance sooner than i should. My situation is a lot like the one Amalya described, in my old club i was one of the best looking girls there and felt like i owned the place so i was able to sell dances very quickly. Here the same fast paced hustle isnt working for me so i probably do need to spend more time talking before asking for a dance.