Networking on the internetz & promoting yourself
I think I am going to give this a try.
So far I have a gmail account set up. The email address contains my stage name. This way I can (in the future) give customers my business card with my email address on it in case they want to email me, but I am also going to use my gmail account to use google voice in the future (so no more handing out my real phone number).
I have also just created a dancer twitter account so I can meet potential customers that way.
My next stop is to create a dancer facebook page and then maybe a dancer blog and link all of my accounts together. (i have a couple of escort friends and one friend who is doing camming, and it seems like many of them do the twitter/blog thing so I figured if these amazing intelligent women can do this to widen their client base, we dancers should be doing this as well).
I am also going to create an amazon wish list to put on my blog.
is there anything I am missing?
are there any other ladies here that have tried these tactics sucessfully and been able to get customers out of this?
also, is there anything i am forgetting or leaving out?
let's help each other make money and share tips on advertising and promoting ourselves since many strip clubs are just not capable of this at all it seems.
Re: Networking on the internetz & promoting yourself
Get yourself a mailbox through UPS. P.O. Boxes don't accept packages from all delivery companies, but UPS does.
http://www.theupsstore.com/products/...maiandpos.aspx
The process for this can be a bit confusing but basically you can list your stage name under the area where the name for children/family members go. Keep in mind though that any information on these forms does get shared with the government.
Also, there is a way on Amazon to never have your address shared with people who purchase you gifts. I'd suggest doing that if you plan to only list items from Amazon, otherwise be sure to only list your P.O. Box.
I should also say, you may want to take full advantage of services like LinkedIn as well as the other Google products.
Re: Networking on the internetz & promoting yourself
kylea, i really want to join linked in but i do not understand what dancer ladies use for their ...you know. industry/area of expertise.
Re: Networking on the internetz & promoting yourself
^^^ Yes, LinkedIn in for professional networking. I still need to set mine up. There actually are tons of people from our industry on LinkedIn, & its more for professional networking. If you know about the "6 degrees of seperation", LinkedIn helps you find how you are connected to certain people... so its easier to find someone to personally introduce you to another person you WANT to know. Basically, it's similar to the "old boys network", it's about who knows who.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlUwwgOfKw
Re: Networking on the internetz & promoting yourself
Elusive21- You can also check out DancerDetails.com. It has some cool customer management features and then also you can forward messages to your phone or email. It is actually very well indexed on google, so if someone searches for your stage name and club, chances are that your profile will come up on the first page of google.
~Chili