Working hard -vs- Working Smart
This has been a long time debate; whether a dancer should work harder, or smarter.
For me, it will all depend on how crowded the club is. I prefer the "work hard" approach when the club is packed; selling the cheaper dances to a lot of people. Plus, I'll put an extraordinary stage show to get tips from all the people.
If its less crowded, I'd go with the work smart approach; I'll try to make my night out of one or two guys. Sell them the 20 minute dances, etc. anythintg (except for extras) that will make me bank from the one or two guys present. While on stage, dance for them (almost on their face) so they would make it rain on stage.
Which ones you prefer?
Could they be improved?
Please, inputs and recommendations are very needed.
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^Yeah x2. Working smart is knowing when to take the time to hustle a customer and when to lap hop in a crowd. Working hard, I think, is more along the lines of picking a customer and chatting him up as long as it takes to finally (finally being the operative word, because you're going at it for longer than you should if you were working smart) get some dances, even when there's easier money to be made or he's clearly not that interested.
Working smart also entails cultivating regulars, I think, and getting them to come in to see you when things are slow. It's also treating your support staff well so they help you out, and making yourself look busy.
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How do you think you could work smarter?
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How do you think you could work smarter?
Working Smart = Investing time and energy when the circumstances call for it. For example, sitting with a high-rolling custie for an hour then doing a 4 hour room.
Woking Smart = Knowing when to call it quits if a customer isn't into your look/hustle/whatever and moving on to the next prospect as efficiently as possible.
Working Smart = Hustling the fuck out of a crowded club on party nights like Friday & Saturday.... even if it is for table dances and 10-minute rooms.
Working Smart = Making your stage shows count. A stage performance can be a chance to advertise yourself. Don't wobble around for 3 songs with dead eyes and a pissed off expression. Since you MUST go up once in a while, make it your opportunity to shine..... DON'T make it an epic waste of time.
Basically, working smart, to me, means assessing the situation and adjusting your hustle to make that evening profitable.
Depending on the vibe, the club, and the night you gotta be a lap-hopper or a VIP-Princess.
When it comes to regulars, Working Smart = Knowing which guys are worth the effort AND knowing when to cut them off if they get annoying or cheap or weird.
Observe the scene, ladies! Don't bang your head against a brick wall. Cut your losses and move onto new opportunities when it makes sense. Every night is a new chance for success.... Always remember you are worth it and then some!
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Working Smart = Finding a club that works for your look, for your level of comfort, and for your hustle rather than trying to make it work somewhere where the odds are stacked against you. Don't waste time trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole. Move on and make $$$$$$.
Working Smart = Working on nights that are profitable for you. Don't work Thursdays just because every bitch in the universe says that Thursdays are a money night. Try it out, if after a few attempts you realize that Thursdays (and their reputation) are BULLSHIT----for you!!!---- conserve your energy and work on nights that are money. If Tuesday day-shift is great for you, work then, and don't get caught up in trying to chase the Thursday hype. Seriously.
Working Smart = Working with the mentality that you are a gorgeous goddess. You aren't in the club to go out of your way, bend over backwards, and please guys. Custies are in the club to spend on you and lavish you with cash, tips, and champagne. Don't think, just KNOW that you deserve the very best.
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Thanks a whole lot!
These tips are extremely useful.
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Always work smart no matter what day it is.
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Bumpie for this excellent thread!:_
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Thanks for bumping - such a great thread!!
For me, working smart=
- adjusting to the situation. The vibe, the number of customers, etc.
- Knowing that it is easier to keep an existing customer than to get a new one. Once you are in that booth/couch/vip/wherever - work your ass off to keep the guy in there and paying, rather than thinking you got the prize, doing a decent dance, and then heading off to the new guy. Always push for more.
- Keeping an eye on what is happening in the big wide world. Sports matches and big concerts always pull in the crowds, so I work those nights. And I make sure I know who is playing, who won, etc to strike up an easy convo
- managing your money wisely when it comes to investing in your stripper self. What are the expenses that make you the money, and what is just throwing it away (like buying a hundred different costumes)
- staying aware of what the other girls are doing, and doing something to make you stand out. Whether it is the way you dress, act, approach...do something to make you different
- Figuring out how to set yourself up for a great night! For me, my best nights happen when I show up early. No one else is there, so it is much easier to sell the first few dances and get the ball rolling and me in the mood, then I can leave early, before that last frantic, handsy hour
- spending time OTC learning about sales. I like to read sales and law of attraction books while I'm on the elliptical or in the bath. Keeping my body toned for dancing, or relaxing after, I'm keeping my sales skills sharp
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Working smart: using your time wisely.
This means to not waste it- talking with other girls in the locker room and taking forever to do your makeup is not bein efficient with your time. You have x amount of hours to make x, don't sit with customers for extended periods when the club is busy if he's not paying or is not interested.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes to close a big sale(and you intuitively are aware that he is going to buy-) you have to spend a little more time with them. With experience and being attentive and listening carefully to your customer and his needs, you will be able to tell if he is going to spend on you or not. If you are not sure and you've been there for a few songs, don't be afraid to do a test close or just ask them if they'd like to spend some more time with you privately(or however you usually initiate the transaction) and if they say no, just say that you really enjoyed talking with them and you have to excuse yourself to...(say hi to a friend, touch up your makeup, make some $$ etc.) and you'd love to come back and have some fun with them later.
Maybe they won't buy from you today, but perhaps next time, maybe never. Perhaps he might come in with a friend and he digs you, you were polite to him earlier even though he didn't buy from you. You get to be known as one of those polite, very sexy, very confident assertive dancers who is liked and trusted.
Working hard: when a rush of people show up at once and the other dancers are busy or not even bothering to talk to them, you need take the time it takes to try to make EACH eligible customer comfortable and not close right away, yet analyze who would be most likely to buy from you now and work on him. Once you've got him in the back, keep him back there. You make more of your time and your efforts keeping a couple men entertained for longer periods than you do spending 5-20 min+ talking to everyone in the club and selling only a little on some.
Sometimes during my shift, I don't even make it to the washroom to go pee lol
Once I'm on the floor I'm working it. When it slows down or ive got a break song between stage shows, I happily take the opportunty to down a prepared protien shake, touch up my make up, fix my hair or change my clothes. I work sporadically until my final exam is behind me and over a 5 hour shift roughly 10-20 min total are spent in the changeroom.
Also, don't get drunk or fucked up on drugs when you are at work. You are smart enough to dance for to make money and reach ahead further in your life, and no one has a fetish for girls is stumbling around drunk and being rude and acting stupid.
Honestly, it's not working smart.
Also, in order to work smart, it really requires the necessary discipline to read sales and self help, business and books of the like and to take good care of one's body and emotional health. Without taking the time outside of work to focus on these elements only minimal results can be expected
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Whoa sorry, long post lol
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For me, it's both. I consider myself a hard worker in the sense that I take my job very seriously and focus on money the entire shift. And of course when there's an especially busy/young crowd, I will be working hard for a few dances from each girl at a time. But my focus is to work smart - I target a specific clientele that tends to spend more money. My current main club has champagne rooms. I've accumulated several regulars in the short time I've been working there. These guys come in and spend hours in the VIP. We spend the majority of the time in the champagne room talking and drinking - very little dancing is actually involved! I've been over 1000 in 3 of my last 5 shifts, and one of the non-thousand nights was $950. Each of those nights I made my money off chatting it up in VIP and sipping good champagne. Not much 'hard work' there (at least physically)!