Learning to hustle in a dead club
I have been dancing for about a month now, and while I haven't been doing poorly, I notice myself doing a lot of things that are probably not GREAT hustling practices. The most detrimental being getting too much in the friend zone and having a hard time being a "stripper" and not a girl they just want to take on a date.
The other issue is that I'm in Kansas City, and the royals success in the world series has KILLED us, everybody has been going to actual sports bars and to the downtown district. So I've been battling for customers in a 2:1 dancers to customers ratio (at the BEST, many times its 3:1 or even 4:1). How can I still make myself seem in demand when there are only 5 customers, and 15 girls? 10 of which are standing around waiting for me to get up so they can pounce? I'm having a hard time making the guys feel any urgency at all with spending money. They feel like they can have me sit there for free since I obviously have no other options to go to, but I know they have money to spend!
Any tips? I'm foreseeing at LEAST another week of this, maybe longer if we can't start getting some weather besides sunny and 75.
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It's a good start that you're sitting with guys, I'm wondering how are your closing lines?
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From what other girls are saying, I think a lot of clubs are dead right now. I know mine is...Some of it just can't be helped. I'm going to focus on working out, eating cleaner and working on my look for the time being until things pick up again. However I did find some success on dead nights with flattery, flattery and more flattery! Flattery gets you everywhere! Just hit on them like they're Johnny Depp (or whoever you fantasize about.) Also talking about how "horny" you are and can't wait to get naked on him works for me sometimes, although I have to be careful that the conversation doesn't turn to extras.
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One of the best things you can do is to CONSTANTLY be moving. I mean, not to the point where customers can't get a hold of you if they'd like a dance. But you should always be moving around the club. You're trying to create the illusion that you're coming back from doing dances.
You may even want to play around with moving money from your garter into your purse as you move around the club to further the illusion that you're making money from somewhere. So take a few bills from your purse, put them in your garter (do this in the dressing room or somewhere discrete), go over to the private dance area (works best if this area is not fully in view of the club so that you "disappear" for a few minutes). Check your makeup back there, text a few people, build some social capital with the VIP host, whatever, and then walk back into the main area while putting money back into your purse. You might even want to change your outfit a couple of times throughout the night to create the illusion that you're a new dancer that the customers haven't seen before.
Obviously, doing this too many times will make you look like you have some weird drug habit or mental issue. But creating movement is important. Looking busy is important. Looking happy is REALLY important. Do not look bored. Do NOT be one of those girls sitting alone at a table staring into her phone screen. If nothing else, staying active will keep you from sinking into extreme boredom, and it'll keep you looking fresh in case a new customer walks into the club and is looking for a lively dancer. You also never know when one of the guys watching the game might suddenly decide he's ready for a dance, cast his eyes around the club, and select whichever girl looks the freshest and most fun.
Depending on the dive-factor in your club, you might be able to get away with playing a game by yourself until things pick up (I'm not sure if upscale clubs would allow this). Games / books can be a great way to attract customers who are looking for something different, and it gives them an excuse to approach you. A simple card game like solitaire could work (and a deck of cards would fit into most purses). Pick a table that's in clear view of where the customers are, and make whatever you're doing look like fun.
If you have a friend in the club, consider doing something sexy with her like brushing each others' hair, giving each other shoulder massages, etc.
Speaking of which, consider trying to sell things other than dances. If the customers are all glued to the TV screen watching a game, approach them asking if they'd like shoulder or scalp massages. Charge $10 for 5 minutes or something. Tell them you're a massage therapist (it's a sexy-sounding job and gives you a talking point) and ask if they'd like a massage while they watch the game. After the massage, ask them if they might be able to spare a few minutes in the back room with you..."I promise, it'll just take a few minutes...", take his hand, and lead him back. The massage will prime them for sexy time with you! There are tons of lines you could bust out here - "I want to give you a different kind of massage..." (in a grind club), "I'm not quite done touching you yet...let's move somewhere more private", "This is kind of turning me on...now I HAVE to get naked for you! Let's go" (works even in a no-contact club). You get the picture. :)
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Great tips! Thank you thank you!!
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I 2nd offering massages. They are a go-to time-burner for me when I am in VIP but I remember one fine group of military guys that all took turns paying me $15/song for a scalp or shoulder massage. They got the best of everything -- enjoying the main-floor activity w/ their mates while getting individualised attention from a hot girl all at the same time, & for a bit less per song than a dance(I thought $15/song was appropriate since I wasn't getting undressed) & tipping me on top of that.
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Charlie, you're brilliant! I read this last night before I went to work. I made sure to make a big song and dance in front of customers over putting my cash in my garter after dances (we don't have purses, just garters.) I put my largest bills on top so they're visible. I stayed back in the dance room area to people watch, even when I wasn't doing dances and guys did seem to think I was more "in demand." Almost 100% of them tipped me $5-$20 just for chatting even if they didn't get a dance. I didn't sell any massages but I grabbed one of my girlfriends and improvised a "girl on girl" show which got attention OFF the game and onto us. After that it was easy to sell dances to the guys who came to our tip rail. Wonderful advice!
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I used to have a deck of naughty playing cards. Men and women in a variety of sexual positions, girls in handcuffs, etc... and would play with my girlfriends when it was dead in the club. When customers would approach to see what we were up to I would tell them that if they correctly guessed what position the next card was in I would give them a free lap dance out of two. They would never guess correctly cuz the positions and sex acts weren't your typical sex play and I would get a few dances. It's also a good ice breaker cuz then you can ask them about their sexual preferences and get them all riled up. "Oh my gosh, you picked the girl on girl card! That's so hot. It reminds me of my first threesome. Have you ever had two girls ?" Some thieving bitch stole my deck. Damn, I really need to buy a new set.