Something I learned in my first couple days
It really helps to be intelligent. I'm a senior in college and have always done relatively well in school, plus I have an extensive vocabulary (I'm not like a walking thesaurus, but I can use and understand more complex words/ideas when the situation calls for it). When talking with customers, we usually end up straying from the normal topics (where are you from, what do you do for work, etc.) and into deeper discussions involving current events, philosophy, art, history, politics, and lots of other interesting stuff. These conversations always end with them buying at least one dance, and when we part ways they always compliment my intelligence or say that our conversation was more refreshing than the ones they've had with other dancers. The best advice I can give (with my admittedly limited experience) is to get informed. Read the news, take some classes on the side about whatever you're interested in, and don't try to stay away from controversial topics and/or agree with everything the customer says. They'll appreciate it.
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i think this works really well at only certain clubs during certain shifts. on a wed evening this hustle can secure a gentleman in the vip for hours at one club. on a packed friday night at another it could be a total waste of time trying to convince a bunch of bachelor parties and drunk people that you're "not like the other strippers"
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I agree! I’ve definitely made extra money and also wasted time on being intelligent. But a good dancer learns to discern when it’s best to accentuate each part of the personality ;)
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Girl Anachronism
...trying to convince a bunch of bachelor parties and drunk people that you're "not like the other strippers"
I've never tried to do that, I think the progression of the conversation happens because I tend to ask about their feelings/opinions on things rather than just saying "oh cool" and then moving on to another question. It's not because I want to be different, I just want the conversation to be interesting for me as well if I'm going to be spending time on it.
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I agree that it works as long as the customer is someone respectful who is looking for more than just a quick grab... drunk custies are the worst.
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Totally agree that this only works on a certain type of customer. A lot of men walking into strip clubs don’t care how smart a stripper is. In fact, I would go as far as to say some of them don’t really like intelligent women and a lot of them come in to get away from the real world so they’re not wanting to sit around and discuss current events, they want the fantasy of a hot woman who is totally into them. It’s really good to be able to gauge the customers to see who likes what before you waste a lot of time trying to prove to men that you’re intelligent. For the most part it’s stupid men who think that it’s a requirement for strippers to be dumb, remember we are all working our way through school LOL.
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This works really well for me too but not on Saturday nights. I have to check right out of intelligent conversationalist and completely into happy fun party slut. People get rly turned off by seriousness on weekend nights.
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lucy-lou-who
It really helps to be intelligent. I'm a senior in college and have always done relatively well in school, plus I have an extensive vocabulary (I'm not like a walking thesaurus, but I can use and understand more complex words/ideas when the situation calls for it). When talking with customers, we usually end up straying from the normal topics (where are you from, what do you do for work, etc.) and into deeper discussions involving current events, philosophy, art, history, politics, and lots of other interesting stuff. These conversations always end with them buying at least one dance, and when we part ways they always compliment my intelligence or say that our conversation was more refreshing than the ones they've had with other dancers. The best advice I can give (with my admittedly limited experience) is to get informed. Read the news, take some classes on the side about whatever you're interested in, and don't try to stay away from controversial topics and/or agree with everything the customer says. They'll appreciate it.
I totally feel this but to maximize income you have to focus on seduction.
In some VIP oriented clubs this can work well for multiple VIPs. Depends on the customer.
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Super happy that works for you. I don’t meet guys that are safe enough to tell my private thoughts to. In fact almost every time a guy tries to get me to open up, it bites me in the ass. I know a girl at my club that it works for. I’m sincerely happy for her. Also probably because she’s in college they want to look like they are smart and can hang with smart college aged girls.
I agree, it works probably with VIP clients. If you can sell that as your image, then go for it. I’d rather have a girls competitive strategy be discourse than intercourse.
I’m all for your hustle, but I’m not sure if I buy into these gentlemen that just want to talk politics and about their personal problems. I’m gifted with emotional intelligence, yet haven’t found a way to profit from it, maybe I’ll try again or try it at an upscale club.