i just got hired at this club. i would like to know if anyone has any pointers on how to hustle. since i just started i don't have any money to take the wealth seminar. can anyone help?
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i just got hired at this club. i would like to know if anyone has any pointers on how to hustle. since i just started i don't have any money to take the wealth seminar. can anyone help?
My best advice is to sit and watch some of the other girls and pick up on the things they do.Just make sure these are things you are comfortable with doing.Hope this helps.
also do look around on the board in the hustle hut section, lots of info there. good luck and congrats!
my best advice is smile on stage, be friendly and dont bitch to custies about other custies!
Yeah,and don't complain about other dancers too.
The best way to get specific answers is to ask specific questions. "How do I hustle?" is a bit vague as there are literally hundreds of books...thousands actually, on that topic. So ask a few specific questions that you want some advice on and we can go from there.
Congratulations on getting hired. I'll give you a simple outline to get you started.
When you go on stage, if you have guys around the tip rail, dance in front of each of them giving them eye contact and a smile. As they tip you, rake your tips towards the middle of the stage.
If a guy is giving you good eye contact and steadily tipping you, you need to sell him off stage. On your last song, whisper or tell him to meet you at a table away from the stage that you are pointing at. If he goes there, IMMEDIATELY go over to him, ask him his name, and make small talk for 1 or 2 minutes ONLY, and then tell him " You're ready for some dances now aren't you"?
Customers aren't going to come to you. When not on stage you should be approaching everyone in the crowd (the guys sitting alone and who are older first) Walk up introduce yourself and ask their name, sit down, ask thenm if they've been to the club before, where they are from all, while giving them eye contact and smiling. let them talk. Don't complain to them or say anything negative about the club or other girls.
After a song max, use the same line I gave you above to ask for dances. Once you've danced a song for a guy and the song ends, don't stop dancing, say to him "You want me to keep going, don't you?
Keep going from table to table. if you can't sell at one, go to the next. Try to talk the guys into buying if they are hesitant. be persistent.
Watch for guys who are looking at you and approach them first.
When dealing with guys in groups or groups of young guys, be freindly, get their names, find out if they are in the club for a bachelor party. if so ask who is getting married, and then say "who is going to buy Dante the first dance? Be persistent, and if you get a taker, then let the other guys know by name that they are next.
If they are just hanging out, point at one guy as if you were his mother and tell him "Come with me. You're getting the first dance, and then repeat the abovementioned steps with the other guys. Be persistent.
If a guy tells you to come back to his table, in a few songs come back and try to sell him again.
Being a black girl (dependent on if you're in a black club or mixed club) your stage tips may be less than the white girls. Use the DJ to your advantage and offer him a larger tip if he pushes the crowd to tip you more when he sees they are not tipping you as well as the white girls.
lA good trick if no one is at the tip rail is to walk off stage to tables near the stage, and force the tipping by doing a few second dance complete with eye contact and caressing their face, then gracefully hold your garter belt out or extend your hand for a tip. Do this with a few guys sitting at tables near the stage and then go back on stage.
Try a tip walk after getting off stage and say "I know you wanted to tip me when I was on stage, didn't you? This will work with about 1/2 the customers which adds up. Then once you have made your rounds go back to the more receptive guys who have tipperd you during your tip walk and make conversation as mentioned above and sell them on some dances.
Post back and let us know how you do.
Tell us a little about the type of club you are working in too, and we will all try to help you be a good hustler and floor worker.
Remember to always smile and be friendly. This makes a HUGE difference. Ask for the money but don't act as if the guys owe it to you. Make them WANT to give it to you.:)
have a good, fun attitudeQuote:
Originally Posted by fjames220
ask their name and remember it, act very happy to have met them.
ask for a dance after some small talk but don't waste your time more than 1 song. a good way to ask is a "I would love to dance for you!".
just some pointers. good luck :)
when they ask if my night is good or are you making good money?......Always smile and say yes, I have had a great night and I'm having fun tonight. Even If I have made little money, its psycological- He accociates you as valuable because your attitude is great and if your making good money you must be in demand. If no money comes out with in a few songs, smile and tell him it was nice to meet him and you must get back around for dances that were requested.
Brandi is right. There is a nother reason why though. So many times I've sat down with dancers and asked how their night was going only to receive an answer of, "uhhhhhh....yeahhhhh.....it's okayyyyyy. I wish I could be doing betterrrrr." What do you think that does to the energy of the conversation? Essentially what she just did was put a .44 magnum up to the head of that dialog and pull the trigger. By saying that you are having a great night...an awesome night, it does two things. I creates a positive energy with you and the customer and it also helps to reaffirm for you that you reall are having an awesome night, and as such you deserve to make this and any future sales. It's just good positive mental programming for you and for those around you.
Thank you everyone for this thread...this is helping me out a ton!
to add. if they ask where i have been all night i say "vip" even if i havent. i'm ALWAYS having a great night to custies. i do have to admit i almost always have fun anyway.
I've tried that "I'm excellent" or something similar whenever I'm asked. I have noticed that saying it over and over again to the customers puts me in an increasingly good mood. Smiling all night, fake or not, works to give me positive energy that in the end becomes genuine.
The other great part about saying that Molly is watching the reaction it causes in others. When I'm in the grocery store and the checker asks me how I'm doing and I respond with, "awesome", watching his or her face light up is such a great thing.
When they ask how I am doing, I always respond "Wonderful" No matter what my mood is. I agree that this makes the custy get in a better mood as well. When I ask them how they are, if they reply "oh I'm ok" I respond with " well, Im gonna have to change that" It makes them smile, and you seem interested in their feelings!
Good luck and have fun!
basically everyone said it:
1. smile
2. appear as tho you are having a genuinly good time
3. do not talk crap about ANYONE
4. look out for those who seem to be checking you out the most, and approach them
5. always make sure to smell good (or at least to not stink)
6. don't look bored
7. EYE CONTACT...they love this...wouldn't you from someone you like?
things some people on here may not agree with:
1. i figure out how much i will ask for in tips judging from how the girls around me do it. for instance, at this one club, customers were used to giving a girl a dollar each time one approached and asked if they wanted a dance...even if they didn't get one, they'd still get a dollar for the 2 minutes or so spent with the guy. if you can, do this! these dollars add up. however, at the club i'm at now...nobody does this. i would look greedy, in my opinion. i've heard one too many customers say they dont like a girl because they're too pushy/greedy. maybe it would b good if i did, however..maybe i'd start something new. i'm not sure i wanna find out tho. lol. take from this what you may...
2. i also spend the amt of time wtih a guy that the majority of girls spend. for instance, the first club i worked at, no girl really spent more than 30 seconds with a guy...so it was ok to pull the "wanna dance" routine..and it worked. however, i would NOT do this in a club where girls sit for at least 3 minutes. i dont like sitting for more than 4 songs. basically, if u CAN Get away with the "Wanna dance" routing, by all means...do it, and talk AFTER he gets 4 lapdances since you already have your money and kno u wont be wasting time..he may even become a regular so remember the stuff he says. but if most girls are talkers at your club, this will not work, most likely. here again, i'm sure there are exceptions, so take from this what you will...
and GOOD LUCK!
keep a good attitude while at work and smile, be friendly and polite always.............keep your enegry up beat and don't talk too much let the customer do the talking but don't sit down at tables too long.Do the small talk thing and then get a dance. If a customer asks how are you or how your night is always say :fabulous or im great , im doing very good, been very busy....