Ok you dance pro's. Any of you guys do somewhat good on nights where dancers obviously outnumber the customers?
What are your "tricks of the trade"?
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Ok you dance pro's. Any of you guys do somewhat good on nights where dancers obviously outnumber the customers?
What are your "tricks of the trade"?
At the beginning of the night we often have more girls than guys, so I just try to make myself stand out from everyone else. I try to always be smiling and upbeat. The other girls are usually really crabby or bored looking when it is slow, so I try to look like I'm having fun so the guys will want to talk to me rather than the other girls.
I find that when the girls outnumber the guys, they start to psyche each other out. It becomes like Survivor in my club, haha. I just pretend like I'm having a great night (but only say so to the customers if they ask), and I keep busy flitting to whatever customer is free. Many girls get pissed off and hang out by the bar or in the changeroom, so they really just take themselves out of the game. Anything to keep yourself looking in demand, and even if you're discouraged, fake like you're not I guess.
GREAT points! LOL It's like that at my club too! When it's slow all the girls get pissy and stand around at the dj booth or in the dressing room and talk about how they can't make any money and how shitty it is. Meanwhile i'm out sitting with customers and running my game! It's all how you play the game sweety. Don't fall into the routine like everyone else...make your money! don't worry if they get pissed...it's their fault for not sitting with the customer when they had a chance!
Will, when they are sitting on their asses bitching about how slow it is you get up and go hustle. :D You have to be quick and I think eye contact is very important. We had 9 girls tonight and at one given time there were no more than 10 custies in the place. If you can get a regular going that helps too during the slow times also.
I pull up a stool and eyeball the crowd lol... then I get up and walk around and i'll casually brush my hand over a guys neck/back as I walk by it seems to grab his attention. 8/10 times he will come track me down and ask for a dance.
I never ever ever sit around and talk to other girls when I work, I am always by myself on the floor unless my duo partner and I team up and go get guys for duo dances(works great on a fri/sat night). To me it just looks bad to see a huge group of girls sitting around together. Today there were girls throwing ice at eachother when the other was on stage most of the guys were rolling their eyes, thats when I started making money cuz they seemed to want to get away.
To add to the "more girls than customers" question... I am curious to know what do you do when there are 5 dancers and 3 customers....... and all three patrons have a dancer with them and those dancers are tending to 'hog' those patrons due to knowing there aren't any other patrons... and one of those three patrons is another dancer's regular thereby really making it 2 patron shared between 4 dancers ??
If all the guys are already taken, sometimes the girls sitting by those guys will invite another dancer to join them if they are friends, or the customer will ask you to join them. If you don't get invited to sit, don't sit, because that would be rude. I would suggest walking around and seeing if anyone asks you to join them. If that doesn't work, depending on how friendly the girls at your club are, if they are sitting with a customer at the bar, sit next to the girl, not next to the guy. That way you aren't competing with that girl for the guy's attention, but yet you may be invited into their conversation. If they are sitting at a table, don't do this because it will be seen as rude.
Well, you come in, and see three to four gals around one, guy, heck might as well turn
around and go back out the door. Because it is going to difficlut to make anything that night.
Way I have hadled this is to wander slowly into the conversation, and get control of the
conversation. And this works only if you have one or two other gals to compete against.
And, again, if they allow you to come into their game.
I hated doing this because, it is like stealing another gal's customer.
I always like to approach when a customer is just about finished dancing his current gal.
Then she leaves, he is taking a refresher, and you begin to have a talk with him.
More often than not, he has enough money for one more dance, and you might as well
be the next one in line.
Just keep an eye out for dances, and when they are about to be done, move in.
Good luck.
When this happens,I don't on rotation until there are more customers to flip the ratio around.There is no point dancing on stage where there is no one to tip you and make money from and you're getting tired prematurely before the "real" crowd comes in.
If there's no one to hustle, make sure you are the first girl to talk to the new guy to walk in. Not in a shark kind of way, just in a very casual natural kind of way (helps to hang out near the part of the bar that customers usually walk straight to). You can hustle for longer when it's dead, and guys walking into empty clubs are not about selection- they're about not being conspicuous prey, lol. A guy won't turn you down when it means that he's just going to be systematically approached by every girl in the place.
Ugh - those kinda nights give me panic attacks! LOL
If it's the beginning of the night and hardly any guys are there, I'll dance to a song that I like (regardless of how unrecognizable to the crowd it may be) just so that I get into a better mood and get warmed up. There is no point in playing the money maker songs when no one is there to appreciate them. I move more slowly and make eye contact. Usually our DJ lets us dance to two songs early in the night so that we can make a few more tips.
Sometimes I order sushi (brain fuel for the night's many conversations) or chat up the manager (might as well if there's no one on the floor - plus it scores you some brownie points if management likes you).
Talking to other dancers can't hurt either. They can be your allies and friends when you really need them. I don't sit and chat with them when the club is busy, but on slow nights, the other girls can give you all kinds of tips and information you might find useful at some point.
I get all my cigarette smoking out of the way so that I don't want to smoke as much when the club is full later on.
I don't even worry about hustling early in the night, unless someone approaches ME or I see a regular/known lap dance custy. I save my energy for the 11pm - 2am crowd, when I know I'll have a selection of drunk guys to choose from. Those are my peak hours, and the time I usually make most of my money.
And if it's super dead, I'll leave. It's not worth wasting my time if I'm not making any money. Usually my manager lets girls go home if they are not feeling it and there are too many of us there.
I slooooow down my regular hustle. Customers know the ratio is in their favor, and they're much more selective, so I lay on the heavy charm. (To look on the bright side, it's a good time to practice your real selling skills.)
On a busier day, I'll chat for a few minutes, then if the customer clearly isn't ready to buy, I'll move on and come back later, hoping he remembers me fondly. When there are more girls than customers, I generally make conversation until he is ready (unless he makes it really clear that he won't be buying from me) since the second I leave some other girl is going to swoop in just as he's warming up.
Try to look busy, even if you're not. I walk around a lot and take breaks back in the dressing room rather than out on the floor, so it looks like I'm scarce and in demand.
Most of all, I try to stay calm. If you start psyching yourself out about how slow it is and how badly you're going to do, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. I remind myself that "it only takes one."
Get yourself super dolled up. Park yourself near the door and wait for the right customer (cash potential + holds eye contact with you) and attatch yourself to him. If he asks about your night, tell him it's great. If he asks about it being so slow, tell him you enjoy it because it gives you more time to get to know him and you know he'll take care of you.
you just get in there and work hard and keep trying and don't give up.Don't waste time and don't waste time sitting around talking.......i find when the club is like this almost all the girls are sitting at the bar or by them self, or in dressing room or bathroom ..........don't take part in that....get out on the floor hustleing hard & doing dances...i don't work many nights per week so i have to make my little time there count every minute....no time to waste.
At work, almost at all times the girls outnumber the guys. You just have to be out on the floor instead of the dresing room, and always ready to pounce on the next guy that walks in. And when there's a lot of girlsthey tend to distract each other, just don't get caught up in it. I couldn't imagine working at a club where there was more guys than girls.