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    Hi Ladies,

    I'm looking for promotional ideas for my new gentlemen's club that the customers like and makes you money. One of my dancers told me that at one of her other clubs they did a pantie sell. They would wear some undies on stage and then sell them to the custies. I laughed but thought alright if it works I'm down.

    If you can share any other ideas that you like at your clubs I would appreciate it.

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    Personally, I hate all promos. I get really pissed off when I have to drop what I'm doing to go sell some cheesy club thing. I'm happiest when I can just work and hustle in peace.

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    I hate them as well Yek. We do a free 2 minute dance at 7pm and midnight, and its such a pain in the ass that we have to drop everything. Can't tell you how many times I was in the middle of selling a CR or a string of lapdances, or already back there in the CR and the customer got pissed I had to leave right away and do this stupid dance. One of my good friends was in the CR once for about 10 minutes when they harassed her and made her do the showcase---and her customer got so pissed ("I JUST PAID $500, AND NOW SHE HAS TO LEAVE?"), he demanded his money back.

    Haha!! Isn't it ironic?

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    ^that's bullshit. Even my club, which tries to take your money all the time, will not interupt a VIP for a promo.

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    The only promos I've ever liked are the ones where you get to go out to promote the club. For instance, in Vegas the clubs will send a small group of girls out to a couple different hotspots in their limo for a few hours. We talk to guys and promote the club, handing out passes for 2-4-1 drinks or free cover, trying to send as much business as possible to the club. In return, we get a free house fee and some free drinks. Then the girls who want to do it can and those who don't aren't bothered by it. I don't know how well this would work in Portland, but it is the only type of promo I enjoy.

    I hate selling anything for the club, esp if it requires me to take a cut on my dance price or it takes a lot of time. Like at Christies, the promos wouldn't be nearly as bad if they didn't make such a production out of it. If the promo takes me off the floor for 20 minutes, I'm not happy. If I'm walking away with less money b/c of the promo, I'm not happy.

    If you are going to do promos, the club should absorb the cost, not the dancers.

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    That's why I titled this thread '"Makes You Money". Most promos out there lose you money and waste your time. Promos I DON'T like is 2-4-1 lap dances or 2-4-1 drinks for that matter. It only brings out the cheapskates. Promos that take you away from your moneymakers are bad promos. I'm talking about creative ideas that brings customers to the club so that you can spend your time making money. Things that create buzz and make guys want to frequent the club more often without taking money out of your pocket and actually enhancing your bottom line, increasing your average hourly income. Like the pantie idea. I thought that was brilliant because the girls made bank from their on stage performances without spending any extra time doing it.

    Latina Rose has the right idea. That is marketing at its best. Thanks LR.

    Come on ladies from around the world. Give me those creative ideas that your club does that you LOVE!
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    ^ well, it's not "extra work" exactly, but poke around a bit and you'll see we don't sell our panties for cheap! i see some problems with that whole idea because 1) like i said, not cheap 2) how often is this done? it is kind of doing something extra if you're contantly buying panties to sell. not to mention, girls who dont have them, dont want to sell them, whatever. 3) say they were club provided with a logo or something.. then that messes up outfits and some girls won't be ok with that.

    i would feel very strange about that being a normal thing at my club. also, do they HAVE to sell them? some clubs you have to sell your promo items and there are fines or something if you don't. would the girls do this after their stage set? or in a showcase type thing where they all tried to do it at once? i just don't see this working out.

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    erm... a lot of girls are going to say they don't like this, but at the cheetah they sometimes did 2 for 1 dances. They would cut the songs a little short to around 2 minutes, so it really was like a 4 minute dance for 20 dollars (plus tip of course), but the guys didnt know any better and it was usually a really easy sell.

    This could work if guys aren't buying dances, or if it's slow to get the energy up, the only thing is I doubt minors could walk around on the floor going from customer to customer asking them all if they'd like a 2-4-1, in which case you could just parade all the minors up on stage and have the guys pick.

    I like 2-4-1's, I don't know if anyone else does though..

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    I'd do the pantie thing with 2 exceptions...1) the CLUB buys the panties...not me. I'm not giving up my personal clothing for next to nothing when I could have fetishists buying it for $50, $100, or more if I was so inclined. and 2) it wasnt mandatory. If you pick, say 3 girls at a time who volunteer to do this..thats fine. They should also getto keep the panties if for some reason they dont sell(hey..I love free shit, what can I say!)

    As far as promos I've seen work...honestly very few. Promos to me are the hallmark of a club that isnt good enough to draw customers in on its own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    I'd do the pantie thing with 2 exceptions...1) the CLUB buys the panties...not me. I'm not giving up my personal clothing for next to nothing when I could have fetishists buying it for $50, $100, or more if I was so inclined. and 2) it wasnt mandatory. If you pick, say 3 girls at a time who volunteer to do this..thats fine. They should also getto keep the panties if for some reason they dont sell(hey..I love free shit, what can I say!)

    As far as promos I've seen work...honestly very few. Promos to me are the hallmark of a club that isnt good enough to draw customers in on its own.
    I agree with the panty-selling-volunteering thing, but as for saying promos are a sign of a club that isn't good enough, I disagree. Stars Cabaret does a lot of promos- up-time at 8 every night, free 1 minute dances, selling stars merchandise, feature shows all the time, theme nights, industry nights, and they have really hot girls and it's usually packed in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gypsy74 View Post
    I agree with the panty-selling-volunteering thing, but as for saying promos are a sign of a club that isn't good enough, I disagree. Stars Cabaret does a lot of promos- up-time at 8 every night, free 1 minute dances, selling stars merchandise, feature shows all the time, theme nights, industry nights, and they have really hot girls and it's usually packed in there.
    free 1 minute dances? wouldnt happen.

    packed all the time does not mean money is being made. that means the club is making money, but who knows about the girls?

    my club doesnt do promos. not that i know of. we do none in the club. and as far as promotions, we have pictures of some girls on an ad in one of the magazines that has a lot of strip club ads. and thats it, and we have no problems bringing in customers or hot girls.

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    The thongs with the right kind of clasp are so hard to come by, I've paid $15 or so for them. But I wouldn't give them up for a measly $5 or $10 profit. Too much work to find them.

    Now if the club was providing g-strings (or selling them cheaply) that would be a different story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gypsy74 View Post
    I agree with the panty-selling-volunteering thing, but as for saying promos are a sign of a club that isn't good enough, I disagree. Stars Cabaret does a lot of promos- up-time at 8 every night, free 1 minute dances, selling stars merchandise, feature shows all the time, theme nights, industry nights, and they have really hot girls and it's usually packed in there.
    It all depends, like most things, on the area. My club does a crap load of promos too..2 for 1's, THREE 4 1's, drink specials, etc...etc....

    But all the clubs here do, and theres a strip club every 5 damn feet! So if you dont keep up with the offers you drown.

    But in other places I've worked there is no such things as promos or specials and I ALWAYS make tons more money out of town. They just advertise a lot and word of mouth has them packed on a fairly consistant basis. So if you a good club, and the area doesnt DEMAND promos...you're better off not doing them and just letting your girls hustle and leave them alone!

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    when my club first announced we were going to do "dollar dances" i (and almost all the other girls) was like "OH HELL NO". it seemed to me like the stupidest idea ever. my mind however, was quickly changed.

    first off, it has to be done when the club is at least somewhat busy.

    here's how it works (or at least how we do it)

    the dj announces the whole thing and controls it. all of the girls get undressed (we do this backstage and then come down from the stage). the girls go to every guy asking for a "tip dance" or "dollar dance". after about a minute the dj says "switch" or "time to change girls" or whatever and the girls go to other guys.

    the kicker is (and this is why it requires a decent dj and understanding on the girls part) the dances are for a dollar OR however much you WANT to give. so, most guys wind up giving a couple bucks to each girl that dances for them or the bigger spenders give 5s 10s 20s whatever.

    but i will tell you this. the first time we did it i expected to make jack shit and i made 90 dollars.

    90 dollars in what was a total of maybe 5-7 minutes.

    it got customers into their wallets. everyone was spending because everyone was doing it.

    each time i've done it i've made no less than 50 bucks. i wish we did it more, but some girls still bitch because they've never done it/don't understand it. i'm not the only girl who made money either, almost all of us did. the only girls who didn't were the ones who didn't want to do it and thusly only "pretended" to ask guys.

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    ^^ My first club used to do that once in awhile when the club was packed but guys werent spending. It really does work fairly well.

    Though I have to say..there are always still going to be a few a-holes and it REALLY boiled my temper to be turned down or have a guy want to "check me out first" or try to touch me or shit for a damn DOLLAR. I admit..that got me violent more then once.

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    ok this is something that my club does that actually does make us some money. When the manager looks around and sees that no one is lapdancing on the floor he sometimes calls a mystery dance. The DJ calls us all on stage and plays the mystery dance music. He tells the audience that everyone needs to get a dance because there will be one or two winners of a free dance. After the song they pick the winners and if you had a dance with that girl then the guys wins a free dance (THE CLUB ALWAYS PAYS US FOR THIS DANCE). If the guy happened to be an ass then i just tell him that his dance was free and walk away, if not he pays for that dance and then his next dance is on the club. I don't think this will work in Portland, and we are not always excited about it either. But I have to admit, it does help sometimes...
    The managers and boucers all, wear radios so they all know well before the mystery dance is going to happen. They let all the girls know beforehand. What I do, and what i encourage others to do is set up you mystery dance before it is called, that way I don't have to wander around and feel like an idiot that I can't get the mystery dance. And we are NEVER pulled out of VIP or the CR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    ^^ My first club used to do that once in awhile when the club was packed but guys werent spending. It really does work fairly well.

    Though I have to say..there are always still going to be a few a-holes and it REALLY boiled my temper to be turned down or have a guy want to "check me out first" or try to touch me or shit for a damn DOLLAR. I admit..that got me violent more then once.
    yeah, there's always a few douchebags. we usually do air-type dances for those dances, to avoid "touching for cheap". if the guy is tipping well we'll get closer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ViolaStrings View Post
    ^that's bullshit. Even my club, which tries to take your money all the time, will not interupt a VIP for a promo.
    yeah, i hate that shit. i've worked at clubs that pull you out of VIP just to do normal stage rotation before >_<

    the one i'm at right now doesn't pull girls out of VIP for anything short of a fire.

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    For OTC promos, my club has a promotional team (I'm actually on it!) We go to bars that travelers and businessmen frequent, drink at the bar and hand out free passes TO THOSE WHO APPROACH US. We also go to big sporting events for a few hours and hand out free passes, shirts, etc. Those are the best. I can't tell you how PACKED it gets after those....and people remember me from the promo and want a dance! I love that Works 100% of the time.

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    Rooster, the club I work for does calendars. Baseball cards are a cute idea except for those of us who prefer to not be made public.. I.E. A friend of a friend spots the card and goes "OH MY G-D!! SHE'S A STRIPPER?!?" LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pretty_Penny View Post
    the girls go to every guy asking for a "tip dance" or "dollar dance". after about a minute the dj says "switch" or "time to change girls" or whatever and the girls go to other guys.
    My club does this every Friday at 1pm. Very similar, except that the DJ doesn't do much except announce that it's happening and play fast, upbeat songs that he cuts at 1-2 minutes. The girls decide how long they want to dance -- usually 5-10 seconds or so for a dollar or two. Almost every guy will tip almost every girl who approaches him, so if you move quickly you can make something like $50-75 in a few minutes. Sometimes you can also line up lapdances for later.

    Since the club does this at the same time every week, lots of guys come just for that. It does get people in the doors, but after the flashdances are over, sometimes half the guys will get up and leave, which is kind of a bummer.

    I like the idea of promos where you can promote yourself as a dancer, while also promoting the club. There's a club in town whose website used to let you send e-mails to the dancers whose pictures were on the site. I thought that was a cool idea, but it's no longer up. I guess with the flakiness and high-turnover of so many dancers, it would have been a pain in the ass to maintain and keep current.

    So many dancers have their own myspace pages now, though. Would the club consider placing an ad with some of the dancer's pages?

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    Awesome Ladies!

    A lot of great ideas so far. Keep them coming. I love it.

    And as far as the pantie thing, I do believe the dancer told me the club provided the undies. They bought them in bulk. Some cheap import probably.

    This is exactly the info I've been looking for.

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    I think that the best promos are the ones where the club sends girls out to nightclubs to give out dance dollars, door passes, or t shirts. In exchange we get a free house fee. If my current clud did this, I would promo for it 2 times a week.

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    As long as the promos are voluntary, that's cool. I'm just gun-shy because I've had to deal with too many micromanagers barking out how I should work, and they tend to cost me money. I'm a happy stripper when I've got a respectful support staff (that includes the manager) and I can work my own way. If there's a good promo, I may take part, or I may not if I'm busy with something else; just make sure the dancer retains the freedom to choose whether to do the promo or not. If it's a good promo, we'll all volunteer and you won't meet much resistance.

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    I agree nothing mandatory. At a club I used to work at on Fridays we had to sell a T-shirt or panties with the club logo on them for 12$ and if we didn't sell them we had to buy them. It sucked and no one ever wanted to buy them.

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