Sometimes guys have seen your website, but are looking for clarification - or they've gone straight to the photos and picked up the phone number.
See, I think asking for clarification of your working name, location and relevant availability is absolutely fine. But calling after looking at photos and not bothering to read anything else is a BAD sign. The former questions often come from great clients; the latter calls from people you're better off not meeting until they've figured out that following an escort's rules is an important first step!
Anyone asking "Hi, is that Emily Jones? Are you free at 2pm today? And you're based near xyz?" is more than fine. Those are clearly simple but important clarification questions. But if they continue asking questions (i.e. not actually making a booking!) I just politely direct them to my site because all the info is on there and they would be honestly better off reading it and calling me back afterwards than just making me try to recite my website from memory. Also, I won't break my cardinal rule of discussing services or clothing or my body etc etc over the phone - I'll say, "All the services written on my site are definitely included in the hourly rate stated" cos that's hardly titillating, but I won't give further details. As Daisy says, that's the whole point of having a website - so you don't have to get into massive long tedious conversations with a guy who might just be fapping rather than intending to book.
Anyone who rings to wax lyrical about how horny my photos make him or how much he feels like he knows me from my amaaaaahzing blog etc etc, just gets a polite Thank You along with a, "Please check out the availability calendar on my site and send an email with the required information if you'd like to book." There's just no two ways about it! All my good clients manage to not be weird on the phone; it's not like clients are all socially-inept freakazoids who can't do anything properly. I find that having high standards (or at least completely normal standards!) for potential clients, as you would from anyone else you interacted with on the phone, is a good position to take and it's more than fair. 99% of clients are men with good jobs (cos they need the disposable income for punting!) and families and lots of friends and general success in their lives. There's no need to put up with the basement-dwelling idiots who spend their time fapping down the phone at unwilling women, or trying to manipulate or intimidate them, or just getting off on wasting their time. That's not acceptable no matter what our job is.
Daisy - when you're new, you really DO hear from at least 1,000 timewasters, unfortunately. I wish I were exaggerating! Of course it may vary depending on your area, but basically, you'll hear from almost enough idiots and creepy weirdos to make you wonder why anyone would do this job at all. Trust me - there's a reason why we all take so much care to write things clearly and thoroughly on our websites and spend so much time creating our screening systems and booking procedures. I know you're getting on with doing all this, too, and that'll really help you get ahead in the industry generally; there's nothing better than learning from people who've been in the same position before. It definitely saves you time.
But there's still that annoying period of newness where the majority of people who contact you (through AW, at least!) only want to mess you about or worse.
I still reject up to 50% of people who contact me through AW cos their emails are all, "hi babe, what's up? you fancy meeting up for some fun?" [er, no] or "Hello, this is a spam mail [they never include that bit but they may as well!], I'm really nervous about sharing my fantasy cos I've never booked an escort before, would you mind if I described it to you?" etc etc. But it doesn't affect me anymore cos it's so easily recognisable, and I hear from a good amount of nice clients to make up for it. So keep your chin up - things will change! But it will be slow. Like others have said above, the industry - which is quite saturated already - gets extra-saturated around this time of year. So just take your time, spend time and an appropriate budget on advertising widely, and stay patient. I think it's wise to look at spending six months establishing yourself, although of course it's something you work on for your whole career, too. Blogging, maybe Twitter if you fancy it, acquiring the bits and pieces of lingerie and boudoir furnishings to suit your work persona, getting pro photos done regularly, building up positive feedback and good reviews, all that stuff. It all works towards building up your presence in the industry (as well as finding your niche) so that you end up hearing from a much greater percentage of genuine clients.
I'm sorry it's so frustrating being new! But don't give up just yet; I know you can get through this irritating initial stage.
Topic: Cutting timewasters' games on the phone (Read 5085 times)