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Slow at the minute or just me?
LondonEvie:
I've got to ask- How do you do 8-12 bookings a week and also have 3 'real' jobs?
lexienight:
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--- Quote from: amy on 01 November 2008, 03:21:50 pm ---No-one seems to have mentioned that anyone who thinks mumbling vague platitudes about the 'credit crunch' (which is meaningless media-speak to the majority of people anyway who would, if asked, be hard-pushed to explain what it actually means) in order to try and bag themselves a discount (which I assume is what is meant by 'deal') is outrageously rude - if you can afford to go whoring at all, you haven't got too much to worry about just because your house value has fallen a bit. Boo hoo.
I have a number of valued regulars who do get a small discount, as I know many other ladies do, but this is something that has been offered, not asked for and there's a big difference. Trying to haggle my prices is one of the fastest ways to get yourself blacklisted, and that is never going to change. I have never lowered my prices and do not intend to - fees in this industry have remained stable for a long time and for the most part represent very good value considering that they were practically the same ten years ago (unlike everything else). I can honestly say that I am no quieter than I was six months ago - maybe because I do not live in a particularly affluent area and people here don't have a great deal to lose in terms of bonuses and so on.
This week was bound to be quiet - school holidays combined with the run up to payday for many, multiplied by all the Christmas stuff really starting to make it's presence felt - it's never going to be a busy time. I have to disagree with the OP though - I knew it would be quiet this week, so last week I took plenty of bookings (some of which I would normally have turned down as I don't need to work that much) and had my second busiest week ever - I was exhausted by the end of it and that was after eleven bookings, the majority of them two hours. If 8-12 a week is not enough for you then I sympathise - I would be like the walking dead if I had to work like that every week!
I am not sure what is meant by having to 'work harder' to get bookings; if this means answering enquiries promptly, maintaining self and premises, keeping advertising up to date and so on, surely we are doing this anyway?
Thanks for all the comments. By working harder, I mean getting listed on punterlinks etc and getting a website, and spending more time refreshing the profile on AW. It is addictive being on the computer! Distracts from my real job - especially reading all the interesting forums. I have only been doing this for about 5 months since the dreaded "CC" hit my real job. I still have two other real jobs to do as well, and the escorting merely plugs the drain. It is great fun though, I love it and it gives me a social life, albeit unorthodox.
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Wow, you have 3 (or 2, i might have that wrong) real life jobs and you take 8-12 bookings a week, thats one huge bloody drain that needs plugging Pandora. how do you not burn out and run out of energy?
I have one other job and about to start another in a few weeks, after that i am hoping for upto 5 or 6 bookings a week but anymore and id be way too tired. my new job will be an incredibly physical one though so maybe that is why i anticipate being so tired.
UrbaneAspects:
--- Quote from: Evie on 02 November 2008, 10:27:20 pm ---
I've got to ask- How do you do 8-12 bookings a week and also have 3 'real' jobs?
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this seems to be the burning question of the thread. Did you mean you have 8-12 calls per week? Or you actually meet 8-12 per week? isnt that like 2 per day ???
If thats the case, then that proves times are great even in the shittiest economy....
pandora:
I meant 8-12 jobs a week - I assumed that wasn't much - seems I should be very pleased looking at the threads!
And yes I am very tired - Mondays I dont get up til lunchtime. I work in my real job fri - sun 15hrs a day - have a hospitality business. Have another business that is managed by someone else and I oversee and direct - but mainly runs itself. This leaves me Mon-Thurs to play and also very late night at weekends - for relaxation - lol. Just a shame that my businesses are in the industries worst hit by the recession.
Realistically my jobs are mainly hour ones - do get the odd dinner date 4hr one so its actually not much time. I am lucky enough to have built up a good base of regulars, so I find the escorting lots of fun.
Hey, call me an adrenaline junkie. Can't help but keep busy.
UrbaneAspects:
--- Quote from: pandora on 03 November 2008, 03:51:49 pm ---I meant 8-12 jobs a week - I assumed that wasn't much - seems I should be very pleased looking at the threads!
And yes I am very tired - Mondays I dont get up til lunchtime. I work in my real job fri - sun 15hrs a day - have a hospitality business. Have another business that is managed by someone else and I oversee and direct - but mainly runs itself. This leaves me Mon-Thurs to play and also very late night at weekends - for relaxation - lol. Just a shame that my businesses are in the industries worst hit by the recession.
Realistically my jobs are mainly hour ones - do get the odd dinner date 4hr one so its actually not much time. I am lucky enough to have built up a good base of regulars, so I find the escorting lots of fun.
Hey, call me an adrenaline junkie. Can't help but keep busy.
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wow...maybe I should move to Europe then :-\
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