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Curvyambyr

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11580 on: 26 October 2019, 05:34:50 am »
I do feel many younger ladies here don’t understand the effort that is required in this profession, you actually have to motivate yourself.  :)
Ok you gave some interesting tips which may or not help but this part? Condescending much? ::)
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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11581 on: 26 October 2019, 08:00:53 am »
Rudi you are talking utter crap and not helpful at all!!.

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« Reply #11582 on: 26 October 2019, 11:26:01 am »
Ok you gave some interesting tips which may or not help but this part? Condescending much? ::)
I don’t think it’s an age thing there are lots of different factors in why one person is busy and another isn’t
If you only do a vanilla GFE service and there is nothing wrong that then possibly you won’t be as busy as someone who offers more stuff
If you have limited hours /days of work you probably won’t make as much as someone who can work 5 days
If you don’t take short notice bookings and need two hours notice you may lose work to the escorts that can take bookings with 15 mins notice
If your in an area that has lots of escorts massage parlours that can make a difference as well
   
  When I’m touring I can take bookings with 15 mins notice and I get a lot of bookings short notice
When I’m at home as I’m often not at my flat I often need more notice so I get less work
If I sat in my flat 10-7pm then I am sure I would be busy but when I’m at home I’m lazy
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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11583 on: 26 October 2019, 11:34:41 am »
So many factors are involved it’s hard to pin point specifics. We all have our way of working which suits us best. You cannot please everyone.

I’m severely limited in my working days and I know that doesn’t help so webcam for me is a life saver when my phone is quiet. I just take a chance. Sometimes it pays off sometimes it doesn’t. Lately it hasn’t with the days I’ve been able to work but I still plod a long and do my best.

It’s all risk for me but I am willing to take the chance to get my name out there. That for me is a lot of effort my side. Maybe one day I’ll be able to be more flexible but right now it’s a no go.

Keep positive everyone it will pass. Men always need us lol.

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11584 on: 26 October 2019, 11:38:45 am »
If you only do a vanilla GFE service and there is nothing wrong that then possibly you won’t be as busy as someone who offers more stuff
If you have limited hours /days of work you probably won’t make as much as someone who can work 5 days
If you don’t take short notice bookings and need two hours notice you may lose work to the escorts that can take bookings with 15 mins notice
If your in an area that has lots of escorts massage parlours that can make a difference as well

I agree with the stuff about making sure your advertising is up to date, widespread and effective, but whilst at least some of the above will make a difference, a lot of it - things like limited availablility or not being able to do short notice bookings - isn't a choice for many people (as SWG has just posted while I was typing) and I think the comments above are objecting to the suggestion that if anybody is struggling it must be their own fault for not trying hard enough. The point has been made, so we can keep it general now.

I'm sure Rudi is just trying to be encouraging and make useful suggestions - when you're not that familiar with message boards it's easy to not realise that nuance and tone are easily lost in writing in the same way they can be in texts and emails, and it's not always obvious when you're coming across as insufferably patronising, self-centred and smug rather than helpful :).

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11585 on: 26 October 2019, 10:22:00 pm »
C’mon ladies chin up ..... I personally can’t say I’m not ever busy. Infact not enough hours in the day. But when I do get time in between clients, I’m up loading new pics to gallery. Adding and changing my profile  then retweeting.
Clients that are regs like to see new things and freshness. Switching your profile up really does help I feel. Then when not doing this there are emails to answer. Which I like to add a personal touch to and a not just a few words to a sentence. Tx to respond to ( if you know you can) My guys like to be made to feel special. Keep your clients happy and they will return. Then there is keeping the lingerie fresh regulars like to see something different each time they see you, self maintenance, gym, nails, hair, tan, for outcalls keep your car maintained and incalls to have the place spotlessly fresh,  etc then ontop of thus run a home and all that goes with it. Housework, cooking the list is endless. I am so busy all day everyday.
I’m shocked at the ladies admitting they are lazy or that they can’t be bothered or not putting the effort in. I have heard plenty of my guys say this about other girls they have seen.
I genuinely give 100% all of the time.
So to be honest if you put the effort in. You will never have a quiet day. Plus the money that can be earned is phenomenal, no where else you can earn these figures. The more you put in the more you receive.  I do feel many younger ladies here don’t understand the effort that is required in this profession, you actually have to motivate yourself.  :)

About to go on a long 2 week tour of the Uk with new photos and fresh offers. Will be advising all the ladies on here if I find any gold mines. I think you can do all of the above and still be set to fail but we need to encourage and support each other here.
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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11586 on: 27 October 2019, 08:32:04 am »
Rudi not everybody is perfect like you.  Although I have been very busy of late.

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11587 on: 27 October 2019, 11:19:35 am »
Rudi i do not believe if you put in maximum effort you will never have a quiet day. You can be beautiful look good on photos charge a good price too and get regulars, work for years and never have a bad day? I have never heard of it or know anybody that has been in this industry for years and ticks all the boxes and is busy every single day. Putting in maximum effort of course helps but it will never guarantee you a busy day every day for say 15 or 20 years in the business not possible.

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« Reply #11588 on: 27 October 2019, 06:41:42 pm »
Rudi i do not believe if you put in maximum effort you will never have a quiet day. You can be beautiful look good on photos charge a good price too and get regulars, work for years and never have a bad day? I have never heard of it or know anybody that has been in this industry for years and ticks all the boxes and is busy every single day. Putting in maximum effort of course helps but it will never guarantee you a busy day every day for say 15 or 20 years in the business not possible.

Exactly. As with any business some of your success will be about your effort, some of it will be about the market, the state of the economy, things you can't always change, as Paris says, like how many hours you can give over, your location and so forth. Also putting in 100% effort might be great in the short term, but could compromise your wellbeing in the long, same as any other job. And if when you have a slow week it does help to improve ads etc but it doesn't help to self blame or fret. Have money put aside for slow weeks and use them to do other things that give you pleasure and help you rejuvenate  :D I'd rather be slow now and then than have all of my waking life taken up in thoughts of 'productivity'.

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11589 on: 28 October 2019, 12:51:33 am »
Meh. I'm not buying it myself *shrug*. Everything goes thru ups & downs; retail, the stock market, the Dow...the list is endless. Rudi, you have some excellent points but the bottom line is ~ IMO ~ we're considered a luxury service & those are the 1st things to go when ppl are tightening their financial belts. You've never had a quiet week? Never not made a goal target you set for yourself? Never had to dip into savings bc of cancellations &/or no shows? Ever? *skeptical look*

Now girls, forgive me for asking this, you know how poor my memory is these days (I wish I was joking), but you did or did not have Backpage over there? Was it just here stateside? I'm thinking you did not.

I ask bc the last half of 2018 was a virtual nightmare here, smh. The clients didn't know where to find us, the providers didn't know where to post their ads, & I spent a good chunk of my savings simply trying to keep my head above water. Not a fun time here, I assure you. My point Rudi, is you would not have been busy. No one was.

There's too many variables here. I don't believe that any business is successful 100% of the time, 24/7 & if they are, someone's cooking the books🤷🏼‍♀️ & our IRS will soon be paying a call to them.

There's my 2 cents, for what it's worth.
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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11590 on: 28 October 2019, 02:11:03 am »
Meh. I'm not buying it myself *shrug*. Everything goes thru ups & downs; retail, the stock market, the Dow...the list is endless. Rudi, you have some excellent points but the bottom line is ~ IMO ~ we're considered a luxury service & those are the 1st things to go when ppl are tightening their financial belts. You've never had a quiet week? Never not made a goal target you set for yourself? Never had to dip into savings bc of cancellations &/or no shows? Ever? *skeptical look*

Now girls, forgive me for asking this, you know how poor my memory is these days (I wish I was joking), but you did or did not have Backpage over there? Was it just here stateside? I'm thinking you did not.

I ask bc the last half of 2018 was a virtual nightmare here, smh. The clients didn't know where to find us, the providers didn't know where to post their ads, & I spent a good chunk of my savings simply trying to keep my head above water. Not a fun time here, I assure you. My point Rudi, is you would not have been busy. No one was.

There's too many variables here. I don't believe that any business is successful 100% of the time, 24/7 & if they are, someone's cooking the books🤷🏼‍♀️ & our IRS will soon be paying a call to them.

There's my 2 cents, for what it's worth.

We did have backpage in the UK and it was the best of best good American clients.
I do agree with you escort service a luxury there are ups and downs.
The past two weeks for me was dead as f...k which I have to work till silly hours to be saved by one coke client make up for quiet incall days on tour.

Festive season will change for us all and we be smiling from ear to ear.

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11591 on: 28 October 2019, 11:06:40 am »
This is my first year in this line of work. From what I am reading things will pick up December time. Is that the case? Naturally I would think the opposite so clients can save for Xmas gifts and parties etc.

Seasoned ladies may I ask for your opinions on this?

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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11592 on: 28 October 2019, 11:40:19 am »
I know there's split opinions on this, but all other factors aside, I do feel Brexit and the economic situation in general is having an impact, just because both firms/employers and people are holding on to money due to the uncertainty. I have a friend in the B&B sector and he and all his local rivals have had a poor year. Another owns a bike shop and people are buying fewer, and lower priced, cycles.

A bloke can often get over the urge to punt with a wank or 5-10 minutes on cam. For anyone who's really suffering a slow time my advice would be to try and maximise your chances of last-minute bookings by being able to be ready within 30 minutes, or to take a tenner off your prices (or get them to e.g. 120 or 150 ph depending on what's standard in your area and/or the services you offer).
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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11593 on: 28 October 2019, 01:01:01 pm »
I agree with kay but  I would add something else.

You need to look at the product you are selling, is it the same as all the other, let's say 10 shaved white cats/ cars in your neighbourhood?

Or is your trim different, tinted windows, AC etc ???

The point being and no more euphemisms, be the wolf not the sheep ( ok I lied on the euphemisms)

 


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Re: Slow at the minute or just me?
« Reply #11594 on: 28 October 2019, 06:48:26 pm »
Yeah. I think, I'm just going to have to be make-up ready, full-body shaved to cater to clients schedules.
I had to say no to a couple clients, a big 2-hour booking last week due to handling my own personal outside of escorting appointments. I was so disappointed.

I swear, some clients, they must follow your ads, because, when I don't update my ad, that's when I get text messages asking if I'm available lol.

The world right now is pretty messed up. I know that's probably been said for generations, but in Canada, I just saw on the news, that Canadians are going into more debt than ever before just to cover basic expenses (we can thank our joke of a government).

Brexit, is pretty messed up.

Politics, have always been, but seem to be getting pretty messed up.


I also, need to pay more attention to the effort I am putting in when clients do book. I'll admit, I haven't been really into it. I've been treating it more like a job, same lingerie (although I do change but I keep the same handful that I wear because they are easy to take on and off lol). So, I will make sure I can do that. It just gets hard sometimes lol, but you are right you have to pretend to be into it even if you aren't unfortunately lol.

I still don't like the concept of posting new pictures all the time. I feel like this might ruin the mystery of meeting you in person. Plus, I don't want a bunch of freeloaders jerking off to my pictures and never coming to visit. Twitter, current pics, etc. seem to work for some ladies though. I guess I'm just not creative lol. It's like come on, just come see me, you will not be disappointed.

I remember the back page days. That was when I first started, around 3 years ago. I truly miss it. Big traffic with back page. Leolist is okay. But again, having a very slow, painful day. I will never understand why it's so god damn expensive to live in Canada when *surprise* there is nothing here LOL. Fuck, some people that live here are nothing but a bunch of cry babies I swear.

I mean, overall, things are ok. Lately, I've been thinking that it's good to take a step back and not let money consume me. "If you have a roof over your head, clean water to drink" blah, blah, blah, but, I mean, I guess it is true, some of us are more lucky than we think.
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