I saw many post here and I saw you have a busy time in December. I live in London close to Aldgate east tube station and last time I have only one booking a day and sometimes not even that. I started worry about and if you guys have a busy time then why people complain to me I am too expensive? I charge 130? per hour and 80? per half of hour. I think I have also good location. Can someone tell me what I do wrong??

with the 15 mins quickie i only let them book 15 mins before  - no advance bookings  its means that you don't get a lot of them but those that you do get do generally  tend to turn up

Quote from: Chloe Kisses on 02 December 2013, 10:27:26 pm

Quote from: Nameless on 02 December 2013, 10:45:56 am

I wouldn't be complaining at getting 2 hours a day max on a slow day.  I think personally if thats what its like when its slow, you should think yourself lucky.  There are many many ladies struggling to get only a few appointments a week, or worse.

For health reasons I cannot just pack in clients, I have to pace myself, so I would be unable to take advantage of say 6 clients wanting to see me in one day.  So again be thankful if you are able to do this.

But now it is just getting ridiculous!  One week I will do ok, then the next .....like last week will be utterly dire, I had 1.5 hours of bookings all week, my shittest week ever I think.  None of them were via AW, which seems to be dying a death in some areas, including mine.

I know what you mean by aw sometimes. Regarding the number of client i class as quiet or busy I guess is dependent on personal circumstances and experience. Coming from working in the mk parlours 2 a day feels dire here plus i have a family that i support entirely on my own with zero child support and i have two premises to pay for , work and one to live in therefore 2 rents and 2 sets of council tax, bills etc. Its just not feasible for me to work from home as all of my teenagers are still here.

What I call busy though plenty of women call quiet and what i call quiet others call busy. Im not a spring chicken so I have my future to save for too when i will be getting on a bit an business will really possibly slow down. Its a worry

Believe me I do thank my lucky stars for every client that walks through my door, we all should with the competition out there nowadays x

I wasnt having a go; I understand about high outgoings, I have the same problem.  For me 2 bookings a day I'd be jogging along ok, and able to pace myself.  The problem is when I have a couple of weeks like last week when I don't even cover my costs..thats when I start to worry. 

I have been looking into all my advertising, but theres only a couple more places I can advertise.  Thing is.......one of them I've tried a few times before in various areas and its never worked for me; the other, well I dread the huge amount of TWs versus actual clients it brings in! However, needs must.

Quote from: Chloe Kisses on 03 December 2013, 08:49:58 am

Quote from: Nameless on 02 December 2013, 10:45:56 am

I wasnt having a go; I understand about high outgoings, I have the same problem.  For me 2 bookings a day I'd be jogging along ok, and able to pace myself.  The problem is when I have a couple of weeks like last week when I don't even cover my costs..thats when I start to worry. 

I have been looking into all my advertising, but theres only a couple more places I can advertise.  Thing is.......one of them I've tried a few times before in various areas and its never worked for me; the other, well I dread the huge amount of TWs versus actual clients it brings in! However, needs must.

Where are you Nameless  if you don't mind me asking  -  Friday add /Trade it can be bloody awful but do you do the online stuff or the paper bit of it or both  I put it on a separate number to my normal advertising when i use it because its drive me nuts  tw galore but you do get a few decent clients from it

by 'the other" what do you mean? x

Oh the dreaded Friday-Ad which attracts a plethora of cheapskates/TWs etc and very few genuine clients.

the start of the month is always slow for me. 2 cancellations yesterday - 1 unconfirmed booking today - 1 guy booked for 3pm then texted me 10 mins later asking if I'd drop my half hourly rate to ?50 

claiming that 'all the ladies he saw dropped their price by ?10'.  Well you just picked the wrong lady, buddy!