I could do with some TLC here.

Just about had enough to pack it all in, 60 contacts, be it calls, emails, AW, texts - all bar one Timewasers or disgusting arseholes, I'd rather have no interest at all.

That ratio can't be normal and less than 10 of them were witheld numbers

Right now I feel cheap, used, stupid, angry and pretty hopeless.
Arrrghhhhhh!

Looks like I'm of to the jobcentre on Monday.

Listen, im off to the job centre too but for the reason that Evie said.  I think its good to have something else going on to.  Dont get me wrong, i dont want a proper job, im just going to get a part time little something that i can do a couple of days a week.  My other job ends next weekend so im going to need something to get me out of the house from time to time.

Anyway, Evie has taken to calling me her manager (im not really if the law are reading... she doesnt pay me hahaha) so im going to become a bit of a manager for you today too.  I'm off to have a good look at your website and stuff and will pm you anything i think of.

GREAT BIG HUG my sweetie.  dont despair, im right there with ya!

xxx

You're not being dramatic at all, you're well within your rights to feel a little down.  I am an ocean away so don't really have a clue what the market is like over there, but here it has dried up considerably in the past few months.  I went with an agency so that I could make quick money, and I've been able to put some of it towards building what's going to be a pretty nice website (I think!).  (I swear a link to it is coming soon, I know I've been yapping about a website for weeks - it really exists, cross my heart.)

Is agency work an avenue you want to take until things pick up for you?

I think most of us have been through this at one time or another, and I guess its intensified now with the current political and financial climate, least now you have fab sites such as this where we can all share it with you, I remeber my first spell in the doldrums, everybody around me seemed to be saying how wonderfull things were, and i started doubting my perfume, and then myself, as things picked up, the same people then started posting how business is getting busy, thats when I learned that you cant belive everything you read on the boards.

I agree with others if you have something else to be doing to keep you occupied, do it, these things happen in waves, tomorow/next week/who knows, but it will be like somebody has flicked a switch and things will turn themseleves around.

Anyway, Evie has taken to calling me her manager (im not really if the law are reading... she doesnt pay me hahaha) so im going to become a bit of a manager for you today too.  I'm off to have a good look at your website and stuff and will pm you anything i think of.

GREAT BIG HUG my sweetie.  dont despair, im right there with ya!

xxx

My Cheerleader and advice columnist may be a better phrase! 

This is why I am about to become certified as a Project Manager with a specialty in PR and Image Consulting. Hang in there it will get better. Kisses V

Cheer up Cassie.
Christmas is nearly here and I guess things are going to slow down. I had 2 weeks of nothing at all before last week then a rush and it's looking dead for the week after next.

It's always a good idea to get yourself trained in another field while doing this as your boobs are not always going to be pointing South and your face can only take so much botox! There will come a point where even the best escort has to hang up her suspender belt.

I would not give up just yet if I were you. As has been said here already - times are tough and the constant media coverage of the credit crunch is not helping at all. Add Christmas to that and it's a rotten time of year to be starting up. Your website has not really been up that long compared to others on here. Give it time.

For goodness sake ignore the idiots that text/call/mail you. There are so many of them and you should not take it personally. I have had to walk away from my computer as the desire to fire off a nasty response to these men has been overwhelming - it's better to ignore them.
Your actually not that far from me and I have noticed a definite slowing down of late. I also had a rough time getting going. Fortunately, the guys I have seen before are keeping me afloat right now but I have been going longer than you. You will get there. It does take time. It is frustrating. But there is nothing the matter with 'you'. I have been down that road, the whole, 'it must be me' route. Rubbish Cassie. Really, you can't help thinking it as your a normal, nice human being. It is not you, it really is not.
Hang in there. Go get a part time job, it is a good idea to see regular life outside of condoms and lube sometimes, study something, just have something else going on as well, it does help.

On a personal note: I am def going to get the CD's done for you after reading this, cheer you up a bit.
x

Time wasters, idiots etc are part and parcel of this industry.  At least, we do earn a bloody good wage for relative few hours.  Imagine some businesses who offer services and who earn far less and face as many people not showing up and failing to be polite etc.  No booking is confirmed until the money is in your paws.  That said it is worth it to check through your website and wording to see if there is anything that seems ambiguous that might give some guys the impression they can call and take the mickey.  I have paired down and wrote a very direct and humorous text on my site and must admit that I have very few time wasting calls.  My phone does not ring as much but 85% of calls turn into bookings first time and some call back and book another time.  I just keep it light and humorous.  Same goes with email inquiries - I am friendly, polite and firm.  Oh, and I have disabled voice mail as I would rather people kept trying to ring me than being able to leave messages.