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Black Friday sucks. I love a good deal, but what they put you through. It just sucks.

Now most weekends I work as a shot girl. My partner and I have been doing this as a pair for the past couple of months because the club asked us and the money is reliable (I might put together information about how to do this as a team and come out with $500 per girl every night—it’s fun work and I like it). But being in the Black Friday Hole I decided to pick up a few extra shifts dancing this week. It turned out to be a good decision.

Tuesday I went in full hair and makeup. Knowing I needed to make money I put my game face on. After over two hours in the bathroom I looked killer. I went in around 7pm and by 1 in the morning I had made a measly $100. Sure it was dead after the holiday weekend, but come on–$100?! I was at a table of guys that were trying to be “nice” and “friendly” and just weren’t buying. They kept saying “We’re gonna do a room!” but somehow I couldn’t convert them.

After wasting an hour just “hanging out” (something I never do) one guy said he’d like a few dances before taking to the room. So we went to do some dances and they announced the “two-for-one” so I got called up onstage. (I hate two-for-ones because they lower my stock value, so I tip the DJ to call me up onstage as the feature when they start.) When I get done and back to his table after 15 minutes he says, “Actually I’m gonna take a rain check. But when can I take you out to dinner?”

Are You Serious? You’ll screw with my time then you screw me out of money then try to feed me so you can just plain screw me? You’re a smooth operator. Hows abouts I call you the week after never-ish. After that the club was empty and I was bitchy. I decided to hit the “fuck it” button and head home.

Now before I went in Wednesday I took a few minutes and thought really hard about what I could do to make bank. I mean, I’ve done this for so long sometimes I don’t take my own medicine (some doctor, eh?). I decided: Wednesday no matter what I’m going to have a great time and a good night at work.

Wednesday I went in and the first thing I did is tip the new floor man. He doesn’t know me so rather than wait for my reputation to catch up with him I told him, “I need to make money tonight. Here’s $20 and I’d like you to send the first good guy you see my way. You don’t know me that well but I’m a good tipper. I’ll tip 20%.”

While I was dancing he brought a guest next to the stage and told him to wait for me. The guest tipped me $5 and when I got offstage I sat with him. We laughed and chat for about 15 minutes and he told me he didn’t drink—he’s 10 years sober. I told him I’m happy to be his “designated drinker” and that we could pull in other designated drinkers! Then I took him for a tour of the rooms (as I explain exactly how to do in the book). Touring the room before you get him to buy works wonders!

Once we were in back it wasn’t a hard sell to get a room and a bottle of Krug Rose which I shared with the manager during the first hour and with the waitress for the second half-hour he bought. We had such a little party! Which was wonderful for me: an hour and a half on the clock chit-chatting and two other girls paid to party.

Remember: Inviting a girl in for a drink and selling two girls to a big spender is good business for both of you. Say, “I haven’t seen Cindy in a while. Can she come down and have a glass of champagne with us?”

(By the way when he signed for the room I saw to it that tipped the waitress. This is how to build really good karma. Later I asked her and found out that of the five rooms we had sold that night, mine was the only one that included a tip.)

So by the time we’d sold another bottle of Krug Rose and got our waitress drunk (she’s a blast sober too, and she can handle her liquor) he had to leave—babysitter issues. But since we had a room ready to go with half a bottle left over and a party in full swing, the floor man who I’d previously tipped brought in a gaggle of douches and dorks who just wanted to hang out. They prepaid three hours and left after an hour and a half.

At the end of the night I made $4,400 and tipped out $880 (that’s 20%), much of which was funny money that I cashed out (at a 10% fee), leaving me with a take-home of just over $3200 for the night.

Not bad, huh?

Anyway that more than made up for Black Friday and Shitty Tuesday, so I’m feeling particularly generous! I’d like to offer a Happy Holiday discount on Serious Money Stripping:

Between now and Christmas buy the book on Amazon for $29. Follow the tips and tools I give you and make a mint this holiday season!

Hi Ladies!

Question: has you EVER known or met a girl who dated or slept with a floor man, bouncer, manager or bartender at the club she works at and had a healthy relationship that lasted? I haven’t. For the life of me I can’t figure out why any girl would literally put an expiration date on her job! That’s what happens the minute you have sex with someone at work. As soon as he is bored with you, or sees some new girl he wants to play with, you’re done for.

Maybe think you’re invaluable, or this time it’s different. But I’ve got news for you baby, he’s got the power in this situation. I’ve never seen a girl win. Not only is the guy on payroll, but the men are harder to replace; especially the good ones! Keep your pen out of the company ink and make friends by making lots and lots of money.

You may feel pressured to have sex with a guy because you like each other, but it comes down to setting and keeping boundaries (something I discuss at length in the book Serious Money Stripping). So make friends with the guys who make you money by just talking to them. Novel concept for some girls. Seriously, guys are your coworkers and can be your confederates.

If you approach a floor man and explain that you’re out to make money that night, and you would be sure to tip him 20% if he helps you out, he’s not going to worry about getting in your pants as much as getting money in your garter. This is especially important if you’re new–they don’t know if you tip or not! Why would he risk losing money on a new girl he doesn’t know? Keep in mind that while strippers are a dime a dozen, true entertainers that know what they are doing, are rare. So keep your panties on and keep your stock up.

Stay focused and stay clean. You will be a top money girl soon enough.

Hey Girls!

Watch a trained ballerina. One of the first things you notice is the smoothness of her movements and her beautiful pointed toes. Now, seen a girl take to the stage who was just an awful dancer, but you couldn’t put your finger on what made her so bad? Take a look at her toes; 9 times out of 10 they are not pointed.

When you don’t point your toes you look like a dancing chicken! As a dancer/entertainers/stripper (whatever you like to call yourself) you’re paid to look beautiful and play the role of a fantasy woman. When you don’t you just look dumb. Clomping around the stage in stacked stilettos and putting your un-pointed toes by your ears is just bad business.

Not only will it fail to make you any money, it will make you look like a moron. So take a moment and remember: our title is “dancer” and there’s an art to our trade. You don’t need fancy pole tricks or a booty-bounce to stop a bus. You need a little grace.

My grandpa (God rest his soul) gave me great advice when I was young: You don’t have to be good at everything to make money. Do one thing, but be the best at it. Thanks for the tip grandpa.

Some nights the only people you seem to see are the ones that are regulars sitting at the bar, not buying dances, not spending money. News Flash: they have wallets too!

But bar regulars and for some deranged reason seem to feel entitled to your company for free. These creatures are not bad people, just misinformed. Too many girls sit with them and either pressure them for dances off the bat or get drunk with them, commiserating aplenty but selling nothing.

Neither of these approaches work. This type of guy is different than all the other guests because he has been spoiled by free company. If you want money from this man you have to become his friend. You, however, have to be different from all his other dancer “friends.” You have to be the good girl.

Most entertainers will take the unfortunate angle of becoming his “drinking buddy.” Instead, the first night you sit with this man, make some time alone with him and say, “I always see you in here. I’m Cali, whats your name?”  If he says his name, say “It’s good to meet you, do you mind if I take a break at the bar with you?”  

This tells him, “I’m not going to work you, I’m just taking a moment,” which puts him at ease. Chat with him a bit, find out what he’s pationate about. Let him talk and lead the conversation. Plenty of bar patrons suffer from dilusions of grandeur or a unwarented feeling of self importance, which is great! They basically just want somebody to be impressed by them, while they themselves don’t want to be impressed.

Sit, listen, play amazed by his story. The look of wonder on your face will turn him into putty in your hands.  Even if he’s good for just $50 or $100 a night, that’s still something. And he’s are there literally every night, whether you are or not. Make a few friends like him and you’ve got yourself a nice chunk of change every time you work.