Archive for the ‘Avalon’s Random Thoughts’ Category

Update from the Gentlemen’s Club Expo!

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The Lodge won Club of the Year Central Division!

booth2 225x300 Update from the Gentlemens Club Expo!

DSC00801 Update from the Gentlemens Club Expo!

booth 225x300 Update from the Gentlemens Club Expo!

Gentlemen’s Club Expo:August 22-25, 2010

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

We at SGR are REALLY excited to be a part of the 2020 Gentlemen’s Club Expo in Las Vegas at the end of this month.  If you work at a strip club, then you should become  familiar with this this annual convention. It is the largest gathering of the year for the owners and operators in the multi billion dollar nightclub industry.  We are proud to be part of The Lodge’s booth.   So if you live in Vegas, or are planning on attending the Expo, be sure to stop by and say hello.

Stripper Salary- After Stripper Bootcamp Testimonial

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I received one of those “A-ha!” moment texts the other day.

Being an online business owner is tough sometimes, especially when your online business is trying to sell a self-development product to strippers.  There will always be a critic, and we certainly have our fair share of those!  Sometimes it is disheartening to read a comment from someone who thinks that we are trying to “hustle” our peers.  Granted, it takes a small minded person to think that way but nevertheless we are always making efforts to remain the most credible Stripper School on the planet!!

How to Become a Successful Stripper- InterCultural Communication

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Have you ever had a customer from another country?  Ever feel like selling to a foreign male customer  is different than selling to an American male customer?

Each of us has our own distinct personality type (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow in the DancerWealth System) but overlaid on top of that are the tendencies, assumptions, and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in.  In Outliers, it is referred to as Power Distance Index, and it describes how much a particular culture values and respects authority (and in the strip club it is useful to know this to decide whether or not you should use The Authority Hot Button.)

How to Become a Successful Stripper: The 10k Hour Rule

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Is there a such thing as innate talent?  Are SuperStrippers just lucky enough to be born with beauty, brain, and wit to capture a man’s attention for hours on end in the VIP room?

Although there have not been any studies done on SuperStrippers, there have been studies on amateur vs professional musicians.  In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explores a scientific study of professional musicians.  In this study he concluded that there weren’t any “naturals” who floated effortlessly to the top.  Nor could they find any “grinds” who worked harder than everyone else , but just  didn’t have what it took to be successful.  Success was a combination of talent and practice…but how much practice?

Stripper Wages: How much money do strippers make?

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

In the current recession, there are hundreds of women who have turned to stripping to make ends meet for their families.  Despite the decrease in overall strip club attendance and spending, their new career wages are comparable to some very esteemed professions.

I get asked all the time, “How much money do strippers make?”  Well, it varies from a good night to a bad night, but suppose a stripper only averages $200/shift and she works 4x a week.  That is $800/week or $40k per year.  If she works 5x a week that is $1000/week or $50k per year.  When I first posted this article in the fall of 2007, most of the strippers I knew were averaging $500/shift, working 4 shifts a week, which translated to a 6 figure business.

How Strippers Exploit the Madonna/Whore Complex

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

First let me give my definition of the Madonna/Whore Complex.  I use the more mainstream definition, rather than Freud’s spin on it. Why?  Because Freud was a behaviorist who proported psychic determinism and allow us to blame other people both past and present for our current decisions.  Personally I  favor Viktor Frankel’s theory of self-determinism, which basically says that YOU control your own destiny, even if your parents didn’t do the best job raising you.

So, my definition of the Madonna/Whore Complex:

Men classify all women into one of only two categories: either evil sexual temptress, or good and pure saint; a woman has to be one or the other.

Ya’ll Come down to Dallas Now!

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

I may have lost the Philly accent, but not the sarcasm.

Pizza, Guns, and Strip Clubs Per Capita

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

This is courtesy of the guys over at floatingsheep.com  Not that I’m going to make a run for those four yellow dots just over the TX border, but interesting nonetheless.

Strip Clubs Per Capita

Strip Clubs Per Capita

What is your Personal Mission Statement?

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

After going to SuperStripper Bootcamp, I had a lot of self-reflection going on. I was thinking about what I want to do with my life, how to go about it, and whether or not I wanted to stay in the business. I ultimately decided it is better to strip while I was still looking good and had the energy to do so.

After I returned home from the week long Bootcamp, I discovered I was lacking  the drive to get back into my club and actually use all that I had learned at SuperStripper Bootcamp.


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