Its the time of year to get your business back on track!

We are happy to announce that the 2012 version of the popular SuperStripper Business Expense log is now available for purchase at

http://www.cafepress.com/stripgrowrich.610552898

I ran across this article in USA Today: Texas Bucks National Unemployment Trend this morning as one of  my bestest SuperStripper friends packed her bags from her  Strip Trip to Dallas.  She stayed with me here in The Big D for 3 weeks because the clubs in the Arizona Desert seem to be withering not only from the heat, but from the tourist-based desert economy.  Being a top earner (with 10 years of experience) in her home club, she naturally rocked the house here in Dallas.

I worked a few shifts with her last week at The Lodge, and like anywhere in the summertime…the locker room was full of  “Woe is me….I only made $100.”  Personally, I didn’t do THAT great.   She kicked my butt in terms of dollars earned.  Yep, that right…Avalon the SuperStripper doesn’t always make the most money in the house.   I must also admit that I’m rehabilitating a back injury, so I was not “In The Zone” any of the nights I worked.

So, what do ya’ll think?

Hello Superstrippers and Wanabees!

Long time, no blog.  Why?  I have been taking a much needed vacation and I’m getting ready to relocate out of the scorching AZ sun again.  As I was basking in the Mediterranean (just kidding, there were riots in Barcelona when I was there), I thought to myself…

“Self!  The last post you put on SGR’s blog made it look like you retired!”

That is far from true and I wanted to make sure and put a link to our online school for dancers who want to make more money every time they work a shift:

Here it is:

http://stripandgrowrich.kajabi.com/sp/3333

This link is going to come down in a week, because it has a free trial membership on it, so if you have ever considered joining us… TAKE ACTION!

All the best!

Avalon

I picked up my dog-eared copy of The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss this weekend. I read it several years ago when I was in my SuperStripper Zone working my ass off and making mad cash. It’s interesting how much you can get out of a second read when you have a different life perspective. What I learned the first time I read is was how to build a business that made money while I slept. What I learned the second time I read it is life changing.

I semi-retired last year on my 11 year anniversary of stripping. For you longtime followers, I’ve blogged about what I “thought” I would do when I retired for years: start a family and be a SAHM. It was nothing like what I thought: I got divorced and moved back and forth between Dallas and Scottsdale more times than I can count right now.

I thought having passive streams of income to replace my dancing income would make me “happy” Through trading and SGR I was able to pay my bills without working for a while. My boyfriend at the time was a doctor, we moved in together, he didn’t want me dancing and “took care of me” It was awesome…for about 3 weeks.

Back to Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Workweek p 51 “What is the opposite of happiness? Sadness? No. Just as love and hate are two sides of the same coin, so are happiness and sadness. Crying out of happiness is a perfect illustration of this. The opposite of love is not hate…it’s indifference, and the opposite of happiness is-here’s the clincher- BOREDOM”

I couldn’t take the boredom, and the Dallas winter…so I broke up with Doc, moved back to my Arizona winter sunshine paradise, and returned to dancing at my favorite club in the country: Babes Cabaret in Scottsdale. It’s small, really small, like smaller than the 2500sf home my ex-husband got in the divorce small…but it was a strategic move. I capitalized on the super busy nights during tourist events. But as the desert is now heating up to 100 degrees the tourists are dwindling and I’m thinking….”What’s Next?”

So I planned a trip to Europe with my Mom this summer, she’s 67 and we are hitting something like 10 cities in 12 days.

After that…guess what…I think I’m going to get a personal training job at my health club. I’m certified, I’ve taught group exercise classes there since 1996…never in a million years would I think I would get a J-O-B after dancing. The difference is that I have the FREEDOM to do what I  LOVE…even if it doesn’t pay very much.  And if it wasn’t for the 11 years of stripping, I may have never had the opportunity to experience this freedom.

Now, this may not be exactly what Tim Ferriss had in mind when he wrote the book, but it’s my personal adaptation.

Just thought I’d share my experiences…so back to the original question: What does stripper retirement look like for you?

And we wonder why the foot traffic in strip clubs is not what it used to be…

• Major grinding dance moves (not to mention making out)that would get most strippers fired
• A DOLLAR tip for that show?
• Cellphone cameras make the memories last forever (as does youtube)

Lessons we can Learn

• Most guys don’t care what color bikini you are wearing, especially if a the girl next door in a football tshirt can cause this much of a stir
• The club environment is safer free of  idiots with cameras
• Don’t spend too much time agonizing over whether to wear green or brown eyeshadow.

A California diamond merchant came to Las Vegas last year with a fortune in his pants.

He lost it at the Spearmint Rhino “gentleman’s club,” setting off a multi-million dollar theft investigation that has a former NFL football player and his schoolteacher wife facing possible prison terms.

The Las Vegas diamond caper began on June 2, 2009 when high-end jewelry dealer Eli Abdalnour blew into town carrying $10 million in rare stones in “a small black zip-up jewelry bag … in the front of his pants,” according to court documents.

After just a half-hour at the famed strip club he left $10 million lighter. Abdalnour later told police he “did not know how the pouch was removed from his waistband, and stated that he knew he last had it while seated at the Spearmint Rhino.”

An international investigation by Las Vegas police netted three arrests, and on Friday a Clark County grand jury handed down indictments against former club bouncer Matt Keneley, 36, and his wife, Antoinette Keneley, 33. Each face three charges, including felony possession of stolen property and conspiracy to possess stolen property, a gross misdemeanor. If convicted, they each face one to 10 years in prison.

Abdalnour did not respond to calls for comment Friday, but court papers say he was in Las Vegas for the 2009 JCK Jewelry Show at the Sands Convention Center when he decided to visit the strip club. After just 30 minutes there, he was called away to a business meeting .

Soon after, Abdalnour realized the black pouch was gone and he raced back to the club, where a manager returned the pouch, which had been found by Matt Keneley. Abdalnour gave the manager $3,200 to show his appreciation.

But back at his hotel, Abdalnour realized two diamond rings were missing. One had a 3.01 karat diamond with a purplish-pink hue and two yellowish diamonds on the side, with a retail value of $2 million. The other had a 10.05 karat princess-cut diamond, with two 1.6 karat baguettes diamonds and multiple diamonds on the shank. It was worth $960,000.

Back again at the club, Abdalnour told the manager he would pay $10,000 for the return of the rings, and wouldn’t contact authorities. He told the manager the diamonds were rare and would be hard to move on the open market. He went to police when the rings weren’t returned.

A break in the case came July 30, 2009, when Abdalnour learned that a diamond with a purplish-pink hue had turned up in a New York City store. Three gemologists confirmed it was his.

Las Vegas police detectives traced the ring to Harry Chandi, a jewelry dealer in the Cayman Islands. Chandi, contacted in London, England, told investigators he bought the $2 million stone for $7,000 and two loose diamonds. He picked the Keneleys out of a photo lineup.

Investigators next learned the Keneleys sold the two loose diamonds from Chandi in Los Angeles for $18,000, and peddled the remaining diamonds from Abdalnour’s pouch for $18,000 at a pawn shop in Dana Point, Calif.

Before going to the Caymans, the couple had asked a family friend who worked in the jewelry business, Richard Cullinan, how to sell diamonds they hoped would fetch $1.5 million. Cullinan told them moving “hot” stones would be hard, and helped sell the 10.05 karat diamond for $55,000 to the Gold Rush jewelry store, in the 8100 block of Sahara Avenue.

All told, the rocks netted just $98,000, 3.3 percent of their retail value. The Keneleys gave Cullinan $5,000, paid the note on their GMC Yukon, covered day-to-day expenses and financed the Caymans trip.

Police later recovered about $14,000 in cash from a safe deposit box. Authorities have yet to find the 10.05 karat princess cut diamond, which the Gold Rush said was sold to an unknown party in California.

After they were arrested on Aug. 27, 2009, the Keneleys confessed and wrote letters of apology to Abdalnour, according to court documents.

Cullinan in February pleaded guilty to attempted possession of stolen property, a gross misdemeanor. He was sentenced in August by Judge Valorie Vega to three years probation.

Matt Keneley is free on $50,000 bond. A two-time Academic All-American and starting lineman at the University of Southern California, he was drafted by the New York Giants in 1997 but played only seven NFL games for the San Francisco 49ers in 1999. In 1998 he played for the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League, and in 2001 played for the upstart XFL football league’s Los Angeles Xtreme. His attorney, Tom Pitaro, could not be reached for comment Friday.

Antoinette Keneley was released on her own recognizance. She is listed as a third-grade teacher at John C. Bass Elementary School. A Clark County School District spokesman confirmed she is still employed by the district. Her attorney, Greg Knapp, declined to comment.

Employees of the Spearmint Rhino said Friday they were not authorized to comment.

The couple will be arraigned before District Court Judge James Bixler on Oct. 27.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/a-small-strip-club-stop-nets-huge-loss-for-jewelry-dealer-105094384.html

Free Stripper School!

Do You need stripper school?

Your first answer might be absolutely not!

You’re cute,  you know how to flirt, and you’re pretty confident in your feminine wiles to help you get that cash from that strip club customer, aren’t you?

On the other hand, the economy is in the dumps, and the number of clients is down too.  Add to that the proliferation of strip clubs and growing number of competitors you have and your answer might be “maybe I do need stripper school!”

Now think about the last time you walked out of the club with $80 after tipouts for an 8 hour shift.  You can make that wage in just about any job out there if you can find one.

Is it possible that there are tried and tested methods and systems that work consistently in this business?

You knew there might be some out there…maybe you even bought an ebook once.  You’ve google searched for “stripper school” and seen a blog or retired dancer’s rants…SO WHAT…THAT SUCKS!

You’re looking for real help from real people, nobody in your club wants to share their secrets…where can you find a mentor?  Is there a coach you can hire to come to your club?

Not quite…but its the next best thing!
Rebecca Avalon has been dancing for 10+ years and opened Strip and Grow Rich in 2009.  DancerWealth has been around since 2003 doing live seminars in Las Vegas.  We’ve been mentioned in Playboy Magazine, Time Magazine, and ABC 20/20.

Our mentoring takes place online through short videos and forums.  You don’t just have one  coach, you’ve got hundreds of virtual teammates across the us and the world to help you succeed!

What do you have to lose?  You can checkout Strip and Grow Rich for less than the cost of a single drink!

www.StripandGrowRich.com

The Lodge won Club of the Year Central Division!

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.

This years theme is positive, which fits in perfectly with what we teach in DancerWealth.  Clubs are beginning to recognize that dancers are their MAIN sales engines.  Entertainers who know how to get themselves into the POSITIVE SuperStripperZone make more money everytime they work.  Since DancerWealth is  online 24/7 we are reaching thousands of dancers worldwide!

Another one of the main tenets in DancerWealth is how dancers must build Social Capital  between with vip hosts, cocktail waitresses, security staff and GMs to truly flourish. As discussed in our blog entry entitled Economic Darwinism We think being at this show is going to help owners see another way to significantly increase their club revenues while simultaneously improving working conditions and loyalty with their entertainers.

Preparing for the show is more work than I thought!!  As you can see, the blog entries have become a bit sparse.  I can’t wait to do some blogs FROM the show, so stay tuned for those!!  Much of my time recently has been allocated to creating materials to give out during the show, fun contest ideas, and more!  Be sure to stop by and say hello!

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!!

So back to my “A-ha!!” moment…sometimes it only takes the smallest gesture of gratitude to make someone’s day.  I was having a less than stellar day when I received a text from Lindsay, one of our SuperStripper Bootcamp participants.  It said “Thanks to Strip and Grow Rich I sold 7 Champagne Rooms last night.   I am so glad that I met you and Donovan.  You both have helped me in countless ways.”

It was so simple, but yet so powerful.

Helping women enrich their lives is why we are here: It’s up to you to make the decision to let us

1.  A $5.95 DancerWealth Trial Membership

2. Our $14.95 ebook Step by Step Stripping

3. A Full DancerWealth Membership for $89.10 (enter coupon code 05CA11BA for a 10% discount)