This is a topic that Strip and Grow Rich typically does not address.  Our company’s mission is to help women in the industry who have already made that choice for themselves.  We provide sales training, financial education, and life coaching for exotic dancers, by an exotic dancer.

However, I came across a very well written article in the Huffington Post.  Job Choice: The Dilemma about Becoming a Stripper.  As I delved further into the article, I realized it was written by Stripper Mom, a blogger whose blog I had come across in the past.  Read more... (181 words, 1 image, estimated 43 secs reading time)

When I first saw this article Earn $2000 a night as a Boomtown Stripper  three days ago, I chuckled.

I know better than to believe the urban legend…especially when it’s a mainstream news article.

Then it went viral, and at the time of this writing has over 3,000 shares on Facebook alone.

In the summer of 2008 I was planning a roadtrip through the upper midwest, and Williston was one of my potential stops.  Many of my superstripper friends have made Whispers a stop on their stripper circuit.  So, it’s not the first time I’ve heard about the oil money in western North Dakota.

SuperStripper Bubbles who has worked at the club in Williston posted some very relevant observations on her own blog, titsandsass appropriately tagged under the topic “silly media coverage.”  I agree that the publicity is great for the clubs,  especially since (as I recall) they typically only had about 3-5 dancers on a shift, and each dancer had to commit to a one week booking.  Kudos to Whispers, I’m sure this article will entice at least a few hundred dancers to brave the minus 40 degree weather to live in bumf-ck for a week…only to discover that the urban legend of $2000/night Williston stripper is as real as the urban legend of the $1000/night Vegas stripper.

A part of the Red Tape Chronicles, MSNBC is showcasing what people are doing in this double-dip recession to make ends meet.  If you have set foot into a strip club in the las..oh…4 years, you know that many of the women who work in these establishments have degrees or are using dancing to fund their post-graduate studies.  My biggest comments are bolded and italicized: Carla obviously needs some sales training!

Originally posted at http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/12/7730301-lawyer-turns-topless-dancer-to-pay-the-bills  Read more... (1450 words, 1 image, estimated 5:48 mins reading time)

Stripping: Some of these famous names found it was a stepping stone in their career

1. Anna Nicole Smith
Anna met her octogenarian multi-billionaire husband while working day shift at a Texas strip club called, Gigi’s.

2. Courtney Love
Graced the stage of Jumbo’s Clown Room in Hollywood before she toured the country with her rock band.

3. Channing Tatum
It was discovered that the G.I. Joe star used to shake his money maker when someone (thankfully) posted the AWESOME VIDEO on US Weekly’s website. His stage name: “Chan Crawford” Nice, dude.  Read more... (407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

It’s August.  Just one more month of summer and business will start picking up.  This will be the last installment of the Traveling Dancer Series of articles.  All in all, the best advice I can give any traveling dancer is be prepared…so lets cover the essentials.

WHAT TO BRING  Read more... (1080 words, estimated 4:19 mins reading time)

Last week we discussed whether or not it was “worth it” to travel and dance during the slow season.  Since that article was published I have listened to a lot of conversations both in the dressing room and in online stripper forums and chat rooms.  If you haven’t found them yet, online forums like StripperWeb.com and ExoticDancernet.com are great places to network and communicate with like-minded dancers who are willing to invest their time and money towards improving their skills.  Read more... (794 words, estimated 3:11 mins reading time)

Is your club “dead?”

Regardless of where you strip, I’ll bet your answer is “YES!”   This is especially true in towns where the economy relies heavily on tourism and business travel.  In Phoenix,  every stripper in town will tell you that summers are not just slow….they are non existent.   Inevitably, the conversations in the dressing room then begin to revolve around traveling to another city to work. I’m sure you’ve heard, or participated in one of these conversations:  Read more... (811 words, estimated 3:15 mins reading time)