sending notes

[Barry]

Welcome to the Message Center Mike. I, for one and happy to have your input.

 

And.....long time no see. :9

 

Barry

[Guest MikeConway]

Its nice to be back, life had side tracked me for awhile........I am sure soon, the guys will say, not another Mike posting:)

[Houston Bonfires]

You'll never hear that "Oh no, another Mike posting." Your fans (myself included) are most happy to have you here. You're spiffy.

[Guest MikeConway]

Mike who???Lafff Thanks Houston!

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Slash of the year finalist

 

> Who knew a Hallmark card was really what it's all about?

 

Poor Jake -- reamed for an old picture and reamed for old fashioned manners. His eyes are that pretty but I doubt he remembers the circumstances under which we met and I am too old fashioned myself to "kiss and tell" -- at least until I finish my memoirs.

 

I personally ask clients if I may put them on a my buddy list and as a matter of course I politely follow-up with prospects who seemed geniuinely interested. I just spent two hours on line doing what I call client service: I linked a former client in SF who has spent time with me here in LA recently with Devon's diary, not to refer him a client (nice nipples but you need more hair on that chest for my guys) but in hopes he might get some of the visceral thrills he gets asking me about my "work day" through Devon than through me. I chatted with two prospects, both of whom didn't have the money but that didn't keep me from being couteous and polite. I just exchanged emails with Bilbo -- I am not as old as I thought apparently, compared to the rest of the guys here, but I started escorting when it was all done through land lines, no one had caller IDs or cell phones and the internet was a tool for academics and the military. San Francisco is a very small town for a big city and I would always acknowledge a client in public, speak if it was called for, but the thanking all happened in PERSON, as Rick states.

 

In my opinion, email is actually good for this. It simply requires some patience and practice to develop good habits. I follow up with clients, I enjoy receiving their notes and respond very promptly. Even clients who are not expected to return soon, I follow up with new photographs, answer their questions, say hello.

 

Yes, they have hired me for my time and my talents and they have received those but unless my guys are generous with their compliments to others which always has the possibility to leading to a new client. In any event, as a morale booster, even for a guy who finds himself on top, a good word is always appeciated and the karma, as Jake points out, inherent in treating others the way you wish to be treated, is boundless.

 

>Can you just imagine a line of greeting cards for escorts and clients?

>Too funny! For those incall clients, we could have a card ready to hand to the client as they leave. "Thanks for your

>money, you're such a honey and I promise not to tell the wife that you're leading a double life!"}>

>

>JEFF - jeff4hire@aol.com

 

GREAT IDEA! Let's get our people to talk to Wet International for underwriting.... or maybe Rosie O'D. Then she and Tom C. will really have something in common.

[Guest Thunderbuns]

RE: Slash of the year finalist

 

>> Who knew a Hallmark card was really what it's all about?

>

>Poor Jake -- reamed for an old picture and reamed for old

>fashioned manners. His eyes are that pretty but I doubt he

>remembers the circumstances under which we met and I am too

>old fashioned myself to "kiss and tell" -- at least until I

>finish my memoirs.

 

Don't you just love the new members who join this site (as in Mar 20/02) and then think they have to make their own personal comment on EVERY old post from the past 4 weeks? Yawn!

 

By all means, join in on new business - but can't we let the old stuff sleep in peace?

 

Thunderbuns

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Old Post - New Members

 

Don't read them. I know I can be but didn't believe I was being THAT dominant or forceful ....

[Rick Munroe]

RE: Slash of the year finalist

 

>By all means, join in on new business - but can't we let the

>old stuff sleep in peace?

 

Thunderbuns, I love ya & normally I'd agree, but DiSantis is different. His posts are a joy to digest & if he goes back to old threads to add his 2 cents, as far as I'm concerned, that just gives us more chances to read his juicy & thoughtful stuff.

 

He's giving my posts a run for their money & I love the inspiration he gives me to stay in top shape in the Message Center. I've never read another escort poster who had a better mix of sexy & smart...oh, except me, of course.

[chrismac]

>Could this also be a geographic thing? Are any of the client

>posters who are so interested in a note writing from the

>midwest or the Bible belt?

>Bilbo (from Houston, the buckle on the Bible belt)

 

The first time an escort ever wrote me an email after our meeting was Steven in Portland (originally from Chicago). We had a genuinely nice time (he even walked out forgetting to take his money, and we caught each other on the porch - we were both embarrassed :-)).

 

I have sent emails to a couple of others when I felt we "clicked" more than normal - and I think all of them responded, some better than others (some said, "Thanks, I had a good time too", others were more descriptive).

 

But to Bilbo's point, having lived in the South for several years myself, I think geography and the way people are raised may have something to do with it. Remember the pain of having to send thank you notes as a kid to your relatives after gift-giving holidays? Ugh - but it pays off later in life, especially in business.

 

If the email is (seems) spontaneous, genuine, and sincere the escort goes up in my estimation - and all other things being equal - is more likely to see me again. It may be marketing, or it may be upbringing. Either way, etiquette is seldom unappreciated.

 

I think I've read a post or two here from escorts, however, that state a legitimate concern for a client's state of mind in not wanting to send the wrong or mixed messages about deeper feelings between an escort and client.

[Guest LiLBlondBoy]

That depends on the escort I assume, I suppose some do not have time due to other escorting and non escorting obligations (school, other job, personal responsibilities, lovers etc...)

with me, it depends on the letters , if it is kept reasonable , I love to chat back and forth with a client, but sometimes the emails get too long, too detailed, and too often , am I am forced with a decision of trying to reply to a 10page letter properly addressing all questions /statements etc,,,(which takes a lot of time when you type as slow as i do!)

or just cutting it short, which may be mistaken as being rude.

But, I have found that many clients don't want to be contacted unless they wish to see the escort, in which case friendlyness can be mistaken as "pesky"

Though it sounds to me it is clear that you'd like to chat with them, even outside the profesional atmosphere so to speak.

Personally , I like to hear back from clients after meeting, it is a great way to get feedback, get to know your client, and increase the fun for all involved when we meet again!

 

Chris

 

 

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[+ Charlie]

Rex Brant sent me an email with a photo of me with my nose in his ass. Now that's a classy bread-and-butter note!

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Communication

 

>Bottom line, the thank you note opened a new line of

>communication which has led to a neat friendship. So a

>thank-you note has it's place in this "transaction", in my

>opinion.

 

In fairness to other escorts, I think it really depends on the time constraints on them. Just as I do not understand what the Twink Hos do with the money they earn and I often balance their checkbooks, I also do not understand how people cannot manage their time. But this is not to present myself as superior, as I just slept for three hours this evening when I could have been seeing clients and now, at nearly 2 a.m., here I am posting on this board.

 

This weekend, I am having drinks with a client without any commitment on either part of us to meet otherwise, another client took me out to dinner, his treat, but again it was simply to speak and catch up and I have both e-mailed and spoken to other clients here in Palm Springs. It both makes good business sense and is simple common courtesy. Every client I have telephoned, I asked first if I could do on my return. Some made it fairly clear that they did not want to hear from me, others were pleased.

 

Will any of this be profitable to me in the long run? I honestly do not think so, but I feel I am treated with respect by these gentlemen and wish to do so in return.

[Guest UNCDUB99]

Hey... I actually sent a Thank You to a client last week for the first time... In Raleigh, where I work, the clientele is generally cheap, greedy, and inconsiderate. I stress generally, though, some of my clients are incredible. I felt so moved though, after an evening with one gentleman, who was just that, in eevery sense of the word. I couldn't NOT send him a not, because I really enjoyed him... I felt it was my duty to let hime know...

[Guest Blink]

I always give my e-mail address to escorts I enjoyed with so they can profess thier undying affection and admiration.

 

:-)

 

This is actually not necessary but if you are a service provider, this is good customer service.

[Chuck50]

I love it but guess we had to get this from the Bottom of the PIle HUGS Chuck

[Guest Dash]

.... to send or not to send. It's a matter of personal style (for the escort or client) - just be genuine about it.

 

However, my new pet peeve is this escort who has me on his mail list providing updates on his every move. (It's always the ones you 'don't' want to hear from). Yes, I've asked to be removed and "he's getting to it... " }>

[BuckyXTC]

Since every single escort I've hired to date has worked for an agency, this pretty much precludes them sending a note following a session, and pretty much precludes me from doing the same. In one rare instance, with an escort who stopped escorting, we had shared email information and now we're in touch all the time, the best of friends.

 

In my situation, hiring agency escorts, I may anticipate a really good time with an escort who has good reviews here, and I may give them a little "happy to meet you" gift, like a small bottle of my favorite cologne (Armani Acqua di Gio or Issey Miyake) at the start of our first meeting. I haven't done that in every situation, but when I have, it has tended to be a nice way of breaking the ice and letting them know I'm happy to have the opportunity to be with them.

[Guest eriktokyo]

I am very happy to have notes from a client. I think more people should go old-fashioned. I always send notes for holidays to the professionals in my life: doctors, dentists, lawyers...

 

Erik Tokyo

- happy to serve

escort@tokyo.com

;-)