New to this

[splendidpup]

Hi, I recently started escorting in the Los Angeles area and just wanted to know what is the best way to advertise? Are print ads better than Internet ads? Can you let me know which websites have generated the most responses for you?

 

Thanks,

Ben

[Prime Muscle]

When a new product is introduced at the grocery store they usually give away free samples.

 

Where ever you decide to advertise, I recommend including a picture and your stats.

[kjun]

Free Sample! Wow, I'll go anywhere to take you up on that.}(

 

the Cajun

[eastbayguy]

>When a new product is introduced at the grocery store they

>usually give away free samples.

 

Tracking down a noted and respected reviewer here for a freebie in exchange for a review might be a good starting point. Whatever advertising media you choose, you do have an awful lot of sessions before someone writes a review.

 

Practically every other product category does this, so why not escorts?

 

--EBG

 

P. S. I will be in LA soon and would gladly participate.

[Epigonos]

I'm not an escort but here are a few ideas:

 

1. Post on the following two sites:

http://www.rentboy.com

http://www.men4rentnow.com

 

2. You will probably be better off using the internet -- better

class of clients.

 

3. Try to meet some escorts in your area using the above two web

site. Take them out to lunch and pick their brains. Kristen in

West Hollywood is really a nice guy and might be willing to give

you some pointers. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

 

3 Definitely get some GOOD photos taken of yourself preferably by

a pro. Potential clients will often judge you by the caliber of

your photos and text in adds.

 

4. Regarding how much to show in your photos -- do what you are

comfortable with for now. You can always add or change them

later

 

5. With clients try to be the most outstanding sexual partner they

have ever experienced and then afterwards encourage them to

write a review and post it on this site.

 

Good luck, have fun and happy holidays.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

A Los Angeles Escort Answers

 

Most of the very well reviewed escorts on this site have advertise or do advertise on a regular or at least occassional basis in Frontiers. For better or worse, it is the gold standard of how clients find escorts and how escorts can build their business in this city.

 

That said, there are a few caveats. If you are actually in the far west or eastern edges of the Valley, or say Pasadena or San Gabriel, or in the South Bay, you might get a better response on the web or on line.

 

Assuming you are escorting full time or have a fairly flexible schedule, an on line presence via a profile and visits to AOL chat rooms is also a good way to meet clients.

 

The "class" of clients is hard to predict. I find you can get an extremely good quality of clients from AOL chat rooms as from an ad in a newspaper as from a web site.

 

Frankly, in my opinion, Men 4 Rent Now is a waste of money in the Los Angeles/Southern California market, particularly if you do not expect or desire to travel at your own expense. Rent Boy, depending on your stats, build, preferences, etc., might be a viable option and is definitely a good marketing tool for Los Angeles, but there are a number of very successfull escorts in this city who never do and never have advertised on this site. Both of them charge and unless you intend to spend a lot of money on promotion, a newspaper ad in Frontiers will get you the most bang for your buck.

 

Finally, two other thoughts. No escort should ever offer any client a freebie in exchange for a review, positive or otherwise. I am surprise that any client would consider a review reliable when it was scheduled on such a quid-pro-quo basis.

 

To get good reviews, you should be attentive to what the clients want and expect, you should be considerate and remember that you are providing a necessary service but that a service provider, first and foremost, must be concientious and client driven. In any event, irregardless of what a client may ask, you should remain true to whatever your own standards are respecting your health, welfare and wellbeing. No amount of money is worth endangering any of those things.

 

Secondly, meeting other escorts, especially escorts your own age, build, etc., and asking them for advice is definitely a good idea. It gives you a group of people who can appreciate what you are going through and who can give practical advice, offer suggestions and solutions and otherwise be there when other friends may not understand or be willing to listen.

 

Good luck.

[Hot Muscle Jock]

Hey Ben. I'm an escort in LA. When I started, I had a hundred questions. I'd be happy to chat with you. Feel free to give me a call if you'd like to.

 

Todd

323-632-1801

HotMuscleJockLA@yahoo.com

 

http://www.male4malescorts.com/reviews/toddla.html

[splendidpup]

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses. I will be trying nearly all your suggestions and I hope to succeed at this. I guess I should clarify, though. Though I am new at escorting in Los Angeles, I'm not entirely free of escorting experience. In fact, I have been lucky enough to have already been reviewed(thank God it was a postive one); you can view it here http://www.male4malescorts.com/reviews/benla.html

To those who have offered to meet with me to offer some advice, I will contact you soon to take you up on your offer.

Again, thank you.

Ben

[+ Lucky]

RE: A Los Angeles Escort Answers

 

Most of the very well reviewed escorts on this site have advertise or do advertise on a regular or at least occassional basis in Frontiers. For better or worse, it is the gold standard of how clients find escorts and how escorts can build their business in this city.

 

That said, there are a few caveats. If you are actually in the far west or eastern edges of the Valley, or say Pasadena or San Gabriel, or in the South Bay, you might get a better response on the web or on line.

 

Assuming you are escorting full time or have a fairly flexible schedule, an on line presence via a profile and visits to AOL chat rooms is also a good way to meet clients.

 

The "class" of clients is hard to predict. I find you can get an extremely good quality of clients from AOL chat rooms as from an ad in a newspaper as from a web site.

 

Frankly, in my opinion, Men 4 Rent Now is a waste of money in the Los Angeles/Southern California market, particularly if you do not expect or desire to travel at your own expense. Rent Boy, depending on your stats, build, preferences, etc., might be a viable option and is definitely a good marketing tool for Los Angeles, but there are a number of very successfull escorts in this city who never do and never have advertised on this site. Both of them charge and unless you intend to spend a lot of money on promotion, a newspaper ad in Frontiers will get you the most bang for your buck.

 

Finally, two other thoughts. No escort should ever offer any client a freebie in exchange for a review, positive or otherwise. I am surprise that any client would consider a review reliable when it was scheduled on such a quid-pro-quo basis.

 

To get good reviews, you should be attentive to what the clients want and expect, you should be considerate and remember that you are providing a necessary service but that a service provider, first and foremost, must be concientious and client driven. In any event, irregardless of what a client may ask, you should remain true to whatever your own standards are respecting your health, welfare and wellbeing. No amount of money is worth endangering any of those things.

 

Secondly, meeting other escorts, especially escorts your own age, build, etc., and asking them for advice is definitely a good idea. It gives you a group of people who can appreciate what you are going through and who can give practical advice, offer suggestions and solutions and otherwise be there when other friends may not understand or be willing to listen.

 

Good luck.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Et tu, Lucky

 

>For better or worse

>

>there are a few caveats

>

>Assuming

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>hard to predict

>

>Frankly

 

>definitely

>

>bang

>

>quid-pro-quo

 

 

True words were never spoken, lover. I could not have said it better myself . . . .

[bigguyinpasadena]

Splendidpup,keep a lookout in the lounge section for the next Hooville LA meeting,and let us treat you to a nice dinner.

It will get you a lot of milage on this board and others.

[BgMstr4u]

Ben -- I looked at your review, and it was positive. May I make a few suggestions?

 

PICTURE: You need one. A lot of guys will automatically filter you out if you don't post one.

 

FIRST TIME REVIEW: A number of escorts seem to arrange to have reviews written for them -- or write them themselves. First time reviews are not automatically suspect, but there is a cachet to a reviewer who has posted reliably and accurately over time.

 

INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY: Get yourself a website or at least a web page that will allow you to present yourself as you would like, and which will answer the standard questions: what will you do, where will you do it (especially important in Southern California, which is so vast!), what will it cost, special interests and abilities, whatever you have that's unique, and finally, and most important, a picture, or better(!), pictures. This will save you and your potential clients a lot of time and bother, and will filter those who might be initially interested, but for whom you are not really a fit. And get an aol account with a screen name linking you to your other media names, e.g., the one here. I know there's a lot of prejudice against aol, but it's the biggest game in town by far.

 

HANG OUT HERE: Careers have been made, lives have been changed, by HooBoy. Why, Rick Munroe and Benjamin Nicholas practically live here, and we're so glad they do!!! Their great personalities do a lot to attract people to them. You too can greet and meet on Great HooBoy Street.

 

Good luck!

[Muscle Lover]

How reliable is Frontiers?

[Guest Adono]

>How reliable is Frontiers?

 

It's not at all reliable, it's just many classified ads. Use it as a starting point, not as something that has in any way been screened or checked.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Reliable

 

>>How reliable is Frontiers?

>

>It's not at all reliable, it's just many classified ads. Use

>it as a starting point, not as something that has in any way

>been screened or checked.

 

Again, this is one of those classic, it depends questions. Reliable in what terms?

 

Frontiers is very reliable in one important way that many clients comment on all over this site: is the guy still escorting and is he available. Additionally, there are a number of clients who have never heard of this site and who will not ever spend some of the time and effort to research and consider escortings beyond skimming through some classified ads. Finally, Frontiers probably has many more ads as most of the very large on line listings might have for this area; a large percentage are photographs.

 

And I say this as an escort who does not advertise in this newspaper.

 

Now, if you are asking reliable as in the quality or the responsiveness of the escorts, well that again is as hit and miss as any other source, including this one. There are any number of clients who frequently post on here about how a "well reviewed, well liked" escort from this site has not responded to there e-mails or replied to their inquiries. There are also any number of clients who have commented on the reliability of escorts with only a few reviews, with only a small number of reviews - most from first time reviewers. Finally, there are also clients who have commented on the reliability of an escort's photographs.

 

I would think any sensible client would do a "D&B" quality amount of research on any escort they contemplate hiring, although I know from experience some simply limit their effort to the "spin a globe and see where the finger lands" test. There are a number of good, common-sense suggestions on this Message Center, from clients and escorts, on how to find your first or a good escort. And, by no means do I suggest that the reviews on this site are not an excellent source and perhaps even the best starting point. But finding six hot twinks with five plus positive reviews under the Southern California listings is no guarantee that those six guys are (a) still escorting; (b) still as described, and so forth.

 

Reliable? Find a few you like, ask them if they have a web site where you can view recent and accurate, representative photographs and, if they have reviews. Confirm what you expect from them and that they are willing and able to deliver same. Then you have some reliable expectation that you may get everything you hope for and expect from the experience.

[Guest ncm2169]

Welcome, Ben.

 

All of the advice is good, and as noted, you have to sort through it and see what works for you. The one message you should pay attention to is: get some pics. Choose the best one that suits your advertising needs, and send it in to Hooboy (his email addy can be found on this site). He will add it to your Review profile. If it includes your face, and if it's a hot pic, and if it's your lucky day, you could be Coverboy. I guarantee you that will work well for you. }(

 

Good Luck!!

[taylorky]

RE: Reliable

 

>I would think any sensible client would do a "D&B" quality

>amount of research on any escort they contemplate hiring,

>

>

 

WHOA ....dunn and bradstreet will include escorts........aahhh the 21st century.