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A new dancer that just arrived on TUSCL asked for advice before beginning her career. Some of the suggestions she got inspired me to think about this subject:

Customers develop favorite dancers because of a combination of reliability, appearance, personality, and entertainment value. Not necessarily in that order. Every customer has a favorite type of dancer in each of those four categories. The more a customer sees of all four qualities in one dancer, the more likely he/she is to gravitate toward that dancer and become a regular of hers.

Before continuing on, I suggest you review a thread I wrote about the terms, "current favorite," and "all-time favorite." See my suggested definitions and subsequent discussion in: "TERMINOLOGY: ATF vs. CF," posted July 1, 2013:

www.tuscl.net/postread.php?PID=23951

More about each of the four qualities :

RELIABILITY

Early on, most dancers are advised that the best way to make money is to develop regulars: To accomplish that, they are encouraged to create a schedule that they know they can keep. Then you can tell prospective customers, "I'm here on X, Y, and Z days/nights from _:00 p.m. to _:00 p.m." Then customers know they can depend on going to that club when that dancer will be there. The dancer can then develop regulars.

After a dancer has demonstrated she'll be at her club when she says she will, then consistency of how she treats the customer is important. That includes in and out of the lap dance areas. That also includes things like when she says, "I'll be right back," and is actually returns within an expected period of time. Or, if she says, "I'll call you tomorrow," and she does.

APPEARANCE

Several factors come in play here: Body/figure type, age, ethnicity, and basic grooming: Choices of clothes/costumes, hair, make-up. Tattoos and piercings are also part of this. Some customers are very specific and will only seek out limited types of dancers based on their appearance, and others will enjoy several appearance types.

PERSONALITY

Like any woman in general that I might meet, I like a fun, lively, outgoing personality, and a dancer who is attentive to me. It's just like you're sitting with someone and you can tell very quickly whether or not the two of you click with each other. It's really something you just have to experience. There's not a lot about it that can be put into words.

Poise is another personality attribute. How at ease a dancer is, is very important. Most dancers are much younger than their customers, and must feel comfortable out of their own age group to make the customer feel comfortable. I've been amazed at some very young dancers' ability to do this. Some dancers, no matter what their age, don't seem to achieve this.

However, one dancer I've known for seven years now, does not at all have that type of personality at all; she's quiet, introverted, soft-spoken, BUT, I just LOVE the way she treats me in the club. She has great non-verbal skills and personality traits. Her dance style, and "silent charisma" would be the best way to put it, speaks volumes with her demeanor and motions.

ENTERTAINMENT VALUE

Each customer likes certain activities that dancers perform. From the normal, expected lap dancing moves of grinding, caressing by use of certain body parts, and basic sensuality, etc. all the way up to various extras. How a dancer treats her customer while in the club, both on the main floor and in the lap dance area, is critical to developing regulars. And what price the club and/or the dancer charges for these is a factor.

A recent club outing of mine is a good example: My usual club visits are to see specific dancers (my favorites). Occasionally I'll go to a club with the purpose of scouting out new talent, but mostly I go to see my faves. I'm a regular of two different dancers at one club. Less so, a third. I went to see "S" on my recent trip. She is outstanding in all four of the above categories! Also, she gives me a lot of extra time with her at the club. I was with her, alone, for 30 straight minutes, that afternoon, even though I only bought two dances from her. It was a slow afternoon and she texted me, asking me to come in. I told her I would, but I could only get a couple of dances with her. She texted me back that she was fine with that. She just wanted some company. So, I really got my money's worth with her yesterday. Just one example. My other fave at that club also will spend all of her spare time with me. But, I make it a point to see both of them when it's likely to be slow.

So, the more of the above four qualities that a customer sees in one dancer, the more the likelihood that that customer will become a regular of that dancer.