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The Decline in Strip Club Advertising

s275ironman

Detroit

This may or may not be much of a surprise, but it seems that the internet, and more specifically, the rise of social media, has led strip clubs to rely a lot less on using the more traditional methods of advertising to get customers into the clubs.

Every now and then, I will hear a radio advertisement for a strip club. I also will occasinally see a billboard advertisement when traveling to a destination outside of the Detroit area. In regards to radio advertising, I used to hear ads all the time when I was in college. The few years I lived in Wisconsin, I would hear radio ads for the Silk Exotic clubs almost daily. When I moved to the Detroit area, it became a lot less frequent for me to hear club ads on the radio. The first few years I lived in Detroit, there were a decent amount of ads I recall hearing, but not as many as when I lived in Wisconsin, and there have been stretches of maybe 6 months where I would not hear an ad on the radio at all. Lately, any radio advertisements for Detroit clubs have been non-existant, at least on the stations I listen to.

The simple answer probably is websites like TUSCL, as well as clubs maintaining their own Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, has probably led to the decline of radio and billboard ads. However, since I don't get many opportunities to travel across the United States, I am curious if other TUSCL members have noticed a similar decline where they live when it comes to clubs running radio advertisements.