Free Voicemail

Need free voice mail so you don't give out a personal number?

Many escorts should consider using this option so that his personal number does not come up in online searches using sites like www.Google.com and cost something like a job in the future.
...or even better, getting a separate line for your escort business, it's a sound idea. *wink* Callers tend to actually like talking to someone when they call. (...which I should heed as well. I am so bad about returning voicemail calls.)

Other options I have heard of online that are free (...at least right now.) include www.grandcentral.com, www.laservoicemail.com, www.callvibe.com, (One of the new escort I just helped get online used this option recently.) or www.callinbox.com.

An online voicemail service that I really recommend and liked is www.YouMail.com, (It's a secret to being Brandon Baker.) but it's so not compatible with Sprint without them charging ten cents every time they forward a call. Many other providers do it for free as permanent forwarding. I am sure that's partly because Sprint might just be an agent of the devil.
If you have the option, it's REALLY COOL and I suggest checking it out.
You can leave distinct messages and change them whenever you want. It's the coolest. (I miss having that service.)
I believe www.voicenation.com is similar, but www.YouMail.com is free and WAY COOL!

I have used www.eVoice.com and still do and find that suitable for what I need and want right now which includes a few toll free numbers so that guys can reach me even when it might be difficult. However, they don't have a free plan anymore and it is a little more expensive than I probably need to be paying for that.

I just started using Google Voice and think it's one of the coolest things ever. I just redirect the number online to where ever I want it to go to at that moment. I can change it as often as I like or even have it ring in several places.

Escort Pricing

I feel like escort pricing is getting more competitive.

Today I saw an established escort that in my own opinion spends very quality time with people at $160.00 for the hour.
...that makes me happy and sad at the same time.
I am happy because hello, as Rusty's new PHIERCE license plate frame says, "MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK." (...as opposed to Angel Benton's that reads, MY OTHER RIDE IS YOUR DAD.")
I am sad because that's less money for the boys to take me out on. *wink* I mean, less money stimulating our economy. *wink*

I just cruised the Los Angeles ads and many of the boys are listing a $200.00 - $250.00 price for their time.

I see lots of boys with a strategy that uses an amount less than the hundred. I mean, they are not charging $300.00 and are charging $260.00 or $280.00.

Porn stars usually charge $50.00 to $100.00 more per hour, but usually are the best ones and most fun to negotiate with.

I also see a few boys using the strategy of requiring two hours. It looks like more money at $500 for two hours, but it is more time.
I know I can do a few more loads of damage in two hours than one. *wink*

It's one of our tag lines, "Money can't buy you love, but the rest is negotiable." and many of the boys have options available with time.
...for example, lunchtime appointments may be a little less so that escorts have more time available in the evening to oh, spend with family, let's say.
It's tricky though, so stay away from talking about specific acts and money, remember, it's about time.

Pricing is different in many cities and varies from city to city so keep an eye on local prices for boys and have fun.

Summer Special for Premium Advertising

Attention Escorts:

If you are in Miami or San Francisco, you can take advantage of a special we have on premium advertising. You can get $100.00 off the regular price. We know the economy is hurting, so we have some relief.

Platinum listing makes your ad appear on the first page of the city listings. Usually, that listing is $299.95. (...most escorts make that back in about an hour.) Now they are only $199.95.
Gold means that you are listed on one of the first three pages of listings in the city. Gold ads are usually $199.95. If you bump it up now (Wait for it.) you can get the Gold listing now for only $99.95. Charging $250.00, an escort will make that back in about 24 minutes of time.
You can imagine how much more exposure you get in a city with say, twelve pages of boys.
Classic listings rotate each time someone logs on and cycle through appearing ahead of the last one each time and then back again.

Fuck the Angry Mom

...here's more from "The Dark Side of the Adult World" department.

I heard today of an e-mail that was received from an angry parent.
It sent me into a personal tizzy again. (I really need to stop letting that happen.)
In my own head, I was outraged and pissed off at this parent.
I thought of my own parents reaction when I told them about what I did. (...which was to say, "Well, it's not what I would have chosen for you, but if you are going to do it, I am going to have to try to understand it some more.) THANKS Mom and Dad!
I then try to reason with myself and think of the other person's point of view. It was harder in this case because I am biased. (...and trying not to be, especially when I report.)
...then I keep thinking of how narrow minded this parent was to write a note that reads in part;

What you are doing with my son <...> is against all morals and a disgrace to society.

How can you live with the sins and disgrace that you are causing to all the boys envolved in this explicit pornorography.

This type of recruiting should be against the law <...> others involved in persueding my son to do these disgraceful videos just so that you can envolve young nice looking boys into your sinful world of porn.

This is against all of his values and respect that he was taught to have for himself and his own body. His family is in disgrace over these videos that have been posted on the internet.

This company should be shut down <...>.

Yes, my son in in need of money but this is the most God awful situation that you could possibly allow these young boys to get into just to make a couple of dollars.

I'm sure others along with his family will agree to taking whatever action is needed to stop this recruiting of young boys where you are offering them money to distroy there lives and reputation now and for the rest of their lives.

I'm sure the press and others would also like to know what is actually going on on the internet.

You should be assamed and so should everyone involved.

Respectfully Submitted,

<...>

Did she say "respectfully?" Really? Fuck that.

I am disgusted by this letter.

Everyone makes their own choices with the exception of a few isolated incidents that are certainly not the case here.

The performer contacted the company and of his own will engaged in filming.

No one forced anyone to do anything, and legally pursued his own options in his performance.

Cases like this happen here and there, but it floors me that an adult parent would send something like this. Yuck.

Some of the things I always tell new porn stars and escorts are;

"If you think no one will find out about this, you are only fooling yourself."

"The minute photos go up online, they are there for good."

"Prepare yourself for when the people you don't want to find out about it, find out about it. It's gonna happen, hot stuff."

Recently I battled with my own, "What the fuck am I doing?" issue, but this is too much for me to handle.

...after sorting that out with close friends and myself, I know I speak for more than just myself when I say I hope that this performer is proud of sharing his beautiful body and his talents with the world.

Blackmailing a John

I like this news story about a female escort using blackmail to extort money from a client only because I don't approve of a situation like that at all.
http://www.spreadmagazine.org/blog/?p=437
...that's really trashy and I think escorts should understand that it's something they should do and should expect to keep some secrets.
It's like a twisted witness protection program, some people just need to experience time with escorts as an outlet for "whatever." (...there are many reasons people hire escorts.)
I was dismayed to hear that someone would blackmail a client like this case.
I hope that her small punishment reminds her that's not appropriate.

Cory Koons on Getting Started in the Sex Industry

One of the city’s top escorts reveals how to get started in the sex trade.
By Brian Moylan

Check out Cory Koons slick answers about what it's like to be an escort. I am very impressed. He's got some clever answers.

Personally, I am growing more and more leery of Craigslist. I think there is more negative attention on it and it's tripping up more boys. One of my close friends recently told me that he wasn't getting too many responses on the main escort sites, but that he was getting tons of response from Craigslist. There are totally times when an escort may have to resort to that and it's just like any other tool in just about any trade. ...managing it right is the key. I want to keep an eye on Craigslist.

Cory's idea to BE A FIRST RESPONDER is cute. I can't agree more. I totally find that the more time you spend on the phone, the less likely the client is to book. I think that is one do the best thoughts I have heard in awhile and simply agree 100%. WELL SAID!

His number 4 and 5 are something that deserves credit too.
I think any top notch escort has to keep those items in mind. PUT UP BOUNDARIES and KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME are priceless in this profession. He mentioned the psychological backlash. When I first started in this game, I thought, "I am not like other escorts, I can handle this." and though I think I fared well, I sure am just like other escorts and am dealing with many aspects of the psychological backlash that I thought I would skip over like a giddy schoolboy on the playground. I didn't skip over them, I tripped and fell right into them. ARGH!

I absolutely adore his comment that he does not take calls during dinner. He said, "Dinner will always be served, goddamit; then I'll turn my tricks." Fierce. ...that's even cuter because at HustlaBall New York, he did a strip show where he dressed as a cook and served a cake that got all crazy hot with the cake and licking it out of body parts. HOT! (See more of that event HERE.) ...with Cory, it seems more than just dinner will be served.

Escort Valentine's Day Interviews

Here are some Valentine's Day interviews that were published in a few publications across the world this past international day of love.

I like Rusty's interview (...some say I am biased.) but I have to hand to to London Boy Pete as well, his answers were FABULOUS! He makes me laugh.
Kevin Slater is always someone we can count on, thank goodness and I have always had an eye for Adam Issac.

I love the first question, "Jennifer Lopez's love don't cost a thing. Why does yours?" (Kevin's answer was SUPER in my opinion.)

Angel and I have a new escort interview website looming on the horizon, stay tuned for that. (...and keep on him, you know how he procrastinates. *wink* JUST KIDDING! It's me that is the one who is always saying, "Later." not him. He's the complete opposite. I just like to pick on him.)

Miami Escorts

I always hate to hear things like this, but if you are in or around Miami, the escort alert is on high. (I hope the boys aren't.)

Smokey the Bear has the forest fire alerts. (Does David Forest have the same alert?)
"Amber Alert!" belongs to the US Department of Justice. (What about Andrew Justice?)
Homeland Security hails the "National Threat Advisory" alerts, so we need one too.

This was addressed to the southern Florida rentboy.com contingent, but the rules apply to everyone all over the world.

Hipster RentBoy's

CLICK HERE for the "Hipster RentBoy's" in the news. ...as in the New York Observer news, that's hot!

"WANTED LIST"

Wow, I had a few friends tell me about this new feature on www.Men4RentNow.com.


It's like "Priceline" for escorts.
Basically, clients post what they "want" and are willing to pay and escorts can contact them.

See what other people have to say about it HERE.

NEWS: AVN :: Gay Prostitution Arrests Lead to Outrage in NYC

AVN :: Gay Prostitution Arrests Lead to Outrage in NYC:

This part is just odd:

"Gay City News also pointed out that although it is possible an alarming rate of prostitution occurs in and around gay adult stores, it's statistically unlikely the men who were arrested are prostitutes. Most of them were between the ages of 42 and 54, and several were from out of state. How likely is it that Californians, Virginians and Europeans would travel all the way to New York to sell themselves when they could do so more conveniently and profitably at home?"

NEWS: Boy George Admits to Handcuffing Escort

Travel Ads on www.rentboy.com

Occasionally, I mention travel ads on www.rentboy.com. Here is what I just sent of to a new advertiser about how they work.

-----Original Message-----
hey i had a ? i am going to be in AZ for a week but i want to keep my AD here in LA do i need to buy a 2nd ADs or can i have 2 location on my one AD ?

-----My Reply Message-----
Hey there,

I know what you mean. Good question. It happens often and we have a fierce system for when escorts travel.
The way that works is that you can create a travel ad for as little as 5 days in the city you are traveling to.
Travel ads start at only 1.28 a day in cities like Phoenix so it's really inexpensive. (...for 5 days the cost in Arizona (6.40) would be what you would make in just under 2 minutes at 250.00 an hour. HOT!)
You leave your regular ad in your main city, Los Angeles, and create an additional ad for the travel city.
We do it that way because you probably want your main ad to stay in case someone is looking for an escort next week; clients that plan ahead generally mean a better type of business for escorts. Just go to your ads and click [COPY DATA TO NEW AD]. Basically, that says, "Take all the same information and copy it to a new ad."
After that you just place it in a different city. You can even alter it separately to add something like, "VISITING FOR THE WEEKEND" which I suggest because when you a novelty in a new city, people tend to think, "I should hire him tonight because he won't be here soon."
In a city where you constantly advertise, it's too easy for a client to think, "I'll do it next week when I have more money." or something like that. I highly suggest travel ads as a way to increase business.

You CAN change the city on your ad, but only from a top level city like Los Angeles to a city that costs less.
You are lucky because Los Angeles is a top city and any other city is less.
The tricky part on that is that you can't go back to the higher priced city without paying again once you leave the higher priced city, so while you physically CAN change cities, it's much better for quite a few reasons to create a travel ad.
In other words, you can move in and out of cities with one ad if you pay for the most expensive one and stay in that city.
The disadvantage of this way is that you won't have an ad in L.A. if you change the location. You stand to miss out on a client that is looking for later on and you never know, that might be the biggest client of your life especially being in Los Angeles. *wink*

If you have any more questions, just let me know.
Have fun in Arizona.

Thanks.
Brandon Baker

ABC News: Miami Vice: Inside 'John Stings' and Escort Stings

Here is one more very interesting article about "Stings" and escorts.

ABC News: Miami Vice: Inside 'John Stings' and Escort Stings

What's interesting to me?

• "They also look at our teeth, and if we have most of them, they know that we're cops anyway," another decoy officer explained. "So we try to distract them with other things."
• After a john pulls over and names an act and a price, the decoy signals the teams of cops who then arrest the johns.
• The FBI and Miami vice asked us not to report on all of the sting procedures to preserve the confidentiality of the operation.
• Soon after, a second woman arrived. She was 23, and after entering the room she seemed to survey it, even going into the bathroom. "They are looking for obvious signs of police presence," Sullivan said. "Their main concern is getting arrested. They will look for monitoring equipment, anything that says police."
• After she agreed to the act and accepted money, she was taken out of the room by police wearing just underwear. The undercover officers searched her clothing, as procedure, for contraband, or weapons.

Hollywood Celebrities & Male Escorts

I don't know how "Discrete" it is if I am reading about it on the Internet, but he's a story that pertains to the gay, male, sex world.
CLICK HERE

Southern Florida Police Calls

We have heard of several calls (...more than just one or two.) from the Miami area that we have this to say about:

Dear Rentboy advertisers in Southern Florida,

Someone claiming to be a police officer is calling escorts and masseurs in the Miami area, warning escorts about a police investigation. It is not clear that these calls are from a “real” police officer—they may be fake; it may be a crank call or a person trying to scare escorts, we do not know. We have not heard of a single arrest in the Miami area.

It is illegal to impersonate a police officer. If you get a call from a person claiming to be a police officer, you should ask for his or her badge number and telephone number, so that you can verify if the caller is real.

In the eyes of the law, escorting is legal, as long as you are selling your TIME only. It is illegal to offer sexual acts in exchange for money, so do not offer to perform sexual acts for money on the phone or in your ad if you want to prevent police attention or entrapment.

Thank you and be safe!

Sean Van Sant

sean@rentboy.com

New York City

"Why isn't my phone ringing off the hook?"

I saw a question in my email box today that I get asked often and here is my answer.

...which as Lavar Burton in "Reading Rainbow" used to say, "Of course, you don't have to take my word for it."
It's a good question, and I get it often.

Q. Geez... why isn't my phone ringing off the hook? Is my profile not raunchy enough?
A. Do you want "raunchy" clients? *wink* [after reading his text] Your text is going to attract a higher caliber of person if I may say so myself. As with many other things in life, be patient my dear.
If you are worried about quantity of clients versus quality, which there are times when you might want to and need to be, I understand that of course, I suggest you create another ad with different photos, and a different name and take those calls separately.
You can see then how many people call for each "person" and adjust your next months advertising that way.

Top 10 RentBoy Cities

1. Manhattan 367
2. Los Angeles 198
3. San Francisco 95
4. Miami 83
5. Ft. Lauderdale 79
6. Washington DC 64
7. Las Vegas 58
8. Chicago 52
9. Boston 43
10. Atlanta 40

11. Orlando 28
12. Dallas 25
13. San Diego 25
14. Orange County 23
15. Seattle 21

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UnZipped Escorting Article - Part II

The August Unzipped Magazine also has these humorous, yet fully functional and important "20 Commandments of Sex for Hire."
I don't like the word choices in the headline, because that's not what escorts are selling, they are selling blocks of time.
The ideas contained are good though even if they are Moses' or mine.