For Workers

This section is designed for woman working in the sex industry whether you be an independent worker or work for an establishment, massage parlor, escort agency or are a street based sex worker. Information listed so far that you can find by navigating the menu boxes to the left include or by hitting on any of the red underlined items below:

    For Workers:

1. Marketing
   

• Forums- goes thru all the ins and outs of advertising on a forum, how to go about it, whats expected and how to negotiate with forum owners
• Photoshoots for websites- everything you need to know about having either a professional or unprofessional photoshoot done
• Business cards - the pros and cons of having them, how to design one, how to give them out and legalitis involved
• Websites - everything you need to know about designing and setting up a website (currently pretty lame so I'm re-writing that one too)

  2.  Safety Issues

• Contact numbers if something should happen
• Ugly Mug Report form and what to do in case you see one
• Stalkers how to spot them and what to do about them
• Time Wasters and nuisance callers, how to spot them and what to do about them
• Drink Spiking, what it is, what drugs are used, how to make sure it doesn't happen to you, what to do if it does
• Caller ID Spoofing, this is where we look at the issue of men being able to change their caller ID so you can't screen them thru their phone number.
  

3.  Your Business

• Business registrations - what is registering for a business, why do it and the different types of registration you can have
• Cost of Business - goes thru the set up costs of becoming a private worker, ongoing costs and pros and cons
• Finding a unit to work from - goes thru how to find a unit, what to look for in a unit, discusses security, negotiating concierges etc
• Legalities of the sex industry - currently information from SWOP but re-writing our own
• Tax - everything you need to know about Tax and the sex industry

4.  Everyday Work

i. Escorting- includes the basics of escorting and the different ways to go about it and things you need to consider depending on where you are going for the booking. Includes info for...

• Escorting to someone's home - this is where we go to the place where someone lives under construction
• Hotel Escort - where we go to a hotel
• Office Jobs - where we go to someone's workplace
• Dinner Bookings - where we meet a client in a restaurant and may only do a dinner booking
• International Bookings - where we go overseas with a client under construction
   
  

• Massage - what guys expect, what's a bodyslide, what massage oil to use and what massage oil not to use, what is an extra, where to do one (bed, table, etc) and the pros and cons of each, half hour jobs versus hour jobs and what guys expect you to fit into that time
• Safe Houses - what you should and shouldn't have on display in your home when a client comes, giving out your homes details to clients (when and how), locks and doors in your home, where your home should be located for safety, security.

Information still to come includes:

1.  update website article in progress

2.  advertising in print media - contact numbers, how to do it, how to make sure your ad is actually being printed, legalities of advertising in print media, how to write and ad and what to put in it

3.  Touring - how to tour, where to tour, what to take, how to organise bookings, pros and cons of pre-booking versus no bookings, how and when to buy arifares, where to stay, networking with other ladies before you go and when you get there, prices involved, what it's actually like to tour

4.  Negotiating with Doctors - how to negotiate with them to get what you need and want. Common bullshit Doctor's will acually tell workers, dealing with judgemental Doctors, Sexual Health Clinics versus GP, what to do if you come across a BAD Doctor

5.  Massage Oil - different types, pros and cons of different types of oil  under construction in Everyday Work - Massage section

6.  Escort Bags - what to pack in your bag if you're doing an escort job  under construction in Everyday Work - Escort section

7. Extended Bookings - suggestions of what you can do and what you should take on extended bookings. Controlling an extended booking, looking after your headspace on extended bookings, deposits

8.  Handling Enquiries - how to handle them, how to respond to phone, text message and email messages, how responsive do you need to be, spotting time wasters, screening for your client market

10.  Overseas Travel - how to do overseas bookings and what's involved

11.  Burn Out - what is it, how do you recognise it, how do you avoid it and what do you do once you're there

12.  and much much more