El Brujo Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Early next year I'm scheduled to start a new job as an event host. This is due in no small part to the fact that there's nobody doing this within 30 miles of where I live, let alone more than once every couple of months... so basically I'll have a whole area all to myself. I've made a list of good local places, even met most of the managers. Yes, some of the events I'll be hosting will be for singles (both mainstream and niche), but right now it's a citywide chess club which is waiting for me to start hosting. Imagine how I felt when the guy who turned me on to hosting, told me all I need to get into it is a laptop (duh), some nice clothes, a couple of locations for my events, and the energy to do 2 or 3 of those events a night... before he retired, he was hosting fancy ballrooms to the tune of $7k a night. He said I'll meet plenty of women. So... I'm looking forward to the fatter paychecks (3 to 5x what my crummy clerical job pays), and in that situation, OLD pretty much becomes an asterisk. The women who are still on OLD waiting for Prince Charming to pick them, are missing out. Oh sure... people online can bad-mouth me and my events all they want, but what about when I start getting over 300 RSVPs a pop? Kind of hard to sabotage that. 1
charlietheginger Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Doubt you will get 300rsvps Sites like meetup and pof Have free event meetups
SmileFace Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Doubt you will get 300rsvps Sites like meetup and pof Have free event meetups Actually don't isn't always true. It depends on your location and your targeted clientele. However I am from a big city and know some pretty successful hosts. You have to have the attitude for it. My friend is thinking about hosting one. However we won't make money in our area so we are thinking of making it niche event so it isn't like a party of friends. She will market - I will cater/bartend. We are more doing it for ****s and googles but seems like a legit side hustle starting off.
Author El Brujo Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 Besides, everyone and their grandfather has done events that have alcohol. There are a lot of people who don't go to events where alcohol is served. That is a whole untapped demographic... not everyone who's single and looking, likes to drink.
ooglesnboogles Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 And if you don't like to drink, I can assure you almost every drinker in the place is gonna ask "So, you don't drink? Why not?" I know from experience =P For those who now want to ask me, I don't find any interest in it. I haven't shut the door, I just don't see anything inside that room that looks appealing, aside from maybe becoming a connoisseur of old whiskeys or something.
MrCastle Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 And if you don't like to drink, I can assure you almost every drinker in the place is gonna ask "So, you don't drink? Why not?" I know from experience =P For those who now want to ask me, I don't find any interest in it. I haven't shut the door, I just don't see anything inside that room that looks appealing, aside from maybe becoming a connoisseur of old whiskeys or something. I'm not into drinking and I'm 25 and in college. I just don't get it. Meh. 2
Radu Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Good luck Brujo, i hope it works. I've been a wallflower at parties all my life; recently i've started analyzing them, learning them and such ... if you are ok with it, keep us up to date.
Author El Brujo Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Let's see... Long Beach is about 15 miles from me... San Fernando Valley is about 10... the Eastside is about 10 miles inland... and nobody else has any singles events slated within that 250 square mile area... so yeah, that's a lot of territory I'll pretty much have all to myself. SmileFace: bull's-eye about the niche thing. I notice the speed dating companies don't have a category for "big and tall singles"... and I KNOW giants and fat people get lonely. BTW MrCastle... what's not to get about drinking? A lot of people swear to me there's nothing more fun than chugging a beverage which tastes like diesel, then ending the evening face-down in a puddle of one's own vomit. Edited December 23, 2012 by El Brujo
ooglesnboogles Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 My old roommate used to end the evening by waking up and puking into a plastic bag... Multiple times it had holes in it. Ah, that's a fun way to wake up: With a dorm room that reeks of weed, day old alcohol, piss (I didn't ask), and yesterday's cafeteria lunch...
edgygirl Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 I never really got the concept of hosts, how does it work? You get money from the venue owner or the person who is financing a party depending on how many people show up? How much usually a host gets per attendee?
grkBoy Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Good luck! I like that you're trying something new.
SmileFace Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 Besides, everyone and their grandfather has done events that have alcohol. There are a lot of people who don't go to events where alcohol is served. That is a whole untapped demographic... not everyone who's single and looking, likes to drink. Was this some how a response to me?
ls32ssibm Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Sounds like your biggest competition would be the new Match Stir events. I've heard they are getting great turnout. You may want to eavesdrop on their event schedules and plan accordingly.
Author El Brujo Posted December 24, 2012 Author Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) The sponsoring companies let you choose the themes you want to host: African-American singles, Jewish singles, LGBT singles, Professional singles (whatever that's supposed to mean), and a few other set categories. The solution is to go freelance while you're still hosting events for the sponsoring companies, and do the themes they don't offer. Through the years, I've noticed that a lot of dating outfits cater to singles who want to feel "professional", "successful", "elite", etc etc... so I thought, why not think in 180-degree terms and cater to "failures"? (my divorced friend thought this was a hilarious idea.) Since OLD made it big, it created a new problem: singles with a "warehouse mentality", i.e., going profile-shopping for a man or woman who has the traits you want in a partner, like going to a car dealership and looking for a car that has the options you want. Naturally, I took that "problem" and saw an opportunity in it, which I call "deadpan dating"... you get a whole bunch of picky singles together who have laundry lists and let them check each other out (instead of trying to shut them out of the group). No dating service-sponsored company would do that, but I'm just nutty enough to want to make it happen. Hey, they thought Marconi was off his rocker for saying he could send messages through the air without using wires... Edited December 24, 2012 by El Brujo
edgygirl Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 omg, let me know when you have that party for divorced Jewish singles with laundry lists. Please! I'll even fly to LA!
Author El Brujo Posted December 24, 2012 Author Posted December 24, 2012 omg, let me know when you have that party for divorced Jewish singles with laundry lists. Please! I'll even fly to LA! Better yet, look up the speed dating companies in the Big Apple and become a hostess yourself... pretty soon your male guests will start hitting on you. BTW remember when that Amy Borkowski woman in NYC was crazy enough to try to raise $3M so she could buy an ad on the Super Bowl to get a husband? Whatever happened to her?
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