I just wanted to post one more time to say that @itsyoung!! is the man, he really 'bout that promotin' life 
The Coli.. I am your Vegas connect :salute:
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should be hitting vegas up for new years
should be hitting vegas up for new years
social media means something but not everything.. I got around 3000 instagram followers
but its all about your network... business cards and meeting new people (at the gym, buying clothes/groceries/at other parties or clubs) will always be better..
I paid a popular model girl $500 and she had 150k followers and she brought 3 people
I lost $1200 that night on that event because of that
My man you gotta do that retainer joint like the clubs do. You should have given her a hundred spot, and then $400 when she showed up with her peoples. Just because a bish has 150K followers doesn't mean anything unless she's promoting sh*t on her instagram
Not sure how Vegas/The Bay works, but at a lot of places in Miami they pay "party" crews to come through, but that's usually with a cut of the net at the end of the night, during the party they get a table and bottle service. But NEVER pay a model, and if you must pay her, NEVER pay her upfront breh. 
nah they real.. its just promoting is so much more than just posting a flyer up on instagram or facebook and expecting people to see it.
I actually follow way more people than people that follow me, because this is my career and I take it very seriously and its what pays my bills. You can actually send DM's to people who dont follow you back, it gives me an opportunity to send them messages with the flyer attached and a message saying I can hook them up. Or lets say I see a picture of someone talkin about "whats going on this weekend?" and they werent following me back , I can still comment on it with what club ima be at and how I can take care of em.
or to give an example, if people are at a SF Giants or Oakland A's game and its a 7:15 game, ill post on their picture "hey come out after the game (games end at perfect time, around 10-10:30 pm) ill let yall in free"
This is the little stuff 99.99% promoters dont do. People always wanna team up with me and be like I got 20k followersand im like
I know you would think it works that way but it doesnt
the 2 major rookie mistakes of promoting is;
1. expecting just because you know a lot of people that they will all show up. The stats over the years show that only 10-20% of someones guestlist will show up. You would need a guestlist of around 400+ people to even have 50 of them show to put things in perspective.
2. People think its just about posting flyers on ig/fb and getting 50 likes on it
those are the 2 biggest things I see rookies make at least
If you notice all the big time promoters are actually 30+ years old with a family and settled down. Thats because they put the ground work in, shook hands, passed out business cards and introduced themselves to people that way. The young people usually just come with the people they rode up in the car withbut its all apart of learning and if they are willing to put the time in to build their clientele up.
It probably sounds like im hating in this post, but I just get a lot of people hitting me up to promote and this is just from personal experience over the years and just being as real as I can (cause people do PM on here as well asking how to get started in the business)
To me in the nightlife game bartending is where it's at, money is guaranteed more or less. That promoting sh*t you gotta be dedicated than a muthaf*cka
It's just like being a stockbroker or a real estate agent, you gotta build yourself over the years 
XS is the best club in that bish
Had a nikka drinking outta baseball bat sized bottles of ciroc on top of couches... Getting crazy to some ZEDD
Gotta a cabana at ebc them shyts were huge we spent like +5 thou that afternoon.
Should've hollered at u too when I was out there in June
XS got the baddest bytches in Vegas.... but damn, 5k + ? i gotta step my cert game up
yeah I already got a big clientele, good look though bruh
for instance in the bay if I sell a bottle and its $250, it comes out to $321 out the door because the tip is already added and the places ive bought bottles at in vegas it was the same.. is it different on the east coast where the receipt shows a blank space where you leave a tip ? Thats foul though
but if Vegas is like San Francisco (and I believe it is) some bouncers will come talk to your tableif you arent trying to pay your full bill (which tip is included on the bill)
My nikka 15% on that bottle is like $23, how the f*ck you get nikkaz to pay damn near $100 in tips on a $250 bottle
Breh if you still compin' nikkaz I will PM you next time I am in the MIA, that sh*t ain't right, don't want you thinkin' all the Coli brehs is like that, you should have had $200 in tips at least for a cotdamn $50 tab for 5 bottles, don't give a f*ck if it was 5 bottles of Listerine
You tippin' 50% on drinks?
Sometimes yeah.
Dude, if and when you get inside the teams, you end up getting half your drinks for free or everything comped at some point. Its a "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine" type of deal. You gotta take care of people who take care of you.
Breh for sure that's a completely different deal. I thought you were tippin' 50% on everything you bought regular price, I'm like damn this nikka buy a drink for $20 and tip $10?!!
if it's s a deal like @Ghostface Trillah's, mos def you should be tippin' out 30% at least.
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Yep. Not all of them, but Ceasars palace, flamingo, The Quad etc
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My man you gotta do that retainer joint like the clubs do. You should have given her a hundred spot, and then $400 when she showed up with her peoples. Just because a bish has 150K followers doesn't mean anything unless she's promoting sh*t on her instagram
yeah I pay my promoters they cut at the end of the night but "hosts" (like Dee Lishis ) require money up front
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My nikka 15% on that bottle is like $23, how the f*ck you get nikkaz to pay damn near $100 in tips on a $250 bottle
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10% sales tax, 20% gratuity