The Business Side of Escorting: The Ins and Outs of Running a Business in the Cyber Age for the Escort and the Sensual Masseuse Serious About Her Profession. (Paperback)

by J. D. Roberts (Author)
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Product Description
It's a fact! If you are an escort or sensual masseuse you are running a business...your business! Author J.D. Roberts provides the modern day escort and sensual masseuse (known as "providers" on the Internet) with the necessary guidance to run her business successfully in a professional manner.

With over twenty-five years of financial business experience as a CPA and businessman, Roberts tailors generally accepted business practices specifically to the provider's business in clear and easy-to-understand language. Included are many comments made by providers who share their experiences, feelings, opinions, and points-of-view.

A diverse set of topics is covered in four highly useful sections:

• Section One addresses personal and psychological issues that a provider needs to confront and have a comfort level with before entering the profession.
• Section Two explores how the provider can use the Internet as part of her overall marketing plan to promote her business.
• The third section introduces basic business topics to aid her in running her business including discussions of customer service, marketing, taxes, cash management, budgeting and planning.
• The final section discusses several personal finance topics that the provider should be familiar with.

The Business Side of Escorting is a book that every woman interested in the profession should own.

About the Author
J. D. Roberts is a successful CPA and businessman living on the West Coast with over 25 years of broad business experience. He has served as the chief financial executive and member of the boards of directors of several public and private companies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595335543
• ISBN-13: 978-0595335541
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #460,813 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the Begginner and Established Escort, September 20, 2005

By	Independent Escort - See all my reviews

There are a lot of great tips in here. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is I wish it had been longer.

Great place for a new escort to start and worthwhile read for an established escort too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information for starting your own escort/sensual touch business, July 25, 2007

By	Cygnisusa Ebay "Cygnisusa Ebay" (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This is a very up-to-date book that gives the scoop on how to advertise, where exactly to advertise on the Internet, different scenarios for start-up costs. It lets you know how to deal with the tax issue many people in the sex industry face. It even has a section on what to do if the unexpected happens & how to deal with the unfortunate circumstance of dealing with law enforcement, suggesting contacting a good attorney & bail bondsman ahead of time to speed things up should one be harrased by police. It even has a questionnaire for one to take to see if they would be able to handle being an escort or sensual touch person. I found it invaluable information. I highly recommend it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Business Side of Escorting, June 8, 2007

By	Goldenrod (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

I found the book to be tremendously helpful on several levels. The first section of the book logically starts out at the beginning and is directed at the woman that is considering the profession. It makes it clear that the life of an escort is not for everyone.

The book then moves on to information that the escort who has been in the business for an intermediate amount of time would find useful. In the later sections of the book it covers subjects such as the escort and taxes which 99% of the ladies in the profession would find useful. I especially found the schedules at the end of the book on budgeting to be useful. There appears to be something for everyone. I do, however, agree that the book could have been longer.

I don't think the criticism in another review regarding spending extra time with the client beyond the 60 minutes he has paid for is valid. If you are strictly an hourly escort not looking to develop a return group of clients I think the 60 minute only approach is workable, but I think good customer service, which the author points out as being key to establishing a group of return clients is common sense.

The author apparently has a great deal of respect for the escort and what she goes through in her job as an escort. I think he could have emphasized more that the book applies to the sensual masseuse as well as the escort. It would be useful for them as well. I enjoyed and benefited from the book. It's worth a read.