One of the first things I learned in journalism is that when there is a popular little title on your work it will always grab the readers attention and is actually called ‘using an anecdotal lead’.
To employ this technique, the writer will start off with a little human interest story pertaining to someone relatively involved in the main focus of the story. Bloomberg News nailed this technique in their latest write-up about the Vegas economy being in dire condition.
So I basically just followed them in getting you to read this story!
Meet Leigh Sogoloff, a 36-year-old stripper who gives lap dances at Rick’s Cabaret Vegas on Procyon Street and proud owner of one of the least exciting ’stripper names’ I’ve ever heard. Could we not get an Alina, Jasmine, Charlie or something more sexy?
Leigh goes on to say that her income from stripping which (as all my stripper loving brothers out there know fully well) is largely comprised of tips and that income is down roughly 50% from what she brought in last year. A coworker explained that these days she brings in around $6k a month. Not too shabby but way down from her big money days of January ‘07 when she was making $30k a month peeling.
$30k a month!
To be fair, she hasn’t come close to matching that recently and she doesn’t expect she will anytime soon. And she’s a jazzy little chick as well saying, “You don’t shop, you don’t buy stuff you can’t afford,” the 36-year-old Sogoloff said between dances at the Las Vegas club. She has postponed buying a house and is reading Deepak Chopra.”
She went on to add…”I know how to save money. I’m not a dumb stripper.”
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Good luck sister!
Tags: Bloomberg News, economy down, Las vegas, Rick's Cabaret, strippers, tips, worldgaming
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