Trapping Girls and Marketing

My friends and I gave up looking to meet girls in bars and clubs a long time ago. It was ineffective. Too much demand not enough supply. Classic market forces killed our chances: the increased demand made it hard to be heard and worst of all, it over inflated the supply’s value…

We wanted a new method. We wanted to stop chasing and have the girls come to us. What we came up with was a sneaky little method of introduction that we now jokingly refer to as laying traps. We’re not monsters. A trap for us is simply a tool that lands us in a position where we can have a friendly chat without the hurdles. No yelling across a crowded room, no preconceived suspicions, just an opportunity to demonstrate yourself. If they want to buy in, they can.

Classic traps would be along the lines of hosting parties or playing in bands. More inventive traps might be helping your sister sell her clothes at a market stall or running ads offering to help English language students in return for their Spanish.

I’ve got a few online businesses. On a junior marketers wage I can’t afford to shout the loudest across the room, so I lay traps. I create places where my customers want to visit, start conversations with them and if they like me sometimes I get lucky.