1) Finding clients, making business arrangements? Post an ad on any number of on line venues. it's easy peasy. TCB skills are not hard to learn.
Originally Posted by Bob Soldios
Bob, daily evidence refutes this point explicitly. MANY providers are not at all technically or business savvy enough to do the above. They cannot manage their accounts, won't take the time to learn how the various sites work, nor have the business sense to understand how to market themselves.
Some simply choose not to deal with that portion of their business. They outsource it, without needing a "pimp." Many successful, non-pimped girls use either a service, an agency, a "screener" or a friend to provide technical support, scheduling, advertising assistance and more. They often pay for such services. Are they "pimped?" Is an agency a pimp? A screener? Most would say no, but they perform one part of the service you mention.
TCB skills are just that...skills. Some are inclined to learn and be good at their business. Many aren't.
And if a pimp or pimp-wanna-be comes into the picture, promising he'll do that work while all she has to do is put out, it's one more tool in the pimp toolbox.
Just cruise the welcome & intro forum. Or head over to ISO. Check out some of the ads. It's not hard to see some behaviors that are clearly not "independent." The question is whether the party on the other end of the keyboard is a pimp, or agency, or screener, or whatever.