Branching Out

Each year the New York Post does a special "Hampton's" section focusing on what's new and hot for the upcoming summer in the Hampton's. For those of you that don't know, the Hampton's is an ultra exclusive area out on Long Island, NY about an hour and a half outside of Manhattan, where many of the hippest and wealthiest people spend their summers. It's filled with beaches, clubs, and multi-million dollar homes owned by the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Joel, and Howard Stern, to name a few.


It's also the location of P. Diddy's world famous "White Party" each summer...

In this years issue, the main article focuses on the new trend of "concierge services". These services basically provide clients with access to the hottest clubs, restaurants, or anything else that they want.

The people that run these concierge services basically know the right people and have pull at all the trendy spots to get their clients on the right list or into the hottest restaurant without a wait.

I happen to know the guy featured in this article, Tony Abrams, from back in the day when he was the door guy at Suite 16 in Manhattan. He was working the list when the club was hot and made some great connections from doing that. He then went on to work in other areas of nightlife, including promoting many of New York City's hot clubs and bars, eventually opening his own business using these connections.

According to the article, Tony has 15 clients already, each paying him $7,500 a year for his services. That means he's made$112,500 this year if he doesn't add one more client. That's not a bad living...


The reason i bring this up is because lots of people ask me if promoting is a dead-end job. I can tell you with 100% certainty, that it's NOT!

Promoting can lead to many other careers or jobs such as owning your own bar, club or restaurant, a job in Public Relations (P.R.), you could venture into concert/event promoting, or even run your own concierge service.

So, if you're worried about trying out promoting because you don't think it's a job that can lead to any real career, or you're afraid that making money in this business is only short-term, think again.

...You'll never know where this business (or any business) can lead you until you give it a try!