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As a former transcriber and desktop publisher, I can tell you that you should not use too many different colours on one page. Because RED is a bold colour, I believe it should only be used for emphasis or contrast. Not to hijack Sabrina's thread, the thing that many SPs don't realize is, if you type your ad using all upper case, or CAPTIAL LETTERS, you are not doing the reader any favours. The reader has to work harder to decipher your message as there is no contrast which is why CAPS are usually intended for emphasis, not an entire prose An ad like this will "lose the reader". You'll exhaust them by the second line - they won't even read the whole thing. USING ALL CAPS TO WRITE AN AD IS VERY DIFFICULT ON THE READER BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW THE FLOW OF WHAT'S BEING WRITTEN AND THOSE WHO LEAVE OUT PROPER PUNCTUATION MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT AND YOU WILL LOSE THE READER'S ATTENTION **************** Use the conventional form of writing which is to capitalize proper nouns, use punctuation, and writing text in upper and lower case letters like I'm doing here. The most common mistakes I read in ads are: ALL CAPS, improper spelling and improper punctuation. Centering or italicizing all text - again using overusing elements intended for emphasis and too many colours and font sizes on one page. You decide - which reads better: DONT MISS MY AMAZING SPECIALS IM ONLY IN OTTAWA FOR A FEW DAYS AND IM ALREADY ALMOST FULLY BOOKED. I PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE GFE SERVICE AVAILABLE AND MY REVIEWS FULLY BACK MY PROMISE TO SATISFY Don't miss my AMAZING specials. I'm only in Ottawa for a few days and I'm already almost fully booked. I provide the ultimate GFE service available and my reviews fully back my promise to satisfy. DONT MISS MY AMAZING SPECIALS IM ONY IN OTTAWA FOR A FEW DAYS AND IM ALREADY BOOKED I PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE SERVICE AVAILABLE AND MY REVIEWS FULLY BACK MY PROMISE TO SATISFY BUT SOMETHING THAT IS IN BIG BOLD RED LETTERS ALL IN CAPITALS - YIKES!!!! I THINK THIS COULD SET OFF A MIGRAINE IN SOME PEOPLE:-(

Release or no release, early or late....as long as both are having a good time then in my books, it's a great date!

Is there such a thing as "the best"? I think it's rather subjective. How about describing what "the best" would look like for you?

There is no "ad code" as far as I know. Everyone is entitled to to advertise as they please. Yes, capital letters indicate "shouting" but using red as a colour for your font is far from aggressive. Also, I hate to sound nit-picky, but as Angela mentioned earlier, grammar and spelling play a big part in how one's ad appears to others. Please do not judge others for their use of fonts and colours as well as their signatures, style etc. until you, yourself, are sure that your ads are "perfect".

I considerate it part of my work...a good listener is someone we all need at times.

Carrie (and W.I.T) are absolutely right. Things are changing (For the better) Thanks to the internet (sites like this one especially) the media can no longer simply group all sex-workers together and portray them in this manner!! The church groups and even some of the rights groups still have loud voices and they can mind wash people to join them in some crusade against sex workers (The groups and even the churches all have other motives for this and they know that this topic is a easy way to get naive people thinking and feeling like they are doing some good and are fighting a good Nobel cause). ....but thankfully as we evolve the general population is seeing how wrong this propaganda is. Sites like this show a very different side and it opens a lot of peoples eyes! Pretty much every business has bad elements if you loose closely enough. This business in particular has bad regulations and laws governing it so it is left in a state that is easily exploited where the law and safe working conditions are often ignored due to the nature of the business. When you group all "Sex Workers" together (street walkers, massage spa attendants, escorts, exotic dancers, etc...) it makes the ladies here look very bad in the eyes of the public - mainly because the bad rap the other parts of this industry get. Most of the ladies here are independent (Meaning they do not work for anyone else) some are booked by Agencies. A agency is not a pimp! A pimp is a pimp! A booking agent works for the ladies and does all the stuff the ladies do not want to do (some pimps however like to try to pull one over on the guys and pretend to be a "Agency" and this looks bad on all of them) Most of the time when a escort books using a reputable agency the lady is not being pimped .. rather the agency is doing the work for the lady that she does not want to do herself (Book keeping, answering calls, scheduling appointments, placing advertisements, booking drivers, answering emails, etc.. etc...) the agent is supplying a service and she is free to come and go as she wishes. Same as a talent booking agent (Bands use them, actors/actresses, models, etc...). Bad agencies do exist! We all hate them! Really they are just pimps trying to "pose" as an agency and they really are not welcome in the business! These agencies come and go, change names all the time and are not reputable. Street level pimping is VERY BAD and because streetwalkers and escorts are both sex workers some people just group them all together as the same (They are not the same). On the flip side of this we do not want to stereotype all streetwalkers as that also would be wrong as not all streetwalkers are drug addicts or being pimped either! It is however very common at the street level unfortunately so you should avoid the streetwalkers as chances are you will end up picking up someone who is in fact being taken advantage of or working to support a drug habit. Also picking up a streetwalker is illegal as it's public solicitation so this should be avoided. FYI: Outcall prostitution (Escorting) in Canada without any public solicitation is very much legal across the country. Very few people actually know this however. Adult Massage spa's (Rub and tugs) are also grouped in with this "Sex workers" and many run like an agency (Owner and employee's or the ladies rent the rooms or work off "Tips") some however have been sex slave operations (Many Asian and European sex slave operations have been busted - as they should) but this does not mean all of them are run this way! Most of these places are run properly but you don't hear much about them as they stay low key ... but you do hear about the ones that get busted for illegal immigrants, underage, etc... and people form opinions based on what the media reports on (Far from the normal - these are just the ones that are being exploited). You should know that any public location such as a massage spa or stripclub that offers "sex" or "sexual services" is considered a common bawdy house (Brothel) and is very much illegal in Canada! So these places should also be avoided. These days the media and advocate groups can not point fingers and stereotype as easily as they once could. Back before the internet it was easy for them to say all prostitutes are drug users or all prostitutes are helpless victims. These days sites like cerb are working hard to show the world that most escorts are doing this job because they want to (No one is forcing them to do it, no drug addiction is forcing them to do it.... no pimp is behind them... etc...) The internet gives the general public a way to verify those claims and ridiculous stereotypes and we can finally hold the people accountable who are making these outlandish claims! Think of this... if the ladies were working to support a drug habit would they be using a computer? I don't think so! Would they be contributing to discussions? Nope... they would not even own a computer! A drug addict or pimped lady is not going to have any desire to go on a website like this and join in or even post ads... it's just not something that I could envision happening! (Buy a computer or some dope? Buy internet access or dope? Pay a internet cafe or buy dope?... etc... etc... etc.. and I don't see many street thug pimps tech'ing it up on the internet either). If they were being pimped and exploited would the pimp let them have access to a discussion site? NOPE... He may try to pose as her but that doesn't take too long before it's exposed as some crooked agency tried that a few years back and the members exposed him! WE ALL HATE PIMPS HERE! ... It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that all the propaganda, crazy stereotypes and rumors this industry is plagued with are just not true! The problem is so many people in this world will beleive ANYTHING someone else tells them - people just don't form their own opinions often enough (I saw it on TV, Read it in a newspaper, the minister at my church said... etc... ) ... get all the facts, don't be a pawn or gullible fool! At least MNO4 took the time to do some research and form his own opinion! Good job!