As a person who himself bought hundreds of address's (from both catalogs and the Internet), attended many socials, placed ads in "Gentlemen's Catalogs", appeared on Russian TV and placed personal ads in newspapers and magazines, I realized my greatest success and efficiency with the use of personal ads. As with everything I did during my serious pursuit for one of the world's greatest woman, I learned through trial and error. I learned how to write and word these personal ads, when and where to send these personal ads.
I think it is best for every man to try a combination of different ways in meeting several ladies, but where do you start, how do you start, what do you do first? Having done almost all aspects of trying to meet quality, sincere Russian women, today I recommend the best way of starting out is by placing your own personal ad. Once I completed a few successful personal ad campaigns, and I knew what area of the FSU I had the most interest in, then I would use other medias to enhance the number of potential ladies I might meet on any given trip.
The following statements and suggestions are my opinions. My opinions are based on my actual results and experiences. As every man is different, what works for one man may not work for another. But I think, overall, most of my suggestions will be good and productive for most men.
With the more popular of catalogs you will be writing women who will have received probably a minimum of 50 other letters from men, but more than likely, on average, she has received letters from 140 men. The most beautiful of these ladies can receive 400 to 600 letters. The lady who appeared on the cover of the European Connection catalog in the winter of 1997, Tania (a beautiful blonde), received over 2000 letters. I don't like these odds. I don't want to be one of 100, I don't even want to be one of 20 men writing the same lady. When a lady has received 70 or 80 letters, she has read from many men, many of which are wealthy, who promise these beauties many things, and every thing. This type of behavior by some men has made it more difficult for many of us. I encourage men to shy away from the bigger catalogs, such as Anastasia and European Connection, and if they are going to consider catalogs, to think about some of the smaller, less popular catalogs, such as World Class or Cherry Blossoms for example.
The number of scammer Russian women using the Internet increases daily. Let's be honest, how many of us write an un-attractive lady that we see on an Internet site? We write the ladies that we have a physical attraction too, usually the prettiest of ladies. It is my belief that today, 58% of what we consider very attractive or beautiful Russian women on the Internet, are not so sincere women. A few years ago that percentage was more like 35%. In the upcoming future I expect that figure to rise to 65 or 70% scamming their way onto the Internet. The more popular Internet sites, such as Kiss.com or AFA, have 3 and 4 thousand ladies on its site. How easy is it for a company to keep up with that many ladies? The most popular and beautiful of these ladies receive 15 to 20 letters a day,…A DAY!! Again, I don't like my chances when I am one of 100, one of 200, men writing the same lady. You must also be very careful when working with many of these agencies from Russia or Ukraine, as, in my opinion, about 82% of these over seas agencies are scam. They do not have to worry about American laws. They have figured how vulnerable American men are and thrive on them. Most American owned agencies are honest. Many are small "Ma and Pa" agency's where the husband has agreed to start an agency for his new Russian bride. This gives her something to do and she puts all her friends, and friends of friends, on their site. The more efficient of these smaller sites will have developed a good network of trusted people in the FSU to work with, although most of these agencies will only work in one city or region. It will take some time and effort, but there are some real diamonds that can be found on some of these smaller sites.
What can I say about the socials? Well, they are fun, I think that is it's only positive attribute. Almost 65% of the ladies attending Moscow socials are scammers (45% St. Petersburg, 33% Kiev, 20% Odessa). Many of these beautiful ladies attend social after social. It is their goal to latch onto a man during the first of 3 socials on any tour and keep this guy to herself, not letting him get away or mingle with any other ladies, convincing him she is the one and only woman for him. Then, after the socials are over, if she was able to have kept him tied up for all 3 socials (often talking him out of even attending the other socials), she has him for the entire week, all the other girls are gone, he has no other ladies to choose from now. It's either her or no one, so she has one week of fine dining, buying new clothes and acquiring new items for her flat. After the man returns back to the states, he still not knowing any better, she will be able to usually scam at least another 5 or 6 hundred dollars from him. If she is good, maybe she will scam a few more thousand dollars before it ends. By that time, a new social is in town and her cycle starts over again. Most of these ladies are very good at this, please do not under estimate them. It is their life. It is how they survive. Maybe, eventually, they will find their meal ticket to the states this way when they find some wealthy, maybe older man that they think they can con for a few years.
Who do you think Anastasia and European Connections gives these catalogs too? The same ladies attending the socials!! Enough said, plain and simple.
When you buy an address from a catalog or Internet site, you never know if the lady you are writing will have an interest in you. When a lady replies to a man from a personal ad, you know she is interested in you. The battle is half won! Now you hope that you have several ladies writing you that you have a real interest in.
Usually after talking to, or reading a little about a new client, I know a little about the type lady he is interested in. Many times I can suggest a region or two where I think he has a greater chance of finding the type lady he is looking for. Many times when a lady writes a man back from a personal ad, he is the only man she is corresponding with (I like these odds a lot better). Most of the ladies who write back have only heard of the Internet. Most have no knowledge of the various Catalogs. Most of these ladies, I think over 90%, are sincere ladies. I have some very good working arrangements with different editors in Russia and Ukraine (soon to be Moldova). I have Ukraine divided into 4 regions that covers almost the entire country, North/North Central Ukraine (includes Kiev), Central/Eastern Ukraine, Southern Ukraine (including Odessa) and Western Ukraine. I have seen the best results from the Central/Eastern region of Ukraine. An industrial and farm region, this is an area with a population of about 6 million people. The largest of these cities, about half a dozen, have a population of about a quarter-million people. There are many villages and small cities in this region. There are many sincere ladies in this region. The second best area my clients have had success in is the North/North Central region, then the Southern region followed by the Western region.
In Russia I have some good publications in North/West Russia (includes in and around the St. Petersburg area) and a publication that covers all of Russia and the Baltic's. I do not recommend for men to advertise in and around Moscow, but if they insist, I can run personal ads there. Why do I not recommend personal ads in Moscow? Moscow women are not your typical Russian woman. Moscow women are much like the women from Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas or Seattle, in that they are very westernized. Moscow has the highest percentage of scammer ladies in the FSU. Moscow's advertising rates are very expensive. To me it is not a wise investment of time, energy or money to pursue Moscow women, although Moscow is a wonderful place to meet ladies from other regions and most women will jump at the opportunity to visit you in Moscow.
When a client agrees to run a personal ad, I ask him to write me a "rough" first draft. In his first draft I ask him to tell me about himself, what he likes, about where he lives and what type and kind of woman he is looking for. After I get this information I add, delete or make whatever changes I think will help. The client and I usually go back and forth a few times before we agree to the wording of the ad. I will go along with most wording of any ad as long as it does not violate any of my principles. I do not care to work for, nor will I work with, any man who is not sincere about this wonderful pursuit. If any man is looking for a sex tour or to just have a good time or a fun vacation, he is wasting my time.
I recommend every man to publish his ad for "3 runs". Every week your ad is published is called a "run". In every region the local cities and villages newspaper is published on average twice a week. In one village the paper may come out on Tuesday, the next village 40 kilometers away may have its newspaper published on Wednesday. This editor has a monthly catalog that is published and your ad will also appear in this catalog. I will usually run an ad for a client the first week and a second week. I then skip the third week and finish the ad the fourth week. By doing this, most men will appear in two catalogs. Many of these catalogs will sit around in restaurants, clubs, dentist offices, office lobbies, etc. for a few months. {This is how my dreambride found me. Two months after my ad stopped, she saw my ad in a catalog in a restaurant and wrote me}
Once we agree on the wording of an ad, I then submit the ad to the editor for pricing. Only after you are told your cost and you approve, do I submit the ad for publishing. Our Ukraine and Russian employees take your ad and translate into Russian and submit your translated ad, with photo, to the editors. Any ad that is submitted by 1:00pm (Ukraine or Russian time) Monday, will be published and in the first newspapers on Thursday.
Prices vary depending on the number of words per ad. The average ad will consist of about 130 words. With photo, the ad will cost (with 3 runs, a months coverage) about $235. Of this expense, $23 goes to Western Union to send the funds to the FSU. I pay my employee's $20 to $25 to handle each ad. I make $10 to $15 per ad and the rest goes to the editor as his charges to me. {No, I am not getting rich today running ads} You can elect to run your ad any number of times, once if you want. I have just experienced the best results when a client has run an ad in one region at least 3 times (covering one month). I can also run ads in St. Petersburg, Kiev and Odessa, as well as many other cities, if you want to concentrate your effort in a specific city. Now you just sit back and wait for the letters to arrive, right? Well, that's not quite all there is to it. You still must make a few more decisions. What address do you have your letters sent to? Do you use your own address, or do you use a Russian or Ukraine PO Box? There will be advantages and disadvantages to what ever you choose. First I will address the Advantages and Disadvantages of using your own address in your personal ad. Advantages. If you select to publish your home address in your ad, which some guys do, ladies letters will come directly to you. You should start to receive the first group of letters about one month after the first ad was run. Disadvantages. About 36% of the letters written to you could be written in Russian, which is OK if your not attracted by the accompanying photo. But if you are attracted to the ladies who have written you in Russian, now you have to have the letters translated here in the states. It cost a whole lot more to have these letters translated here in the states as compared to the FSU.
About 60% of the ladies who write you will ask if you are not interested in them to please return their photo as many of these ladies send their best, and only photo. A percentage of letters will get lost coming to you, mostly from problems leaving the FSU. I really don't have a good feel for this figure but I guess it is safe to think it could be at least 3 or 4%.
And the biggest drawback of all to having ladies sending their addresses directly to you,…you will receive fewer replies! It cost these ladies 6 times more to send a letter to the states as compared to sending a letter in the FSU. The cost to send a letter overseas is something that many of these ladies have to, and do, consider. You will receive fewer replies by using an American address as compared to using a Russian or Ukraine PO Box. For this very reason alone, I keep a PO Box in both Russia and Ukraine for men to receive letters.
If you decide to have the ladies letters sent directly to you, and need a few letters translated, I can translate your letters if you send me a scanned copy of the letter, or if you mail it to me. My cost will be a $2.00 for a normal size letter, $2.50 for a long letter (if it is a really long letter, it could cost more). I ask for all men to consider these ladies request to send them back their photos if you have no interest in them. If you will bundle these letters into one package and send them to my PO Boxes, I will have one of my employee's send each photo back with a sincere message from you indicating that you are were very happy to receive their letter but that you have found someone special and wish them the best (or something to that effect). My cost to you to send each of these photos back with message will cost 40 cents each.
Advantages and disadvantages of using a Russian or Ukraine PO Box.
Advantages.The biggest advantage to using a Russian or Ukraine address is that you will get more replies, as it cost the ladies much less to send a letter in the FSU. Also I think when a lady sees a man using a Russian or Ukraine address she feels he must be a serious man, so she is more inclined to write. First let me say that there are two ways for us to receive your letters using our Russian and Ukraine addresses. (1) The first option is that as we receive your letters and when we get a certain number of letters (I like to wait until we get from 20 to 25 letters) we bundle these letters, un-opened, and mail them to you. Now you are in the same situation as if you used your own address, except you will have received more letters. Or (2) we open your letters and scan you the photos of all the ladies (this will cost 25 cents a photo). You tell us which ladies you have interest in, and we can either mail you these letters and photos, or we can scan you the letters (as we did the photos). Of the ladies you are interested in, for those who have written you in Russian, we can translate those letters for you. Of the ladies you are not interested in, we can send your thank you letter and the ladies photos back to her. (No man has to honor these ladies request to send her photos back. I only ask my clients to do that. I felt I had to, and I did. I hope my clients will do this, but it is there choice. For those men who do send the photos back, they can do so themselves, or they can send the package of letters to my people and they will do it at 40 cents a letter. If you are sending back 40 photos, it will cost you $16. This price does not include the expense of you sending the package back to use).
Disadvantages to receiving letters at Russian or Ukraine address. Basically it comes down to added expense. Depending on how many letters a man gets, he may receive 2 or 3 packages of letters from us. We have two different shippers we use, one is Avion, and the other is DHL. Avion will cost you about $36 a package, DHL will cost about $50 a package. The DHL package will arrive quicker.
I have had clients do the personal ads all of the different ways I have described. I have seen the advantages and benefits and I know which way I think is the best.
Here is my recommendation.
Men who have good photos of themselves do well. Men with photos of themselves in business suits do even better. Men who take the time to place a well-worded ad, an ad describing exactly what type and aged range woman he prefers, will do well. The more defined you are in describing your preferred woman will reduce the overall number of replies you get, but those who do reply will be the type of lady you asked for.
After completing a few successful personal ad campaigns, most men will have a few ladies that they have an interest in. If, for an example, there were a few ladies I had great interest in from, or around Kiev, and I knew I was going to Kiev, now I would consider other options to meet ladies from, or around Kiev. With 3 or 4 months to go before my trip, I would look in various catalogs for ladies that lived in or around Kiev who interested me. If I felt good about the agency, I might order several addresses of these ladies. With 7 weeks to go before my departure, and not enough time to really start any more postal correspondence's, now I would concentrate solely on various Internet sites and write to ladies who interested me in the city I was going to. At this time I would pay $19.95 a month, or whatever the charges were, for a AYCE (also called One-and-Only) membership, or any company's that I felt good about that had a lot of Russian ladies on it's site.
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