I was just sitting here thinking of ways for bar owners to boost customer visits and I think I have a few useful ideas.
They are:
* For the first five customers, their first drink is 1/2 price?
* Featured guy of the night who can be offed for free. Or let the featured guy decide if his off fee will be free or go directly to the featured guy.
* VIP seating area behind a velvet rope where the bar visitor can sit with the bar guys during a show.
Or... The VIP service could be given to winning customers who off a guy and also buy a guy a drink. If they win, they will have a car or motorbike or tuktuk pick them up on the day they choose and bring them and 1 or 2 guests to the bar to sit in the VIP section with the guys.
* Drinks named after the guys? It may not be something that will bring in a baht right away but guys will bring friends to the bar to show them the menu of drinks named after the bar guys with little descriptions of the drink and how it relates to the guy it is named for.
* Drinks named after customers? There is a restaurant that will name a sandwich after customers that eat the most of that particular sandwich. I am sure there is a clever way to have a drink named after a customer.
* Let the guys take a more active role in a party night. Break them into teams and let them compete on who can create the best party atmosphere in the bar on a particular night. Bangkok vs Pattaya guys or Chiang Mai vs Issan or Phuket vs Pattaya or Top's vs Bottoms! LOL
* Sexy waiters! I would much rather be waited on by a cute guy in tight underwear than a guy in long black pants! Ha ha!