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Last night was the beginning of the month long experiment seeing how many ‘cold’ approaches of Argentine girls I can convert into email addresses. If marketing principles hold true, I should have at least a 20% conversion rate.

I’m going to call my test the Argentine Pick Up Experiment. It’s a nice and simple title. If you want to read the rules of the experiment, here’s the first post in the series.

I’m not going to update you everyday but I will be keeping a journal and writing about my most interesting discoveries.

Day One Conversions: 2 out of 5

Here’s what the approaches were like.

First Approach

Last night I went to the bar/club Seven on Rondeau in Cordoba. I took my female flat mate (24 and from Holland). We sat down at a table outside and ordered the first round. I quickly opened a group of 4 Argentines (1 couple, 1 gay guy, and 1 single female) with “Hey, do you know if the pizza is good here?” Fancy openers are not always necessary.

We ended up spending most of the night partying with this group. They were friendly and the single female, although not good looking, turned out to be an incredible wing woman for me.

I got all of their emails so I’ll count that as 1.

Second Approach

After drinking in the bar, we headed upstairs to the boliche (club). I noticed two girls ( a 7 & an 8 ) with platinum blond wigs on. Hmmm. I asked them why. They were there with a big group for a birthday party. It was at that point that I noticed approximately 20 other people with wigs and costumes on.

As we talked one of the girls from before walked by and spanked me. Perfect. The platinum blonds wanted to know who she was. I talked with the hotter one on and off the whole night and ended up getting her email as I was leaving the club.

2 for 2.

Third Approach

There were two really cute girls running the bar, so naturally, I tried to make as much fun of them as possible. One girl had a top that exposed her belly button. I told her she should buy the whole shirt next time.

Later in the night I told one of the bar girls that I was new to the city and needed some friends to go out with. “Give me your email address,” I said and handed her my pen and little notebook. She said “I’ll just give you my phone number.” I told her I didn’t want it. “No, give me your email address.” She refused and handed me the notebook back.

I stared at her slightly confused and then said, “It’s not like I’m going to SPAM you.” This is my new favorite line. She didn’t understand so I walked away.

2/3

Fourth Approach

There was a group of three girls - 1 fat, 1 ugly, 1 cute who I approached on the way to the bathroom. I walked through their crazy dance circle and told them to relax. Fuck. When I returned they grabbed my attention and I talked to them for a bit. Then, out of nowhere they *literally* said, “Hey you’re from the States. You have a lot of money. Why don’t you pay for the next round?”

I looked at each of them individually, sighed, and silently walked away.

2/4

Fifth Approach

Later, on my way to the bar, I ran into two girls. “Hey, I’m from the USA.” It actually went well for 15 seconds until a boyfriend jumped in and pulled them away. “Wait, I have a lot of money.” He didn’t hear it.

2/5

Thoughts…

It was a good beginning to the Argentine Pick Up Experiment. I only got one highly targeted lead (the platinum blond), but overall I’m happy. As I become more enlightened, I will enlighten thou. Stay tuned.