PickUp 101
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PickUp 101 is a San Francisco-based company that trains men to become more attractive to women. The company sells workshops, coaching services, and multimedia products that are designed to demonstrate and model attractive traits that the company considers women to respond to. PickUp 101 was founded in 2004 by Lance Mason (former student of seduction guru Mystery) and William Beltane (Wilder) at "Project San Francisco", an apartment where some men in the seduction community
in San Francisco used to live and meet. The company has since moved and Project San Francisco no longer exists.
PickUp 101 is mentioned in Neil Strauss
's book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
. According to USA Today
, PickUp 101 "emphasizes the so-called natural game, or the ability to use innate characteristics (a piercing intellect, a comedian's timing
) to attract the opposite sex." The article also says that PickUp 101 focuses on body language
and playfulness in order to attract women. For a profile in San Francisco Magazine, the reporter tried out some of the teachings of PickUp 101 and describes "having an epiphany: I can talk to anyone." According to XPress magazine, conversational skills like banter and story-telling are major part of the company's teachings.
PickUp 101's Art of Attraction weekend workshop was profiled on CNBC
's On the Money
in a segment called "Dating Help For Dorks". The show followed students through the classroom exercises and out into the streets and bars to show students interacting with each other, with instructors, and with women.
Seduction community
The seduction community is a subculture of men, primarily communicating on the Internet, who strive for better sexual success/access with women. Members of the community often call themselves pickup artists . It exists mostly through Internet newsletters, marketing The seduction community is a...
in San Francisco used to live and meet. The company has since moved and Project San Francisco no longer exists.
PickUp 101 is mentioned in Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss
Neil Darrow Strauss , also known by the pen names Style and Chris Powles, is an American and Kittitian author, journalist and ghostwriter...
's book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists is a non-fictional book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community.The book was featured on the New York Times Bestseller List for two months after its release in...
. According to USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, PickUp 101 "emphasizes the so-called natural game, or the ability to use innate characteristics (a piercing intellect, a comedian's timing
Comic timing
Comic timing is the use of rhythm, tempo and pausing to enhance comedy and humour. The pacing of the delivery of a joke can have a strong impact on its comedic effect, even altering its meaning; the same can also be true of more physical comedy such as slapstick.A beat is a pause taken for the...
) to attract the opposite sex." The article also says that PickUp 101 focuses on body language
Body language
Body language is a form of non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously....
and playfulness in order to attract women. For a profile in San Francisco Magazine, the reporter tried out some of the teachings of PickUp 101 and describes "having an epiphany: I can talk to anyone." According to XPress magazine, conversational skills like banter and story-telling are major part of the company's teachings.
PickUp 101's Art of Attraction weekend workshop was profiled on CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
's On the Money
On the Money
CNBC's On the Money, hosted by Carmen Wong Ulrich, is a television program that focuses primarily on personal finance, a programming departure from CNBC's "investor focused" weekday programming....
in a segment called "Dating Help For Dorks". The show followed students through the classroom exercises and out into the streets and bars to show students interacting with each other, with instructors, and with women.
See also
- Dating CoachDating coachDating coaches offer products and services to improve their clients' love lives.Through discussion, role-playing, behavior modeling, and other forms of direction, a dating coach trains clients to meet and attract romantic partners. As dating coaches are unlicensed, their methods vary widely...
- Seduction communitySeduction communityThe seduction community is a subculture of men, primarily communicating on the Internet, who strive for better sexual success/access with women. Members of the community often call themselves pickup artists . It exists mostly through Internet newsletters, marketing The seduction community is a...
- The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup ArtistsThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup ArtistsThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists is a non-fictional book written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community.The book was featured on the New York Times Bestseller List for two months after its release in...