well the biggest thing is that the "betas" lack is social skills. you can have all the pickups in the world, all the puns and jokes and whatnot, if you don't know how to deliver them it's all for shit
creeps are just people who do things in the inappropriate times and places
like the cold approach thing... unless it's a social situation like a concert, club, bar, pub, party, DON'T DO IT. do you like being randomly talked to on the bus station? most people get hooked via mutual friends. don't have any friends? HM I WONDER WHY. get some fucking friends first
build up your social skills. it's a tacit skill you cannot gain by reading guides. go out and talk to people, both men and women.
you were maybe told that women look past appearance into personality. that's bullshit. women are similar to men, you wouldn't date girl who had the best personality in the world if she was hideous. if you want girls who work out, start working out. if you want girls who dress well, start dressing well.
focus on the actual social part of it and dump the gimmicks. just fucking go talk to girls. "negging" is only acceptable if you're already talking and she's already in a joking mood. using it as an opener is retarded, and if you can't tell why it's retarded you need MORE FUCKING SOCIAL SKILLS.
a lot of flirting depends a lot of social class region etc, i've helped some of my friends up their game but were a different culture.
ps. getting a "docile subservient" mail order wife from asia or eastern europe is a bad idea. theyre only docile until they get that visa, then they will have you by the balls.