Originally Posted by JenniDahling

Nice thread DD, good to see a lot of folks are making it on their own and doing well.

Last J-o-b I had was working with AVN, and was unceremoniously canned because my boss and I didn't see eye to eye. He fired me on a Monday at 6:30 pm after I got in all my sales then removed me from the database so I couldn't get credit or commish. That same week I was t-boned on the freeway by a drunk driver who totalled my car and I got some mean air bag burns and scars to prove it.

That's when I found out who my real friends were, and many of them are in the industry. Several of them tried to get me rep jobs for some good companies, but I didn't feel that's the way I wanted to go. Then Baddog invited me to Internext Vegas and took me to a number of VIP parties (like the moviepost dinner) and I met some key people who ended up giving me some independent work, and lo and behold, I created PR Kitty.

First couple years were tough, I didn't know too much about a whole lot when it came to traffic and affiliates but I knew about marketing and networking. The learning curve was intense, simultaneously each project I got paid on went to the next show so I could start being more visible as I got to know more and more decision makers in the biz. It was also a challenge to be taken seriously as a female in a male dominated world.

Moved my biz from LA to Tampa, since there is no state tax in FL, so its good to be incorporated here. Vegas has no state tax either but is too dry for my taste.

I wish I could say that things are easy now, but I still spend about 80% of my day online and hustlin', but I definitely would not trade it for anything. I miss the regular hours, steady paycheck, and inexpensive health insurance, but had I had that, I would not be leisurely typing this from my bed in the middle of the afternoon nor would I have had nearly any of the cool adventures in far off places with people from all over the world I can call friends.