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Originally Posted by Allison
Robbie, I must disagree with your assessment of why I might be posting in a non-emotional manner and you might perceive that TopBucks or Pink Visual is not as attached to the work. Here are all my reasons to give a shit and care and be all emotional:
-The 60 employees here in the office that I see day to day
-The other 60 employees that used to work here 4 years ago
-The producers we've worked with and that I've met that I've seen struggling
-The fact that I have loved being here at this company for the past 10 years from the work I do to the people, to the creativity and use of technology.
I've already let all of those factors get me frustrated, annoyed, sad, bitter, etc and it didn't accomplish anything.
So, I let all of those factors inspire me and our company and instead act (not react) with intent, knowledge and good business decisions. And ever since I made that change in how I was on June 9th, 2009 & the people here also changed, Pink Visual and TopBucks have been impacted and for the better.
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I know y'all have been impacted. I'm an affiliate since forever.
My point is that until you actually dig the ditch yourself with your own hands and you actually own that ditch...you can't feel the anger that the people in that position feel.
I can stand back and be a little bit detached because I already have my situation in hand and have for the last two years. It was a HUGE burden off of me. I literally couldn't sleep when my content was being devalued like that.
Matter of fact it was a couple of years ago when I first hired removeyourcontent and had not yet figured a way to successfully protect my streams in the members area, that Eric at RYC told me that Claudia-Marie was the most pirated girl out there.
It was sick. And it made me physically sick.
And yes, I have had to let employees go too. I hated it. But I could no longer justify keeping them on. This is a business. And pretty much anything that has to do with my tgps and affiliate work is now just me. There just isn't enough money as an affiliate anymore to justify having a group of employees working for me.
But I'm just explaining to you...try and tell a guy like Tony and his wife Mandy Blake. Or Buzz and his wife Rachel Aziani. Or Dave and his wife Chica. Or our own Scott and his wife Celeste Fox...and the list goes on and on and on...just try telling those people that you understand where they are coming from.
Cause you really don't. You're not the one having to explain what you do to your family. Or try to protect your kids from finding out. Or try to keep stalkers and crazed fans from finding where you live. Or worry about the police kicking your door in at your home. Or worry about a million other little things like that.
People like that are putting EVERYTHING on the line. And they damn sure don't appreciate...and never will appreciate anybody stealing from them OR shaking them down (which is how they are going to view it)