It's been 2 years this week... - GoFuckYourself.com

JenniDahling · 06-08-2007, 09:43 AM

That I started my career in this nutty yet quite lucrative industry. As with many of you, my journey has been a long and unpredictable one, but the people in this biz has made it all worth while. The friends I have made, the places I have visited, and all the adventures I had getting my business going in the past year has truly been amazing.

I started at AVN Online, getting my feet wet and becoming familiar with the who's who in the industry. It was there I met Aly Drummond, who became my "persona" mentor, branding me as Jenni Dahling, putting me on as her co-host and board monitor when she hosted AVN in the Afternoons on Y-Not Radio. It was on that board that I met a few people that I am still great friends with today. The very first show I attended was Internext Miami, and I didn't know but a few people, met a bunch of folks, but always retired to my room at a decent hour, after the festivities. I was a scared dork.

Being at AVN put me in a great position to meet the movers and shakers, but my career there was short lived, and after 4 months of butting heads with a few folk, I was terminated. That was a bad week. I had moved to the Valley because I lived so far away and was tired of the 2 hour each way commute on the 405. The week before I was fired, we had just moved back into the house because my roommate and I had been temporarily displaced due to the fires in Chatsworth. (We had only been there 2 weeks before the fires broke out). I got terminated on a Monday, and that Friday I got t-boned on the freeway by a drunk, uninsured driver who fled the scene. Luckily she hit me so hard her car broke in half about 100 yards down the freeway. I had a C240 Benz that was barely a year old and she managed to pretty much kill it.
I spent the next 8 weeks recovering from soft tissue damage, whiplash, and airbag burns. It would have been a lot worse had I not been in such a well built car. God Bless those German automakers.

During that time I was seriously contemplating my future in adult and wondering what I should do next, whether or not I should stay in the biz somehow or go back corporate, etc. But I was always surrounded by good friends who kept encouraging me to stay in Adult and were offering me gigs to keep going. Unfortunately I didn't know much technical, and aside from my toy review spot on Sirius Playboy Radio, the only thing I had going for me was an incredible contact list of owners and decision makers, many of them close friends. Then JMK (owner of fullonvideo.com at the time who now runs hustlercash.com) told me to figure out a way to monetize my contacts.

A few nights later, I get a call from Lloyd, aka Baddog saying that he has extra tickets to some pretty exclusive events at the upcoming Vegas Internext. I figure, why not go and check things out. I was planning to go to AEE to push my Pritty Kitty product line anyway and the shows were running simultaneously at the Venetian. It was at that show I met some very interesting and influential people and the idea for PR Kitty was formed.

I then spent following year attending as many shows as possible, taking on projects, and learing as much as I could. My friends threw me a 40th birthday bash last Internext Miami, and it was then that I realized I had found my home. To be surrounded by 200 of my friends, and the few really close ones that made the party happen was truly a blessing. As I watched the sun rise over the horizon with a smile I had been wearing all night, I knew that my career in Adult was taking a turn for the wonderful and I welcomed it with open arms.

Now, as I sit here in the office at Dirty D's house in Tampa, preparing for my very first panel appearance: "Building Your Brand: Creative Marketing" at Cybernet Expo, I reflect on the incredible journey this past 2 years have been and I am truly grateful to the folks who have helped me along the way, giving me pointers, guidance and support, as well as the folks here on GFY for 2 years of entertainment and amusement as well as information.

May the next 2 or 20 be just as fun and lucrative for all of you as it has been for me (with less trials and tribulations of course!)

TubeTitans_SusieQ · 06-08-2007, 09:48 AM

MaDalton · 06-08-2007, 09:56 AM

congrats jenni, dedication like that always pays out!

good luck for your future projects

carol.prime · 06-08-2007, 10:03 AM

wow!!!. what a great story!!!
congratulations and goodluck..

Strickie · 06-08-2007, 10:10 AM

Awesome story Jenni, big congrats

Mrs Blazing · 06-08-2007, 10:16 AM

Luv Ya Girl, can't wait to give you big hugs. Keep on getin' down with the get down, your beautiful......see you soon

JenniDahling · 06-08-2007, 10:23 AM

Thanks y'all!!! Its support like this that makes this industry the best one to be in!!!

webgurl · 06-08-2007, 10:37 AM

congrads noobie azn meewf LOL
U know more peeps than i do and i been around
twice as long as u ! Are you for hire ??? ;)

Porn Girl · 06-08-2007, 10:47 AM

Congratulations Jenni. I have always admired your marketing and branding skills. Wonderful Story!!!

Imortyl Pussycat · 06-08-2007, 10:47 AM

Congratulations Dahling! You have also made it this far because you are one of the sweetest, truest, friendliest ladies in the industry

I love you to death and am so proud of you sista!

JenniDahling · 06-08-2007, 11:01 AM

My imnotcontent sistas!!!! You gals rock! I can't wait to see you at Xbiz next month!!! Liz and Cindy, that pic of the 3 of us in Amsterdam is one of my favorites~can one of you post it?
Jules, you are the sweetest!!!

JenniDahling · 06-08-2007, 11:02 AM

Oh yeah, Cindy... I owe you $2. At AOE 2 people asked me how things were in Canada. hahahahahaha

Porn Girl · 06-08-2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JenniDahling

Oh yeah, Cindy... I owe you $2. At AOE 2 people asked me how things were in Canada. hahahahahaha

I think that makes us even now

Next step is to exchange business cards lol

KILL_FRENZY · 06-08-2007, 11:05 AM

Congrats

Porn Girl · 06-08-2007, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JenniDahling

My imnotcontent sistas!!!! You gals rock! I can't wait to see you at Xbiz next month!!! Liz and Cindy, that pic of the 3 of us in Amsterdam is one of my favorites~can one of you post it?
Jules, you are the sweetest!!!

Here you go!!!

baddog · 06-08-2007, 11:20 AM

I seem to recall about 98% of the stuff that happened . . . the firing, the fires, the wreck. I guess everything except when AVN first hired you.

Has it been two years already? Time sure flies when you are having fun.

That was a fun day.

robfantasy · 06-08-2007, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porn Girl

Here you go!!!

3 hotties wowwwwwwwwwwww

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CuriousToyBoy · 06-08-2007, 09:07 PM

Babe,

You are living proof of the ONLY secrets to this business ...

Hard work, patience and consistency.

You can be my phantom roommate ANYTIME !!!

;-)

stickyfingerz · 06-08-2007, 09:17 PM

Congrats Girl. Your dedication has earned you 1 free snuggle coupon. Feel free to redeem it as any upcoming show we are both at.

rapmaster · 06-08-2007, 09:40 PM

Sounds like you've done well for yourself. I'm curious though, why did you get fired from AVN?

JP513 · 06-08-2007, 10:04 PM

nicepost jenni, thanks for sharing

Halcyon · 06-08-2007, 11:50 PM

You are fantastic. Thanks for sharing your life (and your smiles!)

fuzebox · 06-09-2007, 12:33 AM

Wow, I didn't know about your car crash

Good to see things are going well for you now

P.S. I hear they are doing a midyear CR bash this fall, except it's at my house.... I'll email you the details.

BangtheChampBabe · 06-09-2007, 12:54 AM

Always great to hear success stories!! It does take some time and hard work to get there, but it's nice when it all pays off!!

RyuLion · 06-09-2007, 01:04 AM

as long as you keep on bringin' that smile..you'll make it just fine..

Th!nk · 06-09-2007, 11:42 AM

thanks for sharing pics....the story is too long to read but worth it

SleazyDream · 06-09-2007, 11:45 AM

why havn't we had sex yet?

thehand · 06-10-2007, 09:21 AM

You rock Jenni - D is lucky to have you in his team!!!

JenniDahling · 06-11-2007, 05:50 AM

Thanks for the support!!! I feel like I got a big gfy hug

JenniDahling · 06-11-2007, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

I seem to recall about 98% of the stuff that happened . . . the firing, the fires, the wreck. I guess everything except when AVN first hired you.

Has it been two years already? Time sure flies when you are having fun.

That was a fun day.

Wow, we looked so much younger then, and it's only been a year and a half

baddog · 06-11-2007, 03:23 PM

thanks a lot

tranza · 06-11-2007, 03:37 PM

Damn, you like to write!

PinPine · 06-11-2007, 03:41 PM

Nice story man, good to hear that everything worked out for you that well! just started in this business and still learning a lot every day. Hopes it will work out for me the same way as it did for you.

PinPine · 06-11-2007, 03:43 PM

Nice story man, good to hear that everything worked out for you that well! just started in this business and still learning a lot every day. Hopes it will work out for me the same way as it did for you.

Violetta · 06-11-2007, 03:45 PM

Congrats on your 2 years!

Michaelious · 06-11-2007, 05:58 PM

Good luck! Nice to hear.

06-08-2007, 09:43 AM	#1
JenniDahling Market Penetration Specialist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Out of my Suitcases Posts: 5,285	It's been 2 years this week... That I started my career in this nutty yet quite lucrative industry. As with many of you, my journey has been a long and unpredictable one, but the people in this biz has made it all worth while. The friends I have made, the places I have visited, and all the adventures I had getting my business going in the past year has truly been amazing. I started at AVN Online, getting my feet wet and becoming familiar with the who's who in the industry. It was there I met Aly Drummond, who became my "persona" mentor, branding me as Jenni Dahling, putting me on as her co-host and board monitor when she hosted AVN in the Afternoons on Y-Not Radio. It was on that board that I met a few people that I am still great friends with today. The very first show I attended was Internext Miami, and I didn't know but a few people, met a bunch of folks, but always retired to my room at a decent hour, after the festivities. I was a scared dork. Being at AVN put me in a great position to meet the movers and shakers, but my career there was short lived, and after 4 months of butting heads with a few folk, I was terminated. That was a bad week. I had moved to the Valley because I lived so far away and was tired of the 2 hour each way commute on the 405. The week before I was fired, we had just moved back into the house because my roommate and I had been temporarily displaced due to the fires in Chatsworth. (We had only been there 2 weeks before the fires broke out). I got terminated on a Monday, and that Friday I got t-boned on the freeway by a drunk, uninsured driver who fled the scene. Luckily she hit me so hard her car broke in half about 100 yards down the freeway. I had a C240 Benz that was barely a year old and she managed to pretty much kill it. I spent the next 8 weeks recovering from soft tissue damage, whiplash, and airbag burns. It would have been a lot worse had I not been in such a well built car. God Bless those German automakers. During that time I was seriously contemplating my future in adult and wondering what I should do next, whether or not I should stay in the biz somehow or go back corporate, etc. But I was always surrounded by good friends who kept encouraging me to stay in Adult and were offering me gigs to keep going. Unfortunately I didn't know much technical, and aside from my toy review spot on Sirius Playboy Radio, the only thing I had going for me was an incredible contact list of owners and decision makers, many of them close friends. Then JMK (owner of fullonvideo.com at the time who now runs hustlercash.com) told me to figure out a way to monetize my contacts. A few nights later, I get a call from Lloyd, aka Baddog saying that he has extra tickets to some pretty exclusive events at the upcoming Vegas Internext. I figure, why not go and check things out. I was planning to go to AEE to push my Pritty Kitty product line anyway and the shows were running simultaneously at the Venetian. It was at that show I met some very interesting and influential people and the idea for PR Kitty was formed. I then spent following year attending as many shows as possible, taking on projects, and learing as much as I could. My friends threw me a 40th birthday bash last Internext Miami, and it was then that I realized I had found my home. To be surrounded by 200 of my friends, and the few really close ones that made the party happen was truly a blessing. As I watched the sun rise over the horizon with a smile I had been wearing all night, I knew that my career in Adult was taking a turn for the wonderful and I welcomed it with open arms. Now, as I sit here in the office at Dirty D's house in Tampa, preparing for my very first panel appearance: "Building Your Brand: Creative Marketing" at Cybernet Expo, I reflect on the incredible journey this past 2 years have been and I am truly grateful to the folks who have helped me along the way, giving me pointers, guidance and support, as well as the folks here on GFY for 2 years of entertainment and amusement as well as information. May the next 2 or 20 be just as fun and lucrative for all of you as it has been for me (with less trials and tribulations of course!) __________________ cLick my kitty, you know you want to jenni {at} prkitty.com Meet me at The Island Gathering

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06-08-2007, 10:23 AM	#7
JenniDahling Market Penetration Specialist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Out of my Suitcases Posts: 5,285	Thanks y'all!!! Its support like this that makes this industry the best one to be in!!! __________________ cLick my kitty, you know you want to jenni {at} prkitty.com Meet me at The Island Gathering

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webgurl Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Clouds with Carebears Posts: 7,954	congrads noobie azn meewf LOL U know more peeps than i do and i been around twice as long as u ! Are you for hire ??? ;)

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06-08-2007, 11:01 AM	#11
JenniDahling Market Penetration Specialist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Out of my Suitcases Posts: 5,285	My imnotcontent sistas!!!! You gals rock! I can't wait to see you at Xbiz next month!!! Liz and Cindy, that pic of the 3 of us in Amsterdam is one of my favorites~can one of you post it? Jules, you are the sweetest!!! __________________ cLick my kitty, you know you want to jenni {at} prkitty.com Meet me at The Island Gathering

06-08-2007, 11:02 AM	#12
JenniDahling Market Penetration Specialist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Out of my Suitcases Posts: 5,285	Oh yeah, Cindy... I owe you $2. At AOE 2 people asked me how things were in Canada. hahahahahaha __________________ cLick my kitty, you know you want to jenni {at} prkitty.com Meet me at The Island Gathering

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baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I seem to recall about 98% of the stuff that happened . . . the firing, the fires, the wreck. I guess everything except when AVN first hired you. Has it been two years already? Time sure flies when you are having fun. That was a fun day.

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06-08-2007, 09:40 PM	#21
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06-08-2007, 10:04 PM	#22
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06-09-2007, 12:33 AM	#24
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06-11-2007, 05:50 AM	#30
JenniDahling Market Penetration Specialist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Out of my Suitcases Posts: 5,285	Thanks for the support!!! I feel like I got a big gfy hug __________________ cLick my kitty, you know you want to jenni {at} prkitty.com Meet me at The Island Gathering

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baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	thanks a lot

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