As for you having a “boss”, my impression was you were the “boss” at Dogfart (as in the owner and CEO as well as the scene director). Since I had that impression I think most adult film viewers thought that as well. With that in mind you may have received some guff that was misdirected. I apologize if I contributed to that.

The Dogfart Network might be the oldest affiliate program still standing in the history of online, adult entertainment. That’s a big statement. It’s certainly in the top three. He’s been paying out affiliates since 1996, bi-weekly, and haven’t missed a payment. Nor, in an industry full of rubber-checks, has a Dogfart check ever been returned. This includes the “glory days” when an affiliate could make $20,000 monthly. ..and a few did. There were more affiliates in the $3000 – $10,000-per-month range, and not once did he stiff them. Or pay late.

The lack of a nomination from a publication touting itself as a “business” journal for the industry? On such an objective variable? Come on. And I’ll say it once more: I don’t care about the subjective, but if you ask any of the thousands (tens of thousands?) of affiliates who have promoted Blacks on Blondes over the past 22 years (as well as the other 23 sites currently available to his subscribers (oh…which, by the way, none have ever missed or posted a tardy update)) and I’d have to say that X-Biz, an “Industry Source”, might want to reevaluate their publication’s slug line.

I can’t tell you without a doubt that I’ve never spent a dime advertising at AVN and the girls I work with have been nominated for a total of 21 nominations this year. I’m not trying to take credit for their hard work obviously – but they wouldn’t have gotten those noms if they didn’t have someone like me sitting there at the computer going through their titles one by one, submitting them during the pre-nom period.

AVN is also a business, so I’m sure some special consideration is given to those who pay to advertise with them, but I really can tell you for 100% fact a lot of it also comes down to just getting submitted in the first place.

If you don’t submit yourself to be nominated or have your people do it, then you have VERY VERY VERY little chance of getting nominated.

This is really the case with porn stars, so maybe the movie categories are different, but where performers are concerned girls freak out about not getting nommed and you talk to them only to find out their names were never submitted. 😛

What I can say is though, a person is judged by the company they keep. Maybe someone in their company that represents them left a bad taste in the mouths of the folks over at xbiz.

Something they may want to consider.