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Tags, Text and Traffic from Video

Marketers of online adult entertainment have long used the power of video to drive traffic to their websites; often by giving away sample clips in the form of MGP galleries and tube site submissions. This visual approach essentially relies on a viewer stumbling upon the clip and then enjoying it enough to want more just like it.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Straight to the Source

A look at some of 2011’s top sources of website traffic reveals that oftentimes today’s best sources are the same as yesterday’s — with a few twists along the way.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
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Size Matters: Leveraging Facebook Fans

There is no denying the popularity and size of Facebook, which dominates the social networking landscape; controlling an audience share that marketers simply can’t ignore. Adult marketers, however, are not particularly welcome — resulting in penalties for the ham-handed and opportunities for the subtle.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Named UtherConvention’s Adult Industry Media Sponsor

XBIZ is pleased to announce its participation as Adult Industry Media Sponsor in the premiere virtual convention UtherConvention, slated for Friday and Saturday.

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FDA: Fair Fight?

In December, the Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on weight loss, bodybuilding and sexual enhancement supplements that contain potentially dangerous ingredients.

Tod Hunter ·

Epoch Signs On as Platinum Sponsor of XBIZ EU 2011

XBIZ is pleased to announce Epoch as Platinum Sponsor of the highly anticipated XBIZ EU 2011 international digital media conference set for Sept. 23-25.

A Look at Glyph PortaGig 62

Could you use a 3TB, production quality portable RAID that literally fits in the palm of your hand? For content producers, video editors and other creative types on the move — as well as anyone with limited space and demanding data storage needs, the answer is a resounding “Yes!”

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
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Surfers Reject Stuff They Think They Don’t Need

Within the entertainment and media industries, online adult or otherwise, you will commonly hear the phrase, “content sells.” While this statement is undoubtedly true, having a marketable product is only the starting point — getting it to the customer is an uphill battle that not only involves identifying and directing those prospects to the point of purchase (sending traffic to your website), but of reassuring and guiding them through the sales process (such as moving surfers from a warning page, through a tour, on to the join page and then successfully into your members area).

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
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Fast Content Is Good Content

It’s been said before and it bears repeating: Having the best website content in the world won’t matter if folks won’t wait to see it. With this in mind, webmasters should focus on ways in which they can boost the perceived speed at which their pages load.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Seeing Stars With Ratings

For webmasters running WordPress-powered websites, soliciting viewer reactions to their content can be as easy as adding a plugin that allows visitors to rate or vote on how much they liked — or disliked — your site’s offerings.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Taking a Look at Content Management Systems

Adult entertainment websites are known primarily for one thing: offering collections of content that may include many thousands of videos, countless still images and more.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Major Attraction

As long as there are members of the opposite sex looking for an effortless way of attracting one another, pheromone-infused product may continue as a mainstay for many manufacturers and distributors.

Ariana Rodriguez ·
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Video Monitor: Switch Hitters

Cutting costs while maximizing resources and results is a common theme within production circles these days — adult or otherwise. One method for getting by with less involves slashing crew and hardware expenses by relying on fewer shooters — using DSLRs for HD video acquisition and HD video camera “Photo Modes” for flexible and inexpensive “all in one” productions.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
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Using jQuery to Enhance Your Website Security

One of the most valuable aspects of the jQuery framework is its flexibility, which even extends into the realm of website security, by enabling and enhancing features such as web form validation, user authentication and more.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Next-generation Enhancements

There is no shortage of supplements to treat erectile dysfunctions and a slew of male and female sexual issues. The latest wave of enhancement products appeal to men and women of a new generation; users that are younger, more experimental and more health conscious.

Ariana Rodriguez ·

Rants and Ratings

When it comes to profiting from your creative works, “artistry” and “commerce” can easily part ways; causing a situation where what is pleasing to the creator may find little traction amongst paying customers; resulting in another ohso-romantic “starving artist,” struggling to pay his or her bills, all the while hoping that someone will appreciate their enlightened “artistic vision” enough to pay the rent…

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

U.K. Trade Organization AITA Signs On as XBIZ EU Association Sponsor

XBIZ is pleased to announce U.K.’s Adult Industry Trade Association (AITA) as the official Association Sponsor of the highly anticipated XBIZ EU 2011 international digital media conference.

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How Dimensional is 3D?

The technology of 3D may still be in its infancy, but past history indicates that studios and content providers had better start paying attention to this terrible new child. Right now the opinions about 3D range from passing fad to fanatical. Justin Lally, president of Funky Monkey Movies, weighs in among the latter group of opinions.

John Stuart ·
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Content Vs. Traffic

Long-time veterans of the online adult entertainment industry can recall endless threads on industry message boards where people debated the merits of their own market segment compared to others.

Stewart Tongue ·

Mobile Madness: Smartphone Market

Since mobile madness has infected every inch of the adult industry from small niche websites to giant film production studios, everyone wants to cash in on what will make users pluck down their hardearned dollars for sex on the small screen.

Bob Johnson ·