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Zen And The Art of Porn Stardom
With the holidays upon us, I just want to take a minute and discuss your soul, your heart, and its health. This month’s article may be more appropriate for performers, but I hope marketers can take some of this to heart as well.
Traffic Building Benefits of Social Bookmarking
Social media is all the rage these days because these venues offer interactivity and the chance to share ideas: let’s face it; we like to know what other people are thinking and have been doing lately — and we often want to tell them what we’ve been up to as well.
Kinky Valentine
For an industry based on intimacy, romance is often the muse behind the design and marketing of pleasure products. Although romantic gifts are exchanged throughout the year, Valentine’s Day holiday is a commercially monumental annual event.
Here’s TAR You Won’t Get Stuck In
For many online adult marketers, targeting “the long tail” of search results at Google is a great way to expose niche content to a specialized audience.
Traffic: Taking a Look at the Stats
Traffic is everything to ecommerce website operators, so it’s vital to understand how the current traffic pie is being sliced, and how adult fits in. The short course is that the once dominant American porn surfer now makes up only a minor blip in the traffic scene.
VIDEOS: XBIZ Retail 2012 Exhibitor Interviews Go Live
XBIZ is pleased to release exclusive video interviews conducted in the bustling exhibitor halls of XBIZ Retail 2012.
Adam & Eve's 'The Four' National Ad Blitz Hits XBIZ
Adam & Eve Pictures began its national ad campaign for Michael Ninn’s final film “The Four” on Monday by rolling out a grand multimedia ad blitz through leading news media portal XBIZ.com.
Seasonal Success
The adult retail industry has embarked on its lengthy holiday season — starting with Halloween and extending to Valentine’s Day. XBIZ spoke with Camilla Lombard, events and publicity manager for San Franciscobased Good Vibrations, and Martin Walker, director of marketing and visual merchandising for PeeKay Inc., which operates the Lovers, ConRev, and A Touch of Romance stores, for their insider’s view on what’s going to be hot during the holiday season.
PicoSearch Enables On-Site Searching
Providing fast access to the content they desire is the best way to please surfers and having an on-site search engine is a great way to make it happen. According to publisher SAS, PicoSearch is a hosted search service offering customizable search based navigation for your website’s visitors.
WendyWilliamsXXX Receives XBIZ TS Site of the Year, XCritic Pick
WendyWilliamsXXX.com, the official website of performer Wendy Williams, won the 2012 XBIZ Transsexual Website of the Year.
VIDEO: Mile High Media Shows Off Latest Releases at XBIZ Retail 2012
Amidst tending to attendees navigating through the aisles of exhibitor booths at XBIZ Retail 2012, Mile High Media’s Wilma guides famed sex educator and XBIZ Retail special guest interviewer Jamye Waxman through the company’s latest releases.
MiKandi Wins 1st Place at XBIZ LA '3-Minute Showcase'
Adult app developer MiKandi has announced that it was the first place winner at the recent XBIZ LA “3-Minute Show Off” event.
XBIZ Speed Networking Returns to Phoenix Forum
The Phoenix Forum announced today the return of the popular XBIZ Speed Networking to the conference’s event lineup.
VIDEO: Baci Lingerie USA Shows Off Latest Releases at XBIZ Retail 2012
Amidst tending to attendees navigating through the aisles of exhibitor booths at XBIZ Retail 2012, Baci Lingerie USA national sales director Alicia Sinclair, guides famed sex educator and XBIZ Retail special guest interviewer Jamye Waxman through the company’s latest releases.
Doc Johnson Creates Buzz at ANME, XBIZ Retail
Doc Johnson made a splash this month with its booth at the AMNE show and XBIZ Retail, where retailers and distributors, both domestic and international, were treated to 100-plus new Doc Johnson products on display, including several full lines and new display units.
Director’s Chair: James Avalon
James Avalon brings almost 25 years of adult industry experience into his newest endeavor as the head of Mile High Media’s feature studios Sweet Sinner and Sweet Sinema.
XBIZ Signs On as AEVC Exclusive Media Partner
XBIZ has signed on as the Exclusive Media Partner of the Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention (AEVC), the first 3D virtual convention of its kind presented by Red Light Center and UtherConvention taking place on Feb. 25-26.
Automatic Duck Now Available for Free
Released in 1995 by JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry Development Association) as a technology for improving the color reproduction of printed images, the EXIF standard (Exchangeable Image File) allows additional data such as authorship, comments, various technical parameters and more, to be included within image and audio files.
Video Frame Rates on the Rise
News that Peter Jackson’s film version of “The Lord of the Rings” prequel, “The Hobbit,” would be released in some movie theatres at 48 frames per second (fps) caused quite a stir among videophiles and technologists alike. The higher rate is double the frame rate of traditional motion pictures and enables smoother visual effects, among other benefits, especially when fast moving action scenes are involved.
XBIZ Summit 2012 Miami Show Dates Announced, Website Now Live
XBIZ is pleased to announce May 15-18 as the official dates set for XBIZ Summit 2012, taking place at the posh beachfront playground of the Shelborne Beach Hotel in South Beach, Miami.