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XBIZ Survey: 25% Use or Plan to Use Bitcoin
The buzz surrounding bitcoin as an alternative payment option for adult website operators has reached a fever pitch, with points both pro and con fueling an in-depth discussion of the platform’s merits and risks. While many operators have had a chance to come to grips with the technology, the fast pace of its evolution means the talking points may change from day to day, driving the need for continued monitoring of the situation.
Changing Landscape: Women Working In Adult Marketing
In the past decade or two the role of women as part of the business landscape has changed substantially, and in the adult industry where femininity and passion are an important part of the actual product being sold, the role of women as marketers may be the best example of the ways societal views are evolving as several savvy ladies lead the way toward new revenue streams, greater brand exposure and an expanded return on investment for the companies they represent. XBIZ sat down with top marketers who happen to be women and asked for their views on the experience of being a woman working in marketing adult businesses during the past, present and into the future.
‘Evil Slut Clique’ Uncovered, Q&A With ESC Forever
Instrumental in the development of CatalystCon, ESC Forever, aka the “Evil Sluts,” Lilith and Jezebel expanded their online blog into a media consulting firm that specializes in social media. In this exclusive Q&A, the Evil Sluts divulge what makes their services unique.
New Generation — Women-led Adult Industry Jobs Increase Steadily
Female performers have been a vital part of the adult entertainment industry for many years. It’s hard to imagine adult films without famous performers like Christy Canyon, Tera Patrick and the late Marilyn Chambers. But women’s participation in erotic entertainment isn’t limited to performing; the adult industry is full of women who hold executive or managerial positions, including Allison Vivas (president/CEO of Pink Visual and TopBucks.com), Kristin Wynters (Pink Visual’s vice president), Jill Taylor (VP of marketing for MetArt), Theresa Flynt (executive vice president of Hustler Hollywood), Reena Patel (head of international mobile for Playboy Enterprises), Adella Curry (owner of Fine Ass Marketing and former marketing director for Digital Playground), Chandie Foster (marketing manager for Rude.com) and Annaliese Nielsen (founder of the popular alt-porn membership site GodsGirls.com).
First-Ever Google Glass Porn Released, Presented by MiKandi
MiKandi, the world's leading adult app store, has collaborated with leading adult entertainment media organization, XBIZ, to release the first porn video shot with Google Glass.
Equal Opportunity in Adult Entertainment
This month, XBIZ World took a look at Women In Adult, www.womeninadult.com, and the role that female executives play in the growth and operation of the adult industry at all levels — there’s no glass ceiling in porn, and if there was, it would involve some guy with a camera shooting up through it, to provide a new niche for upskirt fans.
The Power of Feminist Porn, What Retailers Need to Know
It’s hard to simply define “feminist porn.” Some experts say it’s ethically produced movies. Others say it centers on gender equality, while others maintain that it’s adult material produced by women for women who know what women really want.
Tristan Taormino in Person
Tristan Taormino has taken more than a few people aback with her invariably sunny disposition. Instead of the take-no-prisoners feminist some expect, they find her brimming with charm, humor and high-fizz energy (fellow feminist Susie Bright calls her “a force of nature”).
Feminist Porn Spreads Its Wings
In 2006 April Flores, a young flame-haired BBW, did a few porn scenes out of curiosity. Asked to do a few more, she hesitated. “I had to step back and evaluate how would I continue doing this type of performance. I wondered, is there such a thing as feminist porn? Because if there is, I want to be a part of it.
Dev Depot: Covering All Your Css Bases With Base
Adult website developers are used to taking shortcuts towards bringing sites to market and this means that any advantage in development time or site quality will pay dividends. According to its publisher, Base (matthewhartman.github.com/base/) is a super simple, responsive design framework intended to work across mobile devices, tablets and desktop computers. Built for all devices big and small, Base has your CSS needs covered.
Dev Depot: Enigma64 is Bringing Base64 To Photoshop Image Processing
For busy adult website designers and developers, every little bit counts: every little bit of quality, every little bit of performance and every little bit of time spent on a project.
Dev Depot: Boosting Coding Productivity with Brackets.io
Promoted as extensible, focused, open and innovative, Brackets (www.brackets.io) is a unique new open source code editor for web design and development that is free to use, due to sponsorship by Adobe — and “built with the web for the web,” using technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript — in fact, one could say that the Brackets.io website was built by itself, as it is developed and maintained using this tool.
Aussie Invasion — Tate Ryder Eyes U.S. Superstardom
Since moving to the United States last year, Australia’s Tate Ryder has been like a kid in a candy store. But he knew it was his destiny ever since he was a child — and the final nudge came after he put in some work for BentleyRace.com, a successful company down under.
Designing for Today’s High-Res Displays
For many casual adult website designers, addressing the needs of tablet and mobile device users involves adopting a fluid or responsive layout to accommodate differences in screen size — but getting a design to fit a specific display is only part of the battle — especially when dealing with today’s high resolution displays.
Will Scratch-and-Sniff Come to the Web?
It was an interesting idea that caused quite a stir, but it was also an April fool’s joke, when Google launched its “Nose” campaign (www.google.com/landing/nose/), calling it “the new scentsation in search.”
How ‘Porn Mode’ Browsers Impact Adult Affiliates
As many adult affiliates decry declining conversion ratios and contemplate causes such as perceived fraud by sponsors, billing company instability, piracy and tube sites, “cookie stuffing” and various other reasons, a further factor needs to be considered — enhanced “porn mode” features in modern web browsers that protect privacy and ease the minds of online consumers by boosting safety and security — but at a cost to affiliates in terms of lost sales commissions.
XBIZ Executive Awards Pre-Nomination Period Now Open
The pre-nomination period for the first-ever XBIZ Executive Awards is now open to members of XBIZ.net. Until July 31, XBIZ will accept nominations in a number of online industry executive career categories through the official XBIZ.net nomination submission form.
Mainstream vs. Adult Dating
As the internet continues to mature and an increasingly large percentage of digital consumers become more savvy to the methods available for navigating the net, the line between mainstream and adult marketing is quickly headed toward extinction. Virtually every adult webmaster has at least dabbled a toe in mainstream waters by this point and some large publicly traded mainstream companies in several sectors of the economy now either have their own adult entertainment properties or strong relationships with adult content providers. In the arena of online dating this distinction is already being tested as consumers often face parallel offers from mainstream and adult versions of similar online communities. To help fine-tune the marketing strategies webmasters use, XBIZ sat down with several leading brands of mainstream and adult dating to discuss marketing tactics that work for adult, mainstream or both.
Building Your Own Dating Site
Whether it’s the lure of a life-long relationship or the promise of a fast fling, online dating can be casual, serious or anywhere in between — with options for gay, straight, transgendered and other participants — and segmentation that goes far beyond sexual preferences to include differentiators such as golf fans or vegetarians, the disabled, HIV-positive people and more — with any and every identifiable group up for grabs. They say that there is someone for everyone, and online dating sites are where they’re often found; with players profiting by building and promoting these interpersonal connection services.
XBIZ TV: Manuel Ferrara Discusses Porn Career
XBIZ TV is pleased to announce an exclusive new video interview with performer/director Manuel Ferrara.