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XBIZ EU 2011 Website Launches, Reveals Venue
XBIZ is pleased to announce the launch of XBIZEU.com, the official event website for the XBIZ EU 2011 international digital media conference set to be held at the luxurious four-star Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury in London.
Adult Comes Full Circle
As an Internet porn evangelist, part of my job is to find the sunny side of online adult entertainment and to share it with you. After all, as the most common, widespread and culturally ubiquitous form of artistic expression, “erotica,” can’t be all bad. And when it is combined with the latest technological advances, it can be down-right entertaining.
Talent Showcase: Catching Up With Dale DaBone
Performer Dale DaBone told XBIZ he has become the official spokesmodel for Hot Rawks, a sexual enhancement pill created by Raw-Nation that is certified organic and made from all natural ingredients.
AdultChatAds Ready to Chat It Up
The company that created and developed Exitchat, the automated chat recovery system that helps webmasters recover and increase sales from abandoning customers, is now getting ready to roll out its next creation, AdultChatAds.
Accelerating Sales Through Personalized Marketing
Some say the adult entertainment industry is in a state of crisis; even a recent XBIZ poll asks us “Which is the biggest threat to the adult industry?” Others have long held that the adult entertainment industry is recession-proof, filled with boundless opportunity since sex always sells.
For Sale… Everything!
The current retail XXXplosion is affecting most hard goods being sold these days. It’s no accident that XBIZ once again seizes the moment and is bringing you its very own Retail Expo & Conference this month in Hollywood.
Epoch Signs On as Platinum Sponsor of XBIZ Summit 2011
XBIZ is pleased to welcome Epoch, a top payment service provider, as Platinum Sponsor of XBIZ Summit 2011, taking place at the Sofitel Water Tower Hotel June 10-12.
Executive Seat: Leading Gamma’s Climb
Fifteen years ago, Karl Bernard was an 18-year-old college student who published a few small adult websites from his parents’ basement in Montreal. Bernard, now in his early 30s, has come a long way since those humble beginnings.
XBIZ Welcomes Attorney Lawrence Walters as Blog Columnist
XBIZ is pleased to announce the addition of noted 1st Amendment attorney Lawrence Walters to its roster of distinguished blog columnists.
Director’s Chair: From Manila With Love
Bobby Manila, one of the only Filipino-American porn directors in town, grew up in the Valley and is now working (a lot) in the business that made the region either famous or notorious, depending on your outlook. Bobby’s outlook, truth be told, is one of irrepressible glee – this guy loves what he does and brings that attitude to his work every day.
Company Profile: No Stopping Alto Global
Attention online payment processors: there’s a new kid on the adult block. Alto Global Processing recently launched what promises to be a unique and specialized approach to private merchant accounts through its revolutionary “Payment Gateway.”
Executive Seat: Lord (of Asses) Byron
It took balls. At only 18 years old, boy-faced Tom Byron had enough cajones to walk across the street from his day job at an adult video and novelty store straight into legendary agent Jim South’s office and asked to work in porn films.
Pink Visual Redefines Premium Porn
The market for online adult entertainment has dramatically changed during the past few years; reaching a point today where equally dramatic solutions are required in order to keep pace with consumer demand — and consumer conditioning, occurring as a result of being exposed to next generation mainstream media marketing techniques.
XBIZ Welcomes Coyote Days as Blog Columnist
XBIZ is pleased to announce the addition of Good Vibrations Purchasing Manager Coyote Days to its roster of distinguished blog columnists.
Lion King
Forty years ago this month Michael Moran opened the first Lion’s Den retail establishment inside a remodeled store room in Columbus, Ohio.
Lizzy Borden's 'Creature Feature' Earns XBIZ Editor's Choice
Tom Byron Pictures and Lizzy Borden have received XBIZ’s highest movie review honor, an Editor’s Choice accolade for their horror movie tribute, “Creature Feature."
Mobile Buzz: Android Abandons Adult
Google’s recent move to add content ratings to apps in its Android Market has underscored the care with which developers must choose and target their audiences; never assuming that “Android = adult.” Indeed, that wishful notion has helped propel the platform’s popularity within adult circles, following Apple’s decidedly anti-adult stance; but could new adult content restrictions spell the end of this market?
Traffic Report: ‘Semantic Web’ Could Be on the Horizon
One of 2011’s hot-button topics among webmasters will be the growing maturation of the semantic web — and the use of several new HTML5 elements as a potential means of boosting organic search engine rankings. This is an important traffic segment undergoing rapid development — but just what is “the semantic web?”
Kevin Moore: Student of the Game
Kevin Moore tells XBIZ that porn has been a labor of love since the late 1990s when he started running a few amateur sites while holding down his day job in the computer industry.
XBIZ Summit 2011 Site Launches, June Dates Announced
XBIZ is pleased to announce June 10-12 as the official dates set for the highly anticipated XBIZ Summit 2011, taking place at the luxurious Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Hotel.