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Articles by Allison Vivas

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Who is the Adult Industry?

We see references to the “Adult Industry” and “Sex Industry” thrown around all the time in both adult and mainstream articles, but there never seems to be a clear definition of what companies comprise our industry

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Ask Your Pornographer First

Ironically, as the adult industry works quietly in a responsible manner (checking hundreds of 2257 documents a day, ensuring performer testing still goes on, and labeling our sites properly to ensure no one accidentally runs into explicit content), the mainstream continues to demonstrate how irresponsible they can be

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Identifying Your Strengths in Today’s Marketplace

I’m sure I don’t need to explain to anyone in the online sector of the adult entertainment industry the complexities and rapid changes inherent to today’s market

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Porn Companies have Employees to Review too!

Folks outside the adult industry are often intrigued to learn about the day-to-day life of someone who runs a porn company,  and nearly as often, they are most surprised to hear that we deal with all the same issues any mainstream company has, from employment law and workplace safety concerns to raises, layoffs and terminations

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No Stress Leadership

April is review month for most of the employees here at our company and it has allowed me to reflect on how so many of our team members have grown over the last year, and how I have grown, as well

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I Heart Dot COM

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Porn World Vs. The Real World

Now that I’m on Twitter @

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Adult Industry Critics & Myths

In one of my previous blog posts, I suggested that those who focus their efforts around casting the adult industry in a negative light need to instead put their efforts towards real issues and problems in society today

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Keynote Continued

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Proud of the Adult Industry

The adult industry is in many ways an easy target for those who make it their focus to cast us in a negative light

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An Intense Week

This week has flown by, and it’s a good thing we have a great team here at Pink Visual, because I barely was able to focus on any of our current projects or operational details

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3 Questions and Answers from the Show Floor

Attending the Adult Entertainment Expo and the Internext Expo, I had the opportunity to speak with consumers, newcomers to the business, industry veterans, and journalists

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Lessons Learned in 2010

So 2010 has come to a close and for many companies it wasn’t necessarily a year to celebrate

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