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Ballin’ Belle: Behind the Scenes With Belle Knox

"This girl is a natural,” observes Luc Wylder as he watches Belle Knox shooting her pretty-girl stills. “She knows exactly how to pose.” We’re in an improvised photo studio, a large seamless sheet of paper serving as a backdrop as Knox, nude except for strappy high-heel shoes, poses for Alexandra Silk’s beeping, flashing still camera.

Tod Hunter ·

Dev Depot: SpritePad, Sprinting Through Sprites

When it comes to streamlining the loading time of a web page, one major speed boost can be had by minimizing server requests, which are performed every time an individual file is pulled from the server and sent to the user’s browser.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

JT, 'The YouPorn Guy,' to Deliver XBIZ EU Keynote Address

XBIZ is pleased to announce that JT, “The YouPorn Guy,” will be its special guest keynote speaker for the 2014 edition of XBIZ EU, the international digital media event that draws leading U.K., European and American industry players for three days of education, networking and business opportunities.

XBIZ Retreat Miami Hosts Largest Gathering to Date

XBIZ Retreat’s sixth edition last week exceeded the expectations of attendees and event organizers alike, bringing together the most participants in the event’s history while still maintaining XBIZ Retreat’s signature intimate vibe.

Bathmate Expands Its Business at XBIZ Retreat

Bathmate reported a successful show at this past week's XBIZ Retreat at the Eden Roc Hotel, adding new clients and many more stores to its footprint.

Meet Miss XBIZ Summit Nikki Rae

Nikki Rae admits she was debating whether to enter this year’s Miss XBIZ Summit Bikini Contest up until the last minute.

XBIZ Summit Storms to Finish Line

The top digital media professionals in adult entertainment shared ideas and offered expert advice with an eye on the future Thursday at the XBIZ Summit.

opinion

Beyond Billing: Creating Consumer Loyalty Starts With Trust

I’ll never forget the day that I opened my first checking account. It was an event that made me feel more mature and more like an adult than I ever had before (which isn’t saying much, I suppose, given that I was 10 years old at the time).

Q. Boyer ·

XBIZ Summit Kicks Off in Style in Miami

The first full day of the XBIZ Summit featured some of just about everything for the diverse gathering of digital media professionals that made their way to the Eden Roc Hotel.

Dev Depot: Picloadr, Taking Tumblr to the Next Level

Tumblr is an extremely powerful marketing tool because its uses include the ability to drive lots of visitors to a related website, both directly through linking and back-linking, and indirectly through the search engine net this casts. It also provides a means of driving viewers and subscribers to related YouTube channels.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Sophia Fiore Launches Fitness Site

Rising adult star Sophia Fiore — also known in the national figure competition and personal training circuits as Kayla Mayne — has launched LookGoodNakedLifestyle.com.

XBIZ Summit Opens for Business at Eden Roc

The crowd at the XBIZ Summit began to gather in the late afternoon on Tuesday in Miami Beach, where dozens of the top digital media executives in adult entertainment were spotted at the Eden Roc Hotel.

MojoHost Hits South Beach and XBIZ Summit

The MojoHost crew will descend upon South Beach in Miami this week ready for fun, sun and business at XBIZ Summit.

opinion

Mobile Users Are Driving Categorical Design

Content discovery can be challenging for mobile users, especially those trying to navigate their way around sites or apps designed for older generation display metaphors, where even the simplistic nature of an adult tube site interface may become awkward to effectively use; where a swipe and a pinch, not scrolling through menus, is preferred.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Localization, Loyalty Maximize Mobile Marketing

Two growing trends are adding real value to the mobile marketing chain, specifically, localization and loyalty; with the former focusing on serving audiences at their source and the latter focused on retaining these customers going forward.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Who Said “Educational” and “Instructional” Had to be Boring?

Jessica Drake meets a lot of people — women, men and couples — all interested in better sex. They want to break out of a rut, please their partners and better satisfy themselves. That’s one of the reasons she started her “Guide to Wicked Sex” series — to address the need for modern, pleasure-based sex education.

Dan Cameron ·

Pearltrees May Prove Useful to Adult Marketers

One thing that marketers have learned from the social media revolution is that folks like to share things — and to benefit from the materials that other people have shared.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Facing Facebook: Quick-Start Guide to Getting Results

Wondering where your traffic went? Facebook is one answer, and you should be there with your customers, too. For those who have been reluctant to use this popular platform, here’s a quick-start guide to getting results:

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Miami Vice White Party to Heat Up XBIZ Summit

In what will be the grand finale of the industry event of the summer, XBIZ Summit officially announced it will host the first ever Miami Vice White Party on Thursday night, May 15.

Dev Depot: PSD Validator, Virtual Validation Comes to Photoshop

Experienced web designers and coders are no strangers to online validation tools that are intended to analyze a specific URL; testing its code against established standards as a way of “grading” the site’s structural quality. This isn’t just a matter of ego on the part of those who successfully validate their work; it is the foundation of interoperability, which is a vital part of today’s mixed Internet access device ecosystems.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·