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Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price Named Red Carpet Hosts for 2013 XBIZ Awards

XBIZ is pleased to announce Jessica Drake and Kirsten Price as Official Red Carpet Hosts for the industry's awards event of the year, the 2013 XBIZ Awards, presented by Fleshlight, on Jan. 11 in Los Angeles.

opinion

Part One: Can Copyright Be Fixed?

If there’s one thing that just about everybody agrees upon with respect to the current state of copyright laws and intellectual property rights-enforcement, it’s that the system is broken.

Q. Boyer ·
opinion

Social Media Misconceptions

As a social media marketing consultant and coach, I run into a few common misconceptions from people who are trying to delve into the world on social media marketing. It confuses people new to it, and people who’ve been using it for a while sometimes need a refresher. So with that… some pointers:

Kelly Shibari ·

XBIZ 360° Official Site Launches

XBIZ has announced the launch of the official web portal for the groundbreaking XBIZ 360° trade events series scheduled for Jan. 9-12 in Los Angeles.

XBIZ 360° Retail Conference Site Now Live, Set for Jan. 9

XBIZ is pleased to announce the sixth of six event websites connected with the groundbreaking XBIZ 360° trade events series. Presented by the nation’s top adult retail franchisee Adam & Eve Stores, the XBIZ 360° Retail Conference is slated for Jan. 9 at the luxurious Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles.

2013 XBIZ Awards Pre-Nom Deadline Is This Sunday Night

The pre-nomination period for the industry awards event of the year, the 2013 XBIZ Awards, will close at midnight this Sunday, Oct. 14.

XBIZ TV: James Deen Talks Doc Johnson Sex Toy Line

XBIZ TV has debuted an exclusive video interview with James Deen, filmed on location at the first-ever signing at the Romantix Intimate Boutique for his new signature toy line from Doc Johnson.

XBIZ 360° Pleasure Products Conference Site Now Live, Set for Jan. 9

XBIZ is pleased to announce the fourth of six event websites connected with the unprecedented XBIZ 360° series of six grand-slam events is now live.

Pinterest Clones Seek to Popularize Porn

They say that you can easily have too much of a good thing. Many first-time tequila drinkers know this fact first-hand; as do adult affiliates facing a global glut of free porn.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Native Apps Provide More Control

Representing the first-generation of computing power added to mobile devices, native applications are fast and powerful, but require target specificity and intimate knowledge of a particular platform. Native applications can also provide easier access to popular distribution outlets, such as Apple’s App Store, forming a path for reaching customers.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Retail Retreat to Bring XBIZ 360° Full Circle, Set for Jan. 9-12

XBIZ is pleased to announce the winter edition of XBIZ Retreat, slated as part of the unprecedented XBIZ 360° series of six grand-slam events that will take attendees on a journey into the heart of the industry to decode its future, ignite commerce and spotlight success at the most extravagant awards show in industry history, the 2013 XBIZ Awards, presented by Fleshlight.

Video: XBIZ Awards 2013 Host Tera Patrick Talks Biz, Projects

XBIZ TV on Friday debuted an exclusive new video interview with Tera Patrick.

XBIZ Launches Adult Entertainment Film Conference, Set For Jan. 10-11

XBIZ is pleased to announce the XBIZ 360° Adult Entertainment Conference, a first-of-its-kind event dedicated to performers, producers and studio heads slated for Jan. 10-11 at the luxurious Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles.

opinion

Mobile Traffic Patterns

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last several years, by now you know that mobile traffic has emerged as a crucial component of the revenue generation plan for online adult businesses, and the growth in mobile device use shows no sign of slowing down. In light of those facts, XBIZ recently picked the brains of key executives at major mobile firms Reporo, Exoclick and Wister (Affil4U) to get their take on the current trends in mobile traffic and the ways in which adult entrepreneurs can go about taking advantage of those trends.

Q. Boyer ·
opinion

Mobile Market - CMS Trends

Content management systems (CMS) have come a long way since their roots as photo library maintenance tools, to encompass sophisticated presentational schemes uniquely tailored to the needs of adult websites. While CMS once focused on a handful of formats, the rise of mobile devices, each of which may have specific display capabilities (such as iOS’ lack of Flash support), requires multiple formats, bitrates and other custom tweaks.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ 360° Digital Conference Site Now Live, Details Announced

XBIZ is pleased to announce the second of six event websites, also known as XBIZ 360°, is now live.

opinion

Mobile Market: Effective Billing

With mobile browsing, viewing and purchasing of adult content continuing to rise, it is ever more important for adult businesses to optimize their mobile presence. While this optimization must, of course, include design and navigation considerations, effective content delivery and quality content, establishing an effective billing solution is probably the single most mission-critical step toward success in the mobile market; it does not matter how outstanding your mobile site is if your customers cannot conveniently and easily purchase what you are trying to sell.

Q. Boyer ·

Voice-Call Vending: Mobile Marketers Hear the Ring of Success

You’ve seen the ads in the backs of magazines and breathlessly played out on late-night television — call the listed phone number to talk with a hot live performer now.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Mobile Is Ubiquitous

During the earliest days of the mobile Internet, many adult website operators either simply ignored or redirected the few mobile visitors they received, because they were not equipped or able to handle this type of traffic. Sure, there were forward looking operators who decided to build WAP-enabled sites who may have offered a basic option for dealing with mobile visitors; but for the most part, these users represented a small-percentage of a website’s visitors, and were often seen as a nuisance that could be dealt with another day.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Mobile as a Moneymaker

Despite wishes for that magic bullet that will instantly rocket a webmaster’s mobile operation into instant success, the truth is that when it comes to the adult arena — content that’s old — is new again.

Bob Johnson ·