Gaining a vibrant, diverse, and active social media audience is tough. And getting those elusive real likes, follows, retweets and interactions can become even more difficult when you’re a company — not a porn star. To get a better handle on how companies can gain more social...

CYBERSPACE – Of all the transformative technologies, platforms and applications which have emerged via the internet, perhaps no other has been as impactful, global and far-reaching as the phenomenon of social media. While estimates vary, most sources peg the number of Facebook...

Thanks to Buster Brown, our awesome photographer at YNOT Shoot Me, we have some great pictures from the 2018 Xbiz Miami show to share.  These are some of the highlights from Day 1, but you can check out all of the pictures over at YNOT Shoot Me for full coverage. Now check out...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – For as much concern as the prospect of an obscenity law-enforcement “crackdown” has caused within the adult entertainment industry over the decades, obscenity prosecutions are something you rarely hear about these days. Sure, there were some minor rumblings of...

CYBERSPACE – In the recent history of digital advertising, there has been one predictable trend: Year over year, the aggregate revenue from digital ads has grown, steadily and consistently. There’s no indication that 2018 will buck this trend – in fact, for the first time,...

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ross Allan from Traffic Force.  Allan gave us some insight on mainstream traffic and shared how some adult traffic companies work in the “real world” with mainstream entities. YNOT: Could you give us a brief background about what you...

PHILADELPHIA – In the aftermath of major legal decisions, when describing an outcome as a big win for one or more party to the case, there’s often a “but…” which can frustrate and confound our understanding of the ruling’s significance. After all, if an appellate court eventually...

In part one of this discussion, we covered the nuts and bolts of sponsored social media posts, including trends, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations and the viability of adult performers as successful and effective social media influencers. We also heard from online...

According to Mediakix, influencer marketing on Instagram became a billion dollar industry in 2017 – a figure that’s expected to double by 2019. The decline of conventional television consumption and the growth of social media are at the forefront of this shift. Many celebrities...

CYBERSPACE – In the online context, there has always been tension between crafting an ad that “works” in the sense of getting surfers to click on it, and the goal of creating an ad which works in the larger, more important sense of the word – meaning advertising which not only...