SAN FRANCISCO – After a stint as manager of business development for a major player in the online adult video space, Daniel “DannyZ” Zeeman will return to take the reins at his own company.
In January 2014, Zeeman stepped down as president of WeMediaProz LLC, the parent company of affiliate programs including zBUCKz and Glamour Buckz, in order to join the staff at eLine.com, corporate parent of etailer and video-on-demand provider GameLink. Zeeman founded WeMediaProz, formerly Panorama Pacific Ltd., in 2003.
While with eLine, Zeeman provided strategic consulting in addition to overseeing a drive to grow the company’s membership division and launching membership websites for eLine clients Adam & Eve and TitanMen.
“I’m proud of the achievements I made at GameLink, where in under three years I was able to develop a cutting-edge membership system and put in place a key marketing strategy which has brought them extreme growth in a very short period of time,” Zeeman said. “With the partnerships we forged with Adam & Eve and TitanMen, I was able to take their brands to the next level and deliver month after month growth beyond even my own wildest expectations.”
Having accomplished more than he set out to do, Zeeman felt it was time for him to go home.
“I realized that I got as far as I could get within GameLink’s company structure, and that it was in my best interest to utilize my talents where they could be most rewarded,” he said. “That’s why I am going back to focusing my time on opportunities presented within my own company.”
During Zeeman’s absence, former Vice President Namo “Fishy” McAllister served as president of WeMediaProz.
“During my absence, I realized that Fishy’s core competence is in development,” Zeeman said. “While he did a great job filling my shoes for me these past three years, we both agreed it was best to utilize his development skills and it’s for that reason he’ll still be working by my side as [chief technology officer].”
Zeeman, who began his career in 1998 at Liberation Publications before moving to age-verification service Adult Check and then on to his own company, said he relishes the challenge of growing WeMediaProz in the same way he helped GameLink grow.
“We currently have four affiliate programs and close to 50 pay sites, working with amazing studios including Buck Angel Entertainment, Factory Videos, ThisIsGlamour, JapanBoyz and more,” he said. “I’m looking forward to stepping back into the president role and bringing about the same kind of growth for our own studios as I did for GameLink, as well as bringing in new opportunities for the company.”
