Colt Studio Group announced today that Sean O’Brien has joined their team as Director of Online Marketing. O’Brien most recently served as Director of Marketing for BelAmi Photo and Video’s North American operations. Prior to that he was at PlanetOut Inc. launching their Gay.com personals and PlanetOut.com Personal affiliate programs as well as managing their adult site MenAfterDark.com.

John Rutherford, president and creative director for COLT Studio Group says, ” COLT Studio Group has produced the industry’s highest quality all-male product for 40 years. No other studio has done so more consistently. We are thrilled to have Sean join our team and help lead the way as we redevelop the COLTstudiogroup.com website and COLTcash.com affiliate program partners.”

More than three years since its inception by business consultant Holly Moss, Women in Adult (WIA) has changed hands and now will be managed by media company XBIZ, parent company of XBIZ.com and trade magazines XBIZ World and XBIZ Video.

XBIZ will oversee management of the website, WomenInAdult.com, as well as related functions and events supporting women in the industry.

WIA was founded on the premise of empowering women in the adult industry with business development opportunities, as well as providing a forum where industry women can speak their minds freely and build strategic alliances with one another.

“I have tremendous respect for women in the adult industry, especially those who have overcome great challenges in order to achieve their success,” company President Alec Helmy said. “XBIZ has always supported WIA’s core mission of empowering, inspiring, and supporting women in the adult entertainment industry. XBIZ is very proud to be involved in shaping the future of WIA.”

The revamped website, which launched today, features Woman of the Month profiles, industry news, events calendar and a discussion board.

“This is a great opportunity to bring women from all areas of the industry together to network, socialize and inspire one another,” XBIZ Sales Manager Kristen Kaye said.

“It is an exciting time for women in the adult industry,” said XBIZ Director of Public Relations, Dusty Marie. “What a wonderful and advantageous prospect for the growing number of women to network, advise and support one another. The strong backing of XBIZ provides the stability and resources WIA needs. The teaming of XBIZ and WIA is an ideal pairing.”

The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) will be represented at the first annual Gay Phoenix Forum, as ASACP Executive Director Joan Irvine takes part in a panel on legal issues faced by gay sites and the adult industry.

The Gay Phoenix Forum will be held from October 5-7, 2006 in downtown Phoenix. The three-day event will provide networking, educational and promotional opportunities for businesses in the gay market.

The legal panel is entitled “The Law of the Land - The Naked Truth,” and will examine ever-changing regulations, obscenity standards, and what gay sites have to look out for to toe the line. The panel will also feature attorneys Jeffrey Douglas, Chad Belville and John Flynn.

“Gay sites have been some of ASACP’s strongest and most loyal supporters,” said Irvine, “including top gay companies like Colt, Falcon, BadPuppy and Naked Sword, who are all ASACP sponsors. These companies have helped us protect children, and we want to help them protect their businesses.”

NakedSword.com’s VIP membership program now has a low-price point entry of $5.95 that they claim will convert even your toughest traffic. According to the sponsor, the new trial program has proven to be quite successful for free, TGP, review sites, and others offering trials.

Banners, in a wide range of shapes and sizes, are available for this promotion, and custom banners will be produced on request.

WorldWideFeeds.com has announced they have gone live with version 2.0 of their IP-TV solution. WWF suggests version 2.0 is certain to make the chore of providing members with fresh, constantly updated high-quality content even easier for industry professionals.

Immediately evident is the improved look and feel of the WWF player. It’s fashioned with a larger viewing screen, more intuitive controls and automatic bandwidth detection.

White label versions of the player are available for custom logo placement and unified company branding. In addition, a new multilingual Help screen has been added, supporting German, French, Polish and English-speaking audiences.

“IP-TV is what’s next. For the mainstream world and for adult Internet. IP-TV is an acronym for Internet Protocol Television. It’s DVD-quality, full-screen digital video with minimal buffer times; it’s rich color and sound; it’s fully functional fast-forward and rewind navigation; and WWF is the only company in the adult space that provides it,” claimed WWF CEO Jimmy Rock.

According to WWF, the product includes an enormous library of weekly-updated, uncensored straight and gay content crossing 30 niche categories, and offers end-users a ton of exclusively licensed scenes that cannot be found anyplace else.

Among the many niches covered on the straight side are Gangbang, BBW, Lesbian, FemDom and Amateur; and on the gay, Hairy, Twink, Black, Uniform and beyond.

Gay feeds are updated with a minimum of 50 new scenes a month. New additions cover every niche, and one, or all, niches can be selected for the same price. The updates use one hundred percent new exclusive licensed content, shot fresh in 2006.

Pricing starts at $99 per month, and multiple payment options are available. To celebrate the release of WWF 2.0, webmasters who sign up today can test out the new product for two weeks free.

For a demo of WWF version 2.0 IP-TV visit WorldWideFeeds. For additional information, contact Jimmy Rock at jrock((at))worldwidefeeds.com, or call 1-888-Adult-50.

On September 25, TopBucks experienced some downtime due to unexpected network issues. The downtime resulted in a loss of sales for their affiliate webmasters. Unlike most sponsor programs, TopBucks has elected to compensate their webmasters for those lost revenues. The sponsor will match all sales made on the previous Monday (9/18/2006) and add an extra $5 per sign up pay out on all sales.

You don’t see very many sponsors take responsibility for downtimes like TopBucks has. It definitely deserves two thumbs up.

Affiliate program zBUCKz flagship site, Gay Asian Amateurs, was just ranked in the top 10 conversion ratio by AVN Online, according to this month’s September issue. The rankings were submitted by Charles of Wildline! Adult Web Search Consultants. The site was listed as converting at 1:217. The sponsor was one of only 2 gay programs that made the top 10 list.

zBUCKz was also nominated for 2 Cybersocket Awards in the “gay Asian site” category. Their sites, Gay Asian Amateurs and Boykakke, have also been receiving favorable press from AVN Online. Porn site reviewer Colt Spencer said in his review of Boykakke ‘Showcased in an excellent, clean design, the site is a must-see for fans of Asian content. Call this one a slam-dunk!’

zBuckz is a NATS powered affiliate program, with a wealth of promotional materials, including tons of FHGs.

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On the heels of its highly successful July conference in Las Vegas, adult media company XBIZ has announced plans for a February event that will feature a slew of intensive workshops covering a full slate of progressive, forward-looking topics, intimate networking opportunities, and the highly anticipated 5th Annual XBIZ Awards.

The XBIZ Hollywood ‘07 Industry Conference will be held Feb. 7-8 at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Calif. The 2007 XBIZ Awards will be held Thursday, Feb. 8., as the grand finale to the conference.

“It’s about time an industry conference is held in Hollywood, California, the entertainment capital of the world,” XBIZ Publisher Tom Hymes said. “We’re especially excited to be holding this event at the Roosevelt Hotel, a venue that exudes glamour and style and a relaxed atmosphere in which to enjoy a full slate of seminars, workshops and events.”

The XBIZ ‘07 Hollywood Industry Conference will feature two days of highly focused educational workshops and seminars that will explore a wide range of subjects covering all sectors of the adult entertainment industry, set against the trendy atmosphere of the Roosevelt Hotel, its meetings rooms, restaurants and stylish Tropicana venue.

Tentative seminar and workshop topics will explore a wide range of subjects, such as expert marketing strategies, ways to exploit new distribution models, content production tips and techniques and how to position a business model to endure economic slowdowns, legal threats and increased competition.

After two days of intensive workshops and seminars, XBIZ encourages all of its webmaster attendees to attend the Webmaster Access Getaway in the High Sierras of South Lake Tahoe for a relaxing weekend of networking, partying and world-class skiing.

Registration and sponsorship details for XBIZ ‘07 Hollywood Industry Conference will be released soon.

LatinCash has announced the addition of a brand new gallery builder that will easily let affiliates make their own galleries. Simply pick out the pictures that you want, add the templates, even add your own text on certain templates, and you are done. If you would like special templates, or more site choices, just let them know and they will set it up for you.

The LatinCash program includes two gay sites for webmasters to promote:

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At the request of several members, the InGayPorn Webmaster Board has added a new forum dedicated to adult blogging. The Blog Talk forum was established for the exchange of tips, tricks, technical advice, content sources, SEO, and anything else that focuses on successful adult blogging. Those already active in blogging, and webmasters interested in developing adult blogs, will find this new forum useful and informative. Only registered InGayPorn Webmaster Board members can access the new blogging forum.