Today was day one of the first ever adult entertainment virtual convention, appropriately named the same, AEVC. The event is hosted by Red Light Center and sponsored by Cam Contacts, XBIZ, Vstroker, Loki Cash, YNOT, Sexxxtons, Girlfriends Films, Pornstar Tweet and Melonson Adult Productions. The first day was the B2B event and included an opening address by Stephen Yagielowicz, Senior Editor of XBIZ; as well as topical seminars on the role of social media in adult entertainment, laws you need to know about and strategies on monetizing virtual world and gaming websites.

As it was the first day of the first virtual convention of any type for some people, there were some issues with figuring out how to get where you need to be, some audio breakdowns and freezing of the software, but for free, it was a minor inconvenience. Saturday and Sunday will be the B2C portion of the show and judging by the booths I saw today, the vendors ware ready to wow them. Even though it is billed as B2C for the next two days, there are plenty of informational panels happening on both days that are targeting adult webmasters. Like I said, registration is free, so check it out. It is better than going out in the snow and cold anyway. (more…)

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These photos are of the 29th Annual AVN Awards, held January 21, 2012 at The Joint, in the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas. The show was hosted by Dave Attell, and co-hostesses Sunny Leone and Bree Olson. The event started with Belladonna performing her Cirque du Bella aerial silk acrobatics routine. It was quite impressive. The show was entertaining and the winners were genuinely happy to win. If there was an academy to thank, there is no question it would have been done. AVN is to be congratulated for a fine event.

You can find a list of the 2012 AVN Awards winners at the AVN business section. (more…)

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Saturday evening was the 29th Annual AVN Awards, this year held at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Naturally, a red carpet was required since the event was celebrating the royalty of the adult entertainment industry. The women came dressed to the nines and the guys were pimpin’. Everyone came wearing their smiles. Luckily, the red carpet was held indoors, so the cold Las Vegas weather was unable to cause the wearing of too much to make it interesting. Everyone was in a great mood and considering how many people they had to move through, the event went off smoothly. (more…)

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