There are a lot of questions regarding blogging in the adult entertainment field, many people wonder if blogging is worth the effort or time? Well, it depends on the purpose, the goal and if it used properly. This series will talk about blogs.

If you are just delving into the world of blogs, or just want a better understand of blogs and their evolution since they began in 1997, please click here.

There are a lot of applications out there that allow you to bring your presence into the Blogosphere, which one is best to use? Well, that up to you, use whatever you like, but there are pros and cons to each one.

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We have all downloaded and used free templates for skinning our Wordpress blogs, heck, my original design was a fantastic them called “The Wind Cries Mary.”

When you download free templates, all of them have links in the footer. Sometimes, these links are visible and located directly under the designer’s name and sometimes they are black on black and your can’t see them. Go into your blog and click Design>Theme Editor. In the theme editor, click on Footer.PHP. If you look very carefully, will find them there. Packing the footer with links is known as link stuffing and is considered a spam technique.

Link stuffing can get your into major trouble. Googles terms say NO F*UCKING SPAM. And they mean it. Tons of non-relevant links in the footer could violate Google’s terms of use and get your site banned and you would not even know it.

Since Wordpress is an OpenSource application and most components are entirely free, you are responsible for what you download. You need to make sure your components are SEO friendly.

Can you remove these footers? Sometimes, but sometimes they are encrypted and you are better off buying a template and customizing it.

The adult industry has spawned modern SEO/SEM techniques.

Why? Money.

Yes, Yes, the infamous acronym “C.R.E.A.M.”

History, porn has always found innovative ways to create innovative sustainable revenue streams. Adult marketers aggressively applied every (from traditional to black hat) technique imaginable in order to beat search engines and successfully applied it to every niche in which there is money.
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Ever since I heard the podcast on iTunes for Managing The Gray’s research on PlayBoy’s use of SecondLife, I was hooked. PlayBoy amazes me with their willingness to incorporate social applications into their marketing and advertising strategies. This makes them an industry leader and trend setter. The Wii Fit on You Tube is no exception.

In 12 hours, it has 300,00 hits and sparked video commentary on the “thing all guys should buy their girlfriend.”

The formula is simple: Viral Video Marketing + Simple Sex Appeal = Consumer Sales

Most adult bloggers use Wordpress as a publishing platform. One of the beauties of Wordpress is its incredible way to not only manage blog content, but facilitate your own SEO as well. The plugin I most recommend for anyone is HeadSpace, it’s wonderful plugin that makes SEO consistent.

For those ready for more than the basic SEO, Yoast, offers a more in-depth, comprehensive, how-to guide to Wordpress SEO.

If your a visual learner, and have an hour and nine minutes, I recommend the following video.

And if you hate Matt Cutts or don’t have an hour and nine minutes, here is another favorite, it’s only six minutes:

As I tweeted about Twitter today, a wonderful film maker that I twitter stalk made a post. I click the linked feverishly, as his finds are like the treasure in cracker jack boxes.

The question is - “Is YouTube singling out filmmakers?”

I have posted a new podcast discussing the term “Adult”. What exactly constitutes the term “adult”? How do you define it and what does it encompass?

Have a listen and I welcome feedback, I am going in a new direction and want to address issues related to adult marketing and online strategies. This is test one. Podcast

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, We see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, Are the ones who do.

There is nothing to add. This is simply brilliant.

I saw a new link on my in bound links page today and found this GEM of a blog:

The Daily Escort -http://thedailyescort.wordpress.com

My favorite post - http://thedailyescort.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/to-be-a-courtesan-envisions/

Thanks for adding my work and I wish you the best of success.

Callie

Well, this is a quick, down and dirty fun lil post for all you social media lovers. Here is what I am liking and loving.

1. While I love to get my twitter on, my PLURK is about get me hot and bothered. I love it, I love it, I love it! It is edgier and than twitter and definitely is going to carve itself a space.
2. Combo.com - is the shizzle. It combines all your social stuff, even the new beta stuff, into ONE location.
3. HelloTXT.com - those Pownce dudes made a cool thing that I can update facebook, twitter, pownce, etc all at once. Not too fancy.
4. Twine.com - a bit more complicated but hella good groups and online media news. Like StumbleUpon for tech/LinkedIn people.
5. Pownce.com - like Tumblr, but is following the LinkedIn trend of paying for social media upgrades. It’s worth $20.
6. Sometrics.com - Traffic, Demographic conversions and analytic data on all your social media. I had a three percent readership increase in the UK this week.
7. FriendBinder.com - a bit stalkerish, but allows you to track all your friends across multiple networks.
8. Zembly.com - Work collaboratively with other on open source applications.
9. Edenbee.com - for you earthy types.
10. Boudica.com - All the women and blogs.