Cybernet Expo - 2005 - by LAJ, Ynot.com
This year the event will be using over 90% of the rooms at the beautiful Shelter Pointe Hotel on the tip of Shelter Island, with no other events happening on the premises. The outstanding location, facilities, wireless Internet access and timing of the event have set the stage for a phenomenal event - before anything else even figures into the big picture...

Erotic Expo NY - 2005 - by Klixxx Staff
Erotic Expo... the largest adult trade show New York City has ever seen is coming to the Penn Plaza Pavilion at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. The show is scheduled for May 19th - 21st, 2005. As you all know, our multi-billion dollar Adult Industry is a global business reaching hundreds of millions of consumers annually! In fact, worldwide adult revenue is larger than the revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises combined!...

Adult Webmaster Gatherings 2005 - A Klixxx Industry Preview - by Klixxx Staff
Another year is upon us already - ripe with opportunities, new ideas and plenty of unique ways to expand our businesses in the ever-changing world that is the adult online industry. A great way to stay on top of all the changes and innovations that are revealed throughout the year is to attend industry gatherings. There are many to choose from...

Attending Trade Shows - by Marc Laffer
Most adult websites begin with an idea and a dream. When the reality hit that it would require work to make the business grow, the cheap hosting companies got lots of sites that virtually get no traffic and few updates. Then, there are the successful sites that turn data into income. It's not magic to have a successful adult online business, but it is work...

Trade Show - Can You Afford NOT to Go?
Adult industry trade fairs seem to be proliferating lately. There are many available-each with its particular purpose, characteristics and advantages/disadvantages depending on what you mean to get out of it. As trade shows of all types and sizes are making there debuts or exits-each year there are still more and more. This makes selection harder than ever...

California Here We Come... - Preview by Kath Blackwell
See the work, time and energy that Fay Sharp, Dave Gould and Alex Henderson have been putting into the Cybernet Expos for seven years... Attracting webmasters in the hundreds - rather than the thousands seen at the larger Expo-style events, or the handfuls that attend the smaller regional gatherings - these conferences blend education, business, pleasure and networking in unique and beneficial ways. In fact, the buzz on the boards already in 2004 is that both of these events will become the "must attend" industry gatherings of the year, with some webmasters saying it's about time...

Yellow Brick Road Leads to the Forum - by Morgan Sommer & Tim Lutz
While it may appear that Cybersocket acted as a veritable pied piper in leading gay adult companies to the Phoenix Forum, it was really Patrick Curran and the CCBill family that were most influential in getting us and other gay companies to show up. We attended two years ago to be supportive of CCBill. It's true that many companies were hesitant until we gave them positive feedback about the show's value-how it is unquestionably worth the time and money to attend. Not to mention that we found it to be one of the most energetic adult industry shows of the year...

AWM-Event Hamburg (2004) - Klixxx Preview
In recent years, Europe has grown at an amazing rate, as a leading hot spot for industry companies and webmasters to flock from around the globe to promote their programs, services and products. European webmasters and companies have long been supporters and attendees at American events, and have now established themselves as definite leaders in international industry gatherings - setting new standards for networking on a global level...

Go West to Cybernet Expo (2004) - Preview by LAJ, YNOTMasters.com
In this industry, first impressions are always important, but not nearly as important as lasting impressions. Positive public perception, substantial hype, and most importantly - the quality of the product itself are critical factors to its survival in the future. Now in its seventh year, the Cybernet Expo Webmaster event has stood the test of time, and proven itself as a mainstay in this fickle industry of ours. If you go by my theory, and attended the event in Montreal Spring 2003, then you know exactly what I'm talking about...

Springtime in the Southwest - Phoenix Forum Preview
The Phoenix Forum set for April 1st - 3rd in the sunny southwest, the shining jewel in a growing phenomenon, if you will, of the mid-size webmaster event. Attracting webmasters in the hundreds - rather than the thousands seen at the larger Expo-style events, or the handfuls that attend the smaller regional gatherings - this conference blends education, business, pleasure and networking in unique and beneficial ways. This gathering started small, originally known throughout the community as the Desert Forum, but grew to attract over 500 webmasters and corporate supporters at the 2003 event...

Curacao 2003 - An Island Gathering
The Third Annual All Inclusive Island Gathering enhanced the strong tradition of this now well-established webmaster conference. Since its inception, the Island Gathering has eclipsed all other events, attracting the highest concentration of industry decision makers in one venue, in an environment conducive to intimate discussions and unfettered access. The combination of unique activities and events in an exclusive Caribbean location, the best sponsors in the online e-commerce world...

Miss Desert Sun 2003
The first annual Miss Desert Sun Beauty Pageant and webmaster getaway weekend was hosted by Net Management Services, at the Hyatt Regency Gainey Ranch Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, September 12-14, 2003. Sponsored by CCBill, Paycom, NO Credit Card, and National Net, the premier event kicked off with an evening reception party at the beautiful waterfall bar. Fifty stunning contestants from all over the United States were introduced to the top webmaster getaway winners, awarded their invitations at the Florida Internext Expo, and VIP guests...

AWM-Event 2003 - Klixxx Review
The event consists of Seminars, entertainment and performances such as strip-shows, lotteries and the legendary all-night party. But, most import is the business exhibition throughout the entire day. Many well-known companies, and some very interesting newcomers, are showing what they have to offer. Billing solutions, Content, Law, the newest Telecommunications trends; these are only a few of the varied themes of the seminars and official discussions, of interest to all in the industry...

Phoenix Forum 2003 - Klixxx Review
Most webmasters have read the returning posts made by attendees of various industry events. Everything "rocks" they say - everything was SO worth it - and every show was the best yet. Sometimes that's true - life, and any event - is what YOU make it. But not every show is the awesome spectacle that returning show-goers paint it to be. Unfortunately this makes it tough for webmasters on a budget to decide which shows are most cost effective, and worth the time taken away from daily work to attend. Fortunately, the Phoenix Forum needs no cheerleading OR pep squad. It is - pure and simple - a real treat...

The Making of Many - Review by Barrymore Dennison
The iridescent lighting radiates off the painted faces of the pornographic passersby. Flash and Splash provide a formidable flotilla of fanfare and flourish. Everything's for sale, and yet nothing is real. It's just another convention, but the stakes are high, and for many it will be all-or-nothing. The wheelers-and-dealers disregard their own display of delectable derrière. While others look-on oblivious to the parade of erotica, there are those shocked silent and still, at the sight of the splendid spectacle that surrounds them...

Negril Net Bash 2003 - Review by "Cyndalie"
There is something about the pace of Jamaica that has taught me a few things about our industry, and how to bring warm enticement back to discouraged clientele. There is something about how one bad experience will make you never want to come back to a certain place, or how having the wrong expectations (too high or too low) can be either pleasing or detrimental to your experience. Somewhere there is a common ground, a plane we all come together on. I was there when that plane landed, at the NegrilNet Bash in Jamaica...

Event Networking 101 - by Kath Blackwell
Just as it would be financially impossible to advertise your webmaster service on each and every webmaster resource that comes down the pike, it's equally impossible to attend every webmaster conference. Some conferences are aimed at newbies, others at corporate programs, some are actually more for the adult industry fan- and still others encompass all of these traits. In the "more bang for your buck" category, the larger Internext Expo wins hands down. However, if your needs are more niched out, then perhaps attending one or more of the smaller events will better suit your tastes...