As your adult company grows from an established website into a formidable brand, you will find that focusing on building brand recognition is an important element of taking your company into the realms of high-profit operations.

While big names in the adult entertainment industry such as Playboy and Penthouse established their credibility with magazines and pay-per-view television offerings, many of these well established brands have failed to prove profitable in their online ambitions.

AVN has announced the event dates for the 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo to be held at the Sands Exhibition Center. The respected venue will feature networking and presentation events for the adult entertainment industry's directors, performers, distributors, and retailers from January 8th to 11th and is a great opportunity for fans to see the industry first hand.

Tera Wray may have married a top porn producer this past January at a highly publicized ceremony at this year's AVN event, but it does not seem to have inspired her to continue her career as one of the nation's hottest rising talents. She recently announced that she is leaving porn to pursue what she describes as "a more normal life".

A look into the life of Dave Pounder, an MBA graduate who has risen from porn star to porn producer, shows how one introspective player in the adult industry views his role as a porn producer in light of an industry that thrives on what he describes as "broken girls". Given his reflections on the way the porn industry operates, he plans to retire next year and start giving back.

Before the Internet came along, phone sex was perhaps the third leading form of legal adult entertainment after strip shows and pornographic videos, but even with the advent of YouPorn and endless online download services, phone sex operators can still earn upwards of $50 an hour.

Tera Patrick has certainly paid her dues in the Adult entertainment industry, and has broken through into the mainstream media. While she is the queen of a multi-million dollar porn business, she has also started to delve into video game production, with a co-producer role in an upcoming game titled "Saint's Row 2".

DigitalPlayground has taken a major step in defining the future of mobile porn with the first website designed specifically for watching porn on the iPhone. For just under $30 a month, users who have an iPhone can join the site and access high-definition movies, chat features, and behind-the-scenes featurettes.

The issue of filming sex scenes in porn movies can be compared to producing professional wresting event in that they both require actors to simulate actions in which real risk is involved. This interesting article addresses condom use in porn, and certain approaches by both directors and actors that can integrate condom use into a production without turning off the audience.

While oil prices and stock market movements are considered "leading indicators" because they forecast the direction of our economy, and many vices are considered recession-proof, the current state of the porn industry merely indicates economic trends that have already occurred.