While the three-day Internext Expo draws fewer attendees than the flashier AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, this year's gathering of Adult webmasters and the people who care about them brought together the largest crowd ever. rnrn
At 3 PM forklifts and a bevy of Sands employees had torn down the bulk of the booths and exhibits. And it was a diverse group. More mainstream firms jumped on the porn gravy train, and younger companies provided fresh perspectives on how to best make money from both straight content and increasingly-popular niche markets. Adaptation is the key.rnrn
Jared Howard of Peekshows.com was here last year when his booth was larger, gaudier, and less successful."We had a DJ, a bar, and more women last time around," he told AVN.com, "and people stopped to talk to us, but they mostly hung around, drank, and watched the girls dance."rnrn
Like competitors Python, Pornication, and iFriends, Peekshows.com provides video chat content to webmasters through their own models and a handful of sister sites. rnrn
This Internext, Peekshows.com decided to tone down the flash and amp up the substance."We had two models in the headdresses, but they were classier," he said. Howard believes this jaunt to Vegas (not an expensive one as the company is located down the street) was more successful because booth visitors were less distracted.rnrn
Did Peekshows.com get many new customers'rnrn
"We got bites, but it's more important to be a presence here. To say 'we're still around,'" he said. And it paid off. "We got a lot of what we wanted to get accomplished - accomplished."rnrn
The next Internext will be in August. The AVNAdult Entertainment Expo begins tomorrow at the Sands Expo Center
