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In business, “innovative” is a term often used to define those companies that never rest on their laurels. To innovate means to introduce something new into whatever one is doing. It can be on a large scale or a small scale. It can take a thousand different shapes, depending on the needs of the innovator. An innovation can succeed or fail—or produce results that outsiders may not be able to perceive. In fact, it is often impossible to know the extent to which companies have successfully innovated—which is why we decided to ask a number of adult industry professionals what new initiatives they implemented in 2009. We’re glad we did. In addition to providing insights into their various business models, the respondents revealed a lot about where they believe the industry should be focusing its energy and resources going forward.

I Want My IPTV

Marci Hirsch, Vivid Entertainment LLC: We believe that in the near future IPTV will become a major contributor to our bottom line. Over the past year we have solidified many relationships that will put us at the forefront of this new technology. The internet and television are fast becoming a single unit, and we believe that we are well positioned to take advantage of this new and exciting revenue stream.

Combating Adversity with Diversity

Dirty D, HowIgotRich.com: The innovations for our company in 2009 consist of marketing in new ways, cultivating revenue sources and delivering our product to the consumer in as many ways as possible. We have added token-based video stores so the consumer can purchase individual videos, instead of purchasing the entire DVD or a month on our websites. Considerable analysis has been done to increase retention by evaluating what the members are really watching. In a slow economy, deriving revenue from as many places as possible—like pay per minute, live shows, DVDs, paysites, toys, feeds, webcams and dating—is critical.

Doing More With Less

Morgan Sommer and Tim Lutz, Co-owners, Cybersocket, Inc.: Our innovations this year are very practical.
1. We have learned how to do more with less. The amount of work we get done as a company is greater than what we used to do. The value of the work we do as a company is greater than it was two years ago. And we do it with one-third less staff than we had two years ago. One of the tricks has been to automate as many things as possible. Also, we have audited virtually every system we have in place and dispensed with useless redundancies. This saves people lots of time and energy for useful activities.
2. We have changed our perception of what it means to grow a business. Often people will ask, “How many employees do you have?” As if more employees equals more value as a company. What we are doing as a company is growing our value. Offering as many real goods and services as possible, at as fair a price as possible, and doing as much as possible with that revenue.

Classic Acts

David Sutton, President, VCX Ltd., Inc.: We want to include a number of innovations going back as far as 2004. It was then that we began including WMV encoded movies, as many as five, on all our DVDs. Since broadband then was not as available as it is now, what it allowed purchasers of our DVDs to do was to watch, with absolutely no buffering, the complete movies on their computer by purchasing an unlimited license through our website. It unlocked the DRM and allowed completely delay-free viewing of our classics anywhere in the world.

At the same time, we encoded as many as 10 WMV movies (without DRM) onto a SanDisK flash card for sale on our website for as little as $75. I think it’s ironic that another adult company has announced this “revolutionary” new idea, which we had five years earlier! We’ve recently been offering for sale as many as 40 WMV movies on 16 gigabyte USB thumbdrives as well. Our new DVDs are all up-converted to 5.1 Dolby digital audio as well.

In the last 18 months since our Cal Vista Classic acquisition of 175-plus movies, we have released 90 that have never been on DVD before, some only having been screened theatrically. Continuing to explore the cutting edge, VCX’s roots as the first company to produce a feature VHS tape are evidenced by the quality of our product and our commitment to excellence. As new technologies become available, we pounce! We recently surpassed the 500-title benchmark of feature films available on DVD. From The Devil in Miss Jones to Craig’sList Compulsion, we continue to give the adult customer a premium viewing experience.

Moving Targets

Christoph Hermes, CEO, Pink Adventure AG: We implemented our full-service premium SMS subscription billing in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Greece for web-based traffic (landing pages, portals, etc.) to offer SMS services on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. In addition, we completed our Mobile Affiliate Program to benefit webmasters from mobile services for their traffic in Europe—WEB or WAP-based. Everybody who wants to start with mobile now can easily do that.

To Serve and Protect

Joan Irvine, CEO, Association for Sites Advocating Child Protection: After the successful launch of the award-winning Restricted To Adults—RTA Website Label, many webmasters asked Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection if they were using RTA to their maximum benefit. In May of 2009, ASACP has answered this call with RTA Verified. Now webmasters can rest assured they are properly labeled with RTA and are doing the most they can to prevent children from unknowingly viewing age-restricted content.

The RTA label is a unique string of “meta data” which can be inserted into the computer code of any website. Parental filtering software recognizes the tag and prevents children from unknowingly viewing age-restricted content. RTA is an adult entertainment industry initiative. It was developed by ASACP out of a need for an easy-to-use and internationally recognized label that designates content for adults only. RTA has also been helpful in preventing a mandatory labeling bill in the United States.

RTA Verified confirms that your websites have been properly labeled with RTA. RTA Verified adds an extra level of precaution, removes the guesswork and demonstrates social responsibility. While RTA is free, RTA Verified will cost a small fee. However RTA Verified is simple, effective and inexpensive; plus, it lets you and your visitors know that your websites are properly labeled with the Restricted To Adults website labeling system.
RTA Verified costs $10 annually to verify 1 to 10 domains, and $1 for each additional domain, or $100 annually for unlimited domains. However RTA Verified is free for ASACP members and sponsors.

Complete information about the RTA label and RTA Verified is available at RTAlabel.org.

Multi-level Multi-Tasking

Bjorn Skarlen, CEO, CommerceGate: CommerceGate has implemented innovations on various levels this year in order to maximize profitability and customize our payment solutions to meet the growing needs of merchants in the e-commerce marketplace. On a business structure level, we have upgraded our security to meet the extended demands that PCI-DSS has implemented this year to ensure our clients are protected and can process their transactions with peace of mind. On a client level, we have adjusted payment pages for mobile internet devices, which expands the revenue opportunities and customizable options for our merchants. On a networking level, we are now using RSS feeds as well as Twitter in order to stay in touch and connect with our partners and clients in real time in addition to our unparalleled customer service.

Going Balls In

Ann-Marie Holman, Brand Manager, Stockroom, Inc.: Though gags are a classic BDSM toy, there were none on the market that utilized part of the human body as a mouthpiece until Stockroom founder Joel Tucker created the Ballz Gag. “This invention came to me in a flash one day during what was supposed to be my morning meditation,” Tucker says. “I see it as a combination of a funny idea—a joke, almost—and a genuinely effective and interesting way to put a slave in his or her place, and keep them there.”

With a patent pending for being the first gag to incorporate human body parts, the Ballz Gag is the latest in a series of patented and patent-pending designs from the Stockroom, which also includes the Jawbreaker Gag, with a mouthpiece of real candy, and the Bolero Straitjacket, a sexy yet functional open-breasted design that allows a difficult patient’s vitals to be monitored without having to remove restraints to access their chest.

The Ballz Gag locks the wearer’s testicles in his partner’s mouth, forcing the receiving partner to pleasure the wearer whether he or she wishes to or not. The device is simple: a soft but sturdy leather ballstretcher pulls the wearer’s scrotum away from his body, neatly packaging the testicles to fit in the mouth of a receiving partner who is, in turn, held in place by a leather strap fastening around the back of the head.

Tucker points out that rather than giving the wearer complete control over the receiving partner, the Ballz Gag establishes a “delicate balance of power” between the two that must be carefully negotiated. “Don’t think you are in complete control!” Tucker warns Ballz Gag wearers. “If your partner decides to pull away in any direction, the ball stretcher grows tighter around you.”

Host With the Most

Brad Mitchell, CEO, MojoHost: In 2009 MojoHost upped the ante within the hosting space on network quality and performance by deploying the Internap FCP-10GX. This unique hardware platform significantly improves network quality and reliability for 80 gigabits of traffic far beyond what router, software or human can accomplish with BGP4. With this substantial investment, something not found elsewhere within the adult hosting space, MojoHost is able to bridge the performance gap between global Content Delivery Networks and its flagship datacenter in Miami, Florida.

Mixing Lust and Laughter

Allison Vivas, President, Pink Visual: 2009 was a year filled with innovation for Pink Visual. We even incorporated the word into a new marketing slogan: “We Innovate, You Masturbate.”

Our innovations this year included creation of 3D content for the iPhone (for viewing using the Wazabee 3Dee Shell from Spatial View), the iTouchHer.com porn games, shooting a full episode of MILFSeeker on an iPhone 3Gs, our new FapMapper web app, and establishment of SMS and audio podcasts as additional means of communicating with our customers.

Each of these developments was undertaken with the goal of adding value for the consumer. It’s our belief that in the modern market, for adult entertainment companies to prosper they have to offer something that goes beyond the porn, beyond the basic visual components involved. For us, that “something” is a mixture of technology and humor. Technology provides the context, and humor adds the spice that makes the whole experience more memorable for our fans. When consumers think of Pink Visual, we want a smile to come across their faces—a wry, mischievous smile.

As 2009 draws to a close, our technological innovations continue apace. In fact, Pink Visual’s focus at the Adult Entertainment Expo will be a new technology for porn consumers that we’ll demonstrate in a hands-on fashion at the show. I can’t say anything more about it at the moment, but it promises to be a show-stealer that will capture the imagination of attendees, and further cement our image as a forward-looking, technology-driven company—one that also just happens to make red-hot porn.

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MILAN — Italian prosecutors are reportedly asking for jail sentences ranging from six to 12 months for four Google executives charged over a video posted on the company’s Italian website.

Google is accused of not employing adequate content filters or sufficient staff to monitor the video and other content that users are posting to its site.

The video, which had been shot with a mobile device and uploaded to the website in 2006, shows a boy with Down’s Syndrome being teased. The boy’s family objected to what they saw as defamation and a lack of control over the material being posted to the website, as did Vivi Down, a support group for families living with Down’s Syndrome.

“This prosecution is akin to prosecuting mail service employees for hate speech letters sent in the post,” a Google spokesperson stated. “Seeking to hold neutral platforms liable for content posted on them is a direct attack on a free, open Internet and could spell the end of Web 2.0 in Italy.”

Facing jail time are Google’s senior vice-president and chief legal officer David Drummond, former Google Italy board member George De Los Reyes, senior product marketing manager Arvind Desikan and global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer.

While Google maintains that the issue revolves around freedom of the Internet and claims that it is impossible to review the thousands of videos that are uploaded daily, prosecutors disagree, denying that the case is about freedom, and instead portraying it as a basic issue of corporate responsibility and the need to protect human rights rather than business needs.

Google attorneys are scheduled to conclude their defense on December 16, with a verdict expected early next year.

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Report: Jennifer Lopez’s Ex Countersuing for $100 Million
USMagazine, November 28, 2009
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Happy holidays: Ojani Noa, ex-husband to Jennifer Lopez, is preparing a blockbuster lawsuit against the star and her business and legal team for $100 million, reports Radaronline.

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After Noa attempted to produce a film featuring home video footage of Lopez — featuring a pants-less Lopez on a motorcycle — she sued for $10 million and won a temporary restraining order to bar the film from public consumption.

Noa’s nine-figure suit charges Lopez, her father, lawyers and business associates with interfering in the project — and for fraud.

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Lopez’s mother, Noa’s attorney claims, sold some of that home-video footage to Spanish language station Univision for $30,000 without Noa’s permission.

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Lopez and Noa — who wed in February 1997 and divorced January 1998 — are scheduled to meet in

court Dec. 1. The disgruntled ex-husband plans to submit the home videos in question..no matter what.

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His attorney said Friday: “I believe that I have an unalienable First Amendment right to enter the JLo home videos into the public court record, so as to defend myself. If Judge Chalfant has a problem with this, he can have me hauled out of the courtroom in handcuffs in front of the world media.”

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* Obama to explain why U.S. is in Afghanistan, its interests there and how he made decision
* Official: Papers seeking orders to deploy 1,000 Marines next month are expected Thursday
* NATO allies will also be asked to send more troops, officials say
* Obama met with national security team Monday night to discuss Afghanistan

What is President Obama’s decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan? Join the best political team on television for “Decision: Afghanistan” on Tuesday night starting at 7 ET.

Washington (CNN) — President Obama will announce the U.S. troop strategy for Afghanistan in a speech at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.

In the speech, Obama will explain why the United States is in Afghanistan, its interests there and his decision-making process, Gibbs said, but “the president does not see this as an open-ended engagement.

“Our time there will be limited, and I think that’s important for people to understand,” he said.

“We are in year nine” in Afghanistan, Gibbs told reporters. “We’re not going to be there another eight or nine years.”

Obama will meet with members of Congress at the White House on Tuesday afternoon before the speech.
Video: More troops to Afghanistan
Video: More troops in Afghanistan?
Video: Debating Afghanistan strategy

Cost issues are among the topics the president will address, Gibbs said.

“It’s a million dollars a troop for a year,” he said. “Ten thousand troops is $10 billion. That’s in addition to what we already spend in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That also does not include training, and it doesn’t include the maintaining of a security force. It’s very, very, very expensive.”

But, Gibbs added, “I think the president, throughout this process, has talked about the cost in terms of American lives and in terms of the cost to our treasury, and I think he’ll continue to talk about it.”

The president ordered more than 20,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in March. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, reportedly has called for up to 40,000 more to wage a counterinsurgency campaign against the Taliban, the Islamic militia originally ousted by U.S. military action in 2001.

Obama has weighed several options for bolstering the American contingent, ranging from sending a few thousand troops to the 40,000 McChrystal requested.

A defense official told CNN earlier this week the Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of Obama’s decision on the 8-year-old war.

There had been no final word on Obama’s decision as of Tuesday, said the Defense Department official, who has direct knowledge of the process. But the official said planners have been tasked with preparing to send 34,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan with the expectation that Obama was leaning toward approving that many.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to receive the paperwork Thursday to approve orders to deploy 1,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to Afghanistan in late December — the first of the new troops to be sent, a U.S. military official told CNN on Wednesday. The official is not authorized to talk about the plans because they have not been officially announced.

The 1,000 Marines are part of a battalion task force that has been preparing and training for the deployment, the official said.

The president held a lengthy meeting with top advisers Monday night, and he told reporters Tuesday that he would announce new plans for Afghanistan after Thanksgiving.

McChrystal took part in the meeting Monday, along with Vice President Joe Biden, Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Obama said Tuesday that the deliberations had been “comprehensive and extremely useful.”
To succeed there, you’ve got to have a … strategy that includes civilian and diplomatic efforts.
–President Obama

“It’s going to be important to recognize that in order for us to succeed there [in Afghanistan], you’ve got to have a comprehensive strategy that includes civilian and diplomatic efforts,” he said at a news conference Tuesday with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The defense official said Tuesday that the military is planning to send three U.S. Army brigades, totaling about 15,000 troops; a Marine brigade with about 8,000 troops; a headquarters element of about 7,000; and between 4,000 and 5,000 support troops — a total of about 34,000 troops. CNN reported last month that this was the Pentagon’s preferred option.

However, the official said Wednesday that the Marines are expected to deploy 8,000 combat, aviation and support troops, plus 1,000 to 1,500 Marines as part of a headquarters unit — a total of between 9,000 and 9,500. They will be in addition to the 11,000 Marines already in Afghanistan. After the first deployment, the remaining Marines will deploy over the next three to four months, the military official said.

The troops would be dispatched throughout Afghanistan but would be focused mainly on the southern and southeastern provinces, where much of the recent fighting has taken place. Currently, brigades from Fort Drum in upstate New York and Fort Campbell in Kentucky are among those next in line to deploy.

About 68,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan, along with about 45,000 from the NATO alliance.

Two U.S. military officials have told CNN that NATO countries would be asked to contribute more troops to fill the gap between the 34,000 the Pentagon expects Obama to send and the 40,000 McChrystal wants. The request is expected to come during a December 7 meeting at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Brussels next week to meet with allies, State Department sources told CNN.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell would not discuss specific numbers, but he said NATO would be asked for additional help.

Obama’s Afghanistan plan will include “very broad terms” that show how and where the United States is succeeding in the nation, a senior U.S. military official told CNN. Those points will be used to determine how and when troops can be brought home.
We have to gain the trust of the people, and that is a major part of the plan here.
–Senior military official
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* Afghanistan War
* Stanley McChrystal
* The Pentagon
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* The Taliban

Another senior military official said McChrystal will take his orders from Obama and will do the best he can with what he has.

The question, he said, is not the number of troops, but is whether the United States has “the right resources to do what we need to do.”

“We can’t just go and blow people up and win this war,” the official said. “We have to gain the trust of the people, and that is a major part of the plan here.”

U.S.-led troops invaded Afghanistan in response to the al Qaeda terrorist network’s September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. The invasion overthrew the ruling Taliban, which had allowed al Qaeda to operate from its territory — but most of the top al Qaeda and Taliban leadership escaped the onslaught.

Taliban fighters have since regrouped to the mountainous region along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, battling U.S. and Afghan government forces on one side and Pakistani troops on the other. Al Qaeda’s top leaders, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, remain at large and are suspected to be hiding in the same region.

The conflict has so far claimed the lives of more than 900 Americans and nearly 600 allied troops.

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A report in The Sun says that pop star Rihanna is itching for some “action between the sheets” as well as some of her mum’s spicy beef stew this Holiday Season.

Rihanna’s new album Rated R was released yesterday, and she was doing press to promote the record when she made these comments to the British press.

The singer said she has avoided the dating scene since her much publicized relationship with Chris Brown ended with allegations of a brutal assault on her back in February.

“That’s not too much to ask, right?” Rihanna asked before talking about how her mom’s home cooking will help her reach at least one of her Holiday Season goals.

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LOS ANGELES — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is taking a closer look at what domain registrars are doing with visitors who are not finding the website they are looking for.

ICANN recently issued a “new gTLD program explanatory memorandum,” entitled “Harms Caused by NXDOMAIN Substitution in Top-level and Other Registry-class Domain Names,” to address the issue of domain name registries that redirect users to advertiser’s or other partner websites when a surfer attempts to visit a mistyped or non-existent URL.

“ICANN strongly discourages the use of DNS redirection, wildcards, synthesized responses and any other form of NXDOMAIN substitution in new and existing gTLDs and ccTLDs and any other level in the DNS tree for registry-class domain names,” the memo finds. “If a gTLD, ccTLD or registry-class domain manager intends to offer a service that depends on NXDOMAIN substitution, it should consult with technical experts (e.g., IAB/IETF, SSAC) on the possible effects of such implementation, and submit the proposal for global public scrutiny before implementing such a service, as appropriate.”

ICANN’s restrictions target registry-class domain name (RCDN) managers, such as those providing registrations for .com and .net TLDs, as well as those seeking to develop new TLDs such as the adult industry-targeted .XXX initiative.

“Normally if someone wants to make use of a domain, they have to register it (and pay a fee for the right to use it),” stated the ICANN memo. “In the case of NXDOMAIN substitution in a RCDN, the registry would be making use (and perhaps profit) from all or a subset of the uninstantiated domains without having registered or paid for them.”

The limitations would reportedly not apply to Internet service providers and others that use similar surfer redirects, instead focusing on the growing arena for new registrars in light of ICANN’s plans to expand the array of available top-level domains.

“Since ICANN was founded ten years ago as a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder organization dedicated to coordinating the Internet’s addressing system, one of its foundational principles, recognized by the United States and other governments, has been to promote competition in the domain-name marketplace while ensuring Internet security and stability,” the ICANN memo states. “The expansion of the generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will allow for more innovation, choice and change to the Internet’s addressing system, now represented by 21 gTLDs.”

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BIOGRAPHY

Sadie West
Sadie West brings a genuine passion to her performances. “I love what I do. I’m just real happy to be able to have an opportunity like this and make a living this way and be comfortable,” says West.

She started her adult career in June 2008 and has spent her first year performing exclusively for New Sensations and its sister company Digital Sin. Born in Riverside, Calif. and raised in San Diego, Mexica and Ohio, West likes to hike, ride horses and do oil painting when she’s not on set. She lists the Sadie and Friends series as one of her favorites as well as her scene with Gianna Michaels in Addicted 6.

“I like passionate, kinky sex. I love it when two people have a connection and their sex is fun,” she says. “Eye contact is important. I like falling-off-the-couch-and-still-be-fucking kind of sex.”

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LONDON — The war over illegal filesharing continues to heat up, with a new report that thousands of P2P users may soon receive a file they did not want — a letter from an intellectual property attorney.

According to V3.co.uk, as many as 13,000 customers of communications giant BT may soon receive a letter from ACS:Law Solicitors demanding payments of hundreds of dollars in compensation for their online filesharing.

Customers of other ISPs are not immune from the crackdown, as the law firm, which expects to begin processing the new cases as early as January, is also targeting thousands of other individuals.

The report cites ACS:Law attorney Andrew Crossley as saying the targeted customers at BT resulted from data provided by DigiProtect — a German enterprise that provides copyright enforcement services to a number of adult entertainment industry clients — which “identified 25,000 IP addresses linked to illegal downloading.”

Crossley said that many IPs were linked to one user, and that of the 25,000 identified IPs, only about half represented individual users who will receive letters.

BT was legally obligated to reveal the names and addresses of the customers using the IP addresses.

“Our letters of claim have resulted in a significant number of payments from peer-to-peer copyright infringers and has led to the recovery of damages for our music, games and film clients worldwide,” the ACS:Law website states. “This is an exciting time for anti-piracy organizations; the movement is clearly gathering momentum with strong victories in the U.S., Germany and Sweden.”

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As busy men ourselves, a grueling day at work or school can literally drain all the energy out of us. Sometimes we tend not to have the time to go out and meet women at bars or nightclubs. But let’s face it: Beautiful women are everywhere and a true player can meet them anywhere — even on public transit.

Even a long jaded ride on the bus or train can become what may seem like an enjoyable roller coaster experience. With the following list of tips that we have gathered, your next trip on public transport may just well be the beginning of a new liaison.

However, do note that these tips can really only be applied on public transport. Additionally, there might be certain limitations to your game on buses and trains, as explained below.
Present yourself positively
If you aren’t in the habit of being courteous, it’s certainly time to start. Make your presence felt positively by everyone, including her. You can do this with simple acts of courtesy such as giving your seat up for the older woman beside you, or even helping the mother to carry her baby carriage up the stairs. By doing this, she’ll perceive you as a man who is not just sociable, but gentlemanly as well.
Smile
Dale Carnegie, the esteemed author of the best-seller How to Win Friends and Influence People, wrote in his book that one of the six musts is to simply smile. Indeed, a smile can make all the difference in the world despite its simplicity and spontaneity. It can be extremely contagious, so project your best smile at her (albeit not creepily) as you approach her, and there is a big chance that she’ll smile back at you.
Speak to her
On public transport, it is imperative that you initiate a conversation as soon as the proximity is socially acceptable (for example, when she sits down beside you, you stand beside her). Wait any longer and you’ll come off as a creepy stranger who’s been silently plotting your move for the past five minutes.

Essentially, there are three types of opening lines you could use on public transport: situational remarks (“I can’t believe the bus is actually on time for once”), specific compliments (“Nice bag – where did you get it?”) or something bold and totally out of the blue.
Get the number and get out
This is one of the limitations of meeting women on public transport; you may have to get off at an earlier stop so as to avoid lurking around on the same spot after getting her number.

As soon as you find a common interest with her, take your cell phone out and get her number. For newbies, you could say something along the lines of “Listen, I have to get off at the next stop but I’m really enjoying this conversation. So just enter your number here, and maybe we’ll see each other again.”
subway romance
While the general rule is to leave after saving the digits on your phone, it is also important to hang around for a while more (ideally a couple of minutes before you get off) to solidify the connection between you two. This requires you to calibrate; do it right, and arranging a date with her will be smooth.

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LOS ANGELES — A new report is shedding light on something that many adult operators have known for some time: iPhone users are willing to pay for content.

So willing, according to the 2009 Olswang Convergence Survey, that iPhone users — a group already numbered among the heaviest users of digital media — also represent the consumer segment most likely and willing to pay for access to premium content.

Olswang partner Matthew Phillips says that the survey provides fascinating insights into the behavior of iPhone users, in regards to their current use, intended future use and willingness to pay for a wide variety of content across a range of platforms and devices.

“Having discovered the habit and simplicity of paying for apps and other services on the iPhone, it would seem that iPhone owners are also more willing to pay for content of many types than the general online population,” Phillips said. “To maximize their revenue opportunities in the digital environment, companies need to build payment solutions into consumer propositions on other platforms that are as easy to use as that on the iPhone.”

iPhone users, the survey found, are willing to pay for a variety of content via micropayments and subscriptions — including some content that they are otherwise able to obtain for free — such as viewing a recent episode of a television show they may have missed. This convenience factor should come as good news for content marketers seeking an edge.

Video content ranked as the media that iPhone users are most willing to pay for.

“The digital ecology has a complex mix of free, ad-supported and paid-for content,” Olswang partner John Enser, said. “As people look to access social media and consume music, films and TV shows on an increasing range of devices, it appears that they can be taught to pay, just so long as it is easy and painless and that they value what they receive in return.”

“However,” Enser cautioned, “newspaper owners have an uphill struggle to convince consumers to pay.”

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