From the legal trenches … Part 2 of the EXPO 2024 Legal Panel
In part two of our two-part EXPO 2024 Legal Panel coverage, ED Legal Correspondent Larry Kaplan (who also moderated this panel) offers a detailed recap of the key legal issues discussed and dissected by...
Is Dallas one of the top adult club markets of all time?
EXPO 2024 kicked off appropriately with the “Legends of Dallas” seminar (Monday, August 26), featuring three key figures in the illustrious history of the Dallas Metroplex club market. Dawn Rizos, David Fairchild and Scott...
Dancer safety: ‘Stranger danger’ isn’t just for kids
As the EXPO endeavors to welcome more entertainers to the convention, more seminars will be dedicated exclusively to them. This year, Robert Smith of Nightclub Security Consultants provided a “Dancer Safety” seminar, and here...
Uniting in the face of adversity
With the 2024 Presidential Election just weeks away, the “Find Your Friends, Know Your Enemies” seminar aimed to enlighten attendees on the efforts by the “Zealous Right” to put adult businesses out of business....
What did thousands of dancers have to say about your clubs?
Caressa of Pole Position — the app that serves as the “middle man” between clubs who are looking for entertainers and entertainers who are looking for clubs to dance in — polled literally thousands...
A new era of entertainer retention
An entire industry hinges on one very crucial element — specifically, the entertainers. But as club operators around the US have lamented, having enough quality dancers — and keeping the ones you do have...
The evolution of female club managers
Less than a decade ago, female club managers were few and far between. Now, they’re more prevalent than ever and enjoying success — enough that it’s impossible for the industry to not take notice....
A shot across the bow
The EXPO Keynote Address by Maverick Theory’s Michael Tipps (Monday, August 26) served as a wake-up call to an industry that’s been struggling as of late. Some in attendance may have been uncomfortable with...
From the legal trenches … The EXPO 2024 Legal Panel
In part one of our two-part EXPO 2024 Legal Panel coverage, ED Legal Correspondent Larry Kaplan (who also moderated this panel) offers a detailed recap of the key legal issues discussed and dissected by...
ED EXPO Coverage: Slow and steady is strong and sexy
In their EXPO “Entertainers Only” seminar, “How to Expand Your Personal Brand,” CouchFame’s co-owners Sammy and Bryan emphasize the value of social media as a long-term investment for passive diverse income revenues, in support of the...
ED EXPO Coverage: Legal search — and why you should
Nightclub Security Consultants’ Robert Smith recaps his EXPO 2023 presentation on legal search and seizure, and provides further context into the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution and how it applies to you.
(NOTE: This story appears...
EXPO recap: “Titties and beer” isn’t enough
Why your club NEEDS to have special events!
(NOTE: This story appears in the November 2023 issue of ED Magazine.)
At EXPO, three highly successful club operators and club promotions experts — Jason Mohney, Jerry Westlund and...
EXPO recap: The Founders EXPO Panel
The Founders Panel: Words of wisdom from the OGs
A conversation with
Harry Mohney, Michael J. Peter, David “Slim” Baucom and Brad Shafer
with moderation by ED Publisher, Dave Manack
Founder of the Continental Theatrical Agency
Interview...
EXPO recap: Get with the times —or get left behind!
Ultra-club or ultra-lounge might not be the only two models for the adult club industry’s future, but they speak to the new generation’s (as well as city officials’) distaste for the “dirty couch dance”...