04 Apr Getting PR For Porn Stars Right
PR for porn stars.
Traditionally, porn stars have gotten a bad press in more mainstream media circles. Seen in more prudish times as facilitators of seedy, illicit behaviour, these stars were never given much of a voice. The press never saw them as people, their short-sightedness meant they could never see the person beyond the profession. That is, after all, what it is – a profession. It’s a job in the same way that an office worker is, or a nurse or footballer.
Where there is a demand, that demand must be serviced and boy does the adult entertainment industry bring with it whole oceans of demand. Fortunately, in recent times, there’s been a shift in the social tides and the perception surrounding porn stars have started (and we place an emphasis on the fact that it is very much the start) to becoming less derogatory and inflammatory. The team here at Adult PR, a leading agency providing PR for porn stars, wants to address how porn stars can further this cultural shift themselves so that the industry is destigmatised once and for all.
Accessing The Mainstream
Part of what our team, focused on PR for porn stars, make a deliberate effort on is accessing the mainstream media as well as the adult industry media. Not only does this open up a whole new avenue of opportunity. It again contributes to narrowing that chasm between such fundamentalist thinking- between what is seen and unseen; what is good and proper, and what is simply seedy taboo. By accessing major news outlets and publications, you stick up the proverbial two fingers to an establishment who have long tried to denounce the validity and integrity of the industry.
How does an agency go about this? Having sat down with you, processed your journey as an adult star and gone through what your future goals are, our PR team will work out the right angles to pitch to journalists. Because, annoyingly, there is still some semblance of ‘hush-hush’ around anything adult, it becomes doubly important that you have an experienced PR team at hand to help secure you that coverage. Fortunately, our agency can help do exactly that. In fact, we love doing it!
Focus On Sexual Positivity
Adult agencies offering PR for porn stars are looking to help further the movement of sexual positivity. There are several key trends circulating in the adult world at this moment in time. None are more prominent than the increased leaning towards self-love and wellness. ‘Wellness’ is an often-sickly word, tossed about by exploitative companies looking to tout you their latest diet pills, detox treatments or any other number of self-improvement remedies. That tag is beginning to come loose, though, and people are realising the importance of genuine wellness; they’re increasingly acknowledging the importance of both physical and mental health. In 2020, people are aware that to look after anybody else, first and foremost, you must look after yourself. The porn industry is no different from this.
From your perspective as a porn star, look to show that you are just about self-love and empowerment as the next person and that the porn industry is very much working to further better sexual ethics rather than trying to hinder its progress. A PR team will help you reach out to big players within these trends, activists, writers and thinkers who are the ones giving it the main impetus and get-go.
Offer Industry Insight
Part of the process of showing the person rather than just the porn star is to give a glimpse of what it’s actually like to be a porn star. Offer industry insight and, importantly, offer that in the form of both the highs and the lows. People appreciate honesty as much as they do a staged, scripted porn video. Journalists lap up these behind-the-scenes pieces like they’re going out of fashion. There’s no better place for them than on a double-page spread of a leading magazine. People can hazard guesses as to what it’s like in the adult entertainment business, but nobody can offer genuine authenticity that real porn stars can. In this way, your information is like gold, a bone to the hungry dogs that journalists essentially are. You’ve got something that they want, and you should never underestimate the importance of that. Ever.
Someone That’s Got Your Back
The adult industry is at times a cutthroat one. Bonds formed over years of working together are often shattered overnight in the form of a tempestuous argument or two. It’s bad enough that you may feel under attack by industry players, but by the media as well? That would be tough for anyone to deal with. That’s why a team offering PR for porn stars can be such a boon for your self-confidence. Yes, they have a job to do, but that job extends far beyond simply securing leads.
A PR team will be in your corner and fight for you, tooth and nail. Through both the high times and the lows. Just because you’re a singular person, doesn’t mean you can’t take on the world as a tour de force with people by your side, every step of the way. A PR team will celebrate your victories like nobody else, whilst they’ll protect you and help you rebuild in the eventuality of any crisis.
Once the ball, that great heaving boulder, has been set rolling; more of a voice than ever before is being given to the people within the porn industry. It’s taken the work of many champions of the adult industry to overcome that inertia. Therefore it’s down to today’s porn stars to keep that momentum going. So, if you’d like to find out more about our agency offering PR for porn stars, then get in touch! Contact AdultPR today by emailing us on [email protected]. We’d love nothing more than to have a chat about how we could help you kick on in the future.