DomCon NOLA Names Mistresses of Ceremonies and Guests of Honor for 2023

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New Orleans, LA — DomCon New Orleans is proud to announce their Mistresses of Ceremonies and guests of honor for the 2023 festival of fetish. Coming together are Dominatrixes, fetish supermodels, sex educators, and BDSM fanatics from around the globe, October 26-29, 2023 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, 739 Canal Street, in the historic French Quarter.

Mistresses of Ceremonies for the New Orleans show this year are Mistress Precious of Houston, Texas, and Goddess Genesis of Los Angeles, California.

Guests of Honor are Goddess Cleo and Madam Amour from London, kink educator Mistress Melissa, Mistress Diamond Blu from Quebec, Mistress Rogue of Florida, and adult film legend Porsche Lynn.

DomCon welcomes sexually adventurous adults ranging from the curious to advanced. The expo in the Big Easy bridges professionals and the lifestyle BDSM community with seminars, classes, parties, a vendor hall with kinky gear, and socials like the Gender Expansive Social, Lock n Key Party, People of Color Social, and Mistress Tea.

“Many kind thanks to our Mistresses of Ceremonies and Guests of Honor,” said DomCon Founder and President, Mistress Cyan. “We are so excited to be seeing you and there are going to be many opportunities for fun, passion and decadence.”

The Annual DomCon Second Line Parade is also a major draw, bringing together sex workers, Pro Dommes, BDSM enthusiasts and community members to honor departed loved ones through a celebratory parade and dance down Bourbon Street and through the French Quarter.

“It’s still not too late to get tickets!” cheered Mistress Diamond Blu. “I will be there teaching my phenomenal class ‘Improv For Kinky People.’ So don’t miss out on the education and networking opportunities!”

Sponsors this year include Clips4Sale, Bad Dragon, JustFor.Fans, Hustler Hollywood, LaurenPhillips.com, Lady Victoria, 4U2NVScripts.com, Mistress Precious, Gynarchy.IO, Mistress Mia Darque, Ms Mesay, Goddess Alanis, Queen Ana Blue and Kinbaku Studio. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Mistress Mia Darque at Advertising@DomCon.com.

Volunteers are always welcome. Volunteer information is available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/domcon-nola-2023-volunteer-page-tickets-690193195427?aff=oddtdtcreator or contact Mz Kathy at nightmztress@yahoo.com for additional details.

DomCon New Orleans is for adults only. Registration info, VIP packages, online membership, the DomCon app, and much more can be found at https://DomCom.com.

DomCon NOLA Welcomes Diamond Sponsors Clips4Sale, JustFor.Fans and Bad Dragon

New Orleans, LA — DomCon New Orleans, the premiere professional and lifestyle BDSM convention is proud to welcome their Diamond Sponsors, Clips4Sale, JustFor.Fans and Bad Dragon. The kinky expo will be October 26-29, 2023 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, 739 Canal Street, in the historic French Quarter on the corner of Canal and Bourbon Street.

“We are very grateful to Clips4Sale, Bad Dragon and JustFor.Fans for their support to DomCon and BDSM education in the fetish community,” said DomCon Founder and President, Mistress Cyan. “We’re celebrating twenty years of kinky events across the USA. We’re also glad to have additional sponsors Hustler Hollywood, LaurenPhillips.com, Lady Victoria, 4U2NVScripts.com, Mistress Precious, Gynarchy.IO, Mistress Mia Darque, Ms Mesay, Goddess Alanis and Queen Ana Blue on board as sponsors as we prepare for our show in the Big Easy.”

DomCon conventions bridge professional BDSM and lifestyle kink through educational classes and workshops, along with social events, parties and an exposition of the latest in kinky products and couture. Joining in the festivities are awesome Dominatrixes, kinky educators, webmasters, fetish photographers and models from across the world.

The intimately adventurous exposition welcomes adult guests from curious to advanced, with a wide variety of alluring class subjects like, Improv for Kinky People, Sex Magic, The Art of Flogging, Cuckolding and Male Chastity, and Mummification, just to name a few. Socials for the weekend include the Opening Night Dinner, Pro Domme Social, POC Social, Group Photo, and Mistress Tea.

The Annual DomCon Second Line Parade is also a major draw, bringing together sex workers, Pro Dommes, BDSM enthusiasts and community members to honor departed loved ones through a celebratory parade and dance down Bourbon Street and through the French Quarter.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For sponsorship information, contact Mistress Mia Darque at advertising@DomCon.com.

Confirmed vendors include Leather By Danny, Steel Bones Corsetry, Whipping Stripes, and The Kink Shop.

“For those who are new and want to make fast friends in the scene, volunteering is a great opportunity,” added Mistress Cyan. “We also have a membership side of the DomCon web site, and mobile app to make friends and keep up with last minute event changes.”

Volunteers are absolutely welcome at DomCon. Mz Kathy is the volunteer coordinator and has a page for sign ups, along with additional information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/domcon-nola-2023-volunteer-page-tickets-690193195427?aff=oddtdtcreator

Registration info, VIP packages, online membership, the DomCon app, and much more can be found at https://DomCom.com

When Do I Dial Back on a Social Network?

Social media has become at least 60 percent of my work day, monitoring sites, making posts, gathering data. Social media has even become a big part of sending press releases out as we’re directing traffic to where the stories place.

We think of the big names as the only social media, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes a smaller network has more of who we’re selling to, like Tumblr has more fandom oriented profiles. Given that social media is also about the next big thing, we have to keep looking for where to jump next.

The Dungeon Store is spread across many social networks you may have never heard of, like PinXsters, and Lips.social, making them early adopters with varying degrees of success.

Is there a reason to pull back on such campaigns? Yes, and this goes back a long way. While it’s handy to have dominant branding for free across a social network, one has to consider how many people are watching and who are left.

When I go to post, I’m looking at how many others have posted? When was the last time I posted? How much of this feed is from my client?

When anyone goes to a social network and find posts from only one or two members, that’s bad. It makes the web site look bad. Guests feel they’re going to be drown out by spam. While I can give some engagement, if a client or two are the only ones left, there’s a liminal creepiness as if our brand is haunting the site, not participating in it.

So if I go onto a site, and I’ve been the only one posting recently, I’ll hold off so someone else can get a word in edgewise. This becomes a very good gauge as if it’s worth the energy too. If even the admin isn’t contributing, it may simply be time to move on.

 

Mia Darque Gives Kinky Advice and Talks About DomCon on The Weekly Hot Spot Podcast

World Wide Web — Mistress Mia Darque was recently a guest on The Weekly Hot Spot Podcast for a two-part show giving advice on Female Domination and why subbies don’t need to be shy about going to a BDSM convention like DomCon.

The Weekly Hot Spot is a BDSM advice podcast, hosted by Mistress Olivia and Ms Erika. The pair are active in the fetish scene and provide Distance Domination over the phone. Their show offers candid conversations about sex, fetish, BDSM, kink, phone sex and even vanilla erotic pleasure.

Mistress Mia Darque is a professional Dominatrix with over 20 years of loving Dominance in the kinky lifestyle and community. The 6’3″ Domina from Oklahoma is also a BDSM educator at Sanctuary Studios in Los Angeles, and serves on the board of DomCon where she is active working with their conventions in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

Olivia and Erika asked Darque about hesitations and fears men might have of bad experiences in kink.

“There’s no such thing as good times all the time,” noted Darque. “You can’t have one hundred percent control over it. It might go well, it might go very well. But it also might flop. When those moments come along, you have to step back for a second, rearrange yourself, see where you might have been a part of that equation, or realize other parts that didn’t work out the way they were supposed to, and eliminate that. Go back out there, and do it again. If you fall off the bike, you don’t just become scared of tires.”

“What could I expect at this type of event?” Ms Erika asked regarding DomCon NOLA.

I like to think of it as a fetishy, friendly, family reunion in New Orleans,” explained Darque. “The host hotel is great to us… The classes that we have, the teachers that we get to come in… we’ve had some of everybody, not just from the United States, but from Canada, Mistress Jaguar of Mexico, Goddess Cleo from the UK, Mistress Gabrielle from Australia. We literally have folks that come in from everywhere on the planet… it gets a little more fun every time. This year is our 20th year… There’s no telling how it’s going to be, especially with the second line parade, because we go all out.”

The Weekly Hot Spot episodes with Mistress Mia Darque can be found at https://www.spreaker.com/user/cock-radio/finalprodommemiadarque and https://www.spreaker.com/user/cock-radio/finaldomconmiadarque.

Mistress Mia Darque can be found at https://JustSayRed.com. She will be at DomCon New Orleans October 26-29 and info can be found at https://DomCon.com. Darque is also presenting The Black and Blue Party at Sanctuary Studios in Los Angeles, November 1st, go to https://www.femdomevents.com for details.

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The Dungeon Store Showing at Secret Sinsations and Sex Down South this Weekend

USA — The Dungeon Store will have teams showing their curated collection of high end BDSM gear and toys at Secret Sinsations in Gettysburg, PA and Sex Down South in Atlanta Georgia.

Thursday, September 5 through Sunday, September 10, is Sex Down South, a yearly educational conference celebrating the ever-evolving field of human sexuality. This year’s theme is Body Love, and SDS invites guests to reject societal norms and expectations of beauty standards. Attendees have the opportunity to hear from some of the most respected voices in the field of sensuality, including sexologists, therapists and educators. The show is a great time to meet new people, connect with old friends and sexplore in a safe, supportive environment. This year’s presenters include Luna Matatas, Temptress, and Rae McDaniel. Returning presenters include Midori, Jet Setting Jasmine and King Noire. New to SDS this year are the Royal Fetish Film Screening, Underwear Comedy Party, Bottomless Brunch lingerie meet up, and The Body Electric School.

Secret Sinsations has two nights of electrifying sensuality planned for lifestyle couples. Friday night, September 8 is Jersey Night, a football themed party with a live band. Saturday, September 9, the day begins with Secret Sinsations clothing optional pool party, games, prizes, and giveaways. Saturday night is the Homecoming Party, and Sinsations will have a homecoming ballroom ready for guests, along with striper poles, dance cage, and DJ Tim spinning sinful beats. At 10:00 P.M., the Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned. The Sinsations Fetish Crew will be on hand for guests to try wax play, violet wands and e-stim, and many ways to explore kinky pleasures.

The Dungeon Store has much to tempt visitors at both events this weekend. There are still ribbon corsets available, and a great selection of rope for shibari. Their line of occult books and tarot cards have been a big success and of course the crew will have floggers, paddles, bondage gear, silicone toys and violet wand accessories for sale.

Go to http://www.secretsinsations.com/jersey-night-homecoming-gettysburgh-pa-sept-8th-9th for Secret Sinsations registration and hotel info.

Visit https://www.sexdownsouth.com to learn more about Sex Down South and RSVP.

For a sneak peek of the items The Dungeon Store will have available, such as Corian paddles and neoprene floggers, go to http://www.TheDungeonStore.com.

The Dungeon Store to Enchant Guests at Fetish Con 2023

St. Petersburg, Florida — The Dungeon Store will be enchanting guests of Fetish Con with their curated collection of BDSM pleasure products, August 10-13, 2023 at the St. Petersburg Bayfront Hilton, 333 1st Street S, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Hundreds of bondage, fetish, and adult models will be in attendance at Fetish Con. Guests enjoy the exposition’s lectures, workshops, play space and amazing parties. The show’s exhibitors offer fantastic latex couture, shoes, bondage gear and leather goods. Stacy Burke, Jean Bardot, Kendra James, and Anastasia Pierce are just a few scheduled to appear at the convention.

“This year, we’re bringing gorgeous gem pasties and something daring called skin corsets,” noted Brittany Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director for The Dungeon Store. “Skin corsets are sets of self-adhesive gems, rings and laces that give the look of a corset piercing. These look stunning when applied to the back or belly, but can also be used on legs for a laced-up stocking effect. Our skin corsets are reusable, with variable spacing and there’s an extra ribbon included.”

Also on display will be The Dungeon Store’s bewitching line of tarot cards and occult books. As always, the booth will also be packed with favorites, like conductive rope, shibari books, medical toys, along with handmade floggers, paddles and whips. Hand poured silicone toys from their Split Peaches line will be on display. During the show, Wilson will electrify guests with demonstrations of The Dungeon Store’s violet wands and accessories.

Check https://FetishCon.com for updates, event info, full special guest listing, schedule, and more.

For a sneak peek of the items coming from The Dungeon Store, go to http://www.TheDungeonStore.com. For online order info on their new skin corsets, e-mail sales@thedungeonstore.com.

 

Mia Darque Talks Kink on What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want Podcast

World Wide Web — Mistress Mia Darque was recently a guest on the What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want Podcast.

Presented by Dating Kinky, What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want Podcast is hosted by Jon, A.K.A. HiThereCatsuit, a multi-time Emmy award winning broadcaster with 35 years in front of the camera and behind the scenes. Jon helps educate people on traditional and non-traditional relationships, and to tell the story on how people connect with their authentic selves.

Mistress Mia Darque is a 6’3″ Oklahoma Amazon, with over 20 years experience in the kinky community. The mature BBW got started as a lifestyle kinkster in Chicago during her early 20s, and turned pro in 2013. She has done sessions across the world, and performs at some of the hottest international fetish clubs. Darque is also a BDSM educator at Sanctuary Studios in Los Angeles, and serves on the board of DomCon where she is active working with their events in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

“My sessions in LA tend to be for my height, the fact that I can pick up a man my size and can toss you around like a rag doll,” Darque noted, explaining the differences between sessions in Los Angeles and the MidWest. “Someone told me you have an elaborate collection of dildos, might I be able to see those. It will be some very well dressed man, who looked like he just escaped from ‘DALLAS,’ circa 1985, who shot JR kinda looking guy… It’s always the conservative states, every time. They always come up with the weirdest stuff, the most random fetishes. In California, I have a lot of guys who want me to wrestle them… I have a lot of guys who are into heavier bondage… another reason why I love being at Sanctuary Studios, they’re set up for just about anything and I don’t have to come with 300 pounds worth of bags.”

Darque and Jon talked about upcoming events, like DomCon New Orleans, and her own parties.

“I have my own event coming up with my crew at Femdom Events,” said Darque. “We will be hosting it in LA… It’ll be November 1st. It’s a private, invitation only, play party… We’re going to be using Sanctuary and have plenty of space, plenty of good music, and because it’s me, plenty of good food… We’re here to enjoy ourselves, be served, and let people bring service to us… I’m also looking for who might like to have a mansion party with myself, some of my Domme friends, and some of my wrestler lady friends here in Oklahoma… We’re just enough in the middle of nowhere to have a lotta fun!”

The interview can be found at
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cNgSisQIMHLjVAOwTL4Et.

Jon will be covering FetishCon this weekend. For more from the What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want Podcast, go to https://linktr.ee/WhatWomenWantPodcast.

Mistress Mia Darque can be found at https://JustSayRed.com. She will be at DomCon New Orleans October 26-29. For more on Darque’s Femdom party at Sanctuary Studios on November 1st, go to https://www.femdomevents.com.

Is Publicity Marketing?

Publicity is marketing, right?

Not necessarily. What I primarily do is work with the press. We call it The News, for a reason. It isn’t The Olds.

Traditionally, marketing is sales, and the vague term covers everything from someone knocking on doors to advertising in the biggest outlets.

With marketing, you may be working with something that’s old and been around for decades. That’s not necessarily bad, as if it’s something essential, solid and reliable, that can be the easiest sale. But a marketer might be stuck with something that’s old and won’t sell.

When that happens, part of the challenge is for marketing to find something new and exciting, and a publicist can be brought in to brainstorm that and work with the marketer to find something newsworthy. There could be a celebrity endorsement or a contest.

But a publicist might not even be in that picture at all. What might be necessary is advertising, or a new market.

High Octane Heart does have some middle ground. We’ve created ads, logos, and branding. But it is important to understand the differences.

The Dungeon Store Showing at Pride After Dark

Richmond, Virginia — The Dungeon Store will be exhibiting their curated collection of high end BDSM products at Virginia Pride’s “Pride After Dark,” Saturday night, July 22nd, at Fallout, 117 N. 18th Street in Richmond, Virginia.

Brittany Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director for The Dungeon Store will be at the booth, illuminating the event with demonstrations of the violet wand and new violet wand accessories. Wilson will also debut the latest from The Dungeon Store’s new line of occult books and tarot decks. Of course, on display will include rope for shibari, along with handmade paddles, canes, whips, and floggers.

Entertainment for the night includes drag performances by Jasmen Clitopatra and Melanin Monroe, pole dancing by Dorian Bae and go-go dancers from Dollz Entertainment. Music artists Randy Robb and Young Shiloh will be singing. In addition, there will be suspension bondage on stage by Alina and Sardonic. RVA Leather Social will be present and appearing onstage will also be Miss Virginia Pride Tiffani Hunter-Monique and Mister Virginia Pride Onyx Spaulding.

Guests can have their boots and leatherwear rejuvenated by Bootblack Teacake at her booth. Raffles will be held through the night for fabulous prizes.

Tickets for Pride After Dark are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-after-dark-summer-edition-tickets-675747327447?aff=oddtdtcreator

For more on Virginia Pride, go to https://linktr.ee/virginiapride.

Visit https://TheDungeonStore.com for a preview of some of the quality fetish gear coming to Pride After Dark.

Elevate and Dommenate Podcast Welcomes Mistress Cyan and Mia Darque

Los Angeles, CA — The Elevate and Dommenate Podcast recently covered LA Pride, and interviewed Mistress Cyan and Mistress Mia Darque at the Erotic City side of the event.

Erotic City is the adults only side of LA Pride, offering guests the opportunity to explore their kinky side with demonstrations and performances. Mistress Cyan hosts Erotic City. Cyan’s staff from Sanctuary often volunteer and included are special guests from Bullet Bar, Fitpup Leather, Whipping Stripes, The Leather Journal, The Sidewalk Project, The LA Pony and Critter Club, and Torture Garden LA.

Hosted by Goddess Aroya and Mistress Odessa, Elevate and Dommenate Podcast is the go-to podcast for all things BDSM, power dynamics and covering the intriguing world of professional domination. They explore the connection between physical fitness and sensual pleasure, helping listeners tap into their inner dominance and find confidence in both body and mind.

“We are so excited to have this interview,” said Goddess Aroya. “We want to share with the community… This is an amazing event here. You have Erotic City, where those 18 and up can be themselves.”

“With Erotic City, I came on board with LA Pride back in 2006,” noted Mistress Cyan. “There was debate of whether to keep such an edgy, kink, fetish, BDSM section in there, but my feeling has always been you can’t complain if you don’t take a seat at the table. So I got on the board, and have been working really hard over the years to keep this not only existing, but also growing.”

Goddess Aroya and Mistress Odessa discussed the electrifying performance by Meg The Stallion the previous evening at LA Pride, then got personal and professional with Mistress Mia Darque.

“There are a lot of misconceptions that every Dominatrix is a cruel, mentally destabilizing, bitch… She has to be covered in tattoos. She can only be 5’6″ and she has to have the Betty Page look to her. I’ve rage quit against all that shit,” explained Mistress Mia Darque. “I’ve given more through professional domination sessions than I have ever been angry in a lifestyle session. My last client came all the way from Switzerland so that we could wrastle! He likes to be bear hugged and dropped to the ground. The fact that I can do that in six inch platform heels, he absolutely adores!”

Mistress Cyan and Mistress Mia Darque will be at DomCon New Orleans, October 26-29. Go to https://DomCon.com for registration information and details.

Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTkRux85yY to see the interviews with Mistress Cyan and Mistress Mia Darque, and LA Pride coverage.