Community Profile:
12 Questions from Roy and Madame from Blue Toon Media.

1. How long have you been in the adult industry?

Madame & Roy: Blue Toon Media, LLC began in 2003 as on-line game development team and our first adult site; Leatherboundsex.com was launched in September of 2004.

2. Can you give our readers a little background about yourself. What did you do before you got in this business?

Madame & Roy: I’m a New Yorker by birth and breeding, but haven’t lived there in more than 25 years. Moving from NY in the 80's to rural GA and now Texas. I am the proud Mother of a US Navy Serviceman and loving wife to my business partner, Kenneth Roy. Our love affair began 10 years ago in a MIRC BDSM chat channel. We dated long distance for over a year, until I decided to move to the Lone Star State to start life a new life with my son and him. We have both have long and varied work histories that span more than most of your reader’s lives, and the mix of our best skills seems to be a good fit, for the adult Webmaster business. Roy’s education is in electronics, and has worked in the industrial industries in oil, electric motors, and vibration analysis, PLC design and been an instructor in Vo-Tech education system. Before throwing our energies into smut, he was the Network Admin and on-board computer specialist for an experimental aircraft project, which continues to contract for his Services. I think of Roy as a puzzler and translator, whose hobbies include, but are not limited to, robotics, slot cars, RC planes and model cars. Tidy to a fault, he can write code from scratch, can’t sing a note, tells a mighty fine story and makes my life whole.  No matter what jobs I have worked, I am at the core a salesman. I suppose it was set in stone from the age of 6 when I knocked on my neighbor’s doors to tell everyone on the block, my parents were opening a new Deli. I’ve owned small businesses and worked in hard goods, mainstream toys, redemption, Ad Specialties, cosmetics, 14K gold and have worked a variety of trade shows from both sides of the table. Although I am happiest in the role of Wife & Fem Dom. Roy and I have been business partners in the past as event vendors and as owners of a custom computer retail store.

3. How did your previous job/profession help you in what you do today?

Madame & Roy: We think of our experiences as past business owners, as our college educations and we strive to bring to our partners and associate a good base of knowledge with the right attitude about how to do honest business. Our social lives have also impacted our business, as a couple or individually, we are a networking force to reckon with. Be it a BDSM gathering, or trade events, we know how to get that job done, and enjoy ourselves at the same time.

4. What is your daily routine - of and with the maintenance of your website?

Madame & Roy: My daily duties all relate to marketing for all BlueToon’s sites and ongoing projects. Trade events, forums, industry boards, advertising and general smoozing are my main focuses every day. I do the updates and post on both my blog, www.madameknows.com and several e-groups promoting BTM and other web businesses we are partnered with. Since September of this year I have been working on a project that began as research into the BDSM market, and has grown into a fun little POS business - Dear Madame, where I offer “Sound Advice w/ A Happy Ending”. Being featured on the BDSM website community, Bondage.com with a monthly column, has been a great boon to our small company’s efforts breaking into a new market. Most everything else is Roy’s job. Code warrior, hub-builder, company negotiator and geek supreme, he is the backend that never gets enough praise. It is because of his amassed skills that our company runs so smoothly and that I am more skilled today, than a week ago. A natural teacher, he seems to be able to know how to speak to others on whatever level is needed, and his charisma makes him a pleasure to be around.

5. What is the most important thing you have learned over the years in this industry?

Madame & Roy:  The Most? That’s a tough one, to answer, since I can’t even claim to be in the business for years. How about a few of our Lessons?

Don’t run out of money, comes to mind first, as there isn’t any other way to learn this biz, except for lots of trial and error.

Treat it like a business, but don’t expect it to run like a mainstream business.

Show up, be nice and the most wonderful and honest people will find you.

And in the words of The Sage, Khan – Just Do It!

6. Can you tell us about your website – what it is and what it offers?

Madame & Roy: If you visit our main site, bluetoonmedia you will see we own and operate 3 gay member- based sites, with cash programs and three very successful traffic hubs. Webmasters are welcome to join our Puppycash program, and can grab banners and code, right from the landing page. Links to myself, Kenneth Roy, and our partner Brad are easy to find, and we are all always happy to fill any of your special needs.  Our growing list of friendly partners can be found there also, with links to many of the programs we highly recommend. Some of the most honest and easiest to work with vendors and associates we have met this past year can be found there too.

7. What is your favorite part about working in this business?

Madame & Roy:  Oh, the trade shows, of course! When we were trying to decided if adult was the industry for us, seeing how much more fun YP Mexico would be than a giftware event, made the decision pretty sweet.

8. What is your least favorite part about working in this business?

Madame & Roy: The lack of cohesiveness in the practices and terminology has been the most difficult to work around. And like every other business I’ve run, I hate the bean-counting duties.

9. If you were starting all over today, would you do anything differently? And if so what would that be?

Madame & Roy: If I had found the Phone Sex Industry first, that’s where all my energies would have been focused. However, we would have missed out on some of the best times and most fun, since the 70s.

10. What piece of advice would you give yourself if you were just starting out in this industry?

Madam & Roy: Remember to pack the ant spray. Too much free booze costs you more than just the tip.

11. What are three things would you like to see changed (be it positive or negative) in this industry, tomorrow, a week from now, or a year down the road?

Madame & Roy:
11- A more professional face on the industry in general, with spokespeople who have the kinds of communication skills that mesh with mainstream.

11-B- Events that truly market to the small business that are affordable for everyone.

11-C- That Y-Not Bob would fall madly in love with me and that we'd run away to Belize for a month of lust under the palm trees. If that can’t be done, I’ll accept a letter of permission from his Wife, for some tea-baggin’ fun.

12. Any new projects in the near future you would like to share with our readers?

Madame & Roy: At BlueToon, we are ALWAYS working on new projects. For me, it is developing a blog, Fem Dom Divas, for a group of Fellow PSO workers to generate some quality traffic and new clients.

Brad is currently working on our newest hub, webcamxxxsource that is slated to be our next launch. A delicious 6 foot 4, with silver hair - you can’t miss Madame’s Pimp Daddy, who along with his Wife, Diana, will be attending the San Diego Cybernext Expo in June with the rest of the BlueToon Crew.

The Code Master, Kenneth Roy, he’s got more irons in the fire than I can keep up with. He has just finished re-coding Twink Latinos and has been working closely with a content producer on a streaming project, hdvxxxporn, that is sure to be another great site to add to our adult portfolio.