Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/10/2010 -- Automation.com is updated multiple times each day by an industry-experienced content and editorial team. Each month, the website publishes more than 300 articles, news stories and product announcements. Plus, the site adds more than 100 previews and links per month to relevant automation articles published on other industry websites.
Recently, Automation.com celebrated ten years of serving the industrial automation and process control industries. Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world. "In our ten year history, we have been fortunate to experience year-to-year growth in publishing capacity, product offering, website traffic and advertising revenue," says Rick Zabel, Vice President and Publisher. "Even through the dot-com bust and latest economic downturn, the company has continued to grow."
Leading manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler has been a contributing journalist to this important media outlet for much of the last ten years, contributing a monthly column. With the sole purpose of providing information to automation and controls professionals, Automation.com content and traffic continued to grow quickly. According to third-party traffic ranking websites like Alexa.com, Automation.com became the most frequented automation-related news and information site on the web, out-ranking the websites of industry trade publications. Cutler noted, “I’m proud to contribute to Automation.com each month. The variety and scope of content makes this a truly vital and important resource for automation professionals worldwide.”
In addition to the website, Automation.com publishes a number of electronic e-newsletters. Automation Weekly is issued each Wednesday and covers the week’s latest general automation articles, news and products. Also, in conjunction with many of the Automation Portals, Automation.com publishes portal e-newsletters at various frequencies. While the Automation Portals act as an archive of information on each topic, the portal e-newsletters push out the latest content to subscribers via e-mail.
Founded in 2000, Automation.com is the leading online publisher of automation-related news, articles and resources. Automation.com is dedicated to providing information that enables control and automation professionals to solve problems and improve production efficiency. The site features 32 topic-specific Automation Portals and contains daily news, products, supplier and system integrator directory, job center, articles, white papers, application stories, events and networking.
Automation.com's web site traffic is consistently ranked higher (http://www.alexa.com) than any other automation or control-related publication in the industry.
Automation.com is a DBA of Automation Resources, Inc., a privately held company head-quartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
About TR Cutler, Inc. and Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler
TR Cutler, Inc., (http://www.trcutlerinc.com) based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was founded by Thomas R. Cutler a dozen years ago. Cutler maintains extraordinary relationships with clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key business leaders worldwide and has become a key resource for those writing about the manufacturing sector. Cutler founded the Manufacturing Media Consortium in the early 1990's. This extraordinary group of more than 3500 journalists, editors, economist, and other industrial leaders worldwide writes about trends, data, case studies, profiles, in the manufacturing, industrial, and distribution sectors. Cutler works with thousands of media outlets to expand manufacturing media coverage.
Cutler, ranked as the leading manufacturing journalist worldwide, has authored more than 2500 articles for a wide range of manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals including most of the leading monthly trade publications. Cutler is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Online News Association (ONA), Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ), as well as the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE.) Cutler recently established a Manufacturing Marketing Research strategic alliance with Michigan-based JPines Media (http://www.JPinesMedia.com), dedicated to measuring the pulse of the manufacturing sector, particularly manufacturing firms which are privately held and rarely accounted for when gauging the industry sentiment.
TR Cutler, Inc. is now ranked as the largest manufacturing-dedicated public relations and media consultancy worldwide, providing a voice for manufacturers worldwide.
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