Rick Zabel - Automation.com

"As the leading portal and news outlet for our industry, it's important that we provide our audience with the latest up-to-date information. The SMC allows us to easily and quickly add, modify and release content to our site. I'm convinced the SMC has contributed to our success."

Shortly after starting Automation Techies in the late 1990's, Alan Carty knew the web site was going to play an important role in the success of his business. One thing Alan found out quickly was he wasn't going to be able to handle the web side of the business alone. Rick Zabel was introduced to the Site Management Console (SMC) shortly thereafter, and maintaining the web site was now his primary role.

Automation.com is a web portal and leading provider of news and industry information for the world of automation, but it hasn't always been that way. Although Rick isn't considered to be a web programmer, over the years he has been able to create thousands of professionally laid out content pages for Automation.com by utilizing the easy-to-use tools provided by the SMC. Whether it's breaking news in the industry, or a hot product that has just been released, Rick and his staff are able to easily and instantaneously update Automation.com with this new content. With over 25,000 pages of content on the Automation.com site, you could say that Rick has definitely logged his time on the SMC.

Automation.com continues to grow each day and their highly technical readers are forcing Automation.com to stay on the cutting edge of web technology. Rick is constantly collaborating with Intrcomm on the latest the web has to offer, and he has been instrumental in getting several hot features incorporated into the SMC. When Google AdSense became available, Automation.com was knocking at the door. When RSS came to the mainstream, Automation.com was the first to utilize it. The list goes on and on, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Because of Rick's focus and hard work in keeping fresh and up to date content on Automation.com, the site has evolved into a profitable revenue generator. If you have content people are interested in reading, the online world will find you. Automation.com can no doubt attest to this with their average user sessions per day exceeding 12,500 and the average hits per day exceeding 175,000 (over 5 million each month). Those numbers may mean little to some, but I'm here to tell you they are impressive!

The SMC has contributed to the success of Automation.com by providing a platform for Rick to easily and effectively manage content, but his dedication and hard work has allowed the SMC team the opportunity to boast about his online success.

For more information on how you can get started on your web portal, please contact a SMC representative right away.