New CAN-SPAM Rules
Come July 2008, there will be 4 new CAN-SPAM rules, or modifications on the rules. The first is in regards to opting-out. A subscriber cannot be asked to log into a portal or website to then unsubscribe. Design World has always made it very easy with a one-click unsubscribe at […]
Strategic Relationship with MatWeb
The Materials Search in conjunction with MatWeb has been live for several weeks and our official announcement comes today. More tools for engineers, as materials selection is a critical in the design process. The MatWeb materials data is designed to work with most all major FEA programs, so various materials […]
Latest Syndication Figures
Syndication across the Design World digital network logged an additional 52,000 views on daily PR for the last 30 days. DW news and editorial is served daily across our network of sites and through direct subscribers to the RSS feed. These impressions are in addition to direct traffic to the […]
New Video Site Launched
We quietly rolled out our new video site last Friday. The new site sports a new search function and channels to help find what your looking for faster. We’re doing a lot of back tagging, so more improvements to come in channels and even more content. The uploading has been […]
Design Tips Media Offering
Design Tips – An Integrated Media Offering Embrace engineering demand for video based product content by scheduling a visit from design world’s “Engineering Watch” team at any of the upcoming trade shows. RAPID: May 20-22 Atlantic Design: June 3-5 Sensors Expo: June 9-11 Semicon West: July 15-17 IMTS: Sept 8-13 […]
Marketing Site Redesign
Welcome to the new Marketing Labs site, an overhaul from our basic blog site. In the new format, we’ll be able to better categorize and highlight features. A new search function helps find relevant posts, and you’ll find all the main categories at top. Child categories are now pull downs, […]
Engineering Careers
Our beta careers site has been running now quietly live for about a month, and our official announcement came today via business wire. Part of our effort as well is to transfer over the long running job site that has been active at MCAD Central for several years. Our goal […]
LinkedIn : Social Partnerships
A while back, we launched a LinkedIn Group as an informal networking group for design engineers and others. We did limit marketers and head hunters, as we wanted to foster a core community of engineers. The results since launch have been amazing really, and it proves the point that we’re […]
2008 Folio: 40
I was stoked to see Scott McCafferty and Mike Emich, my esteemed colleagues make it into the Folio:40! Well deserved for having the vision, taking the risk, and promoting high integrity among other things in launching a b-to-b media platform. WTWH and Design World made it under the category of […]
New Homepage Video Display
We’re pleased to launch a new ‘EngineeringWatch’ video system on the DW homepage. Video thumbnails now appear with headline and summary and these roll in by date. What this means is uploaded video and video PR has almost a 100% chance of homepage exposure (outside of basic screening): and if […]
Syndication Reach
With Design World syndication across MCAD Central, 3CADTips, Tutorials, and others – the reach of a single press release is amplified. All PR that comes into DW is re-distributed for further impact. As an example, a release from igus on mini polymer bearings was viewed and additional 846 times over […]
More on eNews ‘Content Checking’
In an earlier post, I mentioned using the term FREE in eNews tends to throw red flags for spam filters and even flag a scam alert in Thunderbird. Turns out using the term ‘click here’, ‘buy online‘ and even ‘subscribe‘ may raise a filter. So even valid offers using these […]
Good Online Ad Size Resource
Besides IAB – Interactive Advertising Bureau – best practices site, I came across the Morningstar Advertising Opportunities page that has a nice interface for their online ad specification. While specific to their site, its a good resource if looking for dimensions and image blanks of the actual ad size.
Welcome Pat Curran
We are pleased to be expanding our overall business and bringing Pat Curran on as business development manager. Pat will be involved in the continued growth of our online business and expanding opportunities. In addition, Pat will be assisting with ongoing custom and comprehensive sales programs. A Cleveland native, Pat […]
Stumble on the Newsvine
As we are completing the next release of Design World Online, we decided to integrate some new sharing capabilities on our articles. Email and del.icio.us bookmarks and of course RSS are stil in place, but we are pleased to add StumbleUpon which after a year of staff use, seems better […]
Expanded Relationship with TraceParts
More great news leading off the New Year – we’re pleased to announce our expanded business relationship with TraceParts. WTWH Media, LLC Expands Relationship with TraceParts www.tracepartsonline.net added to Design World Online network offerings SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WTWH Media, LLC today announced an expanded partnership with TraceParts, a leading global […]
WTWH Media Acquires MCAD Central
Out on the wire today…and check out video below. WTWH Media, LLC Acquires MCAD Central Community Site for Mechanical 3D CAD Users Builds out the Design World Network SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WTWH Media, LLC today announced the acquisition of MCAD Central, a design engineering community site focused on helping 3D […]
Folio Exposes WTWH
While we had a number of initiative that were under the radar, Folio mag came out with a brief on what we are up to, where we’ve been and where we’re going. Strategy aside, our success really has been a great team effort from our excellent editorial staff, production efforts, […]
Free! Blog Post
Design World uses content checking software on eDelivery, and came across a straightforward email call to action from a customer that Thunderbird flagged as a scam. The simple reason was the use of ‘free’ 3 times in the text. Simply removing the word free from the text and changing one […]
Fliqz Self Serve Video
Fliqz launched a new service today. I had the opportunity to beta test this product, and I’ll give them a lot of credit for creating a great free customizable video player. This will go a long way for a lot of individuals and smaller companies. They have come a long […]