WD Web Press Releases


Great Output magazine: "How to Use Your Website to Bring in More Business - Mike Connors of MorePhotos offers dozens of proven ideas.

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Studio Photography magazine shares success story and impact of MorePhotos software.

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WDWEB / MOREPHOTOS HIRES EAST COAST SALES REPRESENTATIVE

TRAVERSE CITY, MI, JUNE 12, 2007: Clearly focused on expanding its reach into the U.S. photography business, WDWeb/MorePhotos has hired an East Coast sales representative, Harry Markel.

With over 25 years experience in producing sales and marketing for Fuji Professional Products, Mr. Markel has been recognized for spearheading new product sales strategy conceptualization-to-launch initiatives that surpassed competition and dominated major markets. Over the last year, he was Director of Operations and Sales at one of the nations leading professional digital imaging labs, and now brings his wealth of experience to MorePhotos to advance the e-commerce sales business model. Formal education was centered at R.I.T. in Bio-Medical Photography and Communications.

Since its launch in January of 2000, MorePhotos has become a lead innovator in the online photo proofing and sales market. The concept behind the product is a turnkey web presence for professional photographers to easily upload and sell their photographs to anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world.

The company has designed and consulted on thousands of websites. Currently WDWeb hosts over 3000 sites in 14 countries. Its MorePhotos software is available in four languages.

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WDWEB SURVIVES THE DOT COM BUST AND CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

TRAVERSE CITY, MI, JUNE 5, 2007: Few can imagine the business rollercoaster ride of the Internet during the past ten years, but WDWeb is very pleased to celebrate its 10th anniversary. WDWeb is an Internet hosting and software development company based in Traverse City, Michigan. Since 1997, we at WDWeb have helped thousands of businesses in many countries market their products and services to the world.

Our company started out as a catering firm looking for an effective way to market our specialized service. In 1989 we founded Michigan Wedding Guides, a wedding directory and guidebook that grew from a local publication to statewide distribution.

In 1996 we went national with WD Web Company by putting our guides on the Internet in the form of Wedding Details. That original site, www.weddingdetails.com, has since grown into one of the most comprehensive wedding planning resources on the Internet. Wedding Details was quickly followed by Party Details (www.partydetails.com), and HoneymoonDetails (www.honeymoondetails.com), online planning guides for their respective categories.

With this concept of creating specialized "mall style" homes for our clients and advertisers we have increased the exposure of sites to visitors and search engines.

To further our creative endeavors, as well as to add additional support to our growing number of professional photography clients, WDWeb created the MorePhotos system. Since its launch in January of 2000, MorePhotos has become a lead innovator in the online photo proofing and sales market. The concept behind the product is a turnkey web presence for professional photographers to easily upload and sell their photographs to anyone with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world.

LabImages was launched in 2002; it is also a turnkey web presence and software for photo labs to manage their photographer clients, upload high resolution images and fulfill the order process.

The company has designed and consulted on thousands of websites. Currently WDWeb hosts over 3000 sites in 14 countries. Its MorePhotos software is available in four languages.

All of WDWeb's design and programming are done in-house by highly-qualified professionals in the industry. Services offered by WDWeb include custom site design and graphics, domain name registration, email management, site maintenance, e-commerce/shopping carts, secure servers, hosting, database technology, and more.

Websites owned and operated by WDWeb include: wdweb.com, morephotos.com, labimages.com, professionalphotographysupply.com, weddingdetails.com, partydetails.com and honeymoondetails.com.

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WDWEB ADDS NEW PERSONNEL

TRAVERSE CITY, MI, MAY 21, 2007: WDWeb and MorePhotos are pleased to announce new staff for their hosting and software development company:

Shelly Murphy joins WDWeb as a member of the development team. Shelly has a degree in Visual Communication from The Art Institute of Atlanta and more than eight years of experience in Design and Development.

NMC graduate Adrian Maule has returned to Traverse City and joined WDWeb as Assistant Network Manager. He was previously employed with Electronic Data Systems of Lansing, and has been a lifelong computer enthusiast. Adrian is also a professional musician.

Leo Mauk joins WDWeb as a member of the software development team. Graduating from TC Senior High School in 1973, Leo has 30 years experience in computer program development. He was the creator of "Barbie PC Fashion Design and Color" and "Creature Maker" programs, and also was Lead Developer of the RealTour Vision 360 degree Web tour system and "TourBuilder" tour creator program.

WDWeb has hired James Perreault, as part of the Technical Support team, and Sales and Marketing team. His studies at Western Michigan included political science, business management, and real estate appraisal. James is from lower Michigan although he spent many summers in the northern Michigan region.

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WDWEB ADDS NEW PERSONNEL

TRAVERSE CITY, MI, MAY 11, 2007: WdWeb and MorePhotos are pleased to announce new staff for their hosting and software development company:

Zachary Wessels joins his father, Michael Connors, as part of the Sales and Marketing team. Graduating from the University of Iowa in 2006, Zachary holds a degree in Business Management with a Spanish Minor, and an Entrepreneurial certificate.

Steven Berst of Torch Lake joins WdWeb as Lead Program Developer for their software development team. He has studied at Jackson Community College and NMC. Since 1996 he has been writing software programs, training people on computers, building and maintaining web sites. Steven is also a musician and has performed in Detroit and in San Francisco.

Joseph Derrigan, a northern Michigan native, has joined the Program Development team of WdWeb. He has a degree in Computer Information Systems from NMC, and has over seven years experience with Internet and web technologies including: client/server scripting, database design, e-commerce and end user support. Before WdWeb, Joseph designed and programmed an electronic print advertising system with ForeWord Magazine.