Who Is Ben Wehde

Testimonial From Jim Earl

Ben Wehde — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:52:48 +0000

“…You Have Nailed It…”

“As a Co-Founder and CEO of Total Exposure Entertainment Marketing , LLC (TEEM, LLC) I want to first thank you personally for the professional and customer focused service you provide. As you know I have been watching you put together this endeavor for sometime. You have nailed it. Your blend of up-front design support, great educational tutorials and forums have become an integral part of our ability to provide our clients with the very best products available in the WP web design space.

“Benjamin – Teem looks forward to a long association with you and your services. business done well is rare – done well and correctly is even more so. You do both.”

Jim Earl – CEO TEEM, LLC

www.teemllc.com

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Testimonial From Andrea Heart

Ben Wehde — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:34:38 +0000

“…Thanks for making it so easy…”

“I can’t thank Ben Wehde enough! I needed my own website to help take my business to the next level. I wasn’t a computer savvy person. But, I also didn’t want to spend a ton of money having someone create a site for me.”

“Luckily, a friend told me to check out Ben Wehde’s services. With the help of his easy to follow instructions, I was able to create a great website. His tutorials gave me the skills & confidence I needed to take action & do it myself. Without his help, I wouldn’t have dreamed of creating a website on my own. Thanks Ben for making it so easy!”

Andrea Heart

Owner – AndreaHeartFitness.com

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Testimonial From Jaysun Baez

Ben Wehde — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:57:57 +0000

“…A lightbulb went off…”

“I want to start by saying Thank You to Ben. He has been a true inspiration and a driving force behind me taking what I do and giving it a web presence. I have hesitated on this part due to the lack of knowledge and the overwhelming feelings from trying to learn how to put a site together.”

“After countless hours I came to this site. From the moment I signed up and started watching the videos, A “LIGHTBULB” went off in my head and everything became much clearer. I now tell and show everyone I come into contact with that are trying to create their own site. Sign up, You will be glad you did. Ben has made this process simple and seamless. I hope to see your site come to life as I have.”

Jaysun Baez

Owner – www.JaysunBaez.com

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Testimonial From Elizabeth Martin

Ben Wehde — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:56:57 +0000

“…Ben took that load off my shoulders…”

“I call Ben Wehde “The Missing Link.” The demand for website marketing has been steadily rising among my clients. I was getting bogged down, trying to learn WordPress the DIY way so I could help my clients better.”

“Ben took that load off my shoulders – and it’s like play for him. But most of all, Ben solves the “I’m not a salesman” puzzle for us regular folk who are just trying to run a business. Like me, Ben believes that real service is helping people take off – to be better equipped to do what they really love to do.- and that’s the truth!”

Elizabeth Martin

Creative Workflow Strategist, Owner – APerspectiveOnline.com

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Testimonial From Carlos Munoz

Ben Wehde — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:54:32 +0000

“…Thank God I found Ben’s videos…”

“If you are a busy person who does not have the time to learn all kinds of computer code then the Ben Wehde videos are what you are looking for. Earlier this year I decided to start my own business and with that came all the different responsibilities and never ending tasks of your regular entrepreneur. Any ways I had to get a website up and running fast and I did not have the time to learn how to do it on my own or the extra funds to pay someone else to do it. After tried 4 different services and 2 different tutorials I was about to pull my hair out.”

“Thank god I found Ben’s videos and in about a day I had a fully functional and presentable website.The videos took me through a step by step process and got right down to the point, I could pick and choose what I wanted to do and how fast I wanted to put it together.Now I have 2 great websites, one for each of my businesses. One of the websites specifically drives about 90 percent of my business and I have no one else to thank but Ben and his Videos. Ben Thank you for making your tutorials easy, short and to the point. I have not stop telling all my friends and business acquaintances about it.”

Carlos Munoz

Owner - http://www.spectrumcheerstudios.com/ and http://www.encenterprise.com/

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Testimonial From Miranda Allen

Ben Wehde — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:53:25 +0000

“…I couldn’t believe how fast my website came to life…”

“Benjamin Wehde’s WordPress videos made it so easy for me to build my own website. I had no experience with building a website. I didn’t know anything about domain names, hosting, or WordPress. But, I needed to create a website for my business.”

“Benjamin’s videos walked me step by step through building my site. I was so impressed with how he explained things so clearly. He had a video for everything. I couldn’t believe how fast my website came to life. Now, I have a great tool for building my business online. I can’t thank Benjamin enough. I would recommend his videos to anyone wanting to create a website. If I can do it, anyone can do it.”

Miranda Allen

Owner – FitMirandaAllen.com

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Testimonial From Suha Sagban

Ben Wehde — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:25:28 +0000

“…Benjamin Wehde really empowered me…”

“My name is Suha and I love digging into the core of people, it’s what I do best. So, when I was told that I had to setup a blog to spread the message I wanted the world to hear-I cringed like most of you. I had a Gold membership with one of the leading marketing systems and I still got nowhere until I met Ben.”

“Benjamin Wehde really empowered me to be in control of my site. Today, I am more confident of the creative ways in which I can reach the world. The resources available on his website are super valuable, I personally think he gives away far too much for free . Thank you Ben for doing what you do. Your site actually makes sense to me.”

Suha Sagban

Owner – SuhaSagban.com

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Testimonial From Barbara Charles

Ben Wehde — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:42:01 +0000

“…Ben Wehde is truly a WordPress guru…”

“Ben Wehde is phenomenal! What more can I say? I can say that from the moment I met him he has helped me, shown me how to build my website, increase my traffic and help me through the initial stages of making my website and business work. He is a great motivator and inspirational speaker. I’m amazed at the wealth of knowledge in that head of his and his knowledge is practical, critical, important and applicable. Always available, always patient, always practical and always there for the people he helps.”

“Ben Wehde is truly a WordPress guru. The Best ever. Why am I bragging about Ben? Because he is for real. I tried 3 times to get my website built before being introduced to Ben. I never got what I paid for. Ben helped me mold my final website into what I wanted and continued to coach me and help me get it where it needs to be. I am well satisfied now and I owe it all to Ben. Thank you for your patience, understanding and expertise. You’re the best!”

Barbara Charles

Owner – BarbaraCharles.org

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Testimonial From Lawrence McKay

Ben Wehde — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:14:52 +0000

“…You’ve been a God-send…”

“Ben,

Just wanted to thank you for ALL of the times you’ve helped me with my technical issues. You’ve been a God-send when it comes to figuring out issues with my blog and my business since the day we met. Your advice and guidance are worth your weight in platinum, forget gold. You’ve never given me a tip or trick that hasn’t paid off 10-fold. Thanks again for all of your assistance and if I can ever return the favor don’t hesitate to ask.”

Lawrence McKay

Owner – Ante Up Fitness

www.anteupfitness.com

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The Single Biggest (And Most Easily Corrected) Marketing Mistake Small Business Owners Make

Ben Wehde — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:21:40 +0000

Almost everyone has been guilty of it along the way. And almost everyone knows better. ”The Fortune is in the Follow Up” is pretty much a mantra, but how many people really follow up with every single prospect they meet along the way? The more usual circumstance is the ever growing stack of business cards shoved into a pile, box, or drawer somewhere. Everyone means to follow up with them, but as time passes, the hesitance grows until finally that potential goldmine is just tossed away quietly. But what to do?

For starters, stop the bleeding!

The effort put into making all of these contacts is a hemorrhage if you don’t work quickly to start branding yourself in their mind. If they don’t hear from you soon, your business card will most likely be eaten by the stack in a dusty drawer somewhere in their office the same way their business card does.

Networking groups, leads lunches, chamber events, business mixers, speed networking socials… All of these events can yield a ton of contacts in a very short amount of time. Even a fumbling wall flower can leave with a dozen business cards in hand. The issue is what to do next. For most people, this is where their process stops. And that is exactly what makes it such a profitable opportunity if you know how to take the correct next step.

Hand it Over to a System

Well, not entirely. You don’t want to take yourself entirely out of the equation. Within the next month, you want to reach out to them again, even if it’s just a short phone call or meeting for coffee. The bulk of your follow up, however, can be delegated to automated systems. Not only does a system handle the immediate follow up for you, but the ongoing, long term follow up as well. Even if the only thing the person ever sees is your name as the sender of an email now and then, that’s enough to remind them that you exist, and renew your branding in their mind. This way, you can go on about the important parts of your business.

How does a system work?

In it’s simplest form, a truly automated system used by the savvy marketers in todays environment is an email marketing system, sometimes known as an “autoresponder.” What this does is allow you to prewrite emails that you want sent to people after you input their information. The system not only sends the emails for you, but will personalize them as well. Say for example, any new person you meet, you want to send them three emails:

Email one, sent the day after you meet them – A quick note saying “Nice to meet you”

Email two sent the day after email one – A quick note saying “Here’s what I do”

Email three – sent the day after email three – a quick note with some examples of happy clients

With an email marketing autoresponder, you simply tell the system what you want each of these emails to say. Then, instead of you having to write the same basic email over and over again (and for each of the dozen people you meet at a time), and remember to send the second email the day after, and the third the day after that, the system does all of this for you automatically. All you have to do is put their name and email (and any other information you choose) into your system, and it sends the emails for you.

This also allows you to write a single email, and the system will then personalize it for each person on your contacts list, and send them a personalized copy. Newsletters, product announcements, event announcements, and anything else you would want to broadcast to any person you know become a breeze.

The money is in the list…

Let’s compare two people, side by side. One collects a ton of contacts, but never follows up (we’ll call them the “Drive-by Networker”). The other, instead of the collect and forget method, follows up with a system (We’ll call them the “Savvy Networker”).

To make this example easy, we’ll assume that each meets 25 new contacts a week through various networking events for a total of 100 monthly.

The Drive-by Networker

Collects 100 in month 1, but doesn’t follow up with many.

Collects 100 in month 2, but doesn’t follow up with many. Also, about 50 of the people they met in month 1 have already forgotten them.

Collects 100 in month 3, but doesn’t follow up with many. 50 or so from month 2 have already forgotten them, and about 40 more from month one have now forgotten them.

Collects 100 in month 4, but doesn’t follow up with many… And by now the issue becomes apparent:

Within a short space of time, all of those contacts have forgotten all about the Drive-by Networker because people forget unused information (even information they dearly want to remember) at a predictable rate.

By years end, they may have a grand total of 10-20 people tops out of the 1200 they met that remember them, and that most likely won’t pay the bills. They are basically starting over from scratch each and every day. This is also why it takes so many small businesses so long to get off the ground and established: They are writing their marketing message in the shifting sands of the human memory.

The Savvy Networker

Collects 100 in month 1, adds them all to their system for follow up.

Collects 100 in month 2, adds them all to their system for follow up. 95 of the people from month one still remember them, and some have forwarded their awesome newsletter to some friends, who have subscribed also, for a grand total of 100 people retained.

Collects 100 in month 3, adds them all to their system for follow up. The 100 from month 1 have grown to 105. 95 from month 2 still remember them, and have invited more to make 100.

Collects 100 in month 4, adds them all to their system for follow up. The 105 from month 1 have grown to 110. 100 from month 2 have grown to 105. Month 3….

And by now you get the picture of the massive difference. By years end, the Savvy Network has well more than 1200 people that remember them and what they do off the top of their head, any time they (or the people around them) need that service. They received ongoing communication and seen examples of happy customer testimonials along the way.

And here’s the kicker: It takes mere minutes to do all of this per week, because the Savvy Marketer delegates the bulk of the time consuming work to a system that handles it for them.

What to do Next

This might be new information for you, or you might already know all of this stuff but just need a guiding hand to actually implement it all. Either way, you can reach out for help by clicking here and dropping me a note. I’ll help you pick the best system for your needs (you have to be careful you use the right one so you don’t start building a nice list, just to have your account shut down for an obscure policy violation) and help you get started.

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