William Beem Photography

07/23/2023

Think Tank has a new rolling suitcase for travelers and I posted a review on the blog. How does it stack up? That's what I cover so you can decide if it's right for you.

"The Think Tank Venturing Observer Roll Aboard is the latest entry in the travel bag line from Think Tank. Like all of their products, its exceptional build quality and attention to detail are apparent. It feels good, has plenty of useful pockets, and has some nice security features" - William Beem

https://williambeem.com/think-tank-venturing-observer-roll-aboard/

06/23/2023

Look at this specimen of excellent driving behavior. There are TWO left turning lanes, but that wasn’t enough for him. He cut me off in the lane to go straight so he could block two lanes, create a tailback to make sure other people couldn’t get up to the light, and just didn’t care. No wonder .freight is looking for new drivers.

06/18/2023

PlatyHaul- My early backer kit from PlatyPod just arrived. I bought the Vlogger Kit, three extra PlatyHandles, and another PlatyBall Elite.

06/14/2023

Where am I?

05/24/2023

You may already have a website, but is it earning at its full potential?

If you had to choose between some income and more income, which would you choose? That's something Julie Adams from Orlando considered. She worked at an SEO agency helping others optimize their site for more search traffic. Then she put that knowledge to work for herself and now earns as much per month as her job paid her yearly.

A high-converting website means you're making more sales by changing a few things with your messaging, layout, and performance. All of these elements work together to achieve a synergy that's greater than the sum of their parts.

There are other benefits
When I left my corporate job three years ago, I had no idea about some of the personal benefits that would come from a home-based business.

- My stress level was greatly reduced
- I lost 121 pounds of excess weight
- I'm much calmer
- My relationship with my wife and family is better

It's amazing how much stress the workplace puts upon the people it needs to do business. Everything was always an emergency. There were needless meetings. Management was so sure that it was right that they never asked the staff for their ideas.

If the stress of the job wasn't bad enough, the stress of committing to and from work added more pressure with some impressively original and crazy drivers. It seemed like everyone was running late or trying to get five seconds ahead of all the other cars.

Even the food during the workweek had its problems. Too much fast food or grab & go choices. Too many snacks from a vending machine. Then there were the times your lunch got interrupted because some other crisis arose.

Binge snacking started without ever realizing it, probably as a coping mechanism for the stress of work.

By the time I got home to my family, who I dearly love, I didn't have the energy to truly be present every night.

Can you relate to any of these issues?

It's a different story now. I'm not stressed out and overeating to cope with it. I don't have an angry commute. In fact, driving isn't a problem now because there's no rush to get where I'm going.

I'm able to enjoy the time I spent with my wife and daughter.

The only problem with losing so much weight is that I need new clothes because the old ones literally fall off.

Those are benefits I didn't expect when I started my own home-based business and I don't think I could ever go back to the lower quality of life I had working to support someone else's business.

You could have this same success.

The Cart Closes Tonight at Midnight ET

The founding member launch closes tonight, and the lowest price I'll ever offer goes away. You can start for $47 and there are no long-term contracts. You can cancel anytime if you don't think it fits you well.

I hope you'll give it a try.

One of the worst feelings is paying for a course or a membership and feeling overwhelmed. There's too much information to take in at once, and you never implement it - which means you never make progress.

That won't happen with HDWY+. There are five stages to the membership, so the first benefit is that you only need to pay attention to the material for the stage you're in at the moment. The information in the other stages will be there when you make progress.

The other benefit is that we don't overload you all at once. There are breaks in the training so you can implement what you've learned.

We have regular calls to discuss training. Those calls give you a chance to ask questions so you don't get stuck.

Click below to take the first step toward a better business and life.

If you'd like to join as a Lifetime member, please use this URL:
https://sales.suburbialabs.com/hdwy-lifetime/

If you prefer to join with a monthly or annual membership, please use this URL:
https://sales.suburbialabs.com/hdwy/

Thank you!

Sincerely,

William Beem

p.s. The founding member launch closes tonight at midnight ET. It's your last chance to join at the lowest price to help you get your best results to earn money from your website.

Checkout page for HDWY+ Membership (Founder).

05/22/2023

Creating a business website can seem intimidating. I hear from lots of people who say they're worried about the tech. However, outsourcing web development has a couple of problems for home-based businesses.

1: It's expensive
For a basic business website, often referred to as a "brochure" website, a good web developer charges about $6000 or more. That's just for a site with four basic pages. Then there are monthly maintenance costs, because most web developers offer a "website as a service".

That means they host the site on servers they control, use the plugins they prefer, and pay for those costs. You get full access to your site, which is yours, but those monthly costs run about $120 or more.

For most people starting up a small business, these costs aren't in line with what they're prepared to spend. They're trivial compared to opening up a brick & mortar business, but most folks working from home are bootstrapping their business, not trying to get a bank loan.

2: Web Developers Do What You Ask
There are tons of people pitching themselves as web developers because they know how to slap together a website. They'll do what you ask.

The problem comes when you don't know what to request for your site. You can end up with a beautiful website, but it's not beauty that gets people to spend money.

Look at Amazon products. It's a hot mess visually, but they rake in money like crazy.

Most web developers are contractors, not consultants. They do what you ask, but you have to know what to ask.

Otherwise, you end up with a website that doesn't work for you.

The Forbidden Secret About Website Development
Here's what most web developers don't want you to know about creating a website.

It's not that hard!

They love customers who are intimidated by the tech because those folks are easy money. In fact, they have different intimidation techniques to overcome objections. One of them is the "WordPress Operations Manual (WOM)".

The WOM is for customers who don't want to pay for monthly maintenance. So the developers give them this manual about all the things that they have to do just to keep their WordPress site running.

It's an intimidating book designed to get customers to say that they don't have time for it, don't have the desire to do the work. Here, TAKE MY MONEY and keep my site running.

Meanwhile, developers have a site that does all the work with pushbutton ease and keeps raking in recurring revenue.

The truth is that you can use the same tools for free, but the developers don't tell you about that.

The other truth is that you don't have to be a coder to create a website these days. I haven't written a program since the early 90s and that suits me just fine.

There's an Easier Path to Developing Websites
Building a website is pretty simple. You plan the site you want, gather your resources, and then assemble the site. It's about as plug-and-play as you can get.

I can show you exactly how to go through the stages so that you easily execute your plan and create a high-converting website. That's the whole point of the HDWY+ membership.

Instead of going it alone and fumbling through mistakes, you have a guide with a plan to show you how it's done. That means you also have someone to ask for help if something isn't clear.

Think about what you can do with a high-converting website:

- Start a business
- Earn money to pay bills
- Leave the rat race of working for other businesses
- Serve people with what you know, do, and love
- Avoid a commute to and from work

I'd like to help you get started and it costs a LOT less than hiring a web developer. Join the HDWY+ membership, now at its lowest rate ever. Your price will never go up.

Here are the links for my Founding Member Launch.

If you'd like to join as a Lifetime member, please use this URL:
https://sales.suburbialabs.com/hdwy-lifetime/

If you prefer to join with a monthly or annual membership, please use this URL:
https://sales.suburbialabs.com/hdwy/

Get two months FREE with the Annual Plan!

Sincerely,

William Beem

p.s. Don't wait too long. The founding member pricing goes away on Wednesday at midnight ET.

Checkout page for HDWY+ Membership (Founder).

05/20/2023

Most people build a beautiful website, but it's not beauty that converts visitors into leads or customers. There's a path to building trust and understanding your customer's journey.

Remember, potential customers don't want to know more about your story. They have their own story and wonder if you should be part of it.

f you'd like to put this conversion path into action, join my membership to show you how to build a high converting website. Just DM me and I'll give you the link to sign up.

p.s. Suburbia Press is my site where I help small businesses.

05/19/2023

I just heard from my first member. As I read his message, it resonated very much with lessons about what members want...and don't want. I thought I'd share it here.

If you're interested in joining my membership about creating a high-converting website, just send me a direct message to let me know and I'll get you the link to join. There's still time to get the early bird bonus of a one-on-one meeting with me to discuss your ideas and concerns, but that bonus ends today.

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William,

I signed up for the membership and received the confirmation email.

FYI, I would not have thought about joining sight unseen if not for your youtube’s and the fact that you thoughtfully responded to a question.

I am hesitant to join any memberships or subscribe to anything else because I did belong to a very good membership for many years. Unfortunately, after a month or two I just failed to utilize it. I think we have way too many resources and distractions that it is hard to utilize what you already have.

Your membership comes at a good time. My family and I are launching a site for gifted elementary kids and their parents next week. It has probably been over 10 years in the making. Too many shiny objects and just difficult to understand how to deliver the content and hooking up all the related technology. Plus, we really don’t have a marketing plan other than word of mouth.

In most cases, perfectionism is not a productive trait to have. This time we are launching whether we are ready or not. I think the answer there is I don’t think you are ever ready. You go with good enough and adjust from there.

It goes back to the old quote, “No Plan Survives First Contact With the Enemy”. I think that is true with any business. You can plan and plan but, you don’t really know what people want until you start getting paying customers.

I hope your membership site does well.

05/18/2023

I have this idea to create a membership that guides people from the very beginning of starting their business to creating a high converting website.

I truly enjoy helping homed based businesses overcome their struggles, perhaps because I’ve been there in the past and can relate to the problem.

The best way I know to help home based businesses is on an ongoing basis, month after month, to show them how to create a high converting website.

So I’m planning on launching a membership site that does exactly that. I’ll be launching it on June 5, 2023, and I can’t wait to get started!

I see a place where…

You can learn more than the technical aspects of building a website, like how to develop a real, trusted business.

Or

You can share and collaborate with other home based businesses to trade ideas.

Or

You can get mentorship from me to guide you with a 5-step plan to help you avoid the failure many people experience. I’ll show you how to create successful conversions on your website.

I haven’t started recording lessons, yet what I have experience, resources, and a solid plan to help you succeed.

You can see the potential, right?

I know what you’re thinking when you start a new web business.

- I want a change
- What tools do I use?
- Am I too old to start?
- What do I don’t know that makes the difference between success and failure?

I also know what you’re feeling.

- Confused about where to start
- Lonely
- Frustrated
- Overwhelmed

I know what you’re doing, too.

- Searching on Google
- Watching YouTube videos
- Looking for web-building courses

Random bits of information won’t create a path to success. Also, running a web business is about much more than building a website.

I can show you how to create a high converting website so you feel confident in your business and know how to succeed. Then you can get some clarity and direction to achieve your goals.

You don’t have to do it alone.

Imagine knowing what to do, how to do it, and knowing you have a place to ask questions and get clarity if you feel stuck. You’ll have confidence by knowing how to build your high converting website.

If you’re thinking about starting a small business online that wants to convert visitors into leads and leads into paying customers, I’d like to invite you to join me on this journey and become a founding member.

Founding members get the best price and their price will never go up. Not only that, but you also get to play a part in helping shape the experience and make it happen.

I’m opening the membership to founding members for the monthly price of $47.00 USD. If you want to save money, I’ll also offer annual membership at $470.00 USD - that’s two months for free!

There’s one more offer, and this is only for founding members. You can get a lifetime membership for $997 and never pay again. This lifetime offer won’t exist once the founding member launch ends.

You’ll get access to all training as the membership grows, Q&A calls, and a community to ask questions and share with other members (and me).

Here’s the catch, though.

I’m opening the cart for one week today, May 18. After May 24, the price for future members goes up, and I’ll never offer a lifetime membership again.

Also, you get a bonus if you become a founding member in the next 24 hours - a 30-minute one-on-one call with me to discuss your website plans, issues, and concerns.

If you’d like to join me in this membership, just send me a direct message by May 24 before Midnight ET, and I’ll send you details on how to make your payment.

I appreciate your support and can’t wait to have you as a founding member to help you make headway in your business.

03/29/2023

What if you could build a business by turning what you already know into a profitable ?

Stu Mclaren is teaching a free webinar to help you do exactly that, and it's easier than you think. Click the link for more details.

Free Live Workshop Series. Turn What You Know, Love and Do Into A Successful Membership Business with Stu McLaren.

03/22/2023

Cooking should be fun. That’s why I ordered a Cookie Monster apron from Hedley & Bennett, the most expensive damn aprons I’ve ever encountered. Yet, this thing is great and well made. I’m breaking it in on brisket day with some pecan wood smoke.

03/10/2023

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