About

Hi, my name is Rod Beckwith and I want to help you get more
customers. Everyone knows that getting new customers is the
lifeblood of any business. With most old school methods withering
on the vine, (Yellow Pages, Newspapers, etc) every business
needs a new way to get new customers through the door.

I can assist you in finding the customers that you have been
looking for. Best of all, I am not going to baffle you with a bunch
of terminology that doesn’t mean anything to you.

I will tell you exactly what I am going to do to get customers
and I will provide you with comprehensive reports on where
those customers are coming from. Everything that I do will
be quantified.

But first, let me give you a little background on me.

I have been pretty much a techie most of my adult life. I
started off a as a telephone and data technician, which
means I spent a lot of time hooking up wires to peoples
computers and phones mostly in big computer companies such
as Hewlett Packard, Apple & Silicon Graphics to name a few.
I have been actively using the Internet since 1988.

In 1994, my worklife changed very drastically. I had always
done side work to make extra money for the nicer things in
life, but this time I was to get an opportunity that helped
get me to where I am today.

You see, I was one of the first people to help start a
little company called at that time… Mosaic Communications
(Later Netscape due to a pending lawsuit from NCSA) I was
working during the day @ Silicon Graphics, then at night I
would work at Mosaic. This went on for several months before
I was actually hired. So, even though I was the 12th person
there, I was employee #44 due to some pending legal issues
with SGI threatening to sue Jim Clark if he siphoned off
anymore talent from them.

Around the same time I co-founded a little ISP Internet
Systems Inc. which later would become what was Global
Center. Our first customers where names like Yahoo!, Playboy
& Pac Bell Interactive. My partners and I sold this company
for a tidy sum, but not before making many friends and
contacts.

Mosaic/Netscape/ISI was one of the most exciting times in my
life due to the fact that is was I, not Al Gore that was
helping create the Internet. ;->

This stint of employment set me up to found and help found
many other successful ventures…and some not so successful.
But all and all, very valuable experiences. Ones I wouldn’t
trade for the world.

For the last several years I have been successfully creating
and selling software and information products to the online
marketing industry. Google my name and you will see me
all over the place.

Throughout the years I have made vast contacts and friends
in the Internet arena. So I decided after analyzing my
options that helping small businesses gain greater success
is what I really like to do. With the economy the way it is
and continues to be, I think I can best serve people to
help grow their business using online marketing strategies.
Let my 21 years of online experience help you grow your
business.

Please contact me so we can explore the possibilities.

Sincerely,

Rod Beckwith
rod@customermachine.com
650-318-5000

PS – Many more items will be added to this website in the
coming months, so come back often. Articles, books, success
stories, tips, tricks and much more coming your way.