Ben Welch-bolen

Current

President at Bweeb Inc.

Past

Vice President at HostGator
Owner at Bweeb Inc
Support and Admin Consultant at Touch Support

Partner at Tech Site Project
Writer at GD Publications, Inc. and TechExtreme Inc.
Tech Support at BitStream ISP

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Education

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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Connections

270 connections

Industry

Internet

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Ben Welch-bolen’s Summary

Entrepreneur executive who loves a challenge. Broad set of skills for the ever diverse online world. Search engine marketing and optimization, project management, and general enjoyment of creative approaches to problems. A huge fan of marketing analytics, split testing, and figuring out how to win. Always interested in starting and developing new projects.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Specialties:

hosting industry, marketing for hosting companies, general management, internet and affiliate marketing, search engine optimization, SEO/SEM, PPC, viral marketing, creating quality content, project management, speed reader, and creative thinker.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Experience

President

Bweeb Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Oversee development and marketing of websites in the areas of web hosting, web design, and other webmaster related activity.

Provide consulting services to hosting companies on search engine optimization and marketing. More specifically helping them to increase sales through PPC, SEO/SEM, affiliate marketing, viral marketing, landing pages, and other methods. We were also responsible for the creation of tracking tools needed to make this all happen.
Vice President

HostGator

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

August 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 7 months)

I handled a wide range of responsibilities over the years while watching HostGator grow to over 40+ employees. I learned more than I ever thought possible about the hosting industry, marketing, and management from Brent. I had many roles, I managed the sales department, managed remote staff, trained new staff, and handled a wide range of small jobs that needed to be done right.
Owner

Bweeb Inc

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

March 1999 — August 2005 (6 years 6 months)

I founded Bweeb Inc in 1999 and our first project was a website in the emulation scene. From there we expanded to several other niche gaming areas that had lucrative advertising income. These were sold in 2002 in order to take the company in a new direction.

From 2002 to 2005 I ran a web hosting company as well as acquired two smaller hosting companies. I was responsible for every aspect of the company and ran it while I was going to university. I sold the hosting company to a Canadian firm in 2004. I learned a great deal about the hosting industry during this period and I sold the company because I received a job offer to join HostGator as vice president.
Support and Admin Consultant

Touch Support

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

March 2004 — August 2004 (6 months)

Provided support and admin consultation for a period of five months for a rapidly growing web host. Was offered a job at the end of the consulting period but had already accepted another offer.
Partner

Tech Site Project

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

November 2001 — May 2002 (7 months)

I started a website focused on collecting hardware and software reviews and sorting them so that visitors could read every review on the internet on a specific product. I partnered with two gentlemen from AnandTech to complete it. The project ended when one of the partners was not happy with the growth pulled all his code from the project. I learned a lot about building dynamic sites from this project as well as the importance of trusting who you work with.
Writer

GD Publications, Inc. and TechExtreme Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

Wrote a variety of articles and reviews covering computer hardware and gaming for popular websites.
Tech Support

BitStream ISP

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

February 1997 — February 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Provided tech support to customers of this local ISP.

Ben Welch-bolen’s Education

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Bachelors of Arts, History, Political Science, International Relations, 1999 — 2005

Majors in History, Political Science, International Relations
Minors in Religious Studies and Anthropology

Activities and Societies:

Ultimate Frisbee