YACHT SALES EXPERT
| INFO | |
|---|---|
| Name | Todd Weider – (wider) |
| Experience | 3 Decades |
| Nationality |
American |
AboutYacht sales and superyacht expert Todd Weider (pronounced “wider”) is an entrepreneur, thought leader, operator, and not your everyday yacht broker.
Whether it’s a new tech startup or orchestrating the building, buying, selling, or chartering of a superyacht, he has been able to consistently provide expertise and rock-solid results where others fall short.
For over 30 years Todd’s passion has been helping yacht enthusiasts BREAKTHROUGH and take their yachting enjoyment to another level.
He is also a yacht industry marketing and digital technologies expert that has guided many marine businesses and brokerages through their online yacht marketing and digital strategies.
Originally from Upstate New York, Todd began his professional career in yachting at the young age of 19, quickly becoming the youngest mega-yacht captain in history.
At the age of 26, he was hired as master of a new state of the art, 150’ (45.72m) oceangoing tri-deck motoryacht, commissioned in Australia, where he logged 32,000 nm, including three oceanic crossings in the yachts first year of operation.
With the birth of the internet, Todd took an interest in technology, where his creativity shined. Originally as a hobby, while operating superyachts and orchestrating superyacht new-build construction projects.
Todd’s success quickly spawned into the creation of multiple technology startups, which also included satellite communication technologies, web development strategies, digital marketing consultation, new yacht construction, and yacht sales.
Todd even holds several U.S. patents. (read more below)
KEY QUALITIES
SPECIALIST
INNOVATIVE
CLIENT FIRST
TRANSPARENT
COMMITTED
YACHT SALES & MARKETINGTodd’s knowledge goes well beyond yacht sales. He is also known as the “digital yacht broker” who thinks well outside the realms of boilerplate yacht sales and marketing. For superior results, Todd leverages his former success at building web startups, and his own team of workhorses, where he implements proprietary digital marketing strategies that include SEO (Search Engine Optimization), content creation, web development techniques, graphic design, and more, for the global sales and marketing of superyachts.
His in-depth digital knowledge has also been instrumental in the digital marketing and web development strategies used by many of the most renowned yacht brokerages in the industry today. Because of this, he is the yacht sales broker of choice and utilizes automation and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to build relationships, and market yachts.
His digital marketing expertise can be verified by his 30k Instagram followers which he built within months to prove how his techniques work, and his unparalleled success showing leading yacht brokerage firms around the world how to explode onto the digital marketing scene.
SERVICES OFFERED
BROKERAGETodd is part of a distinguished team representing clients worldwide, with closed luxury yacht sales of more than USD 30 billion. Recognized by clients and peers alike as one of the premier yacht brokerage firms worldwide, Merle Wood & Associates has annual sales that exceed all of their competitors, and by a lot. Because of this, their clients time and time again, value their expertise and ability to do what others cannot.
With an aggressive marketing approach, Todd relies on the power of technology, information, and global networking to bring about a timely sale of your yacht, at the highest possible price. The techniques he utilizes are not widely known to others in the industry, but rather have been painstakingly tested and proven. He also utilizes information that has been collected through countless contacts, scouring web data, and networking. This information includes the prices that yachts have sold for, and yachts not publicly for sale, which are often the best deals for any yacht buyer searching for that perfect yacht.
Todd utilizes his own database of yacht data, along with his global network of contacts which includes targeted marketing to over 35,000 yacht owners, sales agents, yacht builders, designers, naval engineers, captains, and influencers. Much more than even the biggest yacht brokerage firms. This global exposure assures that no opportunity is ever missed.
Additionally, Todd and his personal team of workhorses coordinate unique strategies to market each and every yacht. He also prospects clients through a network of websites, tools, SEO, AI, and drip marketing techniques not utilized by others in the industry.
Do you want to get your yacht sold or tired of looking for that perfect yacht? Go ahead and contact Todd today by sending him a text 24/7, or call +1-954-610-5573.
KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENTIATORSTodd is not your everyday yacht expert. For nearly three decades, former superyacht Captain Todd Weider, an industry expert, has operated, consulted, built, marketed, and brokered some of the most prestigious luxury yachts for sale and charter on the water today.
His key differentiators set him apart, which is why seasoned yacht owners looking for real results, and new yacht owners alike, contact Todd, and why he is considered by yacht owners, yacht charterers, and his peers, as a leading luxury yacht specialist on yachts of all sizes, who provides sound advice, backed by knowledge and real-world experience in all services he offers.
His clients are global and range from prime ministers to top names in entertainment, along with CEO’s and billionaires of the world’s greatest companies.
Most of his core strategies for creating breakthroughs have come from his time as a global superyacht captain and his entrepreneurial work where he had extended exposure to some of the biggest names in the business: He’s used these distinctions to help optimize and facilitate some of the most complex yachts in build, yacht purchases, the sale of his own tech startups, and more to new and more profitable levels.
He has widespread experience in yacht sales, yacht charter, operations, marketing, and new yacht construction, including the 177′ (54m) FORTUNATE SUN yacht, and the 180′ (55m) SOVEREIGN yacht.
He also holds a 3,000-ton master’s license, with countless oceanic crossings in command, and has explored all charter destinations and cruising regions around the globe as a superyacht captain.
In addition to his standout work where he spearheaded the legal hurdles of filming the leading superyacht television show, he also has established relationships worldwide, and his work is not limited to seasoned yachtsmen and the superrich.
He has a special passion for new yacht enthusiasts too, where he has successfully guided them time and time again through the ins and outs of yachting.
Living full time in South Florida with his family, and working worldwide, Todd is most proud of is his contribution to those in need. He believes that if we are blessed enough to have insight and to have economic opportunities, then we are also blessed enough to give back.
Todd brings out the best in people, and at every career success, he gives back to areas his clients care about the most.
Would you like to know more? Go ahead and message Todd, he loves to talk about yachts and more.
INTERESTS
FAMILY
TECHNOLOGY
SKIING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PHILANTHROPY
FINANCE
WEB MARKETING
YACHTING