Born and raised in Mid-Michigan, Todd studied management information systems and business administration after a decade of working in the hospitality business.
Self-taught building websites on Geocities, he found a niche optimizing websites for Google after realizing the power of targeting a keyword niche with commercial intent.
He developed a passion for building websites for small business owners -- Helping plan, develop, and market websites. Learning on the fly to help different types of businesses, he developed a better understanding of the challenges businesses face, and how to address those problems with effective SEO strategies.
Working for the "Internet Marketing Ninjas" - Todd developed his skills further in SEO, and built affiliate websites that were developed and ultimately sold including CollegeDegree.com, and others in the education and financial industries.
Despite an introverted nature, he "let the fear pass through" to become a speaker on SEO at international conferences like SMX, Pubcon, Search Engine Strategies, Dreamforce, and others.
While living in San Francisco, he helped develop a white-labeled SEO education and training system for MarketMotive. He's done SEO consulting and training for over a decade. He's been obsessed with Google since the first days of Web Position Gold. When he's away from the keyboard, he is likely fishing for snook and redfish in the Everglades or kite fishing for sailfish offshore.
So what was your path to Revelry? I have always had a deep understanding and positive relationship with technology. I started my journey back in the `80s, where I played Oregon Trail and other classics, plotted pixelated images, and learned the basics of BASIC on the green-screened Apple IIe’s that were ubiquitous in those days. […]
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First off where are you from? I grew up in Peekskill, N.Y., but I went to school at the University of Alabama. That was 24 years ago now, so I’ve been in the South for the majority of my life, the majority of that time spent working my way to New Orleans. What was the […]
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So, where, where are you from? So I grew up in a town in Northcentral Kentucky called Mount Washington. It’s just south of Louisville. I spent about a year in Texas in my teens. Once I got out on my own I moved to Louisville. Kentucky has always just felt like home to me. […]
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What was the path that brought you to Revelry? Pre-COVID I was working as an Art Department assistant in the New Orleans film industry. When I first entered the industry a few years ago, I didn’t think of myself as a creative person – which I chuckle at now – so I initially siloed myself […]
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Who is Sam Keer? Sam Keer is a software engineer who works with Elixir, Javascript, Ruby, and a dash of C#. Originally from Redwood City, California, he grew up enjoying the beautiful nature, diverse food culture, and amazing people of the Bay Area. It was there that he first developed an interest in coding: a […]
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So where are you from? I’m from here. I grew up across the river in Gretna, but I’ve lived here my entire life with the exception of college. I went to LSU, so I lived in Baton Rouge for about five years. And what were you like in high school? I was incredibly nerdy. I […]
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Where are you from? I was born and raised in New Orleans. Well, technically Old Metairie so right outside of New Orleans, but yeah, I’ve grown up here my whole life. I was away in Oxford, Mississippi for a while for college, and then I came back here after graduation. Where did you go to […]
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Note: The Original interview was conducted by Georgia An entrepreneur for more than half his life, Brent is a pro at building businesses, which serves him well as Managing Director for Revelry’s newest venture Startup Studio (more on this later). When Brent moved to Seattle in his early twenties he was working as a hairstylist […]
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