Leon Hitchens

I am a digital creator, business owner and internet marketer based in Texas.

I use the internet to create and share my work with the people, to sell my products and services, and to market my businesses. I am passionate about using the internet to build connections and make an impact.

$500K+

Annual Revenue

5

Businesses Owned

2nd

Degree Blackbelt

Organic growth only gets you so far, here’s how to grow further

Makers are launching new products every day on Product Hunt, Indie Hackers, and other websites. Along the way, they’re growing and building the products for weeks and months before the official PH launch. Most of their growth is either through launching on Product Hunt or from their audience they’ve attracted on Twitter, Twitch, Makerlog, and…

Is Your Website Speed Causing You To Rank Lower on Google?

A question I often get asked is “does your website speed lower your rank on Google?” The short answer is yes! In fact, page speed is one of the most significant ranking factors for websites. Google wants sites to load super, super fast. A study from Google showed 53% of website visits would likely result…

5 Podcasts I’m Listening to Now and Why

I listen to podcasts on the morning commute, when I am cutting the grass, or when I work out. Now, when I am trying to focus – I listen to music that has limited lyrics. The reasons I listen to podcasts all the other times is to learn and grow while I am doing tasks…

Welcome to my Smart Home 2019

It’s 2019, and right now CES 2019 is going on. It’s my first year not going in a while. I miss walking around Vegas, seeing new TV’s, and getting sneak peaks at what gadgets in 2019 will look like. It got me thinking about what smart home gadgets I would add this year. I have…

When to Sunset a Side Project

I stopped working on Digital Bounds in 2018 I started Digital Bounds in early 2011 to start blogging about technology and gadgets. Until the summer of 2018, I was blogging multiple times a week if not daily. While I was working on Digital Bounds, I experimented with weekly video recaps, a podcast, and hiring new…

2018 in Review

2018 Recap and 2019 roadmap 2018 is coming to a close and 2019 is just starting. This year has been a wild ride with a new job, a side-project launched, a lot of growth, and some bad habits formed. In the past, I was resistant to making new years resolutions or making significant changes in…