Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Why Build a Personal Brand
This is why you build a personal brand. Because as business evolves, your personal brand can follow you wherever you go. In my case, as search engine optimization evolves into AI optimization. Having built a personal brand over the years in SEO sets up an easy...
Time Flies
Shout out to you. The younger you that set you up to be the current you. 40's me is grateful for 30's me that grinded. I loved that phase. I loved early mornings, not because I liked waking early. I just loved getting a head start on the world. I'd often get more done...
Entrepreneur Sacrifices
Been thinking how there's an entrepreneurs equivalent of the quote "Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health..." In entrepreneurship, the health one still exists, but it's also sacrificing relationship to make...
Lake SEO Mastermind
Hosting a 3 day SEO retreat at my lake home the last few days was truly life changing. Not only for my ̶g̶u̶e̶s̶t̶s̶ new friends, but for myself. I said it would be intimate. I said it was limited to just three rooms. I said I would show anything asked of me how...
How I closed a $126,000 website redesign
Just closed a $126,000 website redesign. And it supports the post I made 4 days ago about greatness > greed. The post the other day started, "Friends, your greed for revenue is sacrificing the thing you think you're securing." And it's the perfect example of how I...
Kid Messes
Messes around the house used to drive me crazy. I mean, they still do on some days, but less so as a whole. Their bedrooms are still disasters, but random forts in hallways and living rooms are mostly down to one kid. Oldest kid is too old. Middle does it sometimes,...
Be Graceful
Three years ago had a new client that ghosted us. Making it weirder, she paid for a year in advance. From day one she was a bit inconsistent in her communication, but figured it was just her rhythm. But about three months in the gaps between communication became...
How to Show Up in ChatGPT & AI Results
Here’s how to show at the top of AI when your customers search for what you sell, in just 3.5 steps. 1 - Have a good website that focuses on the basics Loads quickly Is mobile friendly Is generally minimalistic The last one is counterintuitive foremost. We want to...
Greatness > Greed
Friends, your greed for revenue is sacrificing the thing you think you're securing. This $3,540.47 is an invoice from my mechanic in Utah. Same mechanic we've had for over a decade. Found him when he was by himself, running a tiny one bay + office combo. Can't...
