Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
First Investment Dividend
8 or so years ago I invested $10k into a startup. No guarantee of a return. In fact, the opposite. When you private invest, the agreements literally say you will probably lose your money. This was back when I first started to have decent disposable income, but...
Skater Sam
Meet "Skater Sam." 🛹 It's the new buyer persona for my son's skateboarding brand I'm helping him build. Today was day 8'ish teaching him entrepreneurship for his home school hour. He's now done mapping out his inventory for his skateboard clothing brand, so we're...
Breaking Generational Chains
Most of us weren't educated by the adults in our lives. Most of us experienced trauma. While I get it, it's not an excuse. My parents divorced when I was two. Mom remarried an alcoholic. Grew up lower-middle class, little-to-no disposable income, domestic violence,...
Why Google Hates Slow Websites + How to Fix Yours
Google hates slow websites and will punish you for it. Here's why, and what to do about it… The faster your website is, the more customers like it. The more customers like it, the more they buy. The more customers buy, the more Google shows the site because it solves...
The Story of Birthday Waffles
What do waffles, being rejected at an event, and dropping $50k after rejection have to do with Russell Brunson? It's his birthday, and here's what happened... Sometime around 2018 I started writing an SEO book. At the same time I was building a small lakefront cabin...
Is Google AI Algorithm Punishment Here?
Hey, AI content users. Ready for a 40% decrease in visibility? Probably more? 📉 It's me, Damon. You know, the SEO that you love to hate, because I say what's right, not what sells. That's been warning about leaning too heavily into AI content. That's been preaching...
Day 4.5 of teaching my kid entrepreneurship.
My son's youth entrepreneurship days with me are every other day, so today is an off day. But Hottie just text me that as they were talking last night in his room he said the favorite part of his day was "spending time with you learning about his business." 🤗 Kids...
Page One Knowledge Graph SEO Masterclass
Who wants to know how you get a full page of results about your business or yourself like this? What's crazy is it's not even really a secret. It's a strategy that Google ENDORSES… They want people to add this to their website, because it helps search engines better...
The Unknown Can Be a Perfect Storm
What could go wrong doing high-fives between cars going 90 miles per hour? This pic was taken April 12, 2004 on the long, empty stretches of I-15 between Nevada and Utah after a group of friends got together to go race in Vegas for the weekend. I'm closest, in a white...
