Damon Burton
SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Don’t “Sell.” Educate.
I had a email from an lead asking for a proposal. I had to tell them no. I wrote them back saying I wouldn't provide a quote at this time, but would have a call with them to explain why, and give them ammunition to continue shopping SEO around. The problem was they...
💣 24 value bombs from my free SEO Facebook group
If you don't know by now, I have a free Facebook group where I drop SEO advice regularly. https://www.facebook.com/groups/outrank/ I've started recapping the posts throughout each month at the end. Here is a list of 24 value bombs from September, 2019. #1 ✅...
Sent my wife flowers, and my son thanked me.
This month, my wife and I have been married for 13 years. We celebrated in Hawaii. Yes, we took the kids. They're our little buddies and we take them everywhere. We returned home last night and landed at 1am this morning and went to bed at about 2am. After 10 hours of...
I was honked at
I was hit on today while standing outside the coffee shop. My wife was cool with it. I drove over to grab a coffee and the drive-thru line was long so I walked up to the outside walk-up window. After I placed my order I was still standing outside, taking a phone...
Invest in Your Team
Build up your team. Paying into their continued growth is not an expense, it's an investment. Beyond the obvious investment that it continues to increase their skillset and better support customers, it's also an investment in their personal appreciation for their job....
Memories and Comfort
At some point, you have to accept that only you can make you into who you want to be. Stop asking "what if" to your dream job, the dream house, the dream family, the dream... anything... and start asking "how?" Then do the how. When I was younger, I didn't know what I...
Limos, douche bags, stop thinking small, and conspiracy theories.
Went to Vegas the other weekend. Had a good time. An interesting time, but good.I brought a friend and wanted to make the trip about him. Seeing people happy is my jam lately. So I reserved a limo to pick us up from the airport. The chauffeur had a sign...
The downfall of Google?
If there were ever a point in Google's history that we look back at and ask where their downfall began, this picture representing more than 50% of searchers NOT clicking on a result because Google stole/whored/bypassed the info from the original contributor may be it....
* PRIVATE DOCK – KEEP OFF! *
Except ours. I remember seeing other docks down the lake as we kayaked by them with signs saying "private dock, keep off." I get it, but I took a different route. Dropped part of our dock in the water this weekend and if you see this homemade dock made of brown Trex...