Damon Burton

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Set boundaries. Clients respect confidence in transparency.

Set boundaries. Clients respect confidence in transparency.

My SEO contracts are probably one of the most detailed agreements you'll see on setting boundaries. you're hiring a professional, don't tell us how to do our job no meetings about meetings about meetings you don't get my cell phone number don't call on weekends don't...

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16% lift in organic traffic driving 104% lift in sales

16% lift in organic traffic driving 104% lift in sales

Q3s a wrap and looking back at some client growth.  Here's how incremental traffic increases can be big needle movers with search engine optimization. SEO not only increases traffic, but done right and it attracts higher converting visitors. When your website's...

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SEO Training

SEO Training

Students are already sharing they've hit page one on Google less than two weeks since teaching SEO secrets at my Optimize Live training. Now, aspiring agency owners that are diversifying into SEO are posting they have their first SEO clients too with an easy way I...

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Quick SEO

Quick SEO

#3 on Google in less than two weeks. Laura joined my live SEO training, Optimize Live, the other day. Few days ago she messaged and said after implementing just a few, not even all of the strategies I shared she's already #3 on Google. It's barely even been two weeks...

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Building a Strong Team

Building a Strong Team

Building a strong team is like parents building confident children. As a parent, you don't want your kids to grow up and move on, but you know it's best to build them strong to do so.  Leaders should build their team to outgrow them, too. The attached screenshot is a...

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“How do I get my first SEO client?”

“How do I get my first SEO client?”

A question newer marketers always ask is "How do I get my first client?" Here's how I did it, and how a bunch of entrepreneurs that I've mentored got their start. Let's say you want to do SEO or PPC.  It's really hard to optimize a site for SEO or point paid ads to...

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Hard Work

Hard Work

Sometimes you work so hard that you forget why you work so hard. Family Freedom Financial Family is always at the front of my mind. Myself, I tend to forget at the bottom. Think I’ve built such a muscle memory of constant momentum that it’s hard for me to...

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234% Organic Lift

234% Organic Lift

I'll tell you the one main thing that is causing this client's organic search engine traffic to start to take off, and how you can add it to your website. Last summer they averaged ~8 visitors a day. With SEO, now they're averaging ~30 a day, and we're just getting...

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Trust the Experts

Trust the Experts

This is why you trust the experts, and get out of the way.  New client is only 60 days into SEO and already dominating page one.  AND, from a new design.  Their site was a one-page website, which you can't rank. This client approved everything, no hesitation.  He...

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