Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
The Slow Play
We’ve kept a guest book ever since we built the small cabin on the left. Because of property setbacks, we couldn’t build much bigger. Fast forward a few years and we secured the lot next to us, and just had our first friends over. The two properties used to be one...
Say No to High Maintenance Clients
Clients that want high touch and constant contact, like weekly meetings just because, don’t want results. They want emotional support. Save yourself. They’ll drain your energy, which kills your performance, which wrecks your reputation. Say no. No dollar is worth...
Just take it to market
This crepe and coffee shop near our vacation home has two hour waits… for crepes and coffee… Every day. And they can’t even spell “sugar” correctly. Your customers don’t care how perfectly you over plan everything. Just deliver a good product. Everything else is...
Growth Follows Vulnerability
The rooms with the most successful people don't usually talk about what you'd think they talk about. Yes, they talk about winning and money. But they talk more about failure and fear. Was invited to speak today at a mastermind with high achieving women. Flew into...
SEO’s Eternal Opportunities
SEO isn’t dead. It’s now immortal. It still converts better than any other marketing because it’s based on buyer intent instead of stereotyping personas. And showing up in AI? Done by SEO. That’s why it’s not going anywhere. I have new SEO clients paying nearly...
Best SEO Blog Writing Strategy
Want to rank at the top of Google? My team studied 205 search queries and reviewed the top 8 rankings sites, analyzing 1,640 pieces of content. Here are the 6 things that stood out as common characteristics of the top ranking results best SEO blog writing strategies....
Want money? Stop chasing it.
Personal passion > financial incentive I know financial incentive sounds nice, but I never base my decision on it. Countless studies, and my experience has seen the same. Money is never a long-term driver. Hires that that’s their primary motivator never last. And...
How to Save SEO When Changing Domains
While back I shared a post on how to lose 50% of your website's traffic and burn millions. I link to it a lot to help people that ask me questions online and social media. Realized I should elaborate. That posts explains how to protect your site during a redesign,...
Entrepreneurial Boundaries
Took my kids and their friends to breakfast this morning and remembered sitting at this booth with Hottie 20 years ago, where one of my greatest shifts in entrepreneurial boundaries happened. The restaurant has changed a dozen times since, but back then it was Iggy’s...
