Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
50+ Job Applicants in Less Than a Day
See these people in bold, and then a handful that I just clicked on that not in bold? These are 50 job applicants in less than 24 hours. (continue reading below video) Everywhere we look we can see that there's a labor shortage. There is some truth in some industries...
Billion Dollar Leads
On November 4th I posted about declining doing business with a billion dollar company. I ended that post by saying... "This isn't a lost sale now. This is a protected or better sale later. I'll bet money I'll be posting about another billion dollar lead that comes...
Surrounded by Winners
Know what I love about surrounding yourself with winners? They want you to win. Just called up a good friend to talk about my company growth. His business was just acquired by a billion dollar company. Told him how I'm happy for him and things are going well at SEO...
“Show Your Balls”
Don't feel bad about NOT discounting your rates. My team delivers, so I don't negotiate on price. Backing down makes you look weak. Shows you're not confident that you can deliver value for the price you asked. Winners want winners, not discounts. Never lost a good...
Giving to food charities
Not sure why, but food charities always get me in the feels. Think it's because I know how vulnerable the kids are that depend on these meals. I realize adults are impacted, too. But growing up on food stamps at home and free meals in school my mind always associate...
Declined a Billion Dollar Company
Just declined doing business with a billion dollar company. This is kind of a first. The green sticky note is my notes from reading this contract. What I don't want to show you is who this is. Because they're a cool company and they're a big company. They're valued at...
Government Overreaching Even in Student Mock-Commerce
These elementary students were taught a hard lesson about big brother government overreaching. But they made me proud. Earlier this week I took off half a day this morning to chaperone my son's elementary class at "BizTown," a mock city that has jobs, inventory,...
Team Member Milestone
The other day I thought the SEO National team was creeping up on 50 total team members. Just realized SEO National passed 50 a while ago. I was finalizing candidates for another 5-10 positions that would bring us to the milestone, but just counted and we're ALREADY at...
Gratitude
The last year+ has put a lot in perspective for me. At this morning's company meeting I asked the team if they were up for a quick round of gratitude. I'm not a fluffly business owner. Never done this team gratitude thing before. As we've grown a lot in the last year,...
