Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Entrepreneurial Family Support
With my SEO book Outrank hitting best-seller status a while back, I like to add "Best Seller" stickers to copies I give away. Here's a pic of my wife and kids helping add those stickers... Kids like helping dad. Wife likes helping kids. Behind every strong...
Stop Caring What Others Think
Stop caring what other people think. No, really. Stop. Half the people are not on your level and don't even get what you're doing anyway. And the other half admire that you're doing WTF you want. Add it together and that's 100% approval to be happy. Alright. Here me...
Intentionally Bought a Nasty Property. Here’s Why…
Bought a property with mold, mice, and every reason to not buy it. Everyone wants greener grass, but few are willing to work for it. Here's a very literal story about no one caring about your dirt or your dreams. Bought a lakefront property last year. There was an...
Free Work Pays; As Long As You’re Intentional
Been mentoring a 19 year old for about a year. He just made $2500 on his first deal. Told him to work for free for his potential clients. Not forever, but intentionally for now. Why? To perfect his craft (web design) To build a network To learn from his mistakes...
Posts of Gratitude
Victim mindsets complain about where they're at in life and blame everyone but themselves. Winners get out of that trap, accept responsibility for their fate (whether their fault or not) dig out of that hole, then bring others up with them. You know you're making a...
The world is on fire right now, and you’re not alone.
In talking with one from my team, I could tell something was up. They acknowledged. Without sharing the sensitive parts, here was my reply to them... hoping it supports readers. "Sorry to hear you're going through so much. One of those is hard. Many of those can be...
Strangers + blind date offers + Vegas pics = good, short story of 15 years of marriage
Went to Vegas last weekend with my brother and friend. One of our stops was the giant ferris wheel, High Roller. I set up my phone to do a time lapse.While still recording (on the ledge, to the left of the LOVE sign in the pic below), my brother and friend were...
$10 Goes a Long Way
Gave a guy $10 over the weekend and I can't stop thinking about his reaction. Took the kids up to a resort hotel over the weekend, "just because." Wanted to get out and hang somewhere one more time before school started. Weekend went awesome. Ended up running into a...
Success is Simple… Support Others
As a leader, a funny thing happens when you take care of employees. They return the favor and have an interest in taking care of you and supporting the company. Think that goes beyond the world of business and is applicable to mankind... Take care of other humans,...
