Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
200 SEO Book Copies Given
Just gave away my 200'th signed copy of my book. I lose money to send these out, and that's just fine with me. Separate from book sales, these are copies I keep at home and pay for out of pocket to give away for free to leads, celebrities, influencers, dream clients,...
15 Years vs 15 Minutes
15 years ago I was making $12.50 an hour with a one hour commute each way. 15 minutes ago I consulted for the umpteenth billion dollar evaluation company wanting to work with my team at SEO National. You think caring what others thought I was capable ever crossed my...
My parents divorced when I was two.
While I lived with my mom post-divorce, the more I age the more I appreciate the sacrifices that my dad made. When I was somewhere around eight, my mom re-married to an abusive alcoholic. I grew up in it, and so did my six younger siblings. We moved several times a...
Anyone Can Inspire Others
Your experiences in life are your super power if you share them with others. I'm nothing special. I work from home and sit in a chair all day. But I get messages like this nearly daily. If you're killin' it, inspire others with your accomplishments. If you're muscling...
Still blows my mind “being an author.”
That, in the short term, words I wrote are helping people. In the long-run, words I wrote will live on forever. It's cool looking at these sales statistics. Not for revenue. You don't make shit selling a book. But it's cool knowing that I'm making an impact on...
Messages Like This Are What I Live For
I have 33 team members at SEO National. Note "team" and not "employees," because I care about them well past just their company contributions. Half of them are in the states and the other half are overseas. US lockdowns are nothing compared to there. They've basically...
As a successful marketing agency owner, here’s what I’m most proud of
15 years into being an SEO agency owner and here are things I'm proud of. Having deep relationships with a 33-person deep team, despite them all being remote (always have been) Providing for that many people + their families Crushing sales goals for NBA teams, INC...
This Video Means A Lot
A lot, a lot. It's a quick peek into one of the best nights of my life. I recently turned 40 and invited people from all phases of my life to spend the weekend. It was with overwhelming gratitude to see family and friends from childhood up to first time in-person...
Family > Business
Haven't fired a client in a while, but family time is not negotiable. This is a new record. About two weeks. New client, good business. Good guy, too. He'd been beat up by other SEO's messing their site up. Came in, cleaned house. Got their mess turned around and a...
