Damon Burton

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Stop trading your integrity for business

Stop trading your integrity for business

Some of you are out their trading your integrity for business.  Doing every desperate thing for a deal or exposure. Here's a screenshot from a feature and backlink from Dennis Yu's BlitzMetrics.  Kind words + SEO value backlink.  And I never asked for it. The exposure...

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Want to make more without selling more?

Want to make more without selling more?

On average, I onboard "only" 10-15 new clients a year. A YEAR. While other marketing agencies do that in a month, I still make 7 figures more than most of them. The answer to more revenue often isn't more marketing and sales. It's preventing loss of existing clients....

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Love what I do. Love what I do for free even more.

Love what I do. Love what I do for free even more.

Flew into Arizona this morning to support a new client, The Benefit Doctor.  I didn't "have" to join them to have my team SEO their site.  I wanted to, and for something else. Separate from SEO, I wanted to inspire their sales team in the power of sharing their...

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Teaching SEO at FunnelHacking Live. Join me?

Teaching SEO at FunnelHacking Live. Join me?

Having been in SEO for ~18 years now, my passion for the industry has evolved to include giving back to the community and teaching others search engine optimization. I wrote a while back about outdated false beliefs that you can't  SEO ClickFunnels.  That's why I'm...

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Can SEO Companies Guarantee Results? They Shouldn’t.

Can SEO Companies Guarantee Results? They Shouldn’t.

Your mechanic might guarantee that your car will run by the week's end. When it comes to SEO, guarantees are often used to compensate for poor work. Instead of guaranteeing an outcome, a good SEO company will be honest with you about the variables in SEO. SEO...

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Value Your Time to Income

Value Your Time to Income

I remember before I started my agency 18 years ago, one of the last guys I worked for was rich, doing a few million a month.  He just upgraded his home audio system and offered to give me 50% of whatever I sold his old system for. Was like a $10-20k system, so I was...

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Secret to Client Retention?

Secret to Client Retention?

 Since 2018, I've invoiced this client every month, sometimes more than once… over 125 times totaling a ~$250,000+.  And she's still as appreciative today as she was nearly seven years ago. The secret? Proactiveness and communication. Solve customer's questions before...

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Lantern Wishes

Lantern Wishes

Friends invited us to light floating lanterns with them last night. Wrote your goals on them, then send them off. My goals? Hottie’s always on the top of my list; constant action with her 😍 find a hobby outside of entrepreneurship buy another residential rental...

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Business Cycles

Business Cycles

Business seems to have a cycle to it. I wrote about it in 2018, and it's still applicable today... Every few years there is a “new chapter” in my career. And I feel like I’m in one now. I remember starting my SEO company 11 years ago. Super busy for a few years. Then...

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