Damon Burton

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A 10 year old girl presented this to me today.

A 10 year old girl presented this to me today.

Just got back from volunteering for five hours with my son's elementary for "BizTown." BizTown is is a real life mock city that we drove to 45 minutes away at a museum. In it they have businesses like gas stations, banks, real estate, airlines, UPS and freight...

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Common Denominators of Success

Common Denominators of Success

Got to speak to a University of Tennessee class this morning from an invite from the professor and long-time friend. What's cool was connecting with others entrepreneurs during the presentations.  The common denominators in our stories? Nothing was handed to us. We...

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AIs Impact on Soft Skills

AIs Impact on Soft Skills

I can’t help but think of the high probability of massive mental health conditions AI is going to cause.  Yes, it will also have many breakthrough options for affordable therapies, but what about the cause that caused the need for the solution. AI has cool things. We...

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Where to Start When You’re New to SEO?

Where to Start When You’re New to SEO?

If you're new to the world of search engine optimization ("SEO"), it may seem a bit overwhelming. Let me simplify that for you. Understanding the three core pillars of SEO, Site Structure, Content, and External Credibility, will give you a strong foundation to build...

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Your Vision vs Others

Your Vision vs Others

I was a big time skater as a kid. You know the stereotypes that go with that... long-haired no vision druggies dropouts I remember driving to the school to take this picture for winning Student of the Month, wearing my Domino's shirt from a thrift store.  I did have...

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AI SEO

AI is basically just another search engine, and also feeds of comparable variables. Content Like search engines, AI wants you to think it's amazing so it feeds off of unique, value added content. Good site structure Like search engines, AI needs to be able to access...

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SEO is a Marathon

SEO is a Marathon

Lit up green like a Christmas tree. These massive increases are compared to just two weeks ago.  This is what compounding effort in SEO looks like. Jumping multiple pages on Google, some allll the way to page one on their first jump. New SEO for a new client on a new...

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2020: Remembering When I Almost got Stuck in the Philippines

2020: Remembering When I Almost got Stuck in the Philippines

Flying home from Mexico yesterday I saw this stamp in my passport from when I flew to the Philippines. Remembered being up 38 hours straight after flying four planes across two continents and an ocean. I was one of the lucky ones. Left March 7, 2020. Landed March 8....

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Leaning into Slow = Fast

Leaning into Slow = Fast

Ditched the snow and took princess pants 👸🏼👖 to Mexico. I do one-on-one trips with my kids every few weeks. Took my oldest to San Diego two weeks ago. Went surfing at noon, and skateboarding at midnight on the boardwalk. Next up was my daughter, and she wanted to go...

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