Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Congrats to Molokaʻi Burger on New Website
Ever heard of Molokaʻi island? Probably not. Because it's off the map a bit. But if you've seen it, it's paradise. Molokaʻi is in Hawaii, and is only 10 miles wide. We just launched a website for a second generation, family-owned burger joint, Molokaʻi Burger. There...
Entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing.
Entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing. It's about way more than money. It's about passion. It's creativity. It's challenges. It's family. This 13 year old showed up at my door. He was selling hand made paintings. I couldn't be more proud of the kid I didn't even...
SEO Less Than a Year is a Waste of Your Money
I want to protect your investment. To put it simply, if you do SEO for anything less than 12 months, you’re just burning your money. So don't start. When you rank higher with SEO, you are giving your business its best chance to reach more of your targeted audience,...
How to Recover from a Google Penalty
A Google penalty could wipe out your online organic sales in the blink of an eye. But you can recover. Here's how. First, be proactive. Avoid a penalty to begin with. Don't cut corners and go with cheap SEO. Cheap is expensive. If penalized, you need to figure out...
Good SEO Copywriting
That's what's up, literally. Corporate client's organic traffic is up 99% this summer over last. They already had a decent site, so this increase was a content play. Dug into data on who their ideal buyer is, and used tools to identify what they're already searching...
Entrepreneur Hour 2024
Been building an online brand with my teenage son the last few months, but looks like there's a change of plans... Every other day he has part school/home release where I spend 60-90 minutes with him teaching him about business. Most of that time has been spent...
Set boundaries. Clients respect confidence in transparency.
My SEO contracts are probably one of the most detailed agreements you'll see on setting boundaries. you're hiring a professional, don't tell us how to do our job no meetings about meetings about meetings you don't get my cell phone number don't call on weekends don't...
16% lift in organic traffic driving 104% lift in sales
Q3s a wrap and looking back at some client growth. Here's how incremental traffic increases can be big needle movers with search engine optimization. SEO not only increases traffic, but done right and it attracts higher converting visitors. When your website's...
SEO Training
Students are already sharing they've hit page one on Google less than two weeks since teaching SEO secrets at my Optimize Live training. Now, aspiring agency owners that are diversifying into SEO are posting they have their first SEO clients too with an easy way I...
