Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Quick SEO
#3 on Google in less than two weeks. Laura joined my live SEO training, Optimize Live, the other day. Few days ago she messaged and said after implementing just a few, not even all of the strategies I shared she's already #3 on Google. It's barely even been two weeks...
Building a Strong Team
Building a strong team is like parents building confident children. As a parent, you don't want your kids to grow up and move on, but you know it's best to build them strong to do so. Leaders should build their team to outgrow them, too. The attached screenshot is a...
“How do I get my first SEO client?”
A question newer marketers always ask is "How do I get my first client?" Here's how I did it, and how a bunch of entrepreneurs that I've mentored got their start. Let's say you want to do SEO or PPC. It's really hard to optimize a site for SEO or point paid ads to...
Hard Work
Sometimes you work so hard that you forget why you work so hard. Family Freedom Financial Family is always at the front of my mind. Myself, I tend to forget at the bottom. Think I’ve built such a muscle memory of constant momentum that it’s hard for me to...
234% Organic Lift
I'll tell you the one main thing that is causing this client's organic search engine traffic to start to take off, and how you can add it to your website. Last summer they averaged ~8 visitors a day. With SEO, now they're averaging ~30 a day, and we're just getting...
Trust the Experts
This is why you trust the experts, and get out of the way. New client is only 60 days into SEO and already dominating page one. AND, from a new design. Their site was a one-page website, which you can't rank. This client approved everything, no hesitation. He...
Forbes backlinks
"Get featured in Forbes," they say. "It will help your SEO," they say. But what if it won't? (It doesn't) What if you just paid a lot of money for nothing? (You just did.) Getting featured in Forbes is a waste. It's against their guidelines to buy placements. The...
SEO Customer Retention
My team has been building out custom agency reporting tools, and the latest is "Retention Risk." Shared a post weeks back about how my team looked at client retention of over 200 SEO clients to by industry to see which have the most success. Automotive had the longest...
450+ Signed Best Selling SEO Book Copies
I've personally signed and mailed over 450 copies of my best selling SEO book, Outrank... on my dime. I save a note about every copy I send. When I know the person I write something personal. When I don't, I wish them continued success. Either way, I thank them....
