Damon Burton
Smart SEO & Internet Marketing Blog
Book recommendations
Twice in one week I've been asked the same question. The answer was that two of these five dramatically increased my company revenue years ago, and can probably help you, too. "Can you recommend some good business books?" was the question. Being asked twice in one...
Sharkpreneur podcast
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the Sharkpreneur podcast for a recording, and it's already live a week later. Sharkpreneur is a podcast by Kevin Harrington’s (from Shark Tank) with co-host Seth Greene. Have a listen to him picking my brain. iTunes Youtube...
Easiest path to success
Want to go from zero to success? Here is one of the easiest ways. Processes. Documenting how you do what you do is among the simplest paths to success. Attached is the mapped out process that my team takes when loading a new Outreach-based article to a search engine...
“You’re either lazy or not interested.”
Know what's great about the internet? Yes, cat videos, but also... Opportunities. There is some truth to the quote above, because the internet provides endless opportunities for anyone into anything. We're not talking the usual generic opportunities. We're talking...
Letters to my kids
I hope that one day my kids will care. I hope that they look back in appreciation. Every few months I write them a letter. Each of them, individually. Today is one of those days. Kids grow so fast and I want them to have the opportunity to look back and see what dad...
What I’ve learned over the last year after starting a successful podcast
Most quit around 11. But here we are, a year later. Starting a podcast had been on my mind for years. Finally decided to commit or stop thinking about it. 43 episodes later, can I share with you what I've learned in starting the Learning From Others podcast? First,...
What you DON’T need to be successful
Everyone offers advice on what you need to be successful. But, equally important, here is what you DON'T need to be successful. Hesitation. Get rid of hesitation. Trying new things can be hard, even scary. But the first step is harder than the other 99 on the way to...
$100,000,000 in cars, castles, and Madonna
What does around $100,000,000 in cars that were transported on cargo planes from Europe and Asia over to the US look like? Something like this pic, which I'll explain in a moment. When I started SEO National more than a decade ago I couldn't have imagined the journeys...
SEO is dead
SEO is dead. At least that's what they say. $2 million for my customer in just Q1 tells me otherwise. Every few years a new shiny object comes along and digital marketers rush to the gold mines. After the space gets crowded and advertising becomes overpriced, they...
