Joshua W. Desha

Risk Strategies Company

I've been in the Employee Benefits world since 2007 and I'm excited to now partner with Risk Strategies as Vice President of Business Development.  My years in this industry have taught me a lot, and the most important lesson I've learned is this:  More than anything else, employees, employers, C-level executives, owners, and HR leaders deserve a partner who...

💪 Understands the Benefits world and keeps up with innovation.
💪 Takes the time to really get to know (and WANTS to know) their company/industry/business.
💪 Willingly walks their clients through a REAL and INNOVATIVE long-term strategic benefits system based upon the needs of their employees, and the company financially.

The sad fact is that the vast majority in this industry never take the time to do these things for and with their clients. It's one of the reasons benefit rates are consistently increasing, employee satisfaction is at an all time low, and brokers are forced to move from carrier to carrier begging for a better deal. 

If you are a company and you are looking for a partner, a real partner, that will walk with you through this minefield of Employee Benefits, then let's talk.

Vice President of Business Development

The Leadership Lighthouse

The Leadership Lighthouse aims to be a beacon of hope, visibility, and leadership within each and every community. We help leaders lead.

Head of Operations

🔥 Helping Employees reduce their healthcare costs (Access to Doctors, Therapists, and 425+ generic drugs at NO COST) 🎯 Allowing Employers the chance to lower overall Health Insurance Spend 🙌🏼 🙏🏼 Benefits Nerd 🤓

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜❓𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 “𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲” 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁❗



I am one of the leading employee benefit experts on Linkedin. As an accomplished professional, I've worked with individuals and corporations alike.  
 
I believe to be genuinely GREAT you MUST stand out and be different!

Leaders in our industry should...
 
👊🏼 Stop being boring and ordinary!
👊🏼 Learn what matters to others FIRST.
👊🏼 Know your customer's story and needs better than they do.
👊🏼 Figure out how to put it all together for a long term/sustainable business strategy.
 
► 𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
 
🔥Worked with hundreds of different businesses on strategic benefits planning.
🔥Led a team of 21 offices to business growth of 218% within 12 months.
🔥12-time Presidents Club winner in 2 different industries.
🔥I've started 2 companies from the ground up.
🔥11 Industry Elite Award trips.
🔥Took a team of young salespeople and turned them into the highest producing team in the company's history.

► 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆:

💰  I'm somewhat of an Employee Benefits sharp-shooter.  Being in the business since 2007, I've seen it all.  
💰  I can speak in movie quotes and still get my point across.

💰  I'm an all-around good guy.  :)  And hey, that seems to be missing in today's world, right?
 
► 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆:

☎️   512-876-4677
📩   jdesha@risk-strategies.com
💬   DM me here on Linkedin
🐤   Carrier Pidgeon (just tell it to go to "THAT DUDE" and it will get to me)

Director of Sales

Revive Health is Virtual Healthcare 2.0.  Stop spending so much money on healthcare and health insurance. We facilitate rapid and easy access to affordable, quality care and prescription medications. Our membership plans start at less than $1/day.

Husband, father, SEO getting you consistent, unlimited traffic without ads 👉🏻 FreeSEObook.com, written from 17 years as SEO agency owner

👉🏻 Free digital download of my Amazon best selling SEO book @ www.FreeSEObook.com 👈🏻
Burton's expertise is more important than ever in helping businesses thrive online. Over a decade ago he beat a billion dollar company by outranking them on Google. He knew he was onto something and has gone on to build an international search engine marketing company that's worked with NBA teams, and Inc5000 & Shark Tank featured businesses.

Never before has there been so many people needing something to focus their attention on… AND the time to do it. Your customers on either their phone, tablet, or computer 24/7. Simply having a website isn’t enough, and no one knows this better than search engine marketing expert Damon Burton.

Since founding his company SEO National in 2007, he writes for Forbes, has been featured in publications including Entrepreneur Magazine, BuzzFeed and USA Weekly, and has helped high-profile clients make more in a month than they used to in a year.

TESTIMONIALS

💬 "The best thing about this SEO company is their transparency. They helped our site broaden its reach to the online shopping community."

- Rob Heller, Founder of DealYard, and INC5000 company


💬 "Damon and his team's ability to create an authentic way to represent my company to our clients was not just the fluffy nonsense but the meaningful concepts not just to my clients but to the algorithms."

- Bunny Young, Stuntwoman, Speaker, Coach, Author


💬 "Amazing company to partner with. I have been working with them for over 7 years and their level of commitment and enthusiasm for all they do, has never changed."

- Ivan Ramirez, One of Overstock's first employees


💬 "Damon is at the top of his game. He knows the in's and out's of different platforms, and we used his expert guidance to make important changes to our site quickly so we could get the most out of our investment."

- James Thomson, Former Sr. Manager at Amazon


💬 "I know a lot of SEO companies and Damon's team do cream of the crop work."

- Joseph Hansen, Best selling author, serial entrepreneur 


💬 "Amazing, outstanding wealth of knowledge...the real key to good SEO is having a company that knows its stuff and what it is doing the RIGHT way."

- John Lawson, Best selling author, international speaker


💬 "Attentive, creative and constructive. Damon was a true professional and, unlike most in the SEO industry, is honest and transparent in his approach. No smoke and mirrors. Thoroughly recommend."

- Russell Quirk, Co-Founder at Properganda PR

Damon Burton

Just threw half a dozen notebooks from masterminds in the trash. 🗑️

And put 50+ books in the closet that I kept telling myself I would read one day. But seeing that pile of books constantly just stressed me out.

I have more than enough opportunities available to me that everything else is just a distraction.

And you probably do too…

This is the year of less inspiration, more action.

Husband, father, SEO agency to Tony Robbins & Russell Brunson. 👉🏻 Free traffic @ FreeSEObook.com, written from 18 years as SEO agency owner.

Last year was great. Was going to write a massive post about all the cool things, but there were so many that it would take me, legit, a full day to type it all out.

So here's a bulleted list of some that are top of mind:

✅ Celebrated 19 years married
✅ Spend 3 weeks in Europe and Dubai with my wife and kids (France > Germany > Italy > Spain > Greece > Dubai)
✅ Finished building a lake front vacation home I've been day dreaming and motioning to bring to life for years
✅ Bought a commercial building
✅ Launched an agency training program
✅ Had my biggest business day, selling ~$100,000 on the backend of a day
✅ Added our single biggest contract, over $400,000 annually
✅ Had our biggest year as an agency, with ~14% greater revenue than our previous record
✅ Spoke on SEO in Vietnam
✅ Spoke on SEO at the last Funnel Hacking Live
✅ Finally found an hired a coach I vibed with
✅ Found parts of me I’d been looking for for years
✅ Deepened my marriage in ways I didn't know were possible

Grateful for the delayed gratification decisions I chose to plant long-play seeds with, and trusting myself they would work, and it would be worth it.

Grateful for those that support me.

Grateful for those that trust me to support them. Grateful for my wife being my lifelong cheerleader.

Grateful for the intimate relationship that we have as a couple.

Grateful for my kids being well-mannered, confident, energetic, respectful, and all completely different personalities that cause me to reflect on myself and always look to be a better person.

Man, there's so much, and I know I'm missing a ton more, but what an amazing life this is.

Here is a video I've shown only twice before, both times in million dollar masterminds.

It's how to show up at the top of ChatGPT and other AI platforms... and a plot twist that will flip everything you “knew” upside down.

I get excited when I see someone bet on themselves.

Any time there's a shop I go to that I found out is a new business, I send go back after buying and bring them a copy of my SEO book and a little "thank you" package to support them.

I've done this with a new:

✅ chiropractor, who I now go to regularly
✅ autoimmune clinics, that I now visit
✅ new coffee shops in town

Latest was where I took our new ATV to be serviced for our cabin to be serviced, at Hansen Powersports in Kaysville, UT. Found out they had been open only about a month.

Late 20's, early 30's guy and his wife. Both smiles, positive attitude.

He wanted to bet on himself, and build something he could be proud to sponsor his 2 year old as he grows into motorsports, and pass on a legacy to him at some point.

My people.

When I picked up our ATV I brought him a signed copy of my book with a personal note. A week later I sent him cookies wishing him continued success with his new (and first) business.

Recently received a thank you note from them.

Sad, yet amazing day. My longest client ever just canceled at over 18 years.

August 12, 2007 was their first invoice for $4.95.

$2,368/month for the last half dozen years.

We watched them grow from a small ~5,000 sq ft facility to multiple ~50,000 sq ft facilities over the years.

Clients almost never cancel because of performance. In the rare case we can't get a win, I comp some time and concede before the client ever has to.

Most clients cancel because:

❌ they run into growing pains after growing too much
❌ they blow up and get acquired, and the new owners kick us to the curb
❌ a new sheriff comes in and "fixes" everything that isn't broken

The later is this client. 🫤

However, this new sheriff at least the nicer of any over the years. He's just not a business guy and doesn't "get it," what we're doing, despite SEO driving over 50% of their traffic.

But what an amazing story and relationship.

So grateful to serve at this level for this long.

Anyone got a connection at Guinness so I can claim my "World's Longest Agency Retainer?"

Client left, then came back.

This client canceled about a year ago.

This one wasn't a new sheriff, or random cancel. The client just wanted a change of pace. He decided to "retire" from his landscaping business. Wanted to try a 9-5 job.

After working for someone else for about 6 months, he realized he was meant to stay an entrepreneur.

However, he had shut down his site, canceled his hosting, and deleted everything.

After he asked if we'd take him back, we pulled backups, reclaimed his domain, submitted a Change of Address from his old domain to his new one (he wanted to expand services, so a new domain made sense more than the previous domain limiting it to landscaping).

You can see within just a few months, he's back at #1, with ~100 more across the rest of page 1 of Google.

Love a good client redemption story.

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