Hi, I’m Dean Burton 👋
I live and work remotely in Spain, from the fantastic city of Sevilla! 🇪🇸 I’m originally from Bristol in the UK (fun fact, I intended to stay in Spain for a year, but I never left!).
Since March 2023 I’ve been the Chief Operating Officer for WP Buffs, overseeing day-to-day operations and leading our success teams. I joined WP Buffs in 2018.
I’m used to tackling challenges around customer happiness, customer success, churn reduction, retention, business operations, and MRR growth and I love what I do!
Here, I write about all things MRR, Tech, WordPress and remote work!
In 2018 I launched Seville Remote Workers, an online and in real-life community for remote workers…in Seville! I grew the community from 0 to over 1,500 active online community members. I hold regular IRL meet-ups in Seville for remote workers and remote workers use the community to meet people working around the city and get recommendations on coworking spaces.
sevilleremoteworkers.com, the website for remote workers in Seville, was launched in 2023 and is slowly building up resources to help remote workers navigate Seville life!
More On My Personal Development
- 1+ Year Leadership Coaching (Individual coaching & group coaching with Katie Gage)
Places I’ve Spoken
The WPMRR Virtual Summit 2020: Accepting and Reducing Churn in MRR
Scaling your MRR – A conversation with Dean Burton and Jan Koch
Ask Me Anything | Dean Burton, WP Buffs
The WPMRR Virtual Summit 2021: Automating Your Customer Retention
Podcasts I’ve Been On
My Other Interests And Projects
- Launched as a WordPress freelance consultant in 2015/2016 – Built & maintained WordPress websites for my own clients (including website copywriting as a service)
- Launched Seville Remote Workers in 2018: An online & IRL community for remote workers in Seville, Spain. (Instagram | Facebook Community) Sevilleremoteworkers.com
- WordCamp Europe 2023, Organising Team member; Sponsorship Team
- The first remote volunteer at Professionals Doing Good (2018) | Read about my work here
Other Voluntary Work
The Julian Trust – Julian Trust is a night shelter in Bristol, UK, providing food and shelter for Bristol’s rough sleepers. They are open 4 nights a week and offer guests hot meals, showers, clean clothes and a laundry service. I volunteered here during 2014 – 2015. (If you are in England or Wales you can send an alert to streetLink about someone sleeping rough to link them to local services).
Notts Housing Advice – Notts Housing Advice is a charity specialising in housing and housing-related debt based in Nottinghamshire, UK. They provide free advice to the public and to organisations that don’t have in-company specialist advisors. I volunteered here in 2012 & 2013 as a front desk receptionist and later as a volunteer coordinator, hiring and organising new volunteers into the organisation.
Events I’ve Attended
- WordCamp EU, Serbia: 2018
- WordCamp Valencia: 2018
- WordCamp US, Nashville: 2018
- WordCamp London: 2019
- WordCamp US, St Louis: 2019
- WordCamp EU, Berlin: 2019
- The WPMRR 2020 Virtual Summit (Speaker)
- The WPMRR 2021 Virtual Summit (Speaker)
- WordCamp EU, Porto: 2022
- WordCamp US, San Diego: 2022
- WordCamp EU, Athens: 2023 (Organiser, Sponsor Team)
- WordCamp US, National Harbor, Maryland: 2023
- WordCamp EU, Torino, Italy 2024
Upcoming Events I’ll Attend
- WordCamp US: Portland, Oregon, 2024
- WordCamp EU: Basel, Switzerland, 2025