{"id":1615,"date":"2024-04-08T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsmithwebagency.com\/?page_id=1615"},"modified":"2025-04-21T19:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:32:23","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jsmithwebagency.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1615\" class=\"elementor elementor-1615\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a920629 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a920629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6529e76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6529e76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab4815 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aab4815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39df83 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b39df83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-right-arrow1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">About<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d66a820 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d66a820\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad59a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ad59a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b276d26 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b276d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731e1cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"731e1cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7fa16 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b7fa16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Skills<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e3ff7d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e3ff7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Journey To Starting The <i>J. Smith Web Agency<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e40c39 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e40c39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m Joshua Smith, the founder of J.Smith Web Agency. I have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Agriculture Business and a minor in Psychology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. You might be thinking, \u201cBachelor&#8217;s in Agriculture Business and a minor in Psychology? Why is he doing web design?\u201d Well, to be honest, I never expected to land in the web industry either. My journey into this field began without me even realizing it. Right after graduation, I needed to make a hard decision: I had received a job offer in sales from one of the biggest wine companies in the US or an unpaid internship at a surf camp in Costa Rica where I would get the chance to be mentored by the owner. I chose Costa Rica! I chose it not only because of the amazing surf, beautiful weather but because I felt I could learn more about running a successful business from my new mentor.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80910a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"80910a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dc3ef4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dc3ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A little bit about my mentor, he runs a successful surf camp, as well as several hotels and restaurants. His story is super interesting and I recommend you check it out (<span style=\"color: #178582;\"><a style=\"color: #178582;\" href=\"https:\/\/witchsrocksurfcamp.com\/wrsc-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>). I worked for my mentor for a little under a year. Some of the big takeaways that I got from spending time with such an intelligent person\u00a0 were that you need to be passionate, you need to always be learning, and you need to be absolutely driven for your goals. He told me countless stories of roadblocks and struggles where he had to adapt, improve, and push harder than he ever had, in order to get where he is today. His ability to go out, learn about aspects of business, then implement and execute those aspects in his own business was inspiring.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389227a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"389227a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dab5eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1dab5eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091bd6a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"091bd6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0e042 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d0e042\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6ef5c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad6ef5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My First Website\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f069f16 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f069f16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shoot the <i>Landscape<\/i> with the <i>Cameras<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b97b4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65b97b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0\u00a0I took that inspiration and began building a website platform called the <span style=\"color: #178582;\">Tamarindo Vacation Guide<\/span>, where I promote local restaurants, tours, and tourist attractions. I learned everything online (mostly YouTube) about graphic design, SEO, Google Advertisement, and analytics. The <span style=\"color: #178582;\">Tamarindo Vacation Guide<\/span> made me realize that businesses need a strong online presence and that my guide was helping with that need. As I contemplated more, I realized that I could improve businesses even more if I applied the skills I had learned into building well-designed and equipped websites for them. 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I have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Agriculture Business and a minor in Psychology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. You might be thinking, \u201cBachelor&#8217;s in Agriculture Business and a minor in Psychology? Why is he doing web design?\u201d Well, to be honest, I never expected to land in the web industry either. My journey into this field began without me even realizing it. Right after graduation, I needed to make a hard decision: I had received a job offer in sales from one of the biggest wine companies in the US or an unpaid internship at a surf camp in Costa Rica where I would get the chance to be mentored by the owner. I chose Costa Rica! I chose it not only because of the amazing surf, beautiful weather but because I felt I could learn more about running a successful business from the my new mentor.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A little bit about my mentor, he runs a successful surf camp, as well as several hotels and restaurants. His story is super interesting and I recommend you check it out (<span style=\"color: #178582;\"><a style=\"color: #178582;\" href=\"https:\/\/witchsrocksurfcamp.com\/wrsc-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>). I worked for my mentor for a little under a year. Some of the big takeaways that I got from spending time with such an intelligent person\u00a0 were that you need to be passionate, you need to always be learning, and you need to be absolutely driven for your goals. He told me countless stories of roadblocks and struggles where he had to adapt, improve, and push harder than he ever had, in order to get where he is today. His ability to go out, learn about aspects of business, then implement and execute those aspects in his own business was inspiring.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I took that inspiration and began building a website platform called the <span style=\"color: #178582;\">Tamarindo Vacation Guide<\/span>, where I promote local restaurants, tours, and tourist attractions. I learned everything online (mostly YouTube) about graphic design, SEO, Google Advertisement, and analytics. The <span style=\"color: #178582;\">Tamarindo Vacation Guide<\/span> made me realize that businesses need a strong online presence and that my guide was helping with that need. As I contemplated more, I realized that I could improve businesses even more if I applied the skills I had learned into building well-designed and equipped websites for them. 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