I had no intention of being a tech dork.
Working in the mortgage industry straight out of high school was a blast. Selling loans was 'my thing' until everything changed when the market crashed.
After the brutal economy dip, I decided to pursue a career with Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Advisor. Needless to say, most investors didn’t want to a young kid managing their portfolio.
So, I decided to move to Mendocino to work for Brutocao Cellars as their director of marketing and helping grow and distribute large amounts of marijuana for medical use. A year later, my house got infested with endangered bats & I knew it was time to come back to reality in San Diego.
I landed a contract with Sony where I experienced the true power of the internet. Needless to say I was addicted! I self taught myself how to code websites while outsourcing work for clients. When I would outsource, I would watch, screen share & ask a million questions every night until I figured it all out.
I received contract from NoteVault who generously paid for me to go to further my digital education with google. Upon completion of building their website, I became a full time employee.
A few years later, a bad car accident put me on temporary disability. The challenge of not being able to work for months sparked creativity & desire to make a positive impact for entrepreneurs like myself with smaller ad budgets. So, I created my own remarking software & wordpress plugin "Follow Per Click”. Which allows me to piggyback off shareable content using my unique iframe method. I can put almost anything (ad, video, picture, social media post, chatbot, etc. ) on top of 85% of websites online. The real benefit is that you do not without have to pay google, or follow their policies against many industries.
With all the custom ad orders, I was slammed with work. I needed to grow. So I launched my current digital agency Downs LLC. I hired contractors that I’ve worked with in the past to some of which taught me how to code during Sony without realizing it. Years later I run a full service digital agency that specializes in Website development
- SEM
- SEO
- Social media marketing
- Graphic Design
Downs LLC. is a badged Google Partner that manages $1 million in ad spend per year.
I specialize helping:
- Advertisers
- Agencies
- Affiliates
- Non-Profits
- Finance companies
- E-commerce platforms
- Mobile apps