Prior to starting his internet marketing career, CJ proudly served for the U.S. Navy with travels to Africa, Germany, Croatia, Greece and many other locations. While on shore duty in Norfolk, VA CJ met Miguel Curl, who introduced him to the "Personal Development" and "Self-Help" mindset which changed his life forever. In June of 2009, CJ partnered with Gary Anderson and created a blog dedicated to personal development to help people look at the positive things in life and "Stay Boosted". The blog grew to, at one point, being ranked in the top 100,000 websites online. (via Alexa.com) It later developed into his first published book, now available on Amazon. In 2010 CJ was introduced to the "Chamber of Commerce". He started his website design career shortly after, almost by accident. He offered to help a few people he met and it "snowballed" into a business. CJ Hallock has been an entrepreneur, freelance website design artist, and social media specialist in the Johnson City, TN area full time since 2011.