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Website designer, founder of Jungle Studios and host of Ask a Web Geek · Episode 123 with Kathi Burns, September 17, 2025
CJ Gilbert is website designer, founder of Jungle Studios and host of Ask a Web Geek.
On episode 123 of Organized and Energized! The Podcast, CJ and Kathi Burns talked about small business website advice: your site is the only thing online you fully own. CJ Gilbert on making it work for search, sales and service.
He starts every website project with two questions: what are your goals, and who is your target market.
Who is CJ Gilbert?
CJ Gilbert is the founder of Jungle Studios, a website design company in San Diego. He grew up in Southern California, started tinkering with websites in 1995 while he was in high school, and helped businesses with their sites through a local computer company. After years in insurance sales and inspection, an on-the-job accident led him back to school for a web design certificate, and he opened his own business in 2006. He is the author of Five Golden Keys to Sharpen Your Website and hosts Ask a Web Geek on YouTube, where he teaches business owners and entrepreneurs how to use their websites as their number one business tool.
Where can I find CJ online?
- Website
- YouTube
- Five Golden Keys to Sharpen Your Website by CJ Gilbert
- The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
Which episodes feature CJ?
WebsitesEpisode 123How To Make your Website WORK for YOU with CJ Gilbert
Website designer CJ Gilbert says your own website is the only thing online you fully own and control, so it should be the hub for everything else you do online.
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Frequently asked questions about CJ Gilbert
Who is CJ Gilbert?
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CJ Gilbert is website designer, founder of Jungle Studios and host of Ask a Web Geek. Web designer teaching owners to use their website as a tool
What is CJ's main advice from the episode?
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CJ Gilbert says your website is the only thing online you fully own and control; people who lose access to a social media page or group can lose everything they built there.
Where can I find CJ online?
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CJ's website is www.jungle-studios.com, and the other links are in the Important Links section of the episode page.
How do I become a guest like CJ?
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Kathi Burns takes guest applications from founders who are willing to share candid stories about the strategies they use to eliminate logjams in their business. Apply to be a guest here and the team will review your application and reply with your next step.
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