Jeanna Pool's Bio

My name is Jeanna Pool and for over a decade, I have been a graphic designer, website designer and marketing specialist. I am the author of the new book...

When Your Small Business is YOU™ Marketing Handbook: Quick and Easy Strategies to Stand Out from the Crowd and Attract Clients Consistently

This book is the first in my When Your Small Business is YOU™ Series. I created the When Your Small Business is YOU™ series of books, information, resources, tools and training to help independent professionals and small business owners market themselves effectively and attract a lot more clients on a consistent basis. For more information on what When Your Small Business is YOU™ is all about, just click here.

I am an only child, raised by two very successful entrepreneurial parents. So needless to say, I was conditioned from birth that I, too, would someday own my own small business. Forget about my wanting to be an astronaut; entrepreneur was really my only option.

Before striking out on my own, I worked as a graphic designer, website designer and marketing specialist for a variety of firms and a variety of clients in a variety of industries — everything from corporate America to non-profits to government.

During my time of "having a real job", I learned what works and what doesn’t and how large companies and organizations generated excellent results from their marketing efforts.

When I finally started my own small business in October of 2002, I knew I wanted to work exclusively with the "little guys" — the small business owners who are their business — and help them to be as outrageously successful in their marketing, graphic design and web design efforts as the "big guys."

Basically I took all of the knowledge and information I got from working with big companies and organizations and molded, shaped and filtered it down into what will and will not work for marketing a small, serviced based business.

A mantra I teach all of my clients is: If you treat your small business as small, it will always remain that way.

Today, my passion and focus is helping small business owners who provide a professional service to their clients, successfully market themselves to attract as many clients as they can handle on a consistent basis.

I help my clients with graphic design, website design, marketing campaigns and marketing coaching and consulting. I also speak to groups and organizations and teach workshops on what works in marketing and what doesn’t and how small business owners can generate great success from all of their efforts.

I market my own small business, CATALYST creative, inc., the exact same way I teach and market my clients’ small businesses. I am in the trenches day in and day out practicing what I preach. To date, I have won over 20 top industry awards for my graphic design, website design and marketing work.

If you're looking for professional graphic design, website design or marketing work, please visit my CATALYST creative, inc.