READY TO SHINE?

Start Your Press:
Become Your Own Best Publicist

Ready to shine? If you’re a thought leader or business owner looking to build your buzz and grow your visibility through media coverage, you’re in the right place.

Start your press—and build your expert platform—in this two-day intensive hosted by long-time journalist and creative coach Jen Jones Donatelli. Throughout the intensive, you’ll receive exclusive tips and tools for pitching publications and podcasts, getting quoted in articles, and amplifying your message through organic media placement.

The next Start Your Press intensive takes place on November 19-20, 2024
from 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. EST via Zoom (both days).

Start Your Press

Amplify Your Expert Reach

Topics covered during the intensive will include:

Strategy and guidance on making a media plan that works for your goals, strengths and intended impact!
How to identify newsworthy angles and position your pitches for success
Pitching techniques and templates, as well as resources for connecting with journalists, podcasts and producers
Ways to build on each media placement to form a portfolio that makes you an attractive go-to expert and gains traction for your business/work in the world
Tips on owning your expertise and stepping into the comfort zone with visibility

This stuff works! In recent months, Creative Groove's clients have been featured in the below publications. (No paid placement, all organic!)

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"I couldn't be happier. Not only is Jen vastly knowledgeable, but her class is packed with useful information, as well as fun and interactive. It has been under a week since I took Start Your Press and I already have two media sources who've agreed to do a story on my company, thanks to Jen's great advice!"

-Kacie Gikonyo, death doula

get visible and build your buzz

Is this right for me?

The Start Your Press intensive is designed for those who want to build authority and grow their reach through media coverage. It’s surprisingly easy to be your own best publicist—and you don’t need big bucks or a fancy PR firm to do it. If you’re motivated to do the work and position yourself as a go-to expert in your field, this is the place for you!

Start Your Press is especially suited to:

Small business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs
Coaches
Thought leaders and emerging experts
Nonprofit leaders
Anyone who feels motivated to gain media traction around their work in the world - and is ready to dig right in!

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Get In the Mix for Our Next Intensive!

Upcoming Dates

The next Start Your Press intensive will be held on November 19-20, 2024 from 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. EST on Zoom.

If those dates don’t work for you, there will be more intensives held in 2025. Drop us a line here to get on the waitlist and be notified when registration goes live!

What’s The Investment?

Start Your Press costs $259. We also offer pay-what-you-can pricing and installment plans in hopes of making the experiences accessible to as many as possible! Contact us if you would like to learn more.

MEET JEN JONES DONATELLI

Who is leading this work?

The facilitator and creator of Start Your Press is Jen Jones Donatelli, founder of Creative Groove and a seasoned creativity coach and workshop facilitator.

Prior to her work with Creative Groove, Jen worked in various forms of media and entertainment for nearly 20 years. Jen’s resume spans feature films, award shows, talk shows, sitcoms, red carpet reporting and print/online journalism for outlets including Glamour, Business Insider, Playboy, Los Angeles Confidential and many more. Her work for REDBOOK earned her a Hearst Editorial Excellence Award in 2015. Jen has also acted as managing editor of numerous publications including FreshWater Cleveland and Edible Cleveland.

Along with her journalism work, Jen has authored nearly 100 books for publishers such as Capstone Press and Enslow Publishing.

Jen is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and a proud graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.