From Zero Budget to Viral: Why Every Founder Needs a PR Strategy
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Jenna Guarneri understands something most women entrepreneurs get wrong: visibility isn't a luxury for the already-successful. It's the infrastructure you build while you're still small.

As founder and CEO of JMG Public Relations and author of the bestseller You Need PR, Jenna has spent over a decade proving that you don't need a six-figure PR budget to build a brand. She built her own company by doing PR for herself. She hosts a podcast that hit 387,000 streams in year one and is now expanding to television on Roku. She's been featured on Good Morning America four times. And she's done all of this by staying authentic, building strategically, and saying yes to opportunities others overlook.

In this candid conversation with host Jodie O'Brien, Jenna reveals the exact gap that holds women entrepreneurs back: they're waiting to "deserve" visibility. They're waiting until they're successful enough, polished enough, ready enough. But visibility isn't something you earn at the end. It's something you build on the way.

This episode addresses the questions most women entrepreneurs never ask out loud: What does PR actually mean? Why do I struggle with self-promotion? How do I build visibility with zero budget? How do I stay authentic while building my platform? And how do I know if the grinding is actually going to pay off?

Jenna shares:

  • Why visibility is infrastructure, not a luxury
  • How women are socialized to be quiet and how to break that pattern
  • Starting with zero budget (go local, go regional, build from there)
  • The difference between telling your story and just talking about what you do
  • How to leverage trends authentically without chasing every viral moment
  • Building your narrative so people actually want to listen
  • What happens to your income, opportunities, and business when you stay invisible
  • How she built for 11 years before things went viral
  • Why saying yes to unexpected opportunities changes everything
  • The cost of consistency and why it compounds over time
  • Celebrating wins at every stage—from first placement to 10-year milestone
  • How to stay motivated when progress feels slow

What makes this episode different: Jenna is your blueprint. She's not a celebrity who got lucky. She's an entrepreneur who built visibility strategically, without gatekeeping, without a big budget, without pretending it was easy. She's lived it. She teaches it. And she's still doing it herself.

This is for women who are grinding and wondering if it matters. For entrepreneurs who've been told visibility isn't important. For founders who feel too small to deserve attention. For anyone building something and needing permission to make it visible.

Jenna Guarneri

Jenna Guarneri

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