About Jackie

 

Thank you for wanting to know more about me. My name is Jackie Trottmann. I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. My first loves growing up were art and music. However, when it was time to focus on, “what I was going to do when I grew up,” I chose a more practical path and majored in business. What I found was that advertising and marketing fit my need for the creativity that I loved.

I spent thirty-one years in the field of marketing and advertising with a great majority of that time spent in radio sales and management. While sales gave me the freedom I desired, the high stress, corporate America climate with endless meetings took its toll. I wasn’t loving what I did anymore.

 

Turning fifty was a wake up call for me. I had worked very hard my entire life helping other people fulfill “their” dreams, but had abandoned any dreams of my own. I realized that if I didn’t take massive action that I would die with my dreams still inside of me. I couldn’t allow that to happen.

 

So, I’ve taken a leap of faith to follow my entrepreneurial spirit and have formed a marketing consulting firm that helps small businesses with all of their marketing and sales needs.

 

I’m married to Robert Trottmann. I have a son, Steve, who gets a kick out of towering over me and also picking me up in a bear hug when he says good-bye. He has chosen Mass Communications as his major, so he has made his momma proud. (I’m proud of him anyway.)  Robert and I also share our home with T.C. Kitty and Wilson, the Yellow Lab.

 

With my wake-up call has come the desire to appreciate each moment and to seek a spiritual path. Living in challenging times, as we do, calls for great courage. I have a whole new appreciation for people that own their own businesses. It takes a lot of persistence and courage to keep on going.

I’ve created a blog and offer inspirational products here:

 

Guided Christian Meditation: http://guidedchristianmeditation.com

 

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