HOLMAN, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

-- a popular tourist attraction. She created the first series of annual tourism conferences in the city of Minneapolis. Working with media throughout the United States and the world, she brought major media attention to Minneapolis. She was also instrumental in making Minnesota a popular location for feature film production and was involved in the early development of the Minneapolis Film Board. As part of these efforts, she worked on feature film productions, including locations, casting, and involement of community resources for production and promotion. --After graduating from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Joan set up her own private practice in Minneapolis which she called "Psychotherapy for Normal People". She spent thousands of hours studying human behavior and human potential and combined research in history, philosophy, religion, psychology, art, science and culture to develop and teach her own original course of introductory psychology at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also drew upon her background as an artist and her studies abroad at the Universita Internazionale Dell'Arte, a private art school in Florence, Italy, where she pursued her training in fine arts. After several years of working in the field of psychology, Joan returned to work in the media, communications, marketing, television and video. -- Working with businesses to help them achieve success, much of Joan's marketing expertise has come through her studies with the legendary Los-Angeles-based marketing genius Jay Abraham. She has consulted for a number of companies using many of Jay's techniques, with impressive results. She has been instrumental in taking one company from $1.1 million to over $3 million in less than a year, and has positively affected the bottom line of many businesses. Her online marketing work, including marketing-optimized websites, have generated millions of dollars in revenues for her clients. -- As an Internet consultant, Joan is an expert in Internet marketing, domain name and branding consulting, search engine optimization, and Web site design and development. She has over 26 years of combined experience in marketing, communications, publishing, public relations, television and video and has been specializing in the Internet since 1995. She was one of the first people in the world to have her own domain name and web site (www.holman.com). Dedicated to helping create business success, she has given many presentations about the Internet, marketing and on how to be successful in business. Joan was also instrumental in establishing eWomenNetwork in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and was a premier eWomenNetwork faculty member specializing in Internet marketing. -- Joan advises many entreprenuers and business owners about marketing strategy and business development. She has served as a consultant at the University of St. Thomas Small Business Development Center (SBDC) , working primarly with start-up companies. She has also attended the Fast Trac II program for business owners. -- In addition to speaking about business and the Internet, Joan is an expert on the science of success and the development of human potential and has spoken throughout the country as a motivational speaker. –As one of the first people in the world to do online marketing, in 1995 I secured my own domain name and started developing websites. Since that time, I have worked with numerous business owners and leaders, including authors, to help them to create an online presence and use the Internet to achieve their goals, and I have "To make the world a better place, make yourself a better person." Joan Holman Joan Holman is based in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metro area. Joan Holman, Chief Enlightenment Officer Joan Holman Productions e-mail: joan[at]holman.com www.holman.com