Andrea Eppolito | Celebrating Life, Luxury, & Above All Else Love

Last weekend I found out that I had been exposed to Covid ahead of what was the biggest production of my career thus far. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://courses.andreaeppolito.com/   Are you a...

As the world continues to spin off its axis, we as creative professionals need to acknowledge that we can and should control the work that we do. We must control who we do it for, who we do it with, and ultimately manage our creative process. It is our job to make the world a prettier place and to leave people better than we have found them. In the face of every excuse and every tragedy, my respon...

Q3 2021 has been intense and aggressive! We as an industry are entering our busiest season while the world feels very unstable. Here are 5 Ways to Combat the Crazy and move through the next few months with success. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andrea...

Wedding planning is an exciting time, but it is also stressful and unnerving. Many of us are currently faced with disgruntled clients. Let's talk anger, ego, and how to move forward. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Edu...

The year is almost over! That's how it feels, anyway. As my kids get ready to return to school, I am struck by how quickly 2021 will go. With COVID still lingering and a return to regular life beginning, what are you holding on to? How are you moving forward? What will you protect, and what will you let go of? MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Con...

How do you manage your workload in the midst of a crisis? When enduring personal tragedy and trauma, what happens to your task list? Las Vegas wedding planner Andrea Eppolito discusses managing your personal life and your business when everything seems to go wrong. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consul...

As we recover from Covid, many businesses have found that they need to change vendors and work with new teams. Working with new teams can be scary, and in this episode I am offering five tips to help you qualify new wedding pros. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: htt...

The three largest challenges facing the wedding and event industry as we move into Covid recovery are supply chain issues, increased costs, and the fact that our partners are not ready to produce. In this episode I discuss our issues and how we can combat them. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting...

One of the most frequently asked questions is “What does a wedding planner cost?” How and why do wedding planners set their pricing? Is there flexibility? What does pricing communicate to couples? MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speak...

You are a walking talking billboard for not only your business, but your clients. Whenever you walk into a room, you represent the standards by which your clients will be judged by other businesses, my other vendors, and the world. It's important that you make an effort to show up as your best self every day. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Cons...

What is matching and mirroring? Is mimicking a client a savvy sales tool, or a disingenuous attempt at trickery? I believe that if you authentically match and mirror your clients on true points of connectivity you will be able to create true trust and touch-points on a much quicker basis, which creates an environment that allows you to do your best work. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https:...

Restrictions are loosening and weddings can begin again. Some clients, however, are still not comfortable moving forward. As an industry, how are we handling at-will changes? Should we charge more if we are just moving a date? Answer: Yes, because it is never ”just” about the logistics and always about the story. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business...

10% of 2021 is gone and I wanted to ask….How ya doing? Each year, we make resolutions and goals only to forget about them within the first few weeks. After a year like 2020, we all deserve happiness, prosperity, and excitement. Did we learn the lessons of 2020? Are we committed to our health, our businesses, and our families? Or has our short term memory kicked in as the world goes back to busines...

As a sensory planner, I value each of the senses in terms of turning a moment into a memory. DJ BrianB talks about the value of sound and ways to incorporate music throughout your life. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online...

I am an American. Thoughts from a Conservative as we welcome the Biden Harris Administration. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://courses.andreaeppolito.com/   Are you a Wedding Professional? ...

Thank you so much for the support and the outreach regarding my last podcast about being a creative conservative. Now that we are firmly moving into 2021, I want to get back to the basics and talk about supporting other businesses and also cleaning up your messaging. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/cons...

While I had hoped to start this season by discussing the 5 things you should do for your business in 2021, I can no longer stay silent as I watch us destroy friendships, business alliances, and opportunity because of a political divide. We are hurting ourselves, one another, and our clients by allowing ourselves to be baited by the media and by social media. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: ht...

I failed you in 2020. I did not produce podcasts or give you the value that you deserve as a listener and as a subscriber. I have a number of excuses – the pandemic, homeschooling, never having a quiet place and still struggling with grief – but none of these are good reasons. For some reason I was able to produce in other areas, but I fell down in this space. For that I am sorry. MY SERVICES Luxu...

Is your business properly insured? Are your couples covered for wedding postponements? The pandemic showed just how important coverage is, and I have all the information you need here! MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online E...

Theft of images, wedding photos, design, and work product are a tremendous problem in the wedding space. It creates brand confusion, tricks people into buying lesser quality experiences, and it disrespects the client…Which simply cannot happen. Here is how to spot theft in the wedding industry and what to do about it. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Busi...

This week marks the beginning of my return to podcasting, where we will once again be talking about the best ways to celebrate life, luxury, and above all else…love. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://c...

Learn how to market your wedding business to the LGBTQ+ community with advice from Kirsten Ott Palladino of Equally Wed. Like it or not, the gift of the pandemic is that wedding pros now have time to work on their businesses. Since same-sex weddings became legalized, we have seen a tremendous amount of growth and acceptance in the wedding community. However, there is still work to be done, and man...

In this podcast, I talk about the alternative reality stolen by COVID 19 and why, in the end, we are left unchanged. These are both personal and professional thoughts on what would have been, and what might be. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppo...

COVID19 has created hard times for us all. Here is a little reminder and a look into what I am thinking of right now. How the wedding industry responds to the hard times just as important to as the work we do when times are good! MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: htt...

One year ago, my husband and I joined forces to produce online courses and publish two books. What happened next has taken us deep into digital marketing, funnel building, consulting, and venue management. In this unscripted episode we just talk about the experience and give you a BTS idea of how we communicate. He jokes around a lot, I pull us back to center. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning:...