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

Kaleigh Wiese of Meldeen specializes in visual branding for small businesses and couples. Her ability to take your existing logo and refresh it to attract the right clients is a powerful skill that she takes on the road with The Knot Worldwide each month. www.meldeen.com MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/...

This week, I am thinking of everyone we lost during 911. It's an interesting week, as 911 is sandwiched between my husband and my daughter's birthday. These dates mean so much to me, and I look forward to them with celebration while I look back on the tragedy of 911 and think about all that we have lost. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consultin...

Author Mike Michaelowicz has built, earned, and lost it all, only to rebuilt it again by creating businesses based on the premise that you take care of Profit First. In his series of books, Mike talks honestly about how the loss of his businesses inspired him to re-examine the accepted principal of Income - Expenses = Profit. Mike made a simple switch: Income - Profit = Expense. That one change ch...

Chicago based Wedding Photographer Rebecca Marie Ickes joined me on the blog to discuss systems and processes. How does one decide to start a business, and why? What does it take to scale a business, and what types of systems are needed for day to day success? Rebecca and I tend to gab like girlfriends, because we are. But her personality is infection and you will fall in love with her and her art...

Coming to you with a double ear inflection, which has made me think a lot about self care and systems. Are you set up to succeed even when you don’t feel well? What would happen to your business if you got really sick or injured? Most of us just grind into the ground because we have not done the work of setting up relationships and lifelines. Phone a friend today while you feel well. Connect with...

Radical mentor Cindy Novotny lives a life with no balance and loves it. Cindy is the motivational shot in the arm that you need. Cindy sits at the helm of Master Connection where she and her team work with businesses to develop sales, training, and execution programs. Cindy believes in loving what you do, in doing it well, and in always being the hardest person in the room. What always strikes me...

Listen to wedding planner Courtney Elizabeth discuss her experience with the Business Blueprint for Wedding Planners and the Wedding Planner Masterclass. This testimonial is unpaid! 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 Educ...

I have been a fan of Rebecca Yale’s photography for years, but what I really love is her classical training, her commitment to heritage, and her use of words. She quotes masters, artists, and poets, has a stunning and romantic style, and she deeply believes in collaboration and the power of publishing. Be sure to listen as she shares her tips for planning a submission that gets shared! Listen to h...

Known as The Wedding Fashion Expert, Nayri not only runs Lovella, one of the most successful bridal salons in the country, but she is also a published author, an educator, a Knot Ambassador, and she is constantly contributing to thee industry through her web series, YouTube Channel, and podcast. Listen for 3 tips she gives to brides (and pros) before wedding dress shopping. I adore Nayri and have...

I became aware of Simon T Bailey when he spoke at an Engage Conference in Arizona. In the years that have followed since, Simon and I have become friends, attending the same conferences, sharing personal stories, and expanding our businesses. Simon believes that every one of us can operate on a brilliant level, and he inspires thee world by sharing his own personal stories while keenly observing t...

We have launched two online educational courses. The Business Blueprint for Wedding Planners is a 4 hour crash course designed for the aspiring to new wedding planner who needs to solidify a strong business practice, while the Wedding Planner Masterclass is for established businesses that want to grow and evolve. As someone who believes that you LEARN when you TEACH, what did I get from this? Well...

This week I received 4 leads: two have very attractive 6 figure budgets, one was not a fit, and one came in with a 7 figure budget. One 6 figure client signed. One has a conference call. One went away, and the alleged 7 figure client took me and a local, well respected casino property on a ride… So how do you qualify a real client vs a crazy? How do you manage the business you have while you go af...

The Engage Luxury Wedding Summit is the height of inspiration and education for our industry, and I am heading into my 10th. Delays be damned! I am so stoked and cannot wait to be with my people. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaki...

Andy Kushner is the Tim Ferris of the wedding industry. Through his podcast, The Wedding Biz, Andy interviews the most prolific thought leaders in the wedding industry, providing education and inspiration to the next generation. His background in event entertainment has allowed him the opportunity to witness our industry in operations first hand, and his unique perspective on how the wedding and e...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS on the podcast today! As you know, last month my husband Tony Fisher rejoined Andrea Eppolito Events full time. Tony is my partner in business and in life, and this has been a dream of mine. He is NOT a wedding planner or an event designer. Instead, Tony is taking over the business side of things, growing the brand, and developing the other areas of the industry we work in. And w...

Hello, hello my friends! Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Sean Low, the founder of the BBC Collective. The BBC is a think tank that allows creative business owners to come together and discuss the status of our industry, the problems that we face, and the opportunity to simply do better business and better art. I adore Sean. He is cerebral, he is in your face, he is brilliant, and h...

As a designer, I sometimes struggle with the production part of watching what I see in my head come to life. There is this risk associated with creating something very specific for a couple. Watching my partners actually bring forth the image can be scary, and when all of the pieces are scattered there can be a moment of "Oh my God, what have I done? I hate it!!!" As it comes together, I find that...

Responsibility has been on my mind a lot lately. How does responsibility translate into contracts? Do we use them to CYA or to tell a story? What is our actual responsibility to our clients vs the imaginary and legal ones we impose on ourselves? When it comes to vendors, what do we take responsibility for? How can we be responsible for vendors that we don't select? Is there a difference between fa...

I received such a beautiful thank you note from my February 2019 couple. They were very specific in talking about how we addressed the elements that mattered most to them, and the letter is a great reminder that when you do the right thing for the right client, and when you plan with intention and make plans on purpose, you can truly change someone’s life. It’s about telling a better story. MY SER...

How well do we know the businesses that we work with? And what do we do with this information? Rather than judge one another in the dark, I suggest we put ourselves in the light and tell the truth about where we excel and where we fall short. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & App...

Fear can be a motivator or a paralyzing force. How we move through it - if we choose to move through it - will change our businesses and the industry at large. What are we so afraid of??? MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Onlin...

Welcome to 2019! We are back celebrating life, luxury, and above all else, love. This episode talks about the challenges, successes, and opportunities of 2018 and how they set up my business for the coming year. This podcast is a space for creatives and businesses to discuss our art, our processes, and how we communicate with the world. I am very excited about the changes I have made to my busines...

I am in Napa Valley on a site inspection with a couple that hired me to plan a beautiful, elegant wedding at a very boutique vineyard. Throughout the process today, it became clear that something was wrong. It took a lot of courage, and some very difficult conversations, but together as a team we decided that this couple needs to stop planning and cancel their wedding. All of the teams that we had...

A message of thanks and gratitude to everyone who has followed me and participated in my Podcast, YouTube, Instagram, and social. 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/   Ar...

I recently worked with M Place Productions to create a Behind the Scenes video showing what happens onsite during the execution of a really big, beautiful wedding. 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://cou...