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Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Renegade Marketing with Special Guest Drew Neisser
We have an incredible guest in this episode. From creating the marketing around the Panasonic Toughbook's to building a group of incredible CMO's during COVID, and author of a new book Renegade Marketing. This B2B marketing expert lays out a playbook that works for ANY business and for ANY marketer - it's all just as applicable to C2B marketing! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2023-06-16
35 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Six Things You Should Be Using ChatGPT for in Marketing
This episode is all about AI and ChatGPT! How can you use chatGPT to boost your marketing efforts? Here are six things you should be using ChatGPT for right now to help maximize the impact of all of your marketing!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2023-06-05
27 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Building Relationships Through Personalization with Guest Rick Elmore
In this episode I'm joined by the founder of SimplyNoted.com. Rick Elmore discusses his incredible platform that allows you to send handwritten notes through the mail at scale! Impress clients, customers, employees, and build STRONGER relationships. Rick's system doesn't print notes, it actually writes notes with a pen! Learn how this former NFL player can take your customer experience to the next level! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-11-10
31 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Why Your LinkedIn Sales Strategy is Totally Wrong!
In this episode I want to dig into LinkedIn and LinkedIn sales strategy. Why are you doing it wrong?!?! Please - take a moment and listen! Improve your close rate, improve your lead quality, reduce the time with "cold emails" and "cold connections". Boost sales and learn how to offer VALUE!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-10-25
23 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Inflation, Labor Shortages, Sucky Service, Oh My!
I'm back! Welcome to season 2 of MarketingAndService.com podcast! What's been going on the past 6 months? Why is the world falling apart? How can we save it through marketing? What every business should be thinking about as we begin to wrap up 2022! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-10-18
21 min
Science of CX
Justin Varuzzo: Marketing and Service
Justin Varuzzo is a successful marketing professional with over twenty years of sales and marketing experience. He counts himself lucky to have had the incredible opportunity to blend his passion for music, technology, and visual storytelling into a revenue driving career in marketing. Justin’s passion and focus is at the intersection of marketing and customer service – it’s here where he believes organizations can build the strongest relationships with their clients and customers. Key Takeaways. The foundation for great customer experience. Building a team that equals your pass...
2022-05-11
48 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
The Power of Cooperative Advertising - Is It Right For You?
If you are a business that sells a product or service that someone else produces or you create a product or service that other businesses sell on your behalf - than you SHOULD know all the ins and outs of co-op advertising. In this episode I highlight the benefits of co-op advertising from both sides of the business relationship. Each side is served mutually to great benefit when a co-op campaign is done right! Save half your advertising spend or double your exposure at the same rate! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's af...
2022-04-26
18 min
The Josh Bolton Show
How to add value to your Business | Justin Varuzzo
Send us a textJustin Varuzzo is a successful marketing professional with over twenty years of sales and marketing experience. With a heart of a teacher, Justin is working at building a community of like-minded marketing and sales professionals, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs through his “MarketingAndService.com” podcast. Justin’s passion and focus is at the intersection of marketing and customer service – it’s here where he believes organizations can build the strongest relationships with their clients and customers.Justin has been featured in The New York Times, ABC’s 20/20, AmericanExpress.com, and has had content lice...
2022-04-24
57 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Target Markets By Targeting Platforms and Happy 1-Year Birthday!
In this episode you will learn how to maximize advertising dollars by targeting platforms that are primarily made up of your target audience, instead of spending significant time trying to weed out people who are NOT your target market on the big digital platforms. Also, it's a look-forward while celebrating a year of podcasting with 48 episodes! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-04-05
27 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
The Automated Customer Service Challenge of Tesla and Amazon
Two incredible companies that have changed the world at Tesla and Amazon. Taking a queue from the tech-world and creating incredible processes of automation to provide an incredible customer experience. But, what if your problem isn't described in their drop down of possible issues? Uh oh! This episode explores the ugly side of automated customer service and challenges you on how to solve it!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-03-22
34 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Should I Start a Podcast for My Business?
That is the question we will answer on this episode. Do you want to start a podcast? Is a podcast the right medium for your message? What's involved with a podcast? How much time will it take to produce and edit a podcast? What equipment and tools will I need? What will be the format? How long should my podcast be? Yeah, I get it - you have a ton of questions about this! In this episode I'll breakdown exactly what's involved in creating THIS podcast - how much time, what tools I use, etc! Fo...
2022-03-08
28 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How to Tackle SEO in 2022 w/ Special Guest "SEO Steve" Wiideman
This episode features the infamous SEO Steve! Steve Wiideman has been tackling SEO from the very beginning, before it was even called SEO. In this episode he offers some incredible insight and strategies for best-practices in developing a content strategy, and offering great advice on how to break things down to make it easy to create, measure, and analyze your SEO performance.For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-02-23
38 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
5 Things You Can Learn from a Con-Artist!
Ugh - why do so many people get scammed? We work so hard for honest sales and building great relationships, yet someone else is constantly closing the deal to get a credit card number for an extended car warranty phone scam! What is it about the con-artist that lets them close the deal?!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-02-15
27 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Strategic Leadership Coaching w/ Guest Jonathan Flaks
In this episode we're joined by a special guest Jonathan Flaks of JF Coaching. Aside from being my personal coach, Jonathan helps businesses with strategic leadership. His coaching system can help take a business and create a sense of autonomy, ensuring that the business is driven by strategic planning and not by YOU making decision on a whim everyday! Visit Jonathan Flaks website at: jfcoach.comConnect with Jonathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanflaks/For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each ep...
2022-02-01
30 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Relevance - What Every Business Can Learn From Snoop Dogg!
This episode is all about keeping your business relevant. By looking at case studies of people like Snoop Dogg, Jay Leno, or Carlos Santana we can learn how to apply their success in keeping relevant to YOUR business! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2022-01-18
19 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Building an Authentic Customer Journey w/ Special Guest Brent Keltner
This episode features our special guest Brent Keltner. Brent is the President of Winalaytics and the author of the upcoming book "Revenue Acceleration Playbook". Brent and I discuss the power of an authentic customer journey and he explains how important it is to truly and 'authentically' understand you buyers problems before offering solutions. He also touches on the importance of understanding the long-term value of each client by stressing forward thinking of how your products and services not only help you buyer now, but in the future as well. You can pre-order Bren't book slated to be re...
2022-01-11
33 min
The Virtual CMO
How to Tailor Marketing to Your Unique Buyer’s Journey with Justin Varuzzo
In episode 111, host Eric Dickmann interviews Justin Varuzzo. Justin has over 20 years of experience focusing on the intersection of marketing and customer service. This led him to start the Marketing and Service podcast for business leaders and entrepreneurs who want to build stronger customer relationships and set themselves apart from their competitors. The podcast features successful business leaders who reveal how they overcame pitfalls to become what they are today.For more information and access to the resources mentioned in this episode, visit:https://fiveechelon.com/create-unique-buyers-journey-s7ep10/A fractional CMO can help build...
2022-01-10
31 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Business Planning in 2022: Plan for the Worst - Hope For The Best
This episode is all about business planning! With COVID still going strong at the start of the New Year, it's time to focus on planning. Setting goals, planning, and considering contingencies for COVID lockdown or restrictions that could be looming in the New Year as the Omicron variant sweeps the nation at record numbers. A few hours of thought and consideration can make difficult decisions easy, help keep a financial cushion for unforeseen circumstances, and possibly make for the best year for your business yet! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lis...
2022-01-04
26 min
Digital Marketing Gyaan
How can Brands Leverage Digital Customer Experience to Improve Sales with Justin Varuzzo
Many businesses aim for one common objective: to keep their customers satisfied so that they do not turn to their competitors in future. But, Brands generally have a tough time improving their digital customer experience which keeps on changing from time to time. Since it is becoming one of the key differentiators for any business, therefore it is important to enhance client experience across all the touchpoints. In our latest podcast episode, we had Justin Varuzzo, the Director of Marketing at Paul Effman Music and the host of MarketingAndService.com podcast with us. Justin has b...
2021-12-25
38 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Customer Service in 2022 and Beyond!
This episode follows up on the Episode 38 regarding the future of marketing. In this episode we explore the crystal ball to unveil the trends that are driving customer service moving into 2022 and beyond. How can customer problems be solved quickly? Can they be solved before the problem even exists? Where will people look for solutions? How will solutions be delivered? How will problems be resolved? What will be customer expectations? For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website a...
2021-12-21
19 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
The Future of Marketing in 2022 And Beyond!
This episode is all about the future! What will the next five to ten years bring us in the marketing world? How will we connect with customers? Where will we connect with customers? How will we exchange value for goods and services? I even attempt a mid-atlantic accent to seal the deal! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-12-07
25 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How a Virtual CMO Can Unlock Your Marketing Potential w/ Guest Eric Dickmann
In this episode we have guest Eric Dickmann. Eric is host of "The Virtual CMO" Podcast and CEO of FiveEchelon Group and offers fractional / virtual CMO services to businesses small and large. We discuss many challenges businesses have when they don't have strong leadership in the marketing wing. Many companies are priced out of having a CMO to lead marketing, but Eric provides CMO services to businesses of any size. Having a Virtual CMO provides the opportunity to leverage the very best talent when needed in forming a marketing strategy, then bringing back the talent as needed t...
2021-11-30
29 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
What Every Business Can Learn from the Fast Food Industry!
This episode explores the keys that unlocked success for huge global franchise fast food restaurants. We will explore the processes and procedures that allow for the magic of managing and delivering a consistent experience across the globe. This episode will also compare this to much larger corporations and how their processes and procedures can differ to accommodate vast amounts of scenarios. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-11-24
26 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Attribution and Your Customer's Journey w/ Guest Darrell Evans
In this episode our special guest Darrell Evans from Yocal Local Digital Marketing and host of The Mindshift Podcast @ dives into the customer journey and discusses how to better attribute your campaign success by having a better understanding of the typical journey and how it interacts with a typical consumer. There are some great bits of gold in this episode for anyone doing any digital advertising! Link to Yocal Local Digital Marketing: https://www.yokellocal.com/blog/author/darrell-evansLink to "The Mindshift Podcast":https://www.themindshiftpodcast.com/For detailed show not...
2021-11-16
42 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Why The New PS5 and Xbox Has Walmart Customers Infuriated
This is a case study of what NOT to do when creating customer relationships. Walmart, Amazon, and Target have had huge backlash from their inability to executive and fulfill orders for the latest gaming systems. Fueled by the pandemic, new consoles that have been out for over a year have yet to hit store shelves before being gobbled up by scalpers selling them for double the price! And who wins? Walmart and Amazon?!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check...
2021-11-09
30 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
The Client Stampede: Selling a Home in a Recession w/ Special Guest Julie Guest
Julie Guest is the author of the new book The Client Stampede. Her book details 7-steps to driving traffic to your business! Julie takes the time in her interview to explain how she developed the system selling her house for what she owed, during a recession when home values plummeted 20-30% across the country. She utilized techniques used by the largest digital advertisers in the world, like Facebook and Google. You might be surprised to hear what she has in common with them, and what drove her success! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on e...
2021-10-26
30 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Price Elasticity - Tales from Apple, Tesla, SiriusXM, and the Government!
What is price elasticity? How does it affect your business? How do you properly price a product? How do you determine the flexibility in that price? How can you increase the value of your product or service to increase the price and become more profitable? How can increasing price reduce your profit? How can increasing volume reduce your profit even at a higher price? There are so many questions to think about my brain just exploded!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in...
2021-10-19
33 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Help Your Customers Help Themselves with Self-Serve
This episode is all about how you can save precious time and money, while also offering exceptional service for your customers - answering their questions lightening fast by having the proper resources! We talk about FAQ pages, community support groups, AI chat bots and more. Don't miss out on easy opportunities to better serve your customer while saving yourself time!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-10-12
24 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
A Tale of Two Nostalgic Ads - Jeep vs. Ford
In this episode we'll explore two ads from competing companies in the same year with an exceptionally similar nostalgic theme - targeting the same audience! One is the Jeep ad featuring Bill Murray reprising his role as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day during the 2020 Super Bowl. The other ad is for the Ford Mach-E commercial that aired the Christmas season of 2020 featuring the Griswold family from Christmas Vacation. Which one did it right? Which one did it better? I'll share my thoughts and encourage you to let me know what you think! See the full Su...
2021-10-05
27 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How Apple's New Privacy Affects Facebook and Email Marketing
Apple's latest iOS installments with iOS 14 and iOS15 have introduced a variety of new privacy features that the news is screaming will completely break Facebook advertising! The good news is email marketing and Facebook advertising is still alive and well despite Apple's new features. In fact - for many small businesses this may have little or no impact on your bottom line!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-09-28
29 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How to Tackle Local SEO w/ Guest Wendell Jordan Jr
In this episode we take a deep dive into one of the most under-utilized SEO strategies available to small business - LOCAL SEARCH! Google has put a ton of work into local search results to ensure people get the best results when searching for local products or services. From voice search, local SEO, local content strategy, and more, Wendell offers his expert advice on how to navigate the digital landscape when thinking local first!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business...
2021-09-21
41 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Think SMART - The Best Way to Set and Achieve Goals
If you are interested in setting and achieving goals than this episode is for you! By using S.M.A.R.T goals you can create wins for yourself that will create motivation and inspiration. This helps build momentum for setting more ambitious goals that can be quickly achieved! In fact, some would say all you have to do is WRITE IT DOWN to make it come true! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://w...
2021-09-14
34 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How To Gain Insight From Your Data w/ John Wall
This episode features a special guest John Wall, a co-host of the very long-running and successful marketing podcast "Marketing Over Coffee". John has interviewed the biggest names in marketing over the years and has become an incredible resource from which to learn! John currently is. partner at TruthInsights.ai. We dive into data and analytics - and discuss how we can gain clarity, insights, and actionable information from all the data sources we have on our sites. Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, site reports, etc - how do you make sense of all of it? For detailed show no...
2021-09-07
40 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
When You Can't Close the Sale
In thie episode we dive into the do's and dont's when you can't close a sale and lose out to the competition. There are valuable lessons to be learned and many sales training programs gloss over what many in sales can imagine is the worst possible outcome. There are opportunities that lie within some deals that are lost - but if you aren't on top of it you might miss out on them!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check...
2021-08-31
24 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Leveraging Video as an Income Stream w/ Dean DiMarzo
This epsiode features special guest Deam DiMarzo from "LongestSoloEver" Youtube channel. Dean has gotten over 150,000 subscribers and 20 million video views. Dean discusses the various ways he's monetized his content, and we connect it to how anyone or any business can start leveraging video today to promote their business, but possibly create a new income stream for the very same business! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-08-24
40 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Gain Clarity on How Your Customers Navigate Your Website!
In this episode we dive into using the free website analytic tool Microsoft Clarity, There are key features that can highlight and identify major issues with a web-design or customer journey throughout a website near instantaneously! If you have any website, business or not, this is a tool worth checking out. It costs nothing, can be setup in a few minutes, and provide incredible value and insights into your website performance. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the we...
2021-08-17
30 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Traditional Advertising Secrets with Special Guest Gina Pomponi
In this episode we have a special guest Gina Pomponi, COO of Bluewater Media - a full-stack marketing agency with in-house production. Gina speaks of the importance of reaching a broad-audience like those found through TV to actually help better define your target audience - and the compound power of combining traditional media and digital media to produce a synergy the maximizes the results of each. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at ht...
2021-08-10
29 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Feeling Overwhelmed With The Endless Marketing Opportunities?
In this episode we explore strategies to help you cope with the seemingly infinite number of tricks, methods, and strategies you can utilize when marketing your business. There is only a few basic things you REALLY need to know before approaching any marketing strategy. Social media? YouTube? Facebook Ads? Google Ads? Print Ads? Email Marketing? Where do you start?!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-08-03
26 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
The Best Way to Serve Your Customer Online w/ Erik Kades
In this episode we discuss the critical importance of having a live chat, but we don't shy away from discussing the pitfalls, dangers, and mistakes some businesses make. Eric Kades is the founder of textchat.com. His innovative new chat to text platform makes it easy for businesses to be incredibly responsive and close deals faster, boost average order values, and provide an incredible customer experience. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.c...
2021-07-27
28 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How to Improve Your Business With a Survey
Using a survey can be a powerful tool in gaining insights from customers or employees. Properly executing and analyzing the data of a survey can prove to be quite complicated. One wrong move and the survey results may provide data that is unreliable and could result in making poor decisions based on false assumptions. In this episode we'll dive into the how and why of surveys!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice...
2021-07-20
34 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Influencer Marketing - A Customer Experience with Guest Gordon Glenister
This episode is all about how you can connect an incredible customer experience to influencer marketers! Gordon is an expert who wrote the book on influencer marketing and dives into detail on how building long-term relationships with your influencer has an immeasurable impact on their audience and their ability to persuade their audience to check out your product or service. It's all about building that trust!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice...
2021-07-13
41 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Content Marketing for Customer Service
Today's episode is all about boosting leads, SEO, and building authority through content marketing - but with a twist! Everyone hammers home the importance of content marketing that usually is designed to draw new customers to your business. What if you could create incredible content for your current customers, building trust and strong relationships, but also be used as a tool to drive new traffic to your business? For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://w...
2021-07-06
22 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Selling on Amazon with Guest Neil Twa
Are you ready to sell on Amazon?! You might want to listen to this episode first. Amazon can be an incredible way to boost sales, build a brand, or reach a new audience. It can also be a nightmare, technically complicated, or even worse - it can be the death of your business! Our special guest Neil Twa has built dozens of incredible brands on Amazon, generating millions with each. Neil gets to the bottom of what's important for sellers when selling on Amazon!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists...
2021-06-29
34 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Creating an Incredible Customer Journey
Did your business stem from a hobby, or did you accidentally stumble into your business? If so, this episode is for you! In this episode we talk about how to map and create an incredible customer journey. Your job is to think about how customers become aware of your product or service, what helps them in considering if you are the right person for the job, how easy the purchase process is, how you handle post-sale, and lastly how your customers can become advocates for your business! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each e...
2021-06-22
31 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How to Boost Your Business Valuation with Guest Bharat Kanodia
In this episode we are joined by special guest Bharat Kanodia who has valuated trillions in assets from the Golden Gate Bridge to the New York State Thruway system and everything in between. Bharat explains strategies that can result in a valuation 10x greater than a competitor with the same revenue, same profit, same demographics by just making a slight adjustment to the business model!Connect with Bharat KanodiaWebsite: https://www.veristrat.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuhiC521jEtg-PLfFT_oKTQFor detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's...
2021-06-15
25 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
10 Things Every Business Can Learn From the Hospitality Industry
The hospitality industry epitomizes service. There is no other industry where exceeding expectations and creating incredible experiences is essential for the long-term success and viability of a business. In this episode we'll explore ten things that I've learned from the hospitality industry - and I think all 10 can be applied to just about any business right away with not much effort!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-06-08
28 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
How to Handle a Fake Review with Curtis Boyd
In this episode we talk to the founder of Objection.co. Objection.co is a service that helps organizations identify and dispute fake reviews. Curtis and I discuss the importance of reviews, the importance of trustworthy reviews and how extremely difficult it can be to have a slanderous or fake review removed from popular review websites. Fake reviews can have an enormous impact on your business, and Curtis explains how he helped a physician facing a 7-figure impact to their business because of a SINGLE FAKE REVIEW! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on ea...
2021-06-01
28 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Following Up With Leads - What Makes Follow Up So Difficult?
This is an episode that explores a pet peeve of mine, the failure of follow up. It's something we've all experienced many times where either we really want to buy something and can't get sales staff to follow up, a service call that goes unanswered with no follow up, and maybe we ourselves have forgotten to follow up with a customer or client. We all make mistakes - let's discuss it and see if we can unlock some helpful insights! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to t...
2021-05-25
31 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Holding Yourself Accountable as a Solopreneur w/ Guest Diana Lund Nordstrom
Your a solopreneur and the weight of the world is on your shoulders. You are singularly responsible for every single aspect of your business. It can be an overwhelming experience for the best business owners, but in this episode our guest Diana Lund Nordstrom is going to share some ideas, tips and techniques to help hold yourself together and push forward. Through grief and illness Diana learned how to focus attention back to herself. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, c...
2021-05-18
29 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Customer Experience Now and in The Future
In this episode we explore why the customer experience (CX) is quickly becoming the focal point for many companies. Also discussed is how you can easily leverage the customer experience to greatly boost your brand loyalty. In the coming years CX will be center focal point for all business decisions - so be prepared now, get a jumpstart on the competition, and create an environment that puts your customers first. For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website a...
2021-05-11
23 min
Mads Singers Management Podcast
MSMP 96: Justin Varuzzo on Putting Customers First
The proliferation of podcasts in all spheres means that occasionally one of my guests also hosts a podcast. My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Justin Varuzzo, hosts the Marketing and Service podcast. Here he interviews guests who share, through different techniques and strategies, his focus on exceptional customer service.Justin shared several stories that illustrated something we instinctively know but don’t often ponder: the bar for customer service is so low that even a minimal effort will impress people. Justin shared that when asked, most people can’t even come up with th...
2021-05-05
40 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Overcoming Business Fear With Guest Mark Morton
Are you scared to take the customer experience to the next level? Today's guest Mark Morton is a coach, mentor, and motivational speaker. This episode tackles fear and why fear can be crippling. Mark walks through techniques and strategies to tackle fear, overcome fear, and lead a better life while running a better business. Don't let "stinkin' thinkin" get in your way!For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-05-04
28 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
You Must Do These Three Things Before Running a Facebook Ad
In this episode we'll learn the three most important things you need to do before jumping into launching a Facebook ad (including boosts). You can save a lot of money by better targeting your ad and ensuring you only pay for ads to be seen by perspective customers. You can save money by targeting non-traditional keywords or demographics that will reach your audience with less competition. Before you do anything know your numbers - do you know your customer acquisition cost and lifetime value? Learn why it's so important to know this before jumping into Facebook ads!...
2021-04-27
25 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Testing, Testing, Testing Marketing Variables with Special Guest Vince Warnock
Vince Warnock is a successful entrepreneur, who has launched and sold several start-ups, has served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Cigna Health insurance and is now an author of the hit book "Chasing the Insights" and the host of the podcast "Chasing the Insights". In this episode we discuss the things he has learned in his career and how it can apply to your business today! For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.m...
2021-04-20
39 min
Chasing The Insights
Justin Varuzzo on leveraging incredible service
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to marketing and customer service expert Just Varuzzo. Justin talks to is about leveraging incredible service to provide a competitive edge. Justin Varuzzo is a successful marketing professional with over twenty years of sales and marketing experience. With a heart of a teacher, Justin is working at building a community of like-minded marketing and sales professionals, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs through his “MarketingAndService.com” podcast
2021-04-16
38 min
Marketing and Service with Justin Varuzzo
Is Your Sales Team Undermining Your Business?
In this episode we explore the many ways your sales team can be undermining your business, your service team, and letting down your customers. Why do some sales staff overpromise leaving the company forced to underdeliver? Whose fault is it? How can you get a handle on making sure sales and service are on the same page? For detailed show notes, Justin Varuzzo's after thoughts on each episode, and lists you can use to take immediate action in your business, check out the website at http://www.marketingandservice.com.
2021-04-13
25 min