Ali Barone's guest appearances

Ali Barone

The Wedding Biz - Behind the Scenes of the Wedding Business

Wedding Wisdom Podcast w/ Doug Winters

Gina Esposito

Norma Cohen

BRUCE RUSSELL

Bryan Rafanelli

Bill Spinner

Ira Levy

Andy Marcus

Ryan Hill

Preston Bailey

CHRISTINA MATTEUCCI

Tara Fay

Sylvia Weinstock

David Beahm

Jennifer Zabinski

Ron Ben-Israel

OwlTail

Julie Novack

In this episode of The Next Level, Andy Kushner and Julie Novack, CEO and Co-Founder of Party Slate, chat about Ali Barone's interview on the Wedding Biz. Party Slate is a photo rich website where leading event professionals share their work, build their brand and drive leads. Listen in as they talk about why Ali started her own company, how she built her business with her ideal clients, and how she has her clients pin on their pinterest board with reckless abandon. Julie speaks about getting involved with the community when building your team, and how there are no bad ideas when brainstorming. Andy and Julie are professionals in this industry and never disappoint so sit back, unplug and listen to this entertaining discussion.   Show Highlights:  [00:53] Welcome back to the show Julie! [02:28] Andy chats with Julie about Ali Barone and using imagination instead of devices. [05:10] They discuss how Ali stated that she wanted to choose her ideal clients, and set her own schedule which is why she started her own company. [06:15] Andy says he loved the way Ali went to locations where clients she wanted to work with hung out so she could build relationships with them. [08:15] Julie speaks about getting involved with the community to find clients, investors and employees. [11:50] They chat about challenges, bumps in the road that all businesses face and how you have to just work through them to persevere. [13:25] Julie says you have to let people on your team know about the challenges so they can help solve the problems. [14:40] They talk about how Ali said she has her clients pin on a pinterest board “with reckless abandon.” [16:11] Julie says there are no bad ideas when brainstorming for events. [17:25] They were in total agreement that people now want to do something different with their events. [18:20] Julie said that Party Slate website has over 500,000 photos now from events.    Follow The Wedding Biz on Social:  The Wedding Biz The Wedding Biz on Instagram: @theweddingbiz The Wedding Biz on Facebook: @theweddingbiz   Title Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by PartySlate - the first website designed specifically for event professionals and venues!   Ali Barone http://www.alibaroneevents.com/  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/ https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/  https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/   This Week’s Guest Co-Host, Julie Novack, CEO and Co-Founder of Party Slate PartySlate Julie Novack on Twitter Julie Novack on Linkedin Julie Novack on Facebook Julie Novack on Instagram   Julie’s Episode on The Wedding Biz:  https://theweddingbiz.com/julie-novack-partyslate-building-a-venture-capital-backed-business/

In this episode of The Next Level, Andy Kushner and Julie Novack, CEO and Co-Founder of Party Slate, chat about Ali Barone's interview on the Wedding Biz. Party Slate is a photo rich website where leading event professionals share their work, build their brand and drive leads. Listen in as they talk about why Ali started her own company, how she built her business with her ideal clients, and how she has her clients pin on their pinterest board with reckless abandon. Julie speaks about getting involved with the community when building your team, and how there are no bad ideas when brainstorming. Andy and Julie are professionals in this industry and never disappoint so sit back, unplug and listen to this entertaining discussion. Show Highlights: <ul> <li>[00:53] Welcome back to the show Julie!</li> <li>[02:28] Andy chats with Julie about Ali Barone and using imagination instead of devices.</li> <li>[05:10] They discuss how Ali stated that she wanted to choose her ideal clients, and set her own schedule which is why she started her own company.</li> <li>[06:15] Andy says he loved the way Ali went to locations where clients she wanted to work with hung out so she could build relationships with them.</li> <li>[08:15] Julie speaks about getting involved with the community to find clients, investors and employees.</li> <li>[11:50] They chat about challenges, bumps in the road that all businesses face and how you have to just work through them to persevere.</li> <li>[13:25] Julie says you have to let people on your team know about the challenges so they can help solve the problems.</li> <li>[14:40] They talk about how Ali said she has her clients pin on a pinterest board “with reckless abandon.”</li> <li>[16:11] Julie says there are no bad ideas when brainstorming for events.</li> <li>[17:25] They were in total agreement that people now want to do something different with their events.</li> <li>[18:20] Julie said that Party Slate website has over 500,000 photos now from events.</li> </ul> Follow The Wedding Biz on Social:  <a href="https://theweddingbiz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weddingbizshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz on Instagram: @theweddingbiz</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeddingBizShow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz on Facebook: @theweddingbiz</a> Title Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.partyslate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PartySlate</a> - the first website designed specifically for event professionals and venues! Ali Barone <a href="http://www.alibaroneevents.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.alibaroneevents.com/</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/174607049300422?ref=hl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/</a> <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/</a> This Week’s Guest Co-Host, Julie Novack, CEO and Co-Founder of Party Slate <a href="https://www.partyslate.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PartySlate</a> Julie Novack on <a href="https://twitter.com/julierothnovack?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Julie Novack on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julienovack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> Julie Novack on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.novack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> Julie Novack on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/julierothnovack/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Julie’s Episode on The Wedding Biz: <a href="https://theweddingbiz.com/julie-novack-partyslate-building-a-venture-capital-backed-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://theweddingbiz.com/julie-novack-partyslate-building-a-venture-capital-backed-business/</a>

181 THE NEXT LEVEL: JULIE NOVACK Discusses ALI BARONE of Ali Barone Events

Andy is excited to welcome, Ali Barone of Ali Barone Events, a multidimensional event design company. Ali was also on TLC’S show “While You Were Out,” an emmy-nominated home improvement and design TV show. In this episode, Ali chats about her childhood, moving to the city with help from her grandma and friends to work in television by designing sets for shows and working with Diana Gould Limited. She tells us how she found her calling when she started planning events and even tells us about an event that she was really proud of and why education is so important to her. Listen as Ali tells us about what it takes to bring an event together and how she puts on workshops to educate people about how event works. Why Preston Bailey’s Protege Program is such a wonderful learning experience, which she speaks at, and why she believes that getting people together in her coworking loft makes a difference. This is a really wonderful episode that will make you want to sit back and take it all in.  Show Highlights: [02:44] Welcome to the show Ali Barone! [02:52] Andy and Ali chat about the TV show she was on and whether or not people recognize her on the street. [03:44] Ali talks about growing up in Brooklyn and her parents moving the family to the country. [07:05] Which part of her childhood inspired her launch into the career she has now? [10:07] Does technology and safety today keep children from exploring outdoors like we did in our childhood? [12:25] Ali tells us how hard it was to tell her parents that she wanted to be an art major, when they wanted her to go into the medical field. [13:45] She talks about moving to the city to start working in theater and television and how her Grandma Rose helped her. [15:43] Ali had contacts from her college years that she got in touch with for a place to live and got a job on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village. [19:05] Ali got her break with the TV show ‘While You Were Out’. [20:35] She assisted a friend on an event for the Children's National Defense Fund which won a BizBash award, where she fell in love with event design. [21:07] Ali got a job as a head designer with Diana Gould Limited. [22:48] After working with Diana Gould Limited for 5 years she opened her own company Ali Barone Creations. [27:41] When starting her new company what did Ali do to get her ideal client?  [30:54] Her first steps for new clients is to get a call with them to see if they would be a good fit for each other. [32:28] Ali believes that you need a thought process of abundance...what does she mean by that? [33:05] Her second meeting is a one on one at the venue where they brainstorm. She encourages a Pinterest board for patterns and textures. [35:05] Ali chats with Andy about some of the events she has planned that stick out in her memory. [41:30] Ali says that in event planning/designing no one vendor is more important than the other, it's a big giant jigsaw puzzle that has to fit together. [42:58] Her goal was to grow her business in volume and sales by 20% every year until she felt satisfied. [44:07] She says education is so important, which is why she works with Preston Bailey and his protege program.  [46:35] She has a coworking loft that brings women in business together socially and offers workshops to educate people. LINKS &amp; RESOURCES Follow The Wedding Biz on Social:  The Wedding Biz The Wedding Biz on Instagram: @theweddingbiz The Wedding Biz on Facebook: @theweddingbiz Title Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by PartySlate - the first website designed specifically for event professionals and venues! Ali Barone http://www.alibaroneevents.com/ Follow us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram!  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/ https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/  https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/ Mentioned during the interview: Diana Gould Diana Gould Limited Preston Bailey Preston Bailey’s Protege Program ‘While You Were Out’ a TLC program Preston Bailey: Designer for the Ages, Part 1  Preston Bailey: Part 2 Interview

Andy is excited to welcome, Ali Barone of Ali Barone Events, a multidimensional event design company. Ali was also on TLC’S show “While You Were Out,” an emmy-nominated home improvement and design TV show. In this episode, Ali chats about her childhood, moving to the city with help from her grandma and friends to work in television by designing sets for shows and working with Diana Gould Limited. She tells us how she found her calling when she started planning events and even tells us about an event that she was really proud of and why education is so important to her. Listen as Ali tells us about what it takes to bring an event together and how she puts on workshops to educate people about how event works. Why Preston Bailey’s Protege Program is such a wonderful learning experience, which she speaks at, and why she believes that getting people together in her coworking loft makes a difference. This is a really wonderful episode that will make you want to sit back and take it all in.  Show Highlights: [02:44] Welcome to the show Ali Barone! [02:52] Andy and Ali chat about the TV show she was on and whether or not people recognize her on the street. [03:44] Ali talks about growing up in Brooklyn and her parents moving the family to the country. [07:05] Which part of her childhood inspired her launch into the career she has now? [10:07] Does technology and safety today keep children from exploring outdoors like we did in our childhood? [12:25] Ali tells us how hard it was to tell her parents that she wanted to be an art major, when they wanted her to go into the medical field. [13:45] She talks about moving to the city to start working in theater and television and how her Grandma Rose helped her. [15:43] Ali had contacts from her college years that she got in touch with for a place to live and got a job on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village. [19:05] Ali got her break with the TV show ‘While You Were Out’. [20:35] She assisted a friend on an event for the Children's National Defense Fund which won a BizBash award, where she fell in love with event design. [21:07] Ali got a job as a head designer with Diana Gould Limited. [22:48] After working with Diana Gould Limited for 5 years she opened her own company Ali Barone Creations. [27:41] When starting her new company what did Ali do to get her ideal client?  [30:54] Her first steps for new clients is to get a call with them to see if they would be a good fit for each other. [32:28] Ali believes that you need a thought process of abundance...what does she mean by that? [33:05] Her second meeting is a one on one at the venue where they brainstorm. She encourages a Pinterest board for patterns and textures. [35:05] Ali chats with Andy about some of the events she has planned that stick out in her memory. [41:30] Ali says that in event planning/designing no one vendor is more important than the other, it's a big giant jigsaw puzzle that has to fit together. [42:58] Her goal was to grow her business in volume and sales by 20% every year until she felt satisfied. [44:07] She says education is so important, which is why she works with Preston Bailey and his protege program.  [46:35] She has a coworking loft that brings women in business together socially and offers workshops to educate people. LINKS &amp; RESOURCES Follow The Wedding Biz on Social:  <a href="https://theweddingbiz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weddingbizshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz on Instagram: @theweddingbiz</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeddingBizShow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wedding Biz on Facebook: @theweddingbiz</a> Title Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.partyslate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PartySlate</a> - the first website designed specifically for event professionals and venues! Ali Barone <a href="http://www.alibaroneevents.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.alibaroneevents.com/</a> Follow us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/174607049300422?ref=hl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ali-Barone-Events/</a> <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.com/nyweddingmaven/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/alibaroneevents/</a> Mentioned during the interview: <a href="http://www.dianagouldltd.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana Gould</a> <a href="http://www.dianagouldltd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana Gould Limited</a> <a href="https://www.prestonbailey.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preston Bailey</a> <a href="https://pbprotege.prestonbailey.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preston Bailey’s Protege Program</a> ‘<a href="https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/while-you-were-out/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">While You Were Out’</a> a TLC program <a href="https://theweddingbiz.com/preston-bailey-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preston Bailey: Designer for the Ages, Part 1</a> <a href="https://theweddingbiz.com/preston-bailey-part-2-interview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Preston Bailey: Part 2 Interview</a>

180 ALI BARONE: Creating The Events Career Of Your Dreams

Episode 45 features the intensely dynamic and utterly charming Ali Barone, Owner and Creative Director of Ali Barone Events, a full service event planning company.  Our delightful conversation is as versatile and creative as Ali herself  — from her roots in Brooklyn to her role as an educator…as we follow her work in television that began behind the camera and ultimately moved on-air on cable TV (TLC)…to her extraordinary career as a gifted and highly sought-after event planner. Ali’s incredible energy and remarkably wide-ranging skill set, resourcefulness and many, many creative talents are a fascinating mix — and so is our episode! Enjoy, -Doug

Episode 45 features the intensely dynamic and utterly charming Ali Barone, Owner and Creative Director of Ali Barone Events, a full service event planning company. <h3></h3> Our delightful conversation is as versatile and creative as Ali herself  — from her roots in Brooklyn to her role as an educator…as we follow her work in television that began behind the camera and ultimately moved on-air on cable TV (TLC)…to her extraordinary career as a gifted and highly sought-after event planner. Ali’s incredible energy and remarkably wide-ranging skill set, resourcefulness and many, many creative talents are a fascinating mix — and so is our episode! Enjoy, -Doug

Ep. 45: Ali Barone