Rockstar Podcast - The Business Parent Cast

Aggie, Mariano and Lorenzo talk weird #Italian #superstitions, Lorenzo is a little less of a #carnivore today then yesterday,  being "judgey", raging against #cauliflower, more food topics, Aggie needs therapy because of her glasses, a woman who had a kid and didnt know she was pregnant, being an #optimist or not so much,  a couple had a kid at 76 years old, playing #sports vs watching and more!

Matthew John Benecke is a writer of speculative fiction with supernatural and horror leanings and a craft beer blogger. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance from Baruch College where he graduated as a member of the inaugural class of Macaulay Honors Scholars. He also holds a Master’s in Adolescent English Education from Brooklyn College. While working at Baruch College, he was selected to develop, implement, and instruct a summer-long creative writing seminar for high school students in the College Now program where he served as an adjunct lecturer.

Since 2011, he has written and maintained The Beer Whisperers craft beer blog. The Beer Whisperers is followed by more than 50 breweries from around the world including nearly a dozen of the Top 50 Breweries as listed by the Brewers Association. He has visited more than 100 breweries, many of which have been reviewed on the blog. He has also sampled nearly 4,000 different beers.

Aside from writing, Matthew is an avid photographer and musician. He enjoys landscape photography primarily but is also interested in black and white photography. He is a self-taught guitarist and pianist who enjoys an eclectic array of musical styles and artists ranging from modern metal acts to classic rock and classical compositions.

In Episode 151, Mariano left us for Atlanta for a week but me forge on. We talk about Aggie's Starbucks naming issue, the alphabet vulgarity chart, lorenzo's 3 month jury duty experience, what happens when you get called for jury duty, Lorenzo's brief experience in criminal justice, watching cable , does checking your apple watch for text make it look like you are bored during a meeting, who does the laundry, Aggie's eyes open to the notion that lorenzo proclaims many women over 35 watch True Crime shows and the JoJo Siwa bows. We also talk about how to handle kids watching YouTube, where they watch it and how often. We also talk about the Sitcom vs RealityTV concept, and posting photos of grilled chicken and asparagus. A true hodgepodge of lightning round topics, hope you enjoy!

In our Sesquicentennial Episode we talk to Mariano about his Date Night with wifey, Aggie's negotiation with her Doctor, Lorenzo had a #ParentFail, our sleep patterns, CPAP machines, where we get our inspiration and "stealing" your competition's work, ideas and much more in our 150th Episode! Hope you enjoy!

The Champ is back! Our first returning guest nearly 10 years later, Erik Kent of NJWedding.com and NJParenting.com We talk about how Aggie now took Mariano's spot of getting all the good info before the episode starts! #FriendshipBracelets, Erik's journey with his wife Beth from the beginning of getting the info for their own wedding 20+ years ago and how that evolved into #NJWedding (thanks John and Diane) to now having 3 children, and then into their current venture #NJParenting, handling and providing Testimonials as an important resource for parents and wedding couples. Then the episode takes a left turn into the world of #Rutgers and Mariano and Lorenzo just sit there while Aggie and Erik swoon over their College unification. We also discuss Erik and his wife working in a small office on Cranford, NJ's town website, doing #TradeShows and #Expos, his tactics on #marketing, how to become affiliated with NJParenting.com and even the #BalloonFestival and much more, hope you enjoy!

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 We talk about Movies, meeting people who haven’t seen #GladiatorMovie #Seinfeld #EndGame #Avengers and #ItsAWonderfulLfe. Lorenzo gets judgmental, Mariano is bougie and Aggie is frustrated with technology life. We talk #movies we like, Aggie’s iPhone from 2008 has shit the bed, getting a #beeper, communicating with #AppleWatch and phasing out phone calls, saving voicemails, #inboxzero and the #gtd method. We also cover all things emails, response time, setting a time to check email vs having it open at all times. Has Social Media helped or hurt the email process for work and life. Finally a wonderful Wedding Anniversary to Aggie and her plans to wild-out in NJ and what is each of our drinks of choice and some books Aggie and Mariano reads because apparently Lorenzo doesnt read and it hurts Aggie’s heart a bit. Hope you enjoy! Find our podcast episodes everywhere you listen. AnchorFM, Spotify, iTunes and more and of course at rockstarpodcast.com!

Aggie, Mariano and Lorenzo sit with Jay Webb of the Indie Street Film Festival happening in Red Bank, NJ. We talk living in New Jersey and the Garden State’s perception to the outside world. All things Indie Street Films, film distribution in today's social media market, how Jay met his wife and about their company, Surf Costa, his clothing line based from the costa rican lifestyle. We also cover what to expect at the Film Festival, how to submit your film for next year and the process to determine which films make it to the festival. Finally we cover different styles of films Jay is viewing, budgets for films, whether Social Media content is considered "art / film" and meet Cassie from Social Sidekick and her role in the festival. A bonus closing with a typical Mariano moment bonus clip. Hope you enjoy! Find our podcast episodes everywhere you listen. AnchorFM, Spotify, iTunes and more!

Aggie, Mariano and Lorenzo tackle the world of Clients. How we handle Reviews and Feedback, quantifying if you are doing a good job. The intangible feeling of knowing if your business is successful. Executing on your Client needs. Communicating with your Client that is comfortable to you and not based on protocol. Micromanagement in client relationships and helping clients see things through their client eyes, not their own. Helping clients get past the minutia and see the greater journey. Allocating a client idea into the proper placement or campaign. Buying Comments and Likes on Instagram? Buying Reviews on Amazon? Traveling to Italy in August during Fer Augusto. Hope you enjoy!

Aggie is Jet Lagged from her trip to #Vegas for “work” for a conference for #SHRM. What does Florida smell like? The Bone Spur from Episode 144 resolved. #Utah law exempting parents from neglect if their kids play outside. The main question is whether it is easier to be a parent today or in the 70s and 80s when our Parents were raising us. How many #kidsactivities do your children do and balancing that as #BusinessOwners. Do you plan or have kicked your kid out on his/her 18th Birthday? Lorenzo discovers the #GoodWillStore. All this and more! Our podcast can be heard on #anchorfm #spotify #iTunes #soundcloud and of course at #RockstarPodcastDotCom

Mariano, Aggie & Lorenzo discuss Lorenzo taking his kids ipad away,  a new found study about growing a bone horn in your shoulder from using devices to much, our kids ipad usage,  the Cinnamon Toast Incident, the wasteland we all call Facebook, is it the platform or the human that has caused the social media negativity. This and much more in a multiple topic thought provoking episode. Find us on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, AnchorFM, Stitcher, Facebook and at RockstarPodcast.com.

Mariano & Lorenzo talk about shady business practices via Mariano's issue at Avelient, contacting a company that is pretending to be you, get copied by competitors, Mariano going to picnics and some how we got on to the topic of Climate Change. Find us on Facebook and at RockstarPodcast.com. New episode every Monday and be sure to follow Mariano's brother, Paolo @psdifabio 

Mariano, Aggie and Lorenzo discuss The Tooth Fairy, Aggie's conference she attended about Social Influencers, what kind of Social Influencers are trending vs those who are not, ad dollars going to Micro-Influencers, Lorenzo's kid at the Pool Club, visiting Italy and Lorenzo's hometown, GMO foods, healthy eating, Veganism and more!

Volume 1 : A 15 minute-ish compilation of some Behind The Scenes, Warmups and Laughs from the past 10 years. Clips and moments from random episodes...oh and Tony has a cat. Hope you enjoy!

We didnt do an Episode this week so we figured why not milk it for all its worth by throwing it back to like 2009 before podcasts were a thing and before 90% of you knew who this guy was. Here is the episode we did at The Wine Library with Garyvee.

Mariano and Lorenzo discuss Mariano's experience in Tampa for a 4 day excursion with Avelient for a Trade Show for Optometry. We talk the future of business within the Eyeware Industry, Warby Parker and Lorenzo shares his first experience visiting Disney.

Lorenzo is at the office. Mariano is home with a sick kid. Tony is traveling for work. We put the AnchorFM app to a test and do an episode within Anchor and this is the result which is why we couldnt call it Number 40 and settled at Episode 39.5. Enjoy!

Episode 39 - The Kids Are In Charge

Mariano and Lorenzo sit down with their kids and talk Podcasting, TedX Talks, Donating Water to Flint, Impractical Jokers, Creativity in School, Red Sox Baseball and more. To close out, Gemma sings #Maroon5 Sugar.

10 Year Old, Tatiana discusses her idea of wanting to start a #FairyTale Podcast by reading stories for kids to listen to her read. She loves school and enjoys it a lot.

13 Year Old, Max talks creativity in school is lacking and is boring, Max wants to change it to be more creative by incorporating “play” into school work. Max will be presenting at a #TedXYouth Talk. He also talked about helping a friend deliver water to #Flint Michigan through #HopeFromSoap

12 Year Old, Jay talking #RedSox Podcast called #SoxStuff and you can find his podcast on #AnchorFM and watching his #Boston teams on #NESN and he loves #Squishy YouTube videos. Jay also talks about meeting #JoeGatto from #ImpracticalJokers at a #AdoptDontShop event. Jay’s favorite #ImpracticalJoker is Sal and ironically Jay tells us he wants to live alone in apartment with many cats.

6 Year Olds, Sofia and Gemma tell us how they like Kindergarten and what they like best about it. Gemma likes work time and play time and Sofia likes that her school has 2 playgrounds. Sofia likes to color her #LOLDolls and Gemma likes Baseball and #Barbie Dolls and both love #slime

And all the kids in full agreement love one thing more than anything… the #ImpracticalJokers and we talk about different punishments. We also mention that Lorenzo has been on an episode of the show.

Mariano, Tony and Lorenzo discuss Organic vs Prepared posting and programs to use like BufferApp, Lorenzo's Web Design scam, the Asian Photography scam and an update on Mariano's phone listening conspiracy and the usual in between nonsense.

Mariano and Karen like to text....

Episode 3 of The Bell Cast from Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ. You can find us live on Facebook under facebook.com/rockstarpodcast every Friday at 11am.

Kevin, Mike and Lorenzo discuss:

Participation Awards & Entitlement Translate to Work
New Business Opening on Bell Cast
Bell Work Reviews and Whats Coming
Kevin’s Refresh Advertising Client Commercial
Mike Has A New Response to Everything
23 And Me DNA Conspiracy

Mariano and Lorenzo discuss topics about our phones listening to us and then advertising against that, conspiracy theory, Wedding Venue and Total Costs for Couples and the differences of price throughout the country, Mariano has no recollection of his own Wedding and how does Avelient handle pricing for clients.

Mariano, Tony and Lorenzo speak about each of our own current Cable Providers, Fobu TV, what we pay and how and what we watch tv. We also discuss the roles of boys, girls in society, a little bit of Kevin Hart and the usual silliness in between. Oh and Mariano's hair has a mind of its own.

Mike, Kevin and Lorenzo reconnect for the 2nd episode of the Bell Cast. We discuss Kevin's Big Announcement! Happenings at Bell Works over the past month with some new Dining options opening including Hummus and Pita opening up. Then we cross over and talk about Local Car Dealerships, their style of commercials, Social Media Lead Gen Ads and how companies / cable is dealing with keeping consumer attention.