Why are some Long Island business owners getting frustrated with influencers — and does paying someone $1,500 for an Instagram video actually bring customers through the door? Tom Kelly and Steve Burgerer take the podcast on the road from Sunrise Highway to Southampton for a loose Long Island conversation about influencers, sponsored content, getting paid for creative work, and Tom's philosophy on when he will — and won't — promote a business. Tom talks about the criticism that influencers will promote anything for money, whether influencer marketing actually works for local businesses, and the difference between making an advertisement and making something people actually want to watch. Then things wander—as they should—into Tom's price for "selling out," the time a charity organizer promised him an extra $1,000 and didn't pay, losing a TV job right after buying his mother an iPhone, why he doesn't announce new gigs until they're secure, and whether Tom's parents are basically the nice version of Ray Barone's parents. Why are some Long Island business owners getting frustrated with influencers — and does paying someone $1,500 for an Instagram video actually bring customers through the door? Tom Kelly and Steve Burgerer take the podcast on the road from Sunrise Highway to Southampton for a loose Long Island conversation about influencers, sponsored content, getting paid for creative work, and Tom's philosophy on when he will — and won't — promote a business. Tom talks about the criticism that influencers will promote anything for money, whether influencer marketing actually works for local businesses, and the difference between making an advertisement and making something people actually want to watch. Then things wander—as they should—into Tom's price for "selling out," the time a charity organizer promised him an extra $1,000 and didn't pay, losing a TV job right after buying his mother an iPhone, why he doesn't announce new gigs until they're secure, and whether Tom's parents are basically the nice version of Ray Barone's parents. Timestamps 00:00 Why Do People Hate Long Island Influencers? 00:24 Podcasting From Sunrise Highway 00:38 The Most Long Island Thing Ever 01:23 Why Podcasting Isn't As Easy As It Looks 02:05 Explaining The Tom Kelly Show to a Stranger 02:37 What the Hell Is Quogue? 02:58 Where Has Steve Burgerer Been? 04:03 Long Island Businesses Are Rebelling Against Influencers 04:28 Are Influencers Worth $1,500? 04:44 Can You Trust a Paid Influencer? 04:51 Has Tom Kelly Ever "Sold Out"? 05:45 What's Tom's Sellout Price? 05:59 Burger City vs. Shake Shack 07:05 How Much Money Makes a Bad Gig Worth It? 07:44 Why Tom Used to Turn Down $2,250 Gigs 08:31 The Charity Gig That Owed Tom $1,000 09:43 Why You Can't Win a Feud With St. Jude 10:40 Why Tom Won't Announce His New TV Gig Yet 11:04 Another Comedian Took Tom's TV Job 12:03 Steve Finally Meets Tom's Parents 12:25 Are Tom's Parents Like Everybody Loves Raymond? 13:25 Tom Buys His Mom Her First iPhone 14:09 Tom Loses a TV Job Right After Buying the iPhone 14:38 Joey Kola's Rule About Counting on a Gig 15:10 Do Influencer Videos Actually Work for Sponsors? 15:41 Why Did This Sponsored Video Underperform? 16:32 Magic Mirror & Listener Shout-Outs 18:39 Why Tom Is Making More Social Media Clips 18:54 Heading to Southampton

Is losing a pet really as painful as losing a human family member? How do you know when pet grief has become something you need help dealing with—and what should you NEVER say to someone whose pet just died?

Tom Kelly sits down with longtime friend Judith Eve Rosen, LCSW, a clinical social worker specializing in veterinary social work and author of Life After Pet Loss: Daily Reflections for Working Through Grief. Judith explains how an experience in a veterinary emergency room inspired her to specialize in pet loss and the human-animal bond.

📖 BOOK — Life After Pet Loss: Daily Reflections for Working Through Grief
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📸 INSTAGRAM — @mypetlosstherapist
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🌐 JUDITH EVE ROSEN
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00:00 Pet Grief & Life After Pet Loss
00:40 Meet Pet Loss Therapist Judith Eve Rosen
01:09 Is Pet Grief Really That Serious?
02:09 How Judith Became a Pet Loss Therapist
03:05 Veterinary Social Work Is a Real Specialty
03:44 Life After Pet Loss
04:01 Why People Seek Help After Losing a Pet
04:29 The WORST Things to Say When Someone's Pet Dies
05:11 What Is Disenfranchised Grief?
06:13 Does Everyone Need a Pet Loss Therapist?
07:27 PTSD and Traumatic Pet Loss
08:15 How Do You Know When Someone Needs Help?
08:31 Is Losing a Pet Like Losing a Family Member?
09:16 When Pet Loss Becomes Compounded Grief
10:10 Losing a Pet When You Live Alone
10:33 Does Losing a Dog Hurt More Than Losing a Rabbit or Fish?
11:27 Grieving ALL Kinds of Pets
12:58 How Do You Move On After Losing a Pet?
13:22 Keeping Your Pet's Collar, Bed or Favorite Things
14:33 Ways to Memorialize and Remember Your Pet
15:04 What If Your Friends Don't Understand Your Pet Grief?
16:56 Being Patient With People Who Don't Understand
17:45 Helping a Friend Whose Pet Is Dying
19:04 Pet Loss Resources and Support Groups
19:52 How Do You Explain Pet Death to a Child?
20:39 The "Memory Jar" for Children and Families
21:34 Feeling Guilty About Getting Another Pet
22:12 A New Pet Isn't a Replacement
22:41 How Do You Know When You're Ready for Another Pet?
23:29 Life After Pet Loss & Judith's Instagram
23:56 Closing Thoughts

Long Island Based Influencer and Comedian Tom Kelly was complaining about the growth of people doing videos and similar to his. Brittany Stigliano - ThatMom_Brittany on Instagram suggested Tom meet Peter Romanelli of Pizzaiola . . . owner of the Long Island pizza shop that lays claim to the first ever Buffalo Chicken slice. - Was the first Buffalo Chicken pizza slice invented at Pizziola of North Babylon, Long Island? Does every pizza shop owner now also have to be a TikTok comedian? What can comedians and creatives learn from pizza owners? Are pizza shop owners jerks? -

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Pizzaaiola of North Babylon: @pizzaiolanb

Brittany Stigliano: @ThatMom_Brittany