Turning Costs into Investments: The Fundamentals of Marketing Spend (Episode 1 of 5)

Is your marketing spend an investment or just another cost center?
On the latest episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, Tullio Siragusa, who leads the agency's Fractional CMO services, kicks off a special 5-part series with Josh Prizer, VP of Digital Marketing at Zero Company.
In Episode 1, Turning Costs into Investments, they explore the mindset shift every business needs to make: stop treating marketing like an expense and start managing it like a strategic asset.
Josh breaks down:
* Why bottom-of-funnel spend drives faster returns
* How to balance brand-building and conversion tactics
* Why flexible budgets outperform fixed annual allocations
* What ROAS really means and how to use it to make smarter decisions
This is the kind of episode every founder, CMO, or marketing manager should hear before their next budget cycle.
🎧 Listen now and start turning spend into growth.

Josh Prizer
Vice President, Digital Marketing of Zero Company
Since 2002, Josh Prizer has been a cornerstone of the Zero Company team, guiding clients with multi-million dollar ad budgets toward strategic growth. With deep expertise in Google, Bing, and programmatic platforms including Display, Video, and CTV, Josh brings both precision and purpose to every campaign.
What sets Josh apart is not just his mastery of digital advertising. It is his passion for helping businesses grow into their full potential and witnessing the ripple effect that growth has on the lives of the people behind them.
Outside of work, Josh is active in his community as a volunteer educator and local baseball umpire. Whether he is teaching empathy and compassion or calling plays on the field, he is committed to fostering integrity and human connection in everything he does.