In follow up from our mention in today’s Sunday Mail (4-December) here is the recorded interview we did with 4BC Radio.
Sharing our fun stories and ‘how to’ on Christmas Shopping for our clients.
Be sure to turn up the sound.
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/b8052ff0e245aca0ce8b31c8e/files/My_Go_2_Girl_4BC_Interview.mp3
We literary put the meaning of ‘Secret Santa’ into shopping for our clients. Getting paid to shop with other peoples money – Is there any other better job?
Recently featured in the Sunday Mail (4-December page 28) we shared our story.
‘While many of our customers were wealthy and spent up to $1000 on a gift, others were cashed-strapped families seeking advice on how to stay within a budget.’
‘We sit down with our clients and we work within their budget’. ’If customers are not that savvy but they have got an idea about what they want, we can sort it out for them’.
Personal shopping for a Personal Concierge is a dream job but with that comes a lot of planning, organising and going to some extreme measure to gain information we need to purchase items on behalf of the clients for their loved ones. These extremes have lead us to be ‘secretly present’ within a restaurant to have a visual view of the clients partner we are purchasing for.
As shared with Sally Chester-Law on 4BC radio today, some may find this extreme to be a bit ‘creepy’ however have said it to be the best concept they have ever heard.
Christmas shopping for personal presents and intimate gifts are most commonly requested from Bachelor clients as they find this a great way to outsource the task so they are not left feeling uncomfortable in doing themselves.
Common words we hear are ‘I just don’t have enough time to do that’, ‘I am not organised enough’, or ‘I simply refuse to wait in line’. This is where a personal shopper ‘secret santa’ is called on.
Now with only 21 days to go until Christmas don’t be wasting your time waiting in lines, fighting with traffic and getting all stressed. Outsource to us and reap the reward of time.
(M) 0409 611 681
www.mytelemarketinggirl.com.au
Picking up the phone to call prospects and leads is no easy task for most businesses. Making telemarketing calls is not for the faint hearted, is it? It’s often fraught with rejection and hang-ups and maintaining a detailed record of each call requires focus.
Some of our clients are too busy to manage this task themselves, some are too emotionally connected to the objectives and for others, the very idea of calling prospects is just too daunting.
Your goals are our goals! Cosy up with cold calls. Yes, we’ll make those uncomfortable break-the-ice calls so that you don’t have to. With the hard part done, you’ll find it infinitely easier to take leads to the next level.
Fire up those leads. We’ll follow up warm leads from your direct marketing campaigns, trade show exhibits, networking efforts and promotional activities. Watch the results flow in!
We can do the footwork so you don’t have to. We will represent your company and your brand in person through manning your stand at trade shows, fetes and conferences, any promotional events, networking and industry-specific events where you provide an incentive to receive prospect contact details.
Engage us as your in-person representatives. Our premium ‘walk the talk’ package offers you a comprehensive bundle of services.
Pricing to suit your goals and your budget
The telemarketing component of our services is priced in multiples of 50 cold calls or 50 follow-up calls. Urgent telemarketing campaigns can be prioritised for an additional upfront fee.
Visit www.mytelemarketinggirl.com.au for a FREE quote.
We are ready to take your call!
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Why are most time saving services offered mainly to women? Single, married and/or divorced men have similar needs also right?
Lets be honest here, some not all men have a secret that has not yet be revealed to their loved one. The secret being, all the birthday and Valentine’s Day gifts that their loved one had received during their courtship were through outsourcing either to their mother or mother-in-law, friend or another member of the family because they hated shopping and most of the time, they had no clue what gifts to purchase.
At times I am sure some could confess to having meals delivered to their home, enlisting family members to do their weekly laundry and hiring others to clean the apartment because they were busy working and because many times they had no idea how to do these things.
As a result, My Go2 Girl offers bachelors a wide variety of bachelor services or most commonly referred to Personal Concierge Services. Personal Concierge Brisbane services and errands including personal shopping, weekly laundry pick up or deliveries, grocery shopping, party planning, dinner reservations, personal chief services, reminder services, outsourcing to pet sitting, cleaners, light housekeeping even scheduling hair and spa appointments are being utilised by men weekly, fortnightly or on a day to day basis. Assistance with paying bills, shipping items and supervising contractors at their home also has a big calling for.
My Go2 Girl running errands for busy people is at times referred to as ‘the little secret’ behind every caring man.
We act in a very giving and warm-hearted roll on behalf of the gentleman who doesn’t quite know how to go about things. We are discreet and private, while maintaining a professional customer service that leaves the client looking the hero.
If you know someone that fits this picture, let him know there is assistance out there it is simply called My Go2 Girl. They just need to make the call!
We welcome your enquiry and look forward to providing you with time.
Brisbane Personal Concierge industry is booming! Being very well received, particularly over the past few months with huge media attention gaining us coverage in high profile papers and on television My Go2 Girl’s contribution has certainly experienced massive growth over the past months.
With more and more busy people accepting they can’t do it all themselves, outsourcing has become second nature for them. Continuous education and marketing for Personal Concierge and Lifestyle Management services is still required, I feel, and as business owners in the industry, we are all contributing.
I’d like to see a change in the way people think about Concierge services as they are not as frivolous as some may think. Providing answers before they need to ask does set their minds at ease, allowing question opportunities to then flow. Studies have shown that outsourcing is the answer to gaining more quality time.
Continuing to educate potential clients and market our wonderful services, skills and profession, then the industry in Australia will continue booming.
My Go2 Girl specialises in running errands for busy people, serving bachelors, brides and families with a larger calling for small to medium business owners. Our Happy Home Helper services are utilised by busy working professionals and include grocery shopping, organising, sorting, de-cluttering and small pickups and deliveries. Telemarketing for Small Businesses along with staff incentive rewards has taken off with a bang while Wedding Day Running is one of our favourites. With no common task, we love the jobs that others hate.
What I love most about being a Personal Concierge are the challenges that sometimes present. Providing solutions for our clients also offers them peace of mind knowing ‘it will get done’. Considering the variety of tasks plus the trust clients have with our services and the relationships that we have built, could never take us away from what we love doing the most – customer service.
The question busy people need to ask is ‘how much is my time worth‘? It really is a simple answer and it depends on how much money people are willing to invest. With outsourcing to your Personal Concierge nothing is impossible.
Be brave, take the step and outsource! You will be the one rewarded!
Time is invaluable because you can get more than 24 hours out of a day when you know how.
Outsourcing is the key in saving time. Allocating task to others you either don’t enjoy doing yourself, and simply no longer have the time to do. As recently published in U on Sunday, IBIS/world predicts the household services sector to present the most promising business opportunities in the coming decades as we outsource more and more of the domestic drudgery in exchange for quality time with family, or in many cases more time in the office.
More and more are engaging the services of a Personal Concierge to manage their day-day errands like waiting at home for service repair people to arrive, collating the shoe box full of papers for the bookkeeper or accountant, paying their bills and de-cluttering the home or home office. Having their very own ‘go2 girl’ on hand at anywhere from $55 and up per hour in pursuit of work-life balance to enjoy quality time.
With many investing in having their very own personal trainer – that was then. Personal Concierge and Lifestyle Managers are the now!
TIPS to get you started
Recently chatting with a friend in business he inquired if I had considered providing services as Utilities Accounts Manager, being the person to sit and wait on hold with the likes of Telstra, Optus etc as he has experienced significant time wasted in doing the task himself and would happily outsource this to allow his time and patience be better spent elsewhere. Upon his initial inquiry to me he did answer his own question ‘I am sure you are already providing this service for your clients arn’t you’? My reply – ‘yes of course’! My Go2 Girl has been providing this service since we launched (2008).
Clients who have utilised these services have saved themselves a total of 10.5 hours. Through our dealings with various utility providers at times we have ‘out-smarted’ the likes of Telstra due to their inconsistency in providing true and accurate information. Rather a classic example of ‘the left hand not talking to the right hand’ situation. Dealing with various staff upon different occasions for the same inquiry, often they had not been consistant with the information they were providing me for my clients including not being able to agree on connection dates, waiting time for re-connections and even package offers available. With every discussion and information that had been provided to us it was essential we recorded names and receipt job numbers as this was our only weight we could pull on in fighting for a positive, accurate and cost effective outcome for our clients.
While managing our clients utility accounts, obviously we require their personal details. You can imagine the highest confidentially and Terms and Conditions we implement to keep these details safe. The trust we obtain with our clients is exceptional and respected on a VIP level.
Next time you are considering relocating, inquiring or changing utility providers calculate the time and patience you will require in making it a pleasant and smooth experience. If it all seems to hard, simply call us! We love the jobs you hate!
If all you had to worry about was unpacking your own toothbrush how good would that feel?
Any relocation is time consuming with lots to think about. It doesn’t need to be a big job if you do a little planning in setting things up to ensure a smooth move while remaining free from stress and staying organised. Keep it simple and use these simple tips:
We love the jobs you hate!
In follow up from our recent blog New Mums are gaining time and feature on Channel 10 News last month, there has been an overwhelming response with enquiries for our Baby Concierg services. While still in its infancy and raising awareness about baby concierge services we decided to take it one step further.
Last weekend we attended the Baby and Toddler Show at South Bank Brisbane which gave us and new mums opportunity to meet, chat and answer their questions. We also provided tips, ideas and suggestions in ways they can be utilising our concierge services. New mums were not the only ones learning – we also took away something to think about.
Asking them what they wanted and what they would expect from a baby concierge service provider was exciting, encouraging and and an eye-opener. The ways in which they shared in HOW they could utilise our services was wonderful feedback and gave us focus on meeting their requirements and expectations.
Their feedback told us there was a large calling for our services with mums before, during and after their pregnancy. They loved the concept that a service could provide them with all the odd jobs they needed done which then in return gives time to relax, be calm and focus on exciting things to come. They said that gifts they were looking forward in receiving from baby shower parties could now be GIFT OF TIME BABY CONCIERGE VOUCHERS where they get to choose what was really needed and would be of great benefit for them.
These new mums jumped at the opportunity to grab our post card discount offer which they could pass onto to their baby shower hosts and request it be utilised .
Having completed a Physiotherapy Assistant course with APA (Australian Physiotherapy Association) in the year 2000 provided basic skills and knowledge in mobility assistance along with awareness of the hardships that comes with difficult pregnancies and the things that pregnant women can no longer do.
One client says ‘knowing that My Go2 Girl was there to help me with all my Dr appointments, physiotherapy appointments, grocery shopping, escorting my six year old to school, submitting medicare claim forms and gift purchasing to thank my maternity team was a big advantage as my husband was away on business which left me all alone. I had a very difficult pregnancy! Suffering with pubic synthasis it left me pretty much home bound for months. Not allowed to drive I had to find someone that could help.’ Renee‘ - Sunshine Coast
Providing opportunity and choices for new mums recent mums, or those mums who just want the Baby Concierge service is great and we look forward to sharing the experience with you.
Congratulations!
Your wedding day has arrived. Your excited and everyone is excited with you. Hair and make-up, manicure and pedicure, the dress, the shoes and jewellery – it’s all happening. Everything to the finest detail has been arranged and ticked off your to-do-list. Phew!
Wait just a minute……..you only just realised you have forgotten something – something important, something that needs to be picked up and delivered to the church or to you personally. No-one else realises the importance it has but you. Stress is building and your getting upset. No-one has a solution yet alone the time to allow in running errands and missing out on being part of this special day. Your left feeling disappointed, deflated and upset. Who can you call on at such short notice?
Relax ………the answer is right here!
Your very own personal Wedding Day Runner or in a more fancy term that you can tell all your friends about – your Wedding Day Concierge.
My Go2 Girl’s Wedding Day Runner Services are available for any wedding. Not only brides get to experience our services the groom can also! We have grooms request My Go2 Girl deliver a special gifts to their bride to be before they see her walk down the ail. Can you imagine the looks on their faces! We get to capture this happy and unexpected moment on camera for all to then enjoy and reflect back on AFTER their special day.
If you would like to know more on our special Wedding Day Personal Concierge services, call us. We will be delighted to open your imagination and plan that special something no-one will be expecting.
You want it done? Consider it done!
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