Party Preparation

Hi again! Today is the last day of the week for me, so I just wanted to give an update on what I'm working on. Yesterday, I was in the warehouse pretty much all day helping Lily prepare for a dinner party that is coming up. I got to see the other part of the business, which is finding all the necessary equipment for the party, such as various dishes, forks, knives, glasses, etc. I cleaned all of them so they are ready to go when needed. I've been working on the website more, just added a bunch of new images to it! I still have some questions I need to ask Elissa before I can continue with anything. Today, I am going to be in the warehouse again so well see what I'm going to be doing. Have a good weekend =)

The Website is lookin' good!

Today was dedicated to working on the Luxury Travel and Vacations website. I added new links to the site that we have never had before and added a lot of new information to it. It is coming together very well! I still need to make some adjustments and add some more information, but hopefully it will be ready to publish soon! I am excited for people to be able to see it! I really enjoy working on the site and being creative with it. Tomorrow, I will be in the warehouse all day helping organize the billions of boxes so I'm not sure if I will get a chance to post, but hopefully I will post soon. =)

Market Research

Today was all about market research. I looked up as many travel agencies as possibly to find out which wholesalers they were advertising on their websites to see if there are any that we don't have at the moment but might want to have in the future. I also looked at these websites to see how they organized their pages, so I could make adjustments to the Luxury Travel and Vacations' website that I am currently updating. The website is looking pretty good! I still have some work ahead of me before I show Elissa, but its coming along nicely. I have some new page ideas that I am going to run by Elissa and see if she thinks we should add them to the site! I really enjoy fixing up the websites because it allows my creative side to come out! I better get back to work... I'll post again after the weekend.

Summer Cleaning

Hi again! So yesterday, Elissa took me with her to meet a potential business relation. It was awesome to see the process you need to go through to form relationships with other businesses. I was able to sit in on the meeting and listen to the interaction between Elissa and the representative. It was a great learning experience! Today has been pretty slow. We have been pretty much cleaning up the office all day: putting papers in the right files, updating perfect production binders, etc. I also have been on the phone for most of the day contacting different businesses to send us updated brochures. There's probably 500 brochures that I need to go through! I can't believe how much work goes into having a business! You never really think of the tedious things like ordering brochures..at least I'm working on my communication skills. Anyways, I'm not really sure what Elissa has in store for me for tomorrow so I will blog once I know!

Last Week's Update

Last week I was pretty busy and didn't get a chance to blog, so here is what I did! I updated The Perfect Benefit website and added to the Kickball Tournament page! Its exciting to think that people are going to view my work. I also created a flyer for a White Water Rafting trip and I was able to see the real issue with having too much "negative space," which I had only learned about in textbooks before this internship. I also helped find items in the warehouse that were needed, which was very hectic because of the recent move to our new location! I went through many travel brochures to pick out the old ones so we can update them for our customers. This week, I am going to call multiple companies to ask for up-to-date travel brochures and I am going with Elissa to speak with a customer! I am very interested to see how she interacts with customers..should be exciting! I'll post again soon about the rest of the week =)

Exploring the Event Planning World!

Hi everyone! I am happy to say that I am the new intern at Perfect Productions. My name is Gia and I am a marketing major at Quinnipiac University. Today is my first day on the job, and I already love it! I just got back from studying abroad in Australia, which was an amazing experience. I saw so many beautiful places and came in contact with a variety of animals! I rode a camel, fed elephants, and touched stingrays, which not many people can say they have experienced! Although I had an amazing time, I am very excited to start interning and get back into a routine. I have to admit that I am not very familiar with the event planning scene, but I am ready to learn all about it! Being in marketing, there are many different aspects of the major, which is why I wanted to intern at a place completely different than my last internship. Hopefully, my plan will steer me in the right direction of what I want to do after graduation, which is in a year! (Scary!) I always loved planning events for my friends and family, and I am a very organized person. So when I saw Perfect Productions was looking for interns, I was SO happy! I already got assigned to the Annual Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction and the "Hope for Heroes Charity Kickball Tournament" which I am very excited about because its an honor to work with such great charities. I better get going to update the website for the events, but I will be blogging again soon so please look out for more posts! =)

17 Days

Today I worked from home. Elissa and Amanda had to go to New Jersey so they were not going to be in the office and since there is no Internet and phones or anyone in the office I worked on my couch doing some follow up calls for date packages. Right now we have more bachelors and bachelorettes than date packages so we need to step up our game and really get out there get some dates. We got a list of tasks that we need to get in order from Elissa today so we have to make priorities at this point to get everything done. I also went out to more restaurants today and its getting more frustrating with manager in meetings or at home depot. I have to keep trying though we don't know unless we ask. I just want everything to be great and I am sure that it will be. We have to get the bachelors and bachelorettes on board to sell some tickets as well. I talked to a printing company today and hope that they will do our printing as a donation to try and keep our costs down since we have a small budget to work with. Starting to feel the stress a little bit more as we get closer to the event.