Work from Home as an Event Planner

This would be great so someone that is already a event planner, or a retired one.

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What you need to have:
A Computer (minimum 512 Ram and recent computer within 3 years old).
Internet Connection (high speed cable required - not DSL or dial-up)
Phone line with flat-rate long distance (unlimited calls at one monthly rate - we pay this for you). Vonage or internet based phone system is ok also.
Anti-Virus software required and updated automatically. Firewall Required. (usually included with anti-virus software packages)
Windows XP required
A phone headset will really help you at this job also. We can pay for part of the cost.
A quiet environment while on the phone (no dogs barking all the time, kids making noise in the background) not a lot of interruptions.


1. Billing and collections - following up on late payments for our caterers, photographers, DJs, etc..., entering new invoices for vendors. You will be making a lot of phone calls to vendors and updating your notes on every call to our computer online via the Internet to track your progress. You will also need negotiation skills, patience, understanding to negotiate at times some of the past bills and understand and be flexible at times to a payment plan for that vendor yet firm at other times.

2. Helping clients put requests for event services into our online forms. You will be talking to customers and assisting them in putting into our request for quote system online their requests.

3. Helping vendors sign up and change account information such as their phone #, email address, product/service categories, etc. Patience with vendors with limited computer skills is a must here.

4. Helping clients find more vendors of a certain type for events and our directory. Searching the internet for more vendors of a certain type within a certain city ie: caterers in Atlanta or DJs in Pasadena and telling them about the client we have and our lead referral system/online directory.

5a. Special projects like searching the Internet for wedding cameras vendors. (hourly pay)
5b. Special projects like searching the Internet for wedding cameras vendors (commission based only)

6. Approving/Screening new vendor applications. reviewing a vendor's website to make sure they look like they are a professional.

7. Helping vendors link their website to ours.

8. General customer service - to clients assisting them in putting a quote request into our online directory to get prices.

9. Executive assistant to Brian Harrell / President. Ability to handle multiple ongoing tasks at the same time.

10. Helping large corporate clients find all the vendors they need for events. Experience in working with fortune 500 clients required in this dept.
(this one is commission-based only) Sales experience required.

11. Bookkeeping/Accounting Entering daily receipts and tracking accounts receivables.

12. Calling fortune 500 companies and talking to them about our website and assisting them in finding vendors for upcoming events.

13. Following up with top corporate clients using our system to make sure they are happy with the services and suggestions to improve it.

14. Screening new client leads for quality and budget accuracy. Some people put bogus phone #'s in the system and bad emails. You would be following up to correct the data and push the request into the system so vendors get the proper lead data. You would also be calling clients that do not confirm their quote requests to see if they want the quotes or their spam filter killed our email to them.

15 - (filled position)

16 Following up with vendors to collect commissions on events.

17. Following up with clients to see who they booked and gather feedback/suggestions/comments from them to improve the system.

18. Assisting with surveys to vendors and clients to improve the system.

19. Graphics design to help make the site look better along with postcard ideas and designs.

20. Writers to assist in adding quality copy to the over 900 categories of products/services we market within our site. Articles on how to shop for a caterer, what is happening the live band industry and similar articles.

21. (filled position)

22. Website Designers to help our clients design good quality sites or just simple updates to their existing sites