Owner of the bartending school called this afternoon saying he loved the video I made for the Groupon contest and wants me to write/make videos for the bartending school and his other company. HELLO MORE FREELANCE. Guess that application wasn't a colossal waste of time after all.
And now, your feature presentation.
Yesterday I got an email from my Italian friend, Pietro. "Steph, my friends are coming to America for 18 days this summer and want to plan a west coast road trip like ours. What should they do? Where should they rent a car?" I spent a good couple hours researching possible routes, reading articles, and going through our old documents to advise.
Then last night, I'm sitting at dinner with Valentina, on the phone with a hotel because she booked the wrong date but asked me to call to fix it since she still has a bit of trouble with her English. After that I was on the phone with some company in Miami booking her "swimming with the dolphins" experience. I get off the phone and she's just staring at me, smiling.
"Steph. But why you don't open a company to help people when they come to America. You must! "
Talk about dream job. Meet foreigners, tell them to do what I like to do, help them not get completely overwhelmed, and most importantly: MEET FOREIGNERS!
I like this idea. I like it a lot. In fact, it reminds me of a company I read about before. A woman basically helps find things for super rich people to do when they move to Boston. She hooks them up with sports tix, gets them reservations at the best restaurants. Basically finds out what they enjoy and does the leg work so they don't have to.
How do I make this happen. Now. How do I become a professional video maker / foreigner meeter?
Must start by talking to this company. Maybe they will give me advice. Maybe the will just steal the idea.
