Coffee With An AFL Star
The Brief
AFL star meets fan for birthday catch-up
Paul is a huge footy fan and his brother, Joel, wanted to arrange a special birthday gift. The plan was to organise Paul’s favourite player, Clay Smith, who recently retired from the Western Bulldogs, to meet for a birthday catch-up.
While at this time of the year AFL footballers have busy training schedules, Pickstar is the only marketplace that can still facilitate these truly unique and special fan experiences.
Solution
After submitting a booking request through Pickstar, John was given advice on a suitable budget as well as available dates and times. Following the initial plan, Pickstar was then able to send the request to Smith via its booking system. A suitable date, location, and time were then confirmed by both the client and talent. PickStar's system handled the entire booking process.
Outcome
The catch-up was a success and the experience was above and beyond Paul’s expectations. Clay was friendly and engaging and was also fantastic with Paul’s fiancé and young daughter who decided to pop in and have a chat too.
John said:
"It was my brother Paul's 40th Birthday and I wanted to surprise him with a gift that he would never forget! I contacted Pickstar to see if I could arrange a surprise meeting with one of his Western Bulldogs heroes from the 2016 premiership team. Pickstar was so wonderful to deal with and worked so hard to make it happen, Pickstar was a pleasure to deal with and always acted in such a friendly and professional manner.
"Pickstar was able to secure Clay Smith for this event. Paul had no idea this was being arranged and he was so happy when he found out he was meeting Clay. Clay was extremely friendly, engaging, and very generous with his time and happy to chat all things Western Bulldogs with Paul. It certainly made it a memorable birthday for Paul and I just wanted to say thank you very much to Pickstar for all the work done to make this happen and a big thank you to Clay for making a Dog fans birthday a great one!"
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