Business To Business Services
The Dragon Sisters organization was founded by Michelle Hanton OAM, MAICD, and a Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2004. Michelle’s profile illustrates the calibre of professionals working within the Dragon Sisters organization. Dragon Sisters Business Services is an ever-growing network of Australian and international business professionals who collaborate to provide a diverse range of services and solutions to all levels of the business to business, not for profit, NGO, government and corporate market. Dragon Sisters have been contracted in almost every Australian state and have also undertaken overseas work.
Why out-source?
The increase in out-sourcing to achieve specific business objectives, even amongst the largest organizations, has lead to elevated demands for the levels of expertise available through Dragon Sisters.
Dragon Sisters Business Services provides the calibre of professionalism and results expected by your clients, share holders, directors and stake holders, on a fee for service basis, as and when your business most needs skills and expertise not readily available in-house.
Dragon Sisters Business Services delivers a seamless, one point of contact, confidential service, thereby ensuring that the kudos and results achieved are attributed to your business or organization alone. This aspect of our modus operandi has enabled our clients to access and maximize opportunities that would otherwise have been beyond their reach, with the consequence of significantly enhancing the organization’s success, reputation, competitiveness and scope for future opportunities.
The most frequently contracted Dragon Sisters Business Services, include, although are not limited to, the following:
Media & Marketing Services
Dragon Sisters has over 10 years credentials within media marketing, encompassing extensive local and national media experience and relationships which are valued by our clients wanting to allocate marketing budget to print, radio and T.V. wisely. We have gained client exposure through many local state radio stations, ABC, WIN, SBS, Channel 7, 9 and 10 television, all Australian capital city leading newspapers, local print media and international press exposure. Marketing and journalistic ghost writer expertise is available to our clients. Our proven strategies can be utilized to implement a campaign with reportable outcomes in the areas of:
• Media coverage
• Marketing/Public Relations strategy development
• Marketing collateral development
• Social network engagement
• Website development/enhancement in line with objectives
• Development and placement of core messages and brand building
• Effective call to action mechanisms
• Effective ideal profile demographic identification & targeting
• Marketing/media/PR campaign reach & longevity
• Coaching key individuals being profiled within the media
• Cause Related Marketing
Event Management Services
Dragon Sisters has an extensive event concept development, implementation and high profile outcomes track-record, from national and international event management of sizes comparable to the Winter Olympics competitor numbers, illustrating our ability to:
• Create a ‘Wow’ factor
• Provide event marketing
• Provide event media coverage
• Observe protocol and provide guidance in planning and execution being mindful of political, cultural, dignitary, corporate, VIP etiquette and precedence
• Provide management of (and maximize) attendance/participant numbers, recommendations, commitments, scheduling and on the ground on the day presence
• Provide event wrap-up report, findings, out-comes & recommendations
Business Development & Sales Services
Strong business development and sales strategy development services are available, drawn from proven outcomes working across industry, government and the not for profit sector, as well as launching new businesses, new products and services, identifying and targeting new markets. Our experience encompasses diverse markets, e.g. national sport peak bodies, national & international not-for-profit organisations, corporate organisations in industries such as communications, training, high street retail groups, food and beverage, hospitality, publishing, tourism, recruitment.
Project Management Services
Development for implementation, of key project criteria, is pivotal to the success of any project. When developing criteria and strategy, Dragon Sisters focus on longevity of effectiveness, i.e. how the project’s success will be measured and how it can dove-tail, whilst replicating key success factors, with future anticipated business objectives, expansion and diversification.
Dragon Sisters project management portfolio has included innovations in such areas as state government awards, national & international competitions, brokering cross industry alliances, strategy development, key success measurement indicators, cross cultural initiatives, new business/markets strategies.
Corporate Client & Team Building Services
Building and retaining customer loyalty as well as building staff motivation and effectiveness is instrumental to any organisation’s success. Businesses are constantly looking for new ways to engage their clients and their staff’s interest and commitment. Dragon Sisters has been extensively involved in Corporate Hospitality and Team Building, providing innovative, fun and effective means of engagement and retention for clients cross industry, government, NGO and NFP organisations. Clients working to achieve profile within the Corporate and Governmental sectors have found our cross cultural, VIP/political/dignitary, international and business etiquette experience to be invaluable.
Proposals/Submissions Services
Experience in winning new business, tendering for supplier/service provider contracts, submissions for funding/grants is within the Dragon Sisters portfolio with extensive experience through government and corporate sector contracts domestically and internationally.
Not For Profit Services
Significant experience is on hand from the not for profit sector where Dragon Sisters has worked with national and international organizations. Expertise is wide-ranging and effective in obtaining corporate sponsorship and fund-raising revenue. Dragon Sisters has skills in providing the business sector with effective brand, loyalty and customer building strategies through an alliance with the not for profit sector. There is proven profit to be made for businesses who ally their product or service with the right not for profit organization! Cause Related Marketing is a particular forte of our in-house expertise.
Editorial/Journalistic Ghost Writer Services
These services provide Dragon Sisters clients with a unique advantage and work well in tandem with our other services, particularly in the Media & Marketing area. Few service providers can offer their clients the level of writer expertise acceptable to national print media outlets, in addition to providing an edge to the production of marketing collateral. Dragon Sisters ghost writers have achieved client exposure in Australian capital city leading newspapers, local print media, international press, magazine exposure, as well as a published book.
Recruitment & Head Hunting Services
Within Dragon Sisters there are internationally experienced head hunters and recruitment specialists who have worked in the UK and Australian markets at all levels of recruitment cross industry. Head hunting expertise encompasses the international placement of senior personnel and CEOs in Germany, UK, Australia, USA and Singapore, for diverse industries, e.g. global marketing, marine engineering, steel fabrication, communications.
Please note that Recruitment & Head Hunting Services fees differ from our standard modus operandi (below). This service provision fee is 18% of total first year salary package (i.e. includes amortised company car value, commissions, bonuses, other package inclusions) and is payable in three instalments: upon appointment of service, upon production of short-list, upon employment commencement (i.e. start date).
Training Services
A wide range of training has been developed and delivered by Dragon Sisters, including: public speaking, handling the media, telephone and face to face sales, networking, business development, fund-raising, gaining sponsorship, personnel management, event management, recruitment, train the trainer (and a lot more!) across industry and NFPs.
Many training packages are tailored to our clients’ particular sector, industry or market, ensuring relevance and effective, measurable trainee early adoption, thereby ensuring that all training provided is a results-producing investment!
Clients, including other service provision organisations, have commissioned Dragon Sisters to produce training packages, including train the trainer packages, tailored for their in-house use.
Dragon Sisters provides one-on-one consultation style training (favoured by senior corporate personnel), group class room on site or at our premises training and e- training packages (favoured by those preferring a self-paced style).
Our Modus Operandi
Dragon Sisters operates strictly on a fee for service basis. Each component of any service is quoted separately and can be stand alone or contracted as a fully inclusive package.
It is our custom to request 50% of the contract fee on engagement with balance of funds payment spread equally over each month for the term of the contract with the exception of Recruitment and Head-Hunting Services (please see above).
We provide monthly electronic reports to our clients and a final report at the conclusion of the project which measures the outcomes gained against the terms of the contract.
To view some of the feed-back on Dragon Sisters Services, please visit our Testimonials page.
To find out more about any of the Dragon Sisters Services please contact us on 1300 448 309 contact@dragonsisters.com.