Let’s talk about a different kind of Hope today. Hope as in the Hope Diamond! More specifically, popping the question at the Hope Diamond. The question as in the “Will you marry me?” question.
I read an article a while back in my local paper about a guy who popped the question at the Hope Diamond. That, in and of itself, is intriguing, but even more intriguing is that he had help. He had help planning the entire proposal by Mike Bloomberg, founder of An Exclusive Engagement. Mike helps men plan the perfect proposal-fairy tale proposals.
So you can imagine a) being a girl and b) being an Entrepreneur Coach, I am immediately intrigued! I want to know more about this Mike Bloomberg fellow. In full bold form, I find his number and call him up. Voicemail. “Hi Mike, my name is Lisa Grissom. I live in Midland, TX and read an article about you recently in my local paper. I would like to talk to you about your business. Would you please call me at your convenience at ‘number blah blah’. Thanks and I look forward to talking to you!” He called back!
What a cool guy! First of all, he called me back which I never really expected. But second, he was a really “down to earth” guy. I think I really expected him to be a brazen, pompous narcissist. But to my surprise, he was very cordial and easy to talk to, sharing with me the story of how he came to be the Marriage Proposal Guy.
What a cool job! What a cool business! And girls, what a cool guy to refer your beau’s to and not ruin the surprise. I don’t have any idea how much Mike charges, but I am sure that any guy who thinks enough of “the one” to want to do the perfect proposal for his bride-to-be probably doesn’t really care. Stuff like this is priceless.
Mike says he does a discovery with each beau he works with asking questions like “How did you meet?, What was your fist date?, How long have you been dating?, Have you met the family?, Do you have pet names for each other?” and he assigns his clients homework to find out things like her favorite color, flower, food, song, movie, sport, activity, etc.
All of Mike’s ideas are “woman-tested, woman-approved”. He runs everything past the Chick-Tank, a secret board of women directors where he looks for either a furrowed brow or bright eyes! When I talked with Mike, he was being contacted by major networks about a reality TV show and was working toward planning a few celebrity proposals.
You can read other articles about Mike in Daily Candy-Dallas Edition and D Weddings, D Magazine’s bridal magazine. Mike also has a few other things he can do that you can check out on his site. He even has testimonials and tips.
Mike, keep on plannin’ and keep on proposin’. This goes out to all of us chicks still waiting on our “sweep me off my feet” proposal–from the right guy, of course!
Talk to ya’ soon!
Oh…and the Hope Diamond story–she said “Yes!”.