HeyCosmo

It would be nice if I had my own personal assistant. Someone to run my errands and do my bidding. But until I can justify that kind of expense, I am grateful for online tools like HeyCosmo. Like Sandy, HeyCosmo will help to replace some of the functionality of a real live assistant. By signing up for a free account, You will no longer have to go through the Yellow Pages, and call business after business, to get your questions answered. Now, all you have to do is have HeyCosmo Concierge contact businesses in your area, and ask the questions for you. For example, if you need a to make a restaurant reservation, and you want to know if your chosen venue can seat your party of three, Concierge will call each restaurant you have selected, and post the results after the call(s) is completed. You can also have the results sent your email. I’ve tried it, and it works! The only issue I found was some business did not follow through with answering, and dropped the call. After getting your results in the end, you can make the decision if you need to make a manual call or not to a non-participating business. See below for my results.

Concierge (1)

Concierge (2)

All in all, this is a really handy tool, and it’s only one of many different ways you can use this free service. Below you will find a synopsis of other available features.

From HeyCosmo.com

• Concierge: Concierge is an automated application that helps you by contacting multiple
  vendors and providers of services to find what you need in your area. Rather
  than searching through multiple sources and having to call each number yourself,
  HeyCosmo Concierge does it for you and delivers the results.
• Blaster: HeyCosmo Blaster is voice sms for groups. Let’s say you plan to have a group event with 10 of your friends to celebrate your friend’s birthday. You want to know which location your friends would like to meet at. You can setup a "blast" to all your friends with your options that ask for their input. Blaster then calls each one of your friends, reads your text and offers suggestions. Your friends make their selection and you monitor their replies in real-time. Now you can know who wants to do what, and make a decision nearly instantly. No more back and forth phone tag.

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