> I moved from a city of 100,000 to a small town of 2500 for the reasons > we rural tuners know.......... > > The town I live in is the county seat - the county's population is about > 10,000. The point? I make a darn good living servicing pianos in our > town and surrounding area (about 25 miles radius.) Why? Because there > aren't any other tuners around for 80 miles or more. > If you can find a small community with no competition and you perform > good quality work, word travels fast and you'll be earning a living in > no time. > > Jay Mercier > Piano Technician > Glenwood, MN I totally agree! I just moved from a small town where I was the only piano tech within a 50 mile radius and lived 15 miles from 2 county seats. Advertising was dirt cheap and word-of-mouth spread like wildfire as it always does in small towns. Now I live in a large metropolitan area and find getting started much more difficult. Word-of-mouth is slow at best, and advertising expensive, not to mention there's about a dozen of us around here. The work is here, but will take more time to get established. Julie
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