business cards, etc

[Jim Dally]

Terry:  The pianotech digest has much on yellow pages.  I don't use it as it
costs me $360 and in my situation I don't believe it to be justified.  Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Charly Tuner <charly_tuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: business cards, etc


> Jim,
>
> Actually, I take them to "Kinko's", and use the cutter. It's the new type
> that you slide horizontally, rather than the old "chopper" type, which is
> rarely seen anymore. Takes me less than 5 minutes to cut 100 cards. I
tried
> the pre-cut stock you buy specifically for business cards, but I didn't
like
> the little perferation marks left on each card. I find the smooth edges
> produced using the cutter is well worth the little extra time, plus, plain
> white stock is far cheaper than the business card perferated stock.
>
> Also, what is the average cost for a basic yellow page ad? I wonder how
many
> jobs It would have to generate before I start making a profit? In my area
> there are only TEN ads in the Big GTE 2000 book, and only 3 of those ten
> have about a 1.5" square box ad; the rest are plain text of 1-2 lines
only.
>
> Terry Peterson
> Los Angeles, CA
> Associate Member, PTG
>
>
> >From: "Jim Dally" <jdally@knox.net>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Re: business cards, etc
> >Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:22:05 -0400
> >
> >Yes, I make mine on
> >Announcements software/  prints in three colors and they are very nice.
I,
> >too, print ten to a sheet......never thought about taking sheets to
Staples
> >for cutting.
>
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