Customer Ratio

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/17/00 7:47:50 PM Central Daylight Time, 
tuner@mediaone.net writes:

<< I'm curious as to the ratio of customers who have their pianos tuned
 every six
 months, as opposed to once a year.
 
 I have recently passed the six month mark of my tuning career and wonder
 what
 I can expect in the way of retunings.
 
 Thanks.
 
 Martin Dubow >>


For some reason, I never did have much success getting my customers to tune 
every 6 months. Oh, I do have some, but compared tot he rest of my client 
list, it's very little. I would guess maybe 5 per cent. 

When I first started tuning, I had the same thoughts you did. I couldn't wait 
for September to roll around, (I started tuning in March). It was very 
disappointed to have only a few agree to have me tune after only six months.

Don't rely on the 6 months clients to keep you in business. Keep working to 
build your clientele. In fact, don't ever stop trying to build your 
clientele. You constantly have to work on building your business. 

Willem