Marshall- Get real. Work on your skills. Word of mouth is the best advertising. Sid BlumWhen you are ready to advertise, start local. Your most likely local customers are not trying to find you on the web. >Thats not good Dave. I know Yellow Book will, but their online >advertising isn't very good. I looked into it yesterday. In just >six months, their directory online received less than 100 or a >little over 100 hits. Take that and figure out how many people are >looking for a piano tuner. That's 48$ not well spent, or $73 for >two cities. Its a life time listing, but wow not a good return I >don' t think. Do you think having a lan line would be worth it to >have an ad? Do yello page listings pull much weight? I imagine it >depends on the area, size etc. >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> >To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:58 PM >Subject: RE: prospecting for customers > >>They won't let you advertise without a phone line that you pay them for. >> >>David Love >>davidlovepianos@comcast.net >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >>Of pianotune05 >>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:53 PM >>To: Pianotech List >>Subject: Re: prospecting for customers >> >>Hi Sid, >>I'm definitly looking into the yellow pages. I'm hoping that they'll let me >> >>advertise since I only use my cell phone. I don't see the need for a lan >>line. We used to have a weekly like that, but it went out of business, The >>Penny Saver I think it 's called. Im going to keep checking. I appreciate >>the ideas a great deal. I'll let you know what I came up with. >>Marshall >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Blum" <piano@sover.net> >>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:30 PM >>Subject: Re: prospecting for customers >> >>>When I was starting out on my own, after five years of apprenticeship, the >> >>>most productive and cost effective advertising was the local buy and sell >> >>>weekly. A simple listing in the yellow pages is also a must, in my >>>opinion. >>> >>>Sid Blum >>> >>>>Hi everyone, >>>>I wanted to know if anyone out there knows of a directory of piano owners >>>>that I can obtain in order to prospect for customers. I'm looking for >>>>something like a "coles" directory that only has piano owners, piano >>>>teachers etc in it that I can contact in order to gain opportunities to >>>>tune. Thanks in advance. >>>>Marshall >>> >>>-- >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Sid Blum sid@sover.net
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