Sid, I thought you said that the Yellow Pages was a must. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Blum" <piano@sover.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: Re: prospecting for customers > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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