prospecting for customers

[David Love]

Your standard Ma Bell type yellow pages not only requires a phone line but a
business phone (differentiated from a residence phone) which are more
expensive.  There are probably directories in which you can simply buy
advertising, but the directories that are distributed by the phone companies
get the broadest circulation and use.  

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 6:31 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: prospecting for customers

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
>>
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