prospecting for customers

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Hi John,
That's one reason I'm joining the guild is to inhance my skills and to meet 
other techs of course.  as for the YP, I figured that would be a good way to 
put my name out there but I realize that it doesn't gaurantee immediate 
results.  My wife used the YP for a cleaning business, and had her first 
call in 3 months after the ad ran.

I like what you said about getting in front of people.  When I visit that 
thrift store where I'm going to day in fact, :)  people will approach me and 
ask for my card.  I'll give them one knowing that they're not going to call 
me right away.  My objective here is to get in front of people and patiently 
wait for their response while I aggressivly hone my skills.  I'll keep 
practicing, building up speed, doing what I normally do for income which 
isn't much income any more, and eventually a door will open.  I see it this 
way, if we believe that God is in controll of our lives, or if we allow Him 
reign in our lives, then He'll open a door that we're ready for.  It 
happened already for me twice and both places were happy with my tuning, 
extremely happy.:)  That's the great thing about trusting God in this 
business or any work, He won't make a fool out of someone and open a door 
that they're not ready for.  That's pretty cool when we think about it.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: RE: prospecting for customers


> David,
>
> When I used BellSouth YP a few years ago, I had my home residence number
> listed in the YP and was not required to have a separate business line. It
> probably varies according to the telco.
>
> We're drifting from the main point...which is that Marshall needs to
> understand that YP is not going to get him any immediate customers. As
> someone else pointed out, they don't print those things often. What will
> work is getting in front of people (once your skills are adequate).
> Unfortunately, no one is going to call someone they don't know about, and
> the only way to get known is to get out and meet some people. It's hard, 
> but
> it's free and it works.
>
> John Formsma
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of David Love
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:54 PM
> To: 'Pianotech List'
> Subject: RE: prospecting for customers
>
> 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
>
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