prospecting for customers

[Jim]

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65 miles !! . . . . That's a long way to go for one tuning  . .  does =
this customer have any friends in the area so you can make your time =
more efficient.??

Jim Kinnear
Collingwood
705-444-1334
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  From: pianotune05@comcast.net=20
  To: Pianotech List=20
  Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:19 AM
  Subject: Re: prospecting for customers


  I'm hoping that this customer I tuned for will refer me, but the're a =
place of business, but they might however.  I was worried that I didn't =
do a good job you know lack of confidence at first.  They scheduled me =
again, and seemed happy with the tuning.  I made certain everything was =
right on that baby. :)
  Marshall
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    From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu>=20

    > At 07:14 AM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote:=20
    > >Yes, but word of mouth from satisfied customers is even better.=20
    > >Sid Blum=20
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    > Yup, that's definitely the best way. A recommendation from someone =
you know=20
    > and trust is always better than seeing an ad and wondering, "Is =
this person=20
    > any good?"=20
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    > >>>Marshall-=20
    > >>>=20
    > >>>When you are ready to advertise, start local. Your most likely =
local=20
    > >>>customers are not trying to find you on the web.=20
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    > It _is_ possible, however... Tomorrow, I go to a new customer =
(1920=20
    > Steinway O, ~65 miles away) who got my name from the PTG website =
and sent=20
    > me an email. If I live up to my own ph! one hype, somewhere down =
the line=20
    > there may arise a cluster of tunings in that area.=20
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    > Again, word of mouth. Backed up by competent work.=20
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    > Word of mouth gets you in the door, ONCE. Confirming the hype gets =
you back=20
    > the second and all future times.=20
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    > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician=20
    > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045=20
    > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076=20
    >=20
    > - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf =
score,=20
    > - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my =
handicap.=20
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