A retired technician who had a huge clientelle in the Seattle area told me once that he hired a lady to just go through the phone book and cold call people. I know we all hate telemarketers, but he said it actually worked. Even if one in a hundred works out its probably worth it. Don't wait for work to come to you! On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I am curious as to how everyones business is doing with our economy etc. > For whatever reason when I moved back east after my training I started to > get work wich is great, nothing to e-mail home about. Although since I'm > already home I guess I don't need to e-mail. lol A sense of humor is needed > on my part since business is sooooooo slow now. I may have to find other > work unrelaed to piano tuning which is tough being a sight impaired guy in a > tough economy. The customres I have are happy, no complaints. No news is > good news I hope. I've even tried craigslist which normally will pick up a > call or two, nothing right now. Christian yellow pages, nothing. regular > yellow pages, i'm only in two thankfully, not too expensive, nothing. > customer referrals nothing. Do any of you guys have some incredible ideas? > I hope I get work soon so that my lanlor d won't have to continue waiting. > the poor guy is so patient, but my wife and I are thankful. Unfortunately I > cannot just work for nothing as I've been suggested in the past, "make > yourself available at someones shop do whatever they ask you etc." Working > for free doesn't pay the rent, electric, save for my sons's kindergarden > tuition. He's going to Christian school not matter what it takes to get him > there. > > So thanks everyone for your ideas. I hope you guys are all busy and the > phones are ringing off the hook and the e-mails are coming. I hope I dont' > sound too depressed. My family and friends tell me I seem depressed. > Marshall > > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > Marshall's Piano Service > *pianotune05 at hotmail.com* > 215-510-9400 > Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind > www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/> > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100410/ffbbc178/attachment.htm>
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