---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Matthew, The ones I book so far in advance always get reminder calls a week before or so. Dave S. In a message dated 9/21/04 11:51:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pianotech88@yahoo.com writes: > Does it happen often that the client forgets about the appointment, and you > go to the home only to find them gone, and your out the money? > > Matthew > > Piannaman@aol.com wrote: > > >> In a message dated 9/21/04 5:19:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> piano57@flash.net writes: >> >> >> >>> >>> My experience (especially when I was working for a dealer) was that I >>> kept almost all the dealer tunings/referrals because I booked the next >>> appointment right then and there (just like the dentist). The method works >>> remarkably well. >>> >>> Barbara Richmond >>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <A HREF="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> >>>> To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:45 PM >>>> Subject: Re: free tunings >>>> >>>> >>>> Carol, >>>> >>>> You are correct in the fantastic business opportunity suggestion. Having >>>> been in sales for sometime, I consider customer relations my strong suit. >>>> That's why it's extremely frustrating when I go out of my way to do the >>>> job as well as possible AND to be very professional about it, I get irked >>>> when it doesn't pay off. But that's often the nature of dealer work. >>>> >>>> The hard part is finding a that customer that you thought you'd bonded >>>> with has looked elsewhere. Learning to not take that sort of thing >>>> personally is the lesson here. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> Carol, >> >> I do try to book 6 months in advance as much as possible. Some people just >> claim that life in Silicon Valley is too durned hectic, and could I remind >> them in 6 months. I think I'll be a bit more aggressive about it. Having a >> steady income booked half a year in advance would be nice. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/21/3a/df/1a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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