Sheech, You are getting of easy! We have three phone books in our area, eachone expecting me to place an ad in their book. A two inch add in one is $1500.00 a year. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elwood Doss, Jr." <edoss@charter.net> To: "Doug Renz Piano Tuning / Repair" <pianotuner@frontiernet.net>; <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Ad Prices for Yellow Pages > I advertise in the regional phone book (independent) and have a listing > under "Piano Tuners." I pay $125 for the listing (rural area) which covers > 4 counties in a two-state area. I get several calls each year for those > looking for someone to tune their pianos. I am contemplating going to a > display ad primarily to advertise the "RPT" designation. To me that's > important and says something about my work provided people know what it > means. I do make a little money on the present ad but to double the cost > would not bring in much more if any business, but would be primarily an > educational endeavor. If we don't advertise PTG and the RPT designation it > will mean nothing to the customer. At the same time, a number of my > customers are pleased that I have that designation and work on their pianos. > I have considered writing some articles on piano tuning/maintenance/RPT > designation and taking them to the local newspapers and seeing if they would > publish them--primarily for educational reasons. I worked to become an RPT > for myself, but I think it benefits the customer also. > > Joy! > Elwood > > Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT > Piano Technician/Technical Director > Department of Music > 145 Fine Arts Building > University of Tennessee at Martin > Martin, TN 38238 > 731-881-1852 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Renz Piano Tuning / Repair" <pianotuner@frontiernet.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:42 AM > Subject: Ad Prices for Yellow Pages > > > > I am trying to plan for yellow page ads for next years phone book and > > trying to see if the price quoted is "average". > > > > $125 a month for a 16th page display graphic ad. > > > > $80 a month for 1 inch text ad in main section and 1 free in "suburban" > > section. > > > > I heard on the list that a yellow page ad should cost no more than 1 > > tuning. Is this true or just a guideline? > > > > This yellow page ad reaches a large city of 1.2 million residents. > > > > The sales person said that graphic display ad's get more calls but I'm > > not sure if yellow page ads work as well as "word of mouth, networking" > > advertising. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Doug Renz > > Associate PTG > > pianotuner@frontiernet.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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