Good point on marketing. I ask piano history maintenance questions to schedule 1'st time tuning/repair appointments. Most callers have been referred, and they will tell me.Yellow Page callers are asking for help,and advice. I have found this mutually agreeqble. Hubert Liverman > I ask where they got my name as a marketing tool. I never ask the piano questions... > > David Ilvedson > > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: hubert liverman <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Received: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:34:21 -0600 > Subject: Re: Ad Prices for Yellow Pages > > > >1 inch should do it. I do not ask,where they heard my name. I ask Piano > >questions,set up an appointment and advise 'estimated as unseen repair' > >costs. We may have been recommended by word of mouth,and the piano owner > >will tell us on the appointment. That can more enjoyable than the job. > >Listen to what they tell you,be friendly and professional.The mutual desires > >and respect will prevail. > >When my rural customers to ask me to sit on the porch for a 'spell and > >Gospel',that means..discuss the local news and comment! The gift bag of home > >grown vegetables make the problems of 'paranoid picky piano > >perfectionists' seem somehow unimportant. > > >Hubert Liverman > >Tuner/tech > >Opelika,Al. > > >> >Yellow Page Ads are a wonderful business builder ... for the phone > >company. > >> > >> >Alan R. Barnard > >> >Salem, MO > >> > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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