prospecting for customers

[pianotune05]

Thats not good Dave.  I know Yellow Book will, but their online advertising 
isn't very good.  I looked into it yesterday. In just six months, their 
directory online received less than 100 or a little over 100 hits.  Take 
that and figure out how many people are looking for a piano tuner.  That's 
48$ not well spent, or $73 for two cities.  Its a life time listing, but wow 
not a good return I don' t think.  Do you think having a lan line would be 
worth it to have an ad?  Do yello page listings pull much weight?  I imagine 
it depends on the area, size etc.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: prospecting for customers


> They won't let you advertise without a phone line that you pay them for.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of pianotune05
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:53 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: prospecting for customers
>
> Hi Sid,
> I'm definitly looking into the yellow pages.  I'm hoping that they'll let 
> me
>
> advertise since I only use my cell phone.  I don't see the need for a lan
> line.  We used to have a weekly like that, but it went out of business, 
> The
> Penny Saver I think it 's called.  Im going to keep checking.  I 
> appreciate
> the ideas a great deal.  I'll let you know what I came up with.
> Marshall
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sid Blum" <piano@sover.net>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: prospecting for customers
>
>
>> When I was starting out on my own, after five years of apprenticeship, 
>> the
>
>> most productive  and cost effective advertising was the local buy and 
>> sell
>
>> weekly.  A simple listing in the yellow pages is also a must, in my
>> opinion.
>>
>> Sid Blum
>>
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>I wanted to know if anyone out there knows of a directory of piano owners
>>>that I can obtain in order to prospect for customers.  I'm looking for
>>>something like a "coles" directory that only has piano owners, piano
>>>teachers etc in it that I can contact in order to gain opportunities to
>>>tune.  Thanks in advance.
>>>Marshall
>>
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