Yes, but word of mouth from satisfied customers is even better. Sid Blum >Sid, I thought you said that the Yellow Pages was a must. >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Blum" <piano@sover.net> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:43 PM >Subject: Re: prospecting for customers > >>Marshall- >> >>Get real. Work on your skills. Word of mouth is the best advertising. >> >>Sid BlumWhen you are ready to advertise, start local. Your most >>likely local customers are not trying to find you on the web. >> >>>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 >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>-- >>Sid Blum >>sid@sover.net >>_______________________________________________ >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Sid Blum sid@sover.net
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