Hi Marshall and All What you might want to try now on those churches is a follow up phone call. Now that you have left your card it isn't a cold phone call. Call the church secretary and say "I stopped by your church the other day and found the doors locked. I left my card in the door and I just wanted to make sure you or whoever is in charge of the music department received it. I would like to take care of your pianos." When you finally get through the door of a church, and you will, you start working on "centers of influence". The whole church becomes your prospects. Meet the music director and he/she will introduce you to choir members the most of which will have pianos. In their somewhere you will find a piano teacher. A few churches will just about put you in business. If you go to church, that is a great place to start. I tune for several large churches, One of which is one I mentioned in the A440vsA442 post. We have one music director with a PHD in pipe organ performance and another assistant that has his Masters in piano performance. In the concert programes on the same page as the write up of the artist you will see my advertisment as being the concert tuner. They also have an academy of music where piano is taught. If you call this church, you will be referred to me. We old timers need you Marshall. We need you to kind of twick that "excitement about your business button" that many have lost. Many have forgotten jus how exciting and what a terrific business we are in. I am going on 69 and still get excited about getting up and getting to that first piano and that first customer. I don't work as hard as I used to but I do at least 3 a day. I retired when I quit working on Saturday. You will get their Marshall and I am having a ball watching you. I hope some other old timers are also. Ron May, RPT > > From: pianotune05@comcast.net > Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 10:59:08 EST > To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: Re: GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR MARSHAL > > Hi Ron, > I wonder if someone will get the card that I stuck in the door, and if so what they'll do with it. As I mentioned I get a lot of opportunities to pass out a card, but no calls from them. I'm working on other ideas to get my name out there as well. > Marshall > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: <ronmay_rpt@bellsouth.net> > > > Good Try Marshall and don't give up. > > > > Sorry you didn't have any good luck, however you may get a surprise and a call > > from someone at the churchs. Don't forget, some more people know your name and > > what you do. It is all in the numbers. Good salesman know how many no's they > > have to get before they get a yes. They call it closing ratio and that is what > > you are doing. You are selling yourself and your service. You keep > > working---You will get there. I'm proud of you. > > > > You are probably the only one in our business that has stopped by those churches > > other than someone that they called. They will appreciate you for trying. > > > > And for any of you that is foolish enough to not go after my business, If I > > have done my job right and taken care of my customers you won't be able to get > > them. If I haven't, I don't deserve them. So have at it. I will still like and > > respect you. I won't be insulted. It's called free enterprise. So have at it. > > > > Ron May > > > > > > From: "pianotune05" > > > Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 09:43:19 EST > > > To: "Pianotech List" > > > Subject: Re: Re: GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR MARSHAL > > > > > > Hi Ron, > > > Well I did a test today on the church idea. The onlyt draw back I had was > > > that I had to walk to every one of them since I don't drive. However, I > > > like a good walk on a day like today which is uncommon in Indiana this time > > > of year. Here's my dilema. Half the time I cannot find the right door, or > > > if there are a couple of cars in the parking lot, the door is still locked. > > > ;( The most I could do was leave a business card in the crack of the double > > > glass door on one church, actually on two doors since I didn't know which > > > one to pick. On one church it was a regular door, and the other it too was > > > a double glass door, and a car in the parking lot. So the most I > > > accomplished was a good long walk, a wasted bus ride down town and home > > > again, and I did hand out one card to a guy who asked where i was going. I > > > told him that I'm a piano tuner, and he said, "coool!" and asked if he could > > > have a card to give to his pastor. Oh well, at least I got excersize. > > > Marshall > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: > > > To: "Pianotech List" > > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: Re: GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR MARSHAL > > > > > > > > > > shhhhhhhhhhhhhh go back to sleep alan > > > >> > > > >> From: "alan forsyth" > > > >> Date: 2006/01/27 Fri PM 02:10:48 EST > > > >> To: "Pianotech" > > > >> Subject: Re: Re: GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR MARSHAL > > > >> > > > >> >>> WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING? > > > >> > > > > >> > Ya durn near woke me up! > > > >> > > > > >> > Alan Barnard > > > >> > Salem, Missouri > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Something to do with YELLow pages, or perhaps they think they're > > > >> addressing > > > >> a field Marshall! > > > >> > > > >> Anon > > > >> (back from the jungle after 3 months; hmmmn, now which hand did I use to > > > >> tune uprights? Someone mentioned using feet the other day to assist with > > > >> lyre installation; where can one buy them > > > >> ................................ > > > >> ... when living in a metricated country? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> 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 >
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