Hi Ron, Another approach I have is e-mail. I'll e-mail business in the chamber of commerce director and basicly introduce myself and ask if they have a piano in their place of business home church etc. Another thing I was thinking about is this. Are my customers going to be willing to give out the phone number of a friend who might have a piano? Mr. Jones, do you have a friend who owns a piano. Yes, "what is is number so I can contact him as well. etc.? How will that fly with customers. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: <ronmay_rpt@bellsouth.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Re: GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR MARSHAL > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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