yellow pages ad

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Fri May 26 05:12:36 MDT 2006


At 11:21 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>Avery,
>         Well, to add insult to injury I 
> actually increased, nominally, my ad size this 
> coming year. The reason I did was that I added 
> moving to my list of services and want to get 
> that word out. Your math, however is a little funny.

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking but Don R. corrected me. :-[

>150 a month times 12 months divided by the 4 or 
>5 calls. Now there's math I don't want the know 
>the result of. Actually I keep the ad in there 
>for credibility. If they loose my card, or my 
>reminder, or flyer they can still find me there. 
>I've no idea how many use my ad that way. I see 
>the yellow pages as more of a reference book. 
>I'm in there because, "yeah, I'm still in business! ... here I am".

I agree. The years I was self-employed, I usually 
always had at least a line listing. Just for that 
reason. But of course, that was also mostly in the days before the Internet.

>If you try hard enough you can justify almost anything :-\

Yep. Just ask most technicians why they buy some of the tools they buy! :-D

Avery Todd
University of Houston


>best,
>Greg
>
>
>
>
>At 11:37 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>>Greg,
>>
>>And at app. $37.00 per response, do you really 
>>think it's worth it? Just curious.
>>
>>Avery
>>
>>At 10:02 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>>>Marshall,
>>>         I have an ad that costs me about 
>>> $150/mo. and is one inch square. Last year I 
>>> think I got about 4 or 5 calls from it.
>>>Good Luck!
>>>
>>>best,
>>>Greg Newell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 03:57 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>>>>Well, the new 2006 ATT phone books are 
>>>>out.  I have a listing in it, just my name 
>>>>phone number and our town abbreviated, 
>>>>although some people think that South Bend is 
>>>>a city.  Anyway, I'm curious as to how long 
>>>>it took you guys out there to get your first 
>>>>call from your first yellow pages 
>>>>listing.  This way I'll know roughly what to 
>>>>expect and not set my expectations too high.  Thanks all.
>>>>Marshall
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: <mailto:mihlfeld at sbcglobal.net>ROBERT MIHLFELD
>>>>To: 
>>>><mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net>ilvey at sbcglobal.ne 
>>>>t  ; <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List
>>>>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:57 AM
>>>>Subject: RE: Tool case
>>>>
>>>>There is room for your SAT in this case.
>>>>
>>>>Pat Mihlfeld
>>>>
>>>>David Ilvedson <<mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net>ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Does an ETD fit?   I"ve got a SAT III...
>>>>Duluth doesn't carry my old case so I'll have 
>>>>to try something else when the time comes...
>>>>
>>>>David Ilvedson, RPT
>>>>Pacifica, California
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----------
>>>>Original message
>>>>From: "ROBERT MIHLFELD"
>>>>To: Pianotech
>>>>Received: 5/24/2006 12:25:31 PM
>>>>Subject: Tool case
>>>>
>>>>Someone on this list suggested we look at a 
>>>>tool case from Duluth Traders, called the Big 
>>>>House. I looked and liked what I saw. I 
>>>>bought one about a month ago and I couldn't 
>>>>be more pleased! I have all of the tools i 
>>>>need for tuning with the most often needed 
>>>>chemicals like CA and Protech. I also have 
>>>>room to carry the tools I find I need to do 
>>>>most of the repairs and regulation jobs. It 
>>>>can get heavy so the people at Deluth Traders 
>>>>have been so kind as to include a really good 
>>>>shoulder strap. I am really pleased to find 
>>>>such a good tool kit for a very reasonable price.
>>>>
>>>>Pat Mihlfeld
>>>>Farmington, MO
>>>
>>>Greg Newell
>>>Greg's Piano Forté
>>>mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net
>>>www.gregspianoforte.com
>
>Greg Newell
>Greg's Piano Forté
>mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net
>www.gregspianoforte.com




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