[pianotech] promo pens

[Tom Sivak]

Dave
I would prefer to give mechanical pencils, myself, for the same reason.  People don't mark their music with pens, but with pencils.  The problem I've encountered is that the mechanical pencils you buy in bulk from these promo companies have only two short pieces of lead in them.  They wouldn't be useful for very long.  
Have you noticed this problem?  If not, where did you get your pencils from?
Tom Sivak

--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Dave Davis <dave at davispiano.com> wrote:

From: Dave Davis <dave at davispiano.com>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 12:48 PM

   I have promo mechanical pencils including phone # and web address. People often comment that it's nice to have a pencil handy for marking music. If the customer has a grand, I tell them I better not find it behind the key cover on the next visit. :-)

Dave Davis, RPT

From:  Paul T Williams 
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:44:50 -0500
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens
I used to have magnetic business cards that I would give customers to put on their refrigerator.  That worked well and they would see it every day.

Paul


From:Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>To:pianotech at ptg.orgDate:07/21/2009 07:10 AMSubject:Re: [pianotech] promo pens



I've given out pens for ten years.  I leave the pen on the piano when I leave.  Over the ten years, I've had about two dozen people say, "I'm glad you left that pen.  We lost your number, but then, remembered the pen."   

Two dozen in ten years is not a lot, but there are doubtless others who also used the pen to retrieve my number who said nothing.  And I would hope there are others who appreciated the gift of a pen but said nothing.

I don't know if it really helps my repeat business, but it costs 39 cents per pen.  So, if it helps one out of every 270 customers remember my name/number and call me back, I'm even.  

On the negative side, I've had people run after me as I get in my car, yelling, "You forgot your pen on the piano!"  And I say, "It's YOUR pen!"  To which they reply, "No, it's not!  It's got your name on it!"   

If only my name was Steinway!  

Tom Sivak
Chicago

 --- On Tue, 7/21/09, wimblees at aol.com <wimblees at aol.com> wrote:

 From: wimblees at aol.com <wimblees at aol.com>
 Subject: [pianotech] promo pens
 To: Pianotech at PTG.org
 Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 3:37 AM

At the convention, Jerry Groot gave me a pen with his name, etc. on it. (Thanks Jerry, nice looking pen). Randy Potter gives them out, too. 

 I, as I am sure others, have been approached many times by pen salesmen who want you to buy them for customers. I've always resisted. (One guy told me he "accidentally" printed 1000 pens with my name on it, and he would have to throw them out if I didn't buy them. When I told him he misspelled my name, he didn't hesitate one second and said he could change it, at no extra charge). 

 For those of you who give them out, what is your return of investment? Do you actually get calls from people who saw your name on the pen? Or do you just do it for good will, like buying an add in the high school chorus concert program. 

Wim

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