He Everyone I've read with interest all of the threads well most of them. It's hard to tell which ones are new or repeats, seems to be a lot of repeats for some reason. Anyway, I appreciate the respones I've received regarding that it takes time etc, but I'm curious if I"m doing all the right thigns and everything else possible that I can imagine. In fact last Friday I did a piano dismantling job. I finished the training last year, and started promoting and pushing this business hard since I moved back here last July, a year ago to be exact. My rate for tuning is in the right ball park. I researched before I moved here as it was part of the business plan we were to create. I'm doing all the right things, providing my best work that I can, showing up on time, advertising where I can, giving out business cards when I can, the magnetic sign is on the car etc etc. I'm doing pretty well I'm told. So my question is, how long does it take to get up and rolling? I don't need 8 tunings a day, but I do need enough to get the bank account to where I can pay bills purchase tools etc and still have a surplus. Let's face it my phone is quiet. The only calls I received today were from my wife and mother which were OK of course, but I need this phone to be ringing, well with cell phones it's more of a beep or series of beeps lol. I cannot afford huge advertising ventures, the newspaper cost $40 a week, craigslist does work at times, but now I'm getting constant e-mails from people who like my "advert." On the positive note I'm doing well in the sense that I do get tunigns here and there, but I need more here thatn I need "there" I'm not complaining, but just concerned. Bills still come in, kids still need clothes etc, the car still needs gas, rent still needs to be paid which it wasn't for a while since I was so slow back in March and April. The catch 22 about picking up a regular "day job as was mentioned, it takes away from promoting the business, and we vision impaired guys are limitted on what we can do, based upon the job requirements rather than our opinion of what we can do, and who will hire us. Even the telemarketing jobs are automated now. Fortunately my wife picked up some house cleanings which helps, but I need to be busier. I'm tired of barely making it or just making it. I guess I need a "system" so in a year from now I'd be wishing for time off. Thanks everyone Marshall Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician Marshall's Piano Service pianotune05 at hotmail.com 215-510-9400 www.phillytuner.com Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100702/a94fc4e0/attachment.htm>
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