Marshall, I see on your web site that the "blog" section has only one entry. Write articles about piano and music.Try twice a week. Post appropriate comments on other blogs. Try every two days. Open your blog to comments. Google will see your site is active and will soon bring it up on search results. Use your free time to read about and practice social media marketing. Allan Sutton, m.mus. RPT www.pianotechniquemontreal.com 2010/7/2 Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> > 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. Learn more.<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/20100703/dab2757b/attachment.htm>
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