On 01/15/2013 08:13 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > My membership in the PTG is "free". Let me explain. I became an RPT the same reason 95% of the RPT's took the trouble, > time and money to become an RPT, in two words. "feel good". We became an RPT to make us feel good about ourselves. > Sure, in the process we became a little better at our profession, and there were some benefits, like working hard than > to keep the organization running. > In addition to feeling good about myself, once in a while I could see the benefits of being an RPT because I would get > a phone call from a customer who saw my RPT status in the Yellow Pages, or because they got my name from an other RPT > in another part of the country. > But that all changed a couple of years ago when the PTG went "public", and we got put towards the top of the Google > search engine when customers would look for a piano tuner in a certain location. Because of that, I have probably > gotten at least a dozen call every year from customers who saw me on the PTG web site. That's enough new business to > not only pay my PTG membership dues, but also registration to the PTG convention. Would I have been able to build up > my business without being a member? Probably. But those extra 12 customers every year help my bottom line. > The Google search allows a customer to search within 5 miles of your house. It probably helps that I'm only one of > three RPT's on Oahu, but there are not that many RPT's in every city in the USA and a lot of people like to get their > pianos worked on by "local" tuners. > But you won't be on the PTG web site unless you're an RPT. So, for someone like Duaine, who's business is 99% pitch > raises on old uprights, and doesn't think needs to be an RPT, I'm sure even he won't turn down and extra 10 - 15 > customers every year. Word of mouth is good, but a little "free" advertising never hurt, either. > Like I said, becoming an RPT used to be for our own gratification, but now it can make you more money. > Wim DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil Bondi's !!!!! SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO DEATH OF SAYING THIS ................... WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND) - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................ EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP................... Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
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