Hello, David I like to think of it as cream rising to the top. <grin> A simple process, which doesn't need hurrying along. If one simply does the work, year after year, one ends up at the appropriate level, wherever that may be. Big ads, discounts, elaborate scheduled call backs, etc. ... if one needs them, assuming the area isn't absolutely crawling with tuners, something must be wrong with the work. Best, Susan At 08:44 PM 8/6/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Amen, Susan---It's dead simple---extremely challengingly difficult, but >simple---to build a business: live the Golden Rule, and get serious about >quickly improving your skill level, ESPECIALLY with regard to tuning; the >ability to throw a good, solid, musical tuning on a piano has got me into >more dealer's doors, and made me more money than I can remember. > >If your tuning sounds way better than your colleagues, guess what? You >win. It's only a matter of time. That's the Darwinian reality of our >business: if you can make a piano sound and feel better than the next guy, >and you're honest and don't have cooties, you will eventually have all the >business you want. Period. AMHIK. <g> > >David Andersen >Malibu, CA
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