Calling Potential Clients

[paul bruesch]

Matthew,

Personally I don't like cold-calling, either doing it or being the "callee",
but I think it can be done in a pleasant way. The telemarketers I especially
dislike are (a) overly-friendly ("Hey Paul, how's it goin' today?") and/or
(b) overly pushy ("whassamatter, don't you like firefighters?")

If I was one of those teachers, I wouldn't be insulted by a "courtesy call"
(just don't call it that.... that term is vastly over-abused!) just
introducing yourself, mentioning the client who gave you my name, and asking
if I had a regular tech  and offering my phone number and/or email address
and/or website.

Paul

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I recently tuned for a client, who, after the tuning, gave me a two page
> list of all the music/voice teachers in my area.  Since I just relocated to
> the area she was was being nice and helping me out.  It has addresses and
> phone numbers.  Some have e-mails, but not all.  Would it be polite or
> professional procedure to call these people introducing myself so they know
> I exist?  Have any of you been faced with a similar circumstance?  It sounds
> like a good starting point, but on the other hand, I don't want to hurt
> myself before I even get going.  I tend to think of the telemarketers who
> call me.  What have you all been faced with in the past?
>
> There's 17 people on the list, and I may make some business, but I want
> advice first, before I jump into it.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Matthew
>
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