Signs have worked for me. Even have had calls to my cell, when on the road. Word of mouth, is the best. Just do good work, and charge a reasonable price, and work will come to you. John Ross, Windsor, nova Scotia On 10-Apr-10, at 3:31 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > Marshall > > another way you can advertise rather cheaply is to put a sign on > your car. Either a magnetic sign that you can have made at any sign > shop. Or you ask if the sign shop if they can make a transparent > sign for your car windows. You can see out, but from the outside, > people will see the advertisement. > > I have a HRR, which is a small station wagon. On the back side > windows, and on the back window, I have a sign that simply says > "PIANO TUNING", with my name and phone number. It cost me $750, but > it has brought in thousands of dollars in business. I get calls from > people while I'm on the highway. And when I'm in a parking lot, > people come up to me ask for my business card. > > Wim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Sat, Apr 10, 2010 3:34 am > Subject: [pianotech] slow business > > Hi William, > You mentioned putting a piano in our living room and running an ad. > Do you mean fo r piano lessons? I'll check out the paper and I've > thought about cold calling out of the phone book. What are your > thoughts calling residential listings as well. I've doe this with > churches and nursing homes schools,but I'm toying around with the > idea of residential listings. > Marshall > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > Marshall's Piano Service > pianotune05 at hotmail.com > 215-510-9400 > Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org > Vancouver, WA > > > > > > > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars > with Hotmail. Get busy. = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100410/853ad1c2/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC