Just be prepared to get plenty of scammy emails every time you post on Craigslist! That being said, I keep my presence on there religiously. It gets very easy to recognize the legit inquiries. -Ryan On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:48 AM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > Marshall > > Are you on Craig's list? That;s another service that's free, and has given > me some business. I have a listing under skilled trades. I also have a > listing under musical instruments for sale, saying I appraise pianos. > "Before you buy that used piano, have it appraised by a professional piano > tuner, etc." > > Good luck > > Wim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner <justpianos at our.net.au> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 12:29 am > Subject: Re: [pianotech] advertising > > Marshall, > Use your own initiative. Where do you get information on various services > when you require them? > Make a list of people or groups who use, or have pianos. > ie. public halls, restaurants, masonic lodges, churches, choirs, music > teachers (not only piano teachers), schools and other educational > facilities, etc., then send out flyers, with testimonials. > Ask for testimonials if they are happy with your work. > You need to make people talk about you. Give all your clients a spare > business card, or flyer to pass on. Offer a discount voucher for their > next tuning, for each referral. Ask who their piano teacher is, then > contact them with cards to distribute. Use every opportunity to promote > your services. Much of this promotion is free. > Good luck. > > > > > Hi Marcel, > > > > Our weekly paper comes out on Wednesday. I'm going to check this out > > again. Thanks again. > > > > 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 is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100430/17215620/attachment-0001.htm>
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