On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My question is, how long does it take to get from ground zero to the moon > where Jer is working so far in advance? :-) I think I'm doing all the > right things, yet I'm not booked in advance. I pray every day that God will > supply work for the next week and then I do my part of course. I do my best > when I tune/service. I even look for ways to add to my income i.e. the piano > dismantling job which I had last Friday. Perhaps I've done the things that > some might mention to drum jup business, it doesn't hurt to review them > again. So my question is, what is the secret to the Chinese proverb Jer in > getting more business and booking in advance. Please send the fortune > cookie so I can read it. :-) Thanks > Marshall > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > Marshall's Piano Service > *pianotune05 at hotmail.com* > 215-510-9400 > *www.phillytuner.com * > 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. Get > started.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3> > Hi Marshall, The secret Chinese proverb is........... there isn't one! I just came from the home of a Chinese emigre so new to the country he's still working on getting his visa. He arrived here on his fiance visa, got married & is now waiting for the feds to approve him. If there were a proverb he would know it. I have built my clientele by being "willing"! I'm willing to tune that free piano, the Acrosonic with the warped keys, the old upright 179c flat AND the S&S "M" with verdigris shipped from Connecticut to Wisconsin by my customer's mother, The Boston 218 played by the church pianist who has her doctorate in piano, the Kawai GS-60 used by various professionals (George Winston, Freddie Cole, Jim Brickman) when they play in town, etc. etc. In other words, I tune & service them ALL, no job is too small, dirty, or beneath me or too late in the day, on a Sunday(if necessary)for the pro's. My point is to make yourself available when others aren't, to go that extra little bit, do something extra, write it on the bill & don't charge for it. So the customer knows you did it & were a nice guy & didn't charge. I usually tighten bench bolts but I weigh 300lbs so it's for my safety as much as theirs! <g> Keep pluggin' Marshall, it's worth it! Mike -- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100629/9ef53950/attachment.htm>
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