[pianotech] BNI etc.

[tnrwim at aol.com]

I'm wondering, has anyone had experience with the post office and how much they charge for a mailing to a zip code?
The Post Office doesn't supply a mailing list in a zip code. Only a private firm will do that. The Post Office will send a mailer to every address in their zip code, but that can get very expensive. You have to pay for the mailer, and the postage. If you only do it once, that's 44 cents for every address. If there are 20,000 address, that's $8800, and that's just the postage. You also have to pay for 20,000 mailers, which at 10 cents each, will be $2,000. The mailer will be sent to EVERY address, including every business. If you do spend $10,000, at $100 per tuning, you'll have to tune 100 pianos. Unfortunately, only about 3% - 5% of the addresses will actually look at the mailer, and only 3% - 5% of those will call you.   


Wim


-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 8:03 am
Subject: [pianotech] BNI etc.


Thanks to all of your ideas on the mailing list.  The threads get long and mixed up forme to catch everyone who might have responded. So if I miss anyone in my "thanks," I apologize.  I sure appreciate your help
 
I did check our online phone book. Since I only use a cell, we do not have a hard copy phone book but the online one works.  The problem I find is that they'll have an address with  the wrong town but correct zip code or an address that is totally different than what their website if the church or school ha s one.  I'm wondering, has anyone had experience with the post office and how much they charge for a mailing to a zip code?  I did check one of our papers for advertising, it was $40 a week for an ad in the services section.   thanks
Marshall


Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician
Marshall's Piano Service
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Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA







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