<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's exactly what I did before I got my first computer in 1986.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 12, 2008 7:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Customer Database</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Sid Blum <<A href="mailto:piano@sover.net">piano@sover.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I got my first computer ten years ago thinking it could easily spit out the relevant mailing labels on the first of each month.   Never came up with a method simple enough to suit me.  A couple of years ago while tuning a Baldwin studio on automatic pilot it came to me.<BR><BR>Index card file with monthly dividers.  At the end of each day I put a card for the customers I visited that day in the slot for the month they are due for the next appointment.  On April 15 I send out reminders for June appointments.<BR><FONT color=#888888></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>- <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>One of the ladies in our chapter uses this method.  She does not send out her reminders that far in advance, however. I believe it's something like a month in advance.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>JF</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>