Matthew,<br><br>Personally I don't like cold-calling, either doing it or being the "callee", but I think it can be done in a pleasant way. The telemarketers I especially dislike are (a) overly-friendly ("Hey Paul, how's it goin' today?") and/or (b) overly pushy ("whassamatter, don't you like firefighters?") <br>
<br>If I was one of those teachers, I wouldn't be insulted by a "courtesy call" (just don't call it that.... that term is vastly over-abused!) just introducing yourself, mentioning the client who gave you my name, and asking if I had a regular tech and offering my phone number and/or email address and/or website.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Matthew Todd <<a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>I recently tuned for a client, who, after the tuning, gave me a two page list of all the music/voice teachers in my area. Since I just relocated to the area she was was being nice and helping me out. It has addresses and phone numbers. Some have e-mails, but not all. Would it be polite or professional procedure to call these people introducing myself so they know I exist? Have any of you been faced with a similar circumstance? It sounds like a good starting point, but on the other hand, I don't want to hurt myself before I even get going. I tend to think of the telemarketers who call me. What have you all been faced with in the past?</div>
<div> </div> <div>There's 17 people on the list, and I may make some business, but I want advice first, before I jump into it.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you,</div> <div>Matthew</div><p><font color="#888888">
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