<html><head><base href="x-msg://96/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dean. <div><br></div><div>I'm hoping to justify dropping the Yellow Pages in the near future. Can you please explain exactly what you mean by "port your business number to your cell phone" - do you mean that somehow you can get your current land-business-line number assigned to your cell phone (and drop your land business line also)?<div><br></div><div>Also, you say your "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; ">Active customers (within the last 5-8 years) get a mailer 4 times a year, inactive get it once a year."</span></div><div><br></div><div>What form does your mailer take and what information is in it? And why 4 times per year for active customers? How often do most of your regular customers have their piano tuned (down here in Florida it's once per year for most folks)?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!!</div><div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 21, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Dean May wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Yes, take the free line listing only if you must retain a land line business phone. Better yet, port your business number to your cell phone and save even more money.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I did this years ago. It has eliminated my listing altogether from the Yellow Pages, and I have had a few people mention they had trouble looking up my number. But they did find me. My customers get regular mailings from me, and usually they place the mailer on the piano to remind themselves. Active customers (within the last 5-8 years) get a mailer 4 times a year, inactive get it once a year.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Go to Google Maps. Locate your business. Google will allow you to edit your listing for free. You can ad all kinds of useful info: multiple phone numbers, email, web address, etc. This is free, folks, and people are using it. I get a lot of calls from Google, more than I ever got from YP.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="484101212-21062012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">YMMV</font></span></div><div align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p class="MsoAutoSig" align="left"><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="Lucida Calligraphy"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; color: navy; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold; ">Dean</span></font></b><b><font color="navy" size="5" face="CAC Leslie"><span style="font-family: 'CAC Leslie'; color: navy; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="navy" size="2" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; ">Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="navy" size="2" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://PianoRebuilders.com">PianoRebuilders.com</a> (888) DEAN-MAY</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><font color="navy" size="2" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; "><u2:city u1:st="on">Terre Haute</u2:city></span></font></st1:city><font color="navy" size="2" face="AGaramond"><span style="font-family: AGaramond; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u2:state u1:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">IN</st1:state></u2:state><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u2:postalcode u1:st="on"><st1:postalcode w:st="on">47802</st1:postalcode></u2:postalcode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></st1:place></p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><br><div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Stephen Grattan<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:49 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [pianotech] Yellow pages<br></font><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Paul,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In my area, if you have a business number, you receive a free line ad in the Yellow Pages. If you are well established that may be all you need- a place for people to find your number besides inside the top of the piano where most people don't seem to look.<br> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font color="#0000ff">Steve Grattan</font></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font color="#0000ff">Lost Chord Clinic</font></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Paul Mulik <<a href="mailto:paulmulik@yahoo.com">paulmulik@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thu, June 21, 2012 7:39:21 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[pianotech] Yellow pages<br></font><br>The time has come to renew my AT&T Yellow Pages ad, and I'm questioning whether in this day and age, very many people even use telephone directories anymore. Most of my new customers come from word-of-mouth referrals, which of course is the best advertising of all, and free. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>One thought I had was, suppose I tuned someone's piano five or six years ago, and they decided the time had come to have it tuned again "whether it really needs it or not," then if this customer checked the yellow pages but did not find my name listed, they might conclude I had gone out of business and call someone else.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Opinions?<br><br>Paul Mulik, Joplin MO</div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>