<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hi Paul,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Steve Grattan</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Lost Chord Clinic</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> <DIV style="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> Paul Mulik <paulmulik@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "pianotech@ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, June 21, 2012 7:39:21 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [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.  <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. <BR><BR>Opinions?<BR><BR>Paul Mulik, Joplin MO</DIV></DIV></div></body></html>