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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><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>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><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>
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<DIV><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>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484101212-21062012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>YMMV</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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(812) 235-5272 voice and text</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PianoRebuilders.com
(888) DEAN-MAY</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stephen
Grattan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Yellow
pages<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Paul,</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>