<html><body> <DIV>I'm hoping that this customer I tuned for will refer me, but the're a place of business, but they might however.  I was worried that I didn't do a good job you know lack of confidence at first.  They scheduled me again, and seemed happy with the tuning.  I made certain everything was right on that baby. :)</DIV> <DIV>Marshall</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> > At 07:14 AM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >Yes, but word of mouth from satisfied customers is even better. > >Sid Blum > > Yup, that's definitely the best way. A recommendation from someone you know > and trust is always better than seeing an ad and wondering, "Is this person > any good?" > > >>>Marshall- > >>> > >>>When you are ready to advertise, start local. Your most likely local > >>>customers are not trying to find you on the web. > > > It _is_ possible, however... Tomorrow, I go to a new customer (1920 > Steinway O, ~65 miles away) who got my name from the PTG website and sent > me an email. If I live up to my own phone hype, somewhere down the line > there may arise a cluster of tunings in that area. > > Again, word of mouth. Backed up by competent work. > > Word of mouth gets you in the door, ONCE. Confirming the hype gets you back > the second and all future times. > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > > - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, > - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>