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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Kallie,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>1. Personal networking, word-of-mouth, =
referals from
friends customers and dealers. Make sure all of these contacts =
have some
of your business cards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2. Yellow Page listing. (Nowhere near as =
productive as #1)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Haven't tried anything else yet, but suspect there =
is nothing
as effective as these two.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike Spalding</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:kccs@netralink.com" =
title=kccs@netralink.com>Kallie
Swanepoel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 07, 2001 =
11:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: advertising &
stuff</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=240292015-07062001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
List</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240292015-07062001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240292015-07062001><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>Which advertising
method do you find to work the best in our =
profession?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=240292015-07062001><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Kallie Swanepoel<BR>PIANO TUNER<BR><SPAN
class=240292015-07062001>South Africa</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>(Member of the SA Association of Professional Piano
Tuners)<BR>Tel.: =
012/422-3340 (W)<BR>Tel.:
012/343-4946 (H)<BR>Mobile: =
083-261-6942<BR>Fax:
012/343-4946<BR>E-Mail: <A
href="mailto:kccs@netralink.com">kccs@netralink.com</A></FONT>
</P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@AOL.COM<BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 June, 2001 =
01:32<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: advertising &
stuff<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=2>In a
message dated 6/5/01 9:27:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">On a lighter note, If a customer failed to show up for =
a
tuning appointment, <BR>would you charge her mileage to make a =
second
trip? I did. <BR>Terry Peterson =
<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>First,
regarding specialty advertising. I found, for the most part, that
<BR>anything but the Yellow Pages, or a constantly running 3 or 4 =
line ad in
the <BR>classifieds promoting your tuning business, doesn't pay. I =
have
tried dozens <BR>of them, and none of them produced enough =
additional work
to make it worth <BR>while. Sometimes they just barely broke even, =
and some
didn't do a darn <BR>thing. <BR><BR>As far as no shows are =
concerned. I
wrote a post about this subject about a <BR>year ago. Basically, I =
give the
customer the benefit of the doubt for her <BR>excuse why she wasn't =
home. In
fact, what difference does it make what her <BR>excuse is, the =
bottom line
is, she wasn't there to let you in to tune the <BR>piano. Therefore, =
my
stand on this subject is that this part of the "job <BR>description" =
of
being a piano tuner. It comes with the territory. No matter =
<BR>how
hard we try, there are always going to be no shows. Therefore, I =
write it
<BR>off, and go on with my life. When I did try to collect in the =
past, it
<BR>created bad feelings. I just don't need that. So I let it go, =
and hope
we can <BR>reschedule at a later date. Of course, the customer only =
gets one
shot at <BR>this. The second time, I get nasty, and either collect, =
or write
the customer <BR>off for ever. <BR><BR>Willem
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