<HTML>In a message dated 4/30/03 9:20:41 PM Central Daylight= Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Has anyone had any success with= running ads in the "pennysaver", or other similar mailers? I'm wondering if i put in a simple text ad to run for 8 <BR= > weeks, in 7 different zones, (that I would consider to have the most piano <= BR> "density"), if it would be profitable. First, I know that these ads, to really be at all  successful, need to run regularly, but I'm assuming e= ight weeks should give me at least a fair idea of the ads effectivness. Based on = the cost of the ad, if i book just 1 tuning per week from the ad, I will <BR= > double my investment...but then again, because these mailers generally attrac "bargain hunters", I may have to lower my price, or risk losing the <= BR> job as my normal fee is not considered to be in the "low end". I plan on <BR= > placing a Yellow page ad for the next Verizon Super pages Book, but that <BR= > will not be coming out until 10/03, so I thought I'd give this a try. Any <B= R> thoughts or experiences with this type of mailer? thanks! Terry Peterson </BLOCKQUOTE> Terry A much better investment than the penney saver, or other equivalent papers i= s a weekly, or biweekly, community newspaper that comes out in your area. (N= ot the dayly Big Town Newspaper. "Local" people like to read through these things for local news, and to find= garage sales, or look for jobs. It is surprising how many look through the = entire classifieds, just to see what new business and services are being off= ered. But I would run it continuously from now until you quit working. For me, hav= ing a 3 line ad in the weekly "rag" in St. Louis, which were thrown on the l= awns of the suburbs around me, was almost as effective as my YP ad. At least= twice a week I got a call from someone who saw my ad in the classifieds of = the W-K Times, because people like support "local" businesses. Wim </HTML>