<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT face=Arial>Pays for itself = over and over and over and over again ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT face=Arial>And, I think, = it projects an I'm-Serious-About-Being-A-Professional image. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT face=Arial>Tuned in the = early years driving a pretty beat-up old Tempo, no ads. My rates are much higher now = than they were in those days ... I dunno .... you charge, in part, what you = feel comfortable with, and people pay it if you project that kind of = confidence. Having a professional-looking rig helps me psychologically in that way = ... it just feels better.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109103221-24072004><FONT face=Arial>My $0.02</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Paul = Chick (Earthlink) [mailto:tune4@earthlink.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, = July 24, 2004 1:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: = Advertising on your car or truck?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2><B>Subject:</B> Advertising on your car or truck?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Do you have advertising on the vehicle you = drive?  What works best?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I use the same car for tuning and personal use = (a Forester).  We don't have front license plates here in West = Virginia, so I was thinking of making one with my company name and phone = number.  Then it occurred to me that it might be more effective to put = lettering on the back window, where someone following me might see it long enough = to copy the number down.  Then an even better idea came to me: ask for = your combined millions of years of experience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Suggestions?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>P.S.  I visited a piano dealer near me this = week (western part of Virginia), and they said between their two stores, = they keep 16 techs busy!  Let's see, 20 pianos a week * 50 * 16 = = 16,000 pianos!!  (Maybe I heard wrong, and it was "six teenage techs"?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=254250318-24072004><FONT = size=2>Cy</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=254250318-24072004><FONT size=2>I've heard from = a few tuner/techs that use magnetic signs for this purpose and = experience good results for the investment, and enjoy personal use of = their vehicle without the advertising.  Simply stow and go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=254250318-24072004><FONT = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=254250318-24072004><FONT size=2>Paul C</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.719 / Virus Database: 475 - Release Date: 07/12/2004<BR> </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> </P>