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<DIV>I've been considering giving magnetized business cards for the =
fridge. Talk
about a gift that they can use! Then if they would just use the darn
thing!</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN =
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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 title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 09, 2001 =
6:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Promotional items: Was =
"calendars"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Friends,
<P>I will start out this day by being a wet blanket. :-( =
Here are
the reasons I would not consider giving calendars to my clients.
<P>1. I receive too many calendars already, so most of them end =
up in
the wastebasket the same day I receive them. If I gave calendars =
to my
clients, there's a high probability my calendars would be treated in =
the same
way.
<P>2. I prefer a gift I can give all year long, so I can leave =
one when
I service the piano.
<P>3. Calendars require a mailing, at least for anyone who has =
the kind
of on-location business I do, and at just the time when I already =
struggle to
keep from getting too busy.
<P>4. Most of them cost too much for the impact made.
<P>The only time in my business that I tried to give "appreciate your
business" gifts was about two years ago, when I gave out pens. =
Now how
unimaginative is that?! The one I received as a sample looked =
good and
wrote great, but when I received my order there were problems. =
Some
didn't write well, and some didn't write at all. Some would not =
retract
properly. I had to test every single one. A distributor of =
such
pens may think, "Well, what did you expect for such a great =
price? 90%
were okay, weren't they?" Maybe so, but if I give a client a pen =
that
doesn't work or write properly, then 100% of the pen(s) that client =
received
would leave a negative impact, don't you think?
<P>I would favor giving something to that I am quite certain wouldn't =
just end
up in the round file, can be given all year long and doesn't cost too
much. After all, every penny spent comes directly off my bottom
line. At the moment I could see giving sticky note pads, but I =
haven't
taken the time to look for a manufacturer of imprinted notes.
<P>Have others used promotional items? What were they and how =
were they
received?
<P>Regards, <BR>Clyde Hollinger, RPT <BR>Lititz, PA, USA
<P>Ed Carwithen wrote:
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<FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I just got in on this thread, but =
so far I
haven't seen anyone suggest that the piano photos for a wonderful =
calandar
already exist in the photos on the covers of the PTG Journal. =
Look no
further...</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Ed
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