[Zeke]

I, too, have drawers full of customers and have thought about mailing a could dozen a week. More or less depending on response. Since I haven't had a business card for over 2 years it's just enough for the moment to get that part done. How I circulate it won't really be a problem.

Frankly, I'd rather people find me rather than the other way around. You know the old adage, chase them until they catch you. Well, if I get into a conversation at the local coffee stop and someone says they'd like to call me, chances are they won't. But they certainly won't if I don't have something to give them.

One other thing I have is a list of addresses of where I've worked. One day I drove the streets of the local posh neighborhood and jotted down every address where I had worked at one time or another. Not always the same owners there, but I must have worked on at least 2 houses on every street and sometimes a lot more than that. Almost anyone in that neighborhood can walk out their door and see a house where I've worked.

Man, when you do that you can see how saturated this neighborhood is with my services. I have that list somewhere, but I could do it again inside an hour. Would you hire a guy that has worked on over 10% of the total number is houses in a district?

But then again, most of this work was construction related. I want to move somewhat away from construction. I don't want to in any way compete with the people in construction today. I don't have the right skin color.