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FARRIER APPOINTMENT SERVICE TEAM, INC.
NEWSLETTER APRIL 2005

www.farrierappointmentserviceteam.com
Member of Farrier Industry Association (FIA)

HEY, JUST A QUICK REMINDER......
In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. You will be charged for these calls.

Call this number from your cell phone 888-382-1222. It is the national DO NOT CALL list. It only takes a minute of
your time. It blocks your number for 5 years. Please pass this on to everyone you know who doesn't want to be hassled.

You can also do it online at http://www.donotcall.gov/ You can include home phones to the don’t call list, too.

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Announcing
new service to be added to
farrier appointment service team, Inc!

Learn how your business is really doing! Are your customers happy with your service, product, or business? Is your customer service excellent? Do you need to improve any area of your business? Find the answers to these questions and more.

Starting May 01, 2005, Farrier Appointment Service Team, Inc. will add a professional evaluation service to our great phone service.

This professional evaluation service can be used by:
  • farriers
  • veterinarians
  • farrier schools
  • farrier supply companies
  • product producers
Ask the question, “How am I doing?”, and get an honest answer from your customers. The evaluation service will give your customers a chance to rate you anonymously.

We have survey questions and/or you can add or use your own questions. A self-addressed (our address) stamped envelope will be mailed with the survey. The survey will be returned to us and we will tally the results and send them on to you. Your customers will give honest answers because they will be able to remain anonymous.
Evaluation surveys can be sent out yearly, semi-annually, or quarterly.

Evaluation surveys cost only $2.50 per customer surveyed. If you are a Farrier Appointment Service Team, Inc. client, your evaluation surveys cost only $1.50 per customer surveyed.

Let us do the work and you get the results.

Send us the names and addresses or labels of your customers. We will do the rest!

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SINCERITY vs. Hypocrisy
Eagerness to do what is right with transparent motives
Aspects of Sincerity
  • Be all that you can be.
  • Take responsibility for your own actions.
  • Respect others’ opinions.
  • Always mean what you say.
  • Don’t take advantage of other people.

© 2005 Character Training Institute.

Sincere people give energy and hope to others, but insincerity generates frustration and builds walls.

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NEW BOOK now available!

Founder Data Collection and Analysis,
How to Take, Read and Interpret Radiographs for the Prognosis and Treatment of the Foundered Horse
, by Dr. Esco Buff

You can order the book at escobuff@frontiernet.net

After receiving and reading my copy, I found this book easy to read, clear and to the point. I believe every farrier should have a copy in his/her educational library.

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I still have some
The Founder Data Collection and Analysis Forms, by Dr. Esco Buff available
The cost is $20.00 which includes s/h. Want to order a set?
Send a check or money order payable to Carla Repke to:
Farrier Appointment Service Team, Inc.
PO Box 1184
LaPorte, CO 80535
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Carla’s forecast: Spring is here and you will be very, very busy!

FAQ about Farrier Appointment Service Team, Inc.

Is this service too costly for the average farrier?

No. If you take the number of horses you shoe a month and divide it into the monthly fee, you can raise your cost of shoeing per horse by that amount to cover the cost of my service.

Example:
A farrier has 75 customers and shoes 150 horses per month; the cost per horse for my service is $3.00. Farriers, if they want, can pay for my service by raising their shoeing fees to the per horse amount. $400.00 monthly fee divided by 150 horses = $3.00 (rounded) per horse
A big plus is that my service is TAX DEDUCTIBLE.


(Check out the monthly fee chart on my web site under service)

www.farrierappointmentserviceteam.com

Or, you can figure that my services can cost $10.00 up to $16.00 per day. It costs more to feed a family of four at McDonalds.

Does cost differ from state to state?

No. The fee table is the same for everyone.

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Please, please, please! Farriers have lots to share from their work experience. I would like to include information from you, the farrier, in future newsletters. Maybe you have some words of wisdom that can benefit others. You may have some news that you would like others to know about or maybe you attended a clinic that you thought was well worth your time. We all benefit from sharing. You can send your information to carla@farrierappointmentserviceteam.com . Please make sure you give me your name and what state you are from so I can give you proper acknowledgement for the piece.

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Farrier Appointment Service Team, Inc. is a new concept. I am always open for suggestions on how I can help you, the farrier, have more free time and be more successful. I deem all suggestions and comments, good or bad, valuable. Send suggestions to carla@farrierappointmentserviceteam.com

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