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May 10th, 2005, 11:58
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| Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly, PA
Posts: 95
|  recruiting new students
How did you all recruit your first students when you were a new CFI? Is most busniness made with walk ins? what kind of advertising works best?
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May 10th, 2005, 21:23
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
Posts: 12,567
| Re: recruiting new students
I put a gun to their heads and said, "You get in this plane and you friggin learn!""  Seriously, my first student at the flight school was a call-in. He called, and said that he wanted to get a pilot's license. The CFI he was going to fly with had a side corporate gig and was off on a trip. Well, I had been with the flight school for, oh, 45 minutes, so I covered it.Alot of the students were walk-ins and call-ins. Some were hand-me-downs. Some were people that saw me wearing my uniform shirt at the movies (true). Or a convenience store. One was a chick that I met in a club. A guy I went to school with. The list goes on and on and on . . . |
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May 10th, 2005, 21:32
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 13,869
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[ QUOTE ] One was a chick that I met in a club. [/ QUOTE ] Lindsey?  |
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May 10th, 2005, 21:57
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| Moderator  | Re: recruiting new students
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] One was a chick that I met in a club. [/ QUOTE ] Lindsey? [/ QUOTE ] I can see it now: Lloyd: "You wanna dance ?" chick: "No, not tonight." Lloyd: "You, should want to dance with me. I'm a Professional Pilot" |
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May 10th, 2005, 22:07
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
Posts: 12,567
| Re: recruiting new students
[ QUOTE ] Lindsey? [/ QUOTE ] No, Lindsey was a walk-in. I got the whole interview and everything!! [ QUOTE ] I can see it now: Lloyd: "You wanna dance ?" chick: "No, not tonight." Lloyd: "You, should want to dance with me. I'm a Professional Pilot" [/ QUOTE ] You mean that line doesn't work??  |
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May 10th, 2005, 22:32
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| Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 13,869
| Re: recruiting new students
[ QUOTE ] You mean that line doesn't work?? [/ QUOTE ] I hear it might work the first week at ERAU. Oh, and I heard it works at Florida State...... |
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May 10th, 2005, 22:49
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
Posts: 12,567
| Re: recruiting new students
[ QUOTE ] Oh, and I heard it works at Florida State...... [/ QUOTE ] Man, I'm at the wrong state school!!! |
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May 10th, 2005, 23:43
| #8 |
| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Denver Colorado
Posts: 3,027
| Re: recruiting new students
This worked because I had access as an employee, but you can do it through a friend.Using legitimate channels I offered a 3-lesson intro package within the company with the tag line "Did you give sock last Christmas" and sold five packages within a very short time. Of the five, one never showed, one took two of the three lessons, and two continued with their training
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May 11th, 2005, 10:44
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NC
Posts: 2,265
| Re: recruiting new students
[ QUOTE ] I hear it might work the first week at ERAU. [/ QUOTE ] It won't work on the locals, but tourists it works like a charm. All of my buddies usually meet some spring breakers and they'll spend their hard earned money taking girls flying. |
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