Door-to-door salesmen

[LazyRider 10+ year member]

And the best way to advertise is word of mouth //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

We may be assholes, but there are enough of us to warrant not doing the door to door thing

 

[LazyRider 10+ year member]

We may be assholes, but there are enough of us to warrant not doing the door to door thing

Depends on the neighborhood really.

 

[mgbcs 10+ year member]

And the best way to advertise is word of mouth //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

We've done well on the word of mouth in the landscaping portion, but this is our first venture into snow removal

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

You are right, it does depend on the area. And i probably wouldn't mind if this guy came by offering this product as long as im not sleeping. Problem is most of the time people come door to door, if you dont answer because you're sleeping, they think you didnt ehar them and knock a few more times. Also, the only people that really come around my door are JW's and such so that probably doesnt help my opinion of it

 

[LazyRider 10+ year member]

You are right, it does depend on the area. And i probably wouldn't mind if this guy came by offering this product as long as im not sleeping. Problem is most of the time people come door to door, if you dont answer because you're sleeping, they think you didnt ehar them and knock a few more times. Also, the only people that really come around my door are JW's and such so that probably doesnt help my opinion of it

They use to come by my apartment complex, and they ended up playing football with us once lol. I would never let one of them in my house though

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

an estimate that isnt 100 percent copied is the way to go.Keep it simple and more personal..name,date, sig, cost ect and left in the mailbox would work for me.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

door hangers will give you a hand full of leads per thousand

door to door sales will get you tons of rejection but it will produce buyers

flyers wont do ****.......maybe 1-2 leads per thousand

WOM is the best way IMO and if your a new guy it takes time

Landscaping is an over crowded business anyways

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Thread poll is fail, no mention of Supa's Mom.

 

[mgbcs 10+ year member]

We've done well in landscaping for only being in business 3 years. Just the new snow removal stuff.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

If you have clients already, mail them a letter. If you really want to make cash, get a yellow pages ad and get advertisement everywhere. Have a slogan that would suggest youre a family man. door hangers with estimates and an outline of services would be best. tell as many middle aged and old people as you can.

 

[LiveAudio911 10+ year member]

Alright, so I know everyone hates door-to-door sales, but I have to generate some business somehow. This is for a landscaping company, and in this case snow removal. My question is this: what makes you the least angry, and most likely to use the company's services?
Flyers on mailboxes

Flyer with individual estimate on door

Door-to-door knocking

As an added - if anyone has techniques that have been effective for them, what are they?

Sorry.. what was the question... distracted by the chick in the profile pic.. ^)^

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

When they show up at my door I answer with a shotgun in my hands and ask if they can't read the no trespassing signs....they usully just apologize and leave pretty quickly