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Title: leafleting all week
Post by: red star on January 23, 2012, 07:54:52 am
going leafleting all week---
shuffled work around so left this week free
see what i can get in 5 days
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: Pope vader on January 23, 2012, 08:00:29 am
dont bother knock   it quicker
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: red star on January 23, 2012, 08:29:04 am
I usually leaflet the first day and my gimp follows where I've been knocking the following day seems to work ok
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: dazmond on January 23, 2012, 08:32:46 am
knock and show them the leaflet then give them your pitch.if not in push leaflet through and  go back tomorrow or in a few days and show them your leaflet and give them your pitch.

repeat
repeat
repeat

you will have far better results than just posting a leaflet through.
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: bobby p on January 23, 2012, 08:39:22 am
i employ a leafletter 2 days a week now. if he can hack it for about 6 months he will go onto the squeegee
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: Deangsi on January 23, 2012, 09:28:02 am
The best way mate is to put the price on there with a section that says please add x amount for a cony. i used to leaflet without a price on them. no good! quote sheets are the way forward im picking up jobs every day now. and i canvass 2 hours saturday and 2 hours sunday.
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: windiewasher on January 23, 2012, 10:51:16 am
The best way mate is to put the price on there with a section that says please add x amount for a cony. i used to leaflet without a price on them. no good! quote sheets are the way forward im picking up jobs every day now. and i canvass 2 hours saturday and 2 hours sunday.
i will second that,i have had my leaflets with a quote sheet on the back and it works great!I also use facebook to get me a lot of business and also door knock!
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: red star on January 23, 2012, 05:12:04 pm
done about 400 leaflets and stuck 20 postcards in shop windows between 2 of us big houses long drives
 start knocking tmr
had a good response already its quite a affluent village picked up 2 jobs quoted there and then to a custie who opened the door to me and another who drove round looking for us
apparently the window cleaner who did the area hasnt been seen sinse september

see what happens rest of the week but getting a good vibe in this area already

these leaflet distributors who do a thousand or so for a score it must be hard making a living
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: ICS Cleaning on January 23, 2012, 05:14:16 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: windiewasher on January 23, 2012, 05:47:54 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D

i pay someone £30 per thousand!
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: red star on January 23, 2012, 06:03:20 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D

cash £5 / hr and breakfast we started at 9 and finished at 4

Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: bobby p on January 23, 2012, 06:24:44 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
£7 per hour , worth every penny. a leafletter can do 5 or 6 hours a day twice a week ,anymore its too much and they quit or cut corners as theyre so tired ,  i also buy my lads a snack lunch if they forget to make one up. 
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: windiewasher on January 23, 2012, 06:35:03 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
£7 per hour , worth every penny. a leafletter can do 5 or 6 hours a day twice a week ,anymore its too much and they quit or cut corners as theyre so tired ,  i also buy my lads a snack lunch if they forget to make one up. 
So what of response do you get?do you follow up by door knocking or just work from the response of the leaflets?
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on January 23, 2012, 06:39:21 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
£7 per hour , worth every penny. a leafletter can do 5 or 6 hours a day twice a week ,anymore its too much and they quit or cut corners as theyre so tired ,  i also buy my lads a snack lunch if they forget to make one up. 

I remember one of your comments Bobby you told us how you had bought your staff a "quality sausage roll" there was more to the comment that made me laugh but I forget that bit  ;D
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: red star on January 23, 2012, 06:42:25 pm
my man gets my sausage if he doesnt deliver quick enough
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: bobby p on January 23, 2012, 06:48:28 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
£7 per hour , worth every penny. a leafletter can do 5 or 6 hours a day twice a week ,anymore its too much and they quit or cut corners as theyre so tired ,  i also buy my lads a snack lunch if they forget to make one up. 
So what of response do you get?do you follow up by door knocking or just work from the response of the leaflets?
it varies but theres Always something good comes of leafletting  . i never door knock as it would take weeks to do it ,maybe months even
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: John F on January 23, 2012, 06:54:18 pm
i find leaflet and follow up knocking 2 to 3 days later gets compact work.
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: bobby p on January 23, 2012, 06:58:00 pm
bobby p. how much do you pay him....I have thought about doing this mate.....?

Cheers ;D
£7 per hour , worth every penny. a leafletter can do 5 or 6 hours a day twice a week ,anymore its too much and they quit or cut corners as theyre so tired ,  i also buy my lads a snack lunch if they forget to make one up. 

I remember one of your comments Bobby you told us how you had bought your staff a "quality sausage roll" there was more to the comment that made me laugh but I forget that bit  ;D
:)ah yes, i remember that day. i really wanted to scoff that "quality" roll myself, it looked so tasty.hot food .  but i held back and my worker really enjoyed his surprise treat
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: Klean07 on January 23, 2012, 07:42:07 pm
Ive got a guy leafleting for me as we speak. So far I've got £80 of new business from approx 1,500 leaflets. Not bad me thinks!!
I pay him £20 a 1,000!!
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: Dane on January 23, 2012, 07:49:03 pm
as a fairly new window cleaner myself i decided to do a big leaflet drop in a paticuler area (as i didnt have the confidence to door knock at first) and granted i picked up a couple of jobs from custys calling then the odd one or two whilst i was in the area....

then i read some of the advice from the guys on here and went door knocking the same area a couple of months after and got myself 2 full days work


would deffo recommend knocking on doors personaly if you have the time as it gives the potential custy chance to see you face to face and give you a yes or no answer without wasting a leaflet... the guys certainly know what there talking about on here
Title: Re: leafleting all week
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on January 23, 2012, 10:11:20 pm
The best way mate is to put the price on there with a section that says please add x amount for a cony. i used to leaflet without a price on them. no good! quote sheets are the way forward im picking up jobs every day now. and i canvass 2 hours saturday and 2 hours sunday.

Hi Deangsi,

would it be possible to have a look at your quote sheet layout.

Thanks Darren

smudgeoff@gmail.com