Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Carpet Dawg on February 12, 2013, 07:05:30 pm
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I think you could put out a ton more leaflets out alot quicker if you where to place them on car windscreens instead of through letter boxes.
Has anyone tried this? Are the converstions atleast on par with through the letter box? any down sides?
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Yes this the ideal country to do this, as it is always sunny with no sleet, rain or snow at all.
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Depends where you were putting them on. Supermarkets will pull you up as soon as a jobsworth spots you, on the street its litter with your name on it, on a drive it would appear lazy. But hey I'm all for trying things rather than not doing something because reasons it won't work in someones head.
Let us know how you get on.
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Yes, I forgot to put the smart arse disclaimer on my orginal post. :P
weather permitting obviously.
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The litter problems in your town will be worsened when lots of the leaflets are chucked on the floor by those idiots who dont think twice about littering,and your company will be partly to blame IMO
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I've tried it a few times on a small scale - but haven't tried it enough to declare it a failure.
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Yeah I had thought about the litter issue.
Never done leaflets before just a thought I had while working today. I've seen a few other companies putting leaflets on cars, dont think i've ever seen a home service before though.
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I would just try it, the worst thats going to happen is you get shouted at a bit and you learned it didnt work. Do you do leather and car upholstery as well?
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Leather yes, car upholstery no (wouldn't know how to price it)
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Waste of time imho, the weather for starters as i have mentioned and most people will throw it on the floor in a rage.
It won't look good with your leaflets on the floor, the only flyers i have found on the floor in the past are hookers and strip clubs when i'm abroad on holiday.
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Waste of time imho, the weather for starters as i have mentioned and most people will throw it on the floor in a rage.
It won't look good with your leaflets on the floor, the only flyers i have found on the floor in the past are hookers and strip clubs when i'm abroad on holiday.
Make them look like £10 notes, they'll soon pickem up of the floor ;D and say £10 off first order.
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want to try something different......go into your local newsagents and ask if you can put your leaflet in every daily paper and all the magazines, offer the newsagent a free carpet cleaning as payment,
i bet you can find 10 newsagents in a 4mile radius
if you want to use supermarkets then get a young girl to stand at the exit and just say "can i put a leaflet in your bag?" then get her to stick a leaflet into their carrier bag, they will leave it their until they get home and are unpacking the shopping
as for windscreens I think its will just get chucked on the floor
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Make them look like parking tickets! that'll get them looked at
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Hi Tony
Did it years ago when i was mobile car valeting
Make sure if you are doing them in supermarkets ask the manager first or you could end up with the litter bill.
Richard
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http://www.tomtheprinter.co.uk/2007/01/is-it-illegal-to-put-leaflets-on-car.html
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Thanks for the replies guys. I can see some pro's and con's. more cons!
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that link makes a lot of sense, the driver's does seen a much better option. just happen to have some 250 gsm leaflets at the moment.
Peter
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It was one of the fishing rods encouraged by network marketing companies. Have not read link from Tom the printer but you could easily fall foul of local council or anyone who wants to claim damage to car.
It is possible to get permit to hand out leaflets in Town and City Centres as long as you can demonstrate you will pick up within reason ones thrown on the street afterwards. Perhaps have someone dressed up as a vaccum cleaner handing them out. Or to keep it really simple very attractive and well dressed female students to hand them out. Was where most of the leads came from when i was with World Books , just a simple Yellow Card.
We did get away with having them put on WindScreens at places our target market worked such as hospitals. Asians were very keen to see their kids educated. But things and restrictions have moved on since then.
The Main reason leaflet Legisaltion Orders came into town Town Centres is Night Clubs used Cards to promote their venues and made no arrangements for clearing the litter
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Personally id say a bad idea. It really annoys me whenever a leaflet is left under my wiper. Then theres the problem with litter from those that throw them straight on the floor. Also if you were to damage the wiper you are liable.
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Mike gave me an idea.
Went down to the rather large Tesco we have and
slipped a leaflet in the first half dozen copies of every
TV mag, Womens Own, Women and 3 different home
interior mags. Let's wait and see.
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Hi
I used to run large branches of W.H.Smith. This practice is against all rules of Newspaper and Magazine distribution as Advertisers pay Publishers for the inserts in the Magazine.
I only used to have cheeky people occasionally Usually people who ran Slimming Clubs ,
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From personal experience I think its a bad idea. Many years ago I was out leafleting with my brother and decided to put some leaflets under car winscreen wipers on the drives to save time. turned out to be a bad idea, as when I got home i had a very angry man phone up and complain that the people who distribute my leaflets had violated his car by placing a leaflet under the winscreen wiper! The guy was really outraged and said car could have been damaged. I said sorry and would speak to leaflet people and get them to stop doing it. He was so annoyed I wasn't going to say it was me put it there on his old banger.
Phil
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When i was in the states , i saw alot of door hanger leaflets anyone tried these?
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I have often wondered about these in UK as most doors do not have handles , but thinking as I type perhaps you could hang the om letter box.
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round my way they jam the fliers in the car door edge. that way its not so annoying for people when they return to their car
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On BBC 2 last night there was a programme called the Fixer where Guru Alex Poliski from Hotel Inspector Fame helps stuggling companies
This week she was helping a potrait Studio. with 3 customers a week . average sale £150
She had them out on the street handing out flyers to drum up trade.
And calling 20 potential Commercial Clients a day to get them interested.
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good point Ian.
In Edinburgh there are tons of people handing out leaflets for various events/promos etc specialy when the festival is on. And you rarely see them scattered on the floor. I think most people have more respect than to chuck them on the floor. I'd like to see the council trying to give someone a litter bill for handing out flyers or putting them on cars lol
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If you do this in Bridgend Mid-Glam, the council will fine you for fly tipping; a friend of mine had a fine, by the way Tony that carpet cleaning machine I bought from you is working fine.
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oh yeah the SteamPro! That was a good 3 years ago atleast. Its done well.
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If you do this in Bridgend Mid-Glam, the council will fine you for fly tipping; a friend of mine had a fine, by the way Tony that carpet cleaning machine I bought from you is working fine.
I think you will find if you really wanted to hand out leaflets the local Council is obliged to supply a permit they might charge.
In Edinburgh so much of the economy is built on culture events the Council would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did not allow it. From Carpet Cleaning or Window Blind point of view the difficulty would be identifying the locals. But as I said before it was the only Marketing World Book ever did and it worked right across UK, Brittannia use to use a similiar method but with prize draws in shops etc Do not as response rates as its all about having attractive girls on the street handing out simple cards all day long and depends on product or YES SERVICE ::)roll ::)roll
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i chuck a half dozen leaflets on top of those newspaper stands you get in most supermarkets
ok i did it twice, but the idea is there