[jsm]

got 10000 coming to kick start me off for the year  , and yes they do work

[john sliman]

i put out flyers as regularly as i can and may not get interest right away but find people may phone a month or so later and when doing any jobs i would then do a number of neighbour nudgers in the street as opposed to pushing another flyer through and do find i quite often get another job in the street from this even thogh they did not respond to my original flyer.
John

[Helen]

Shaun

PPC mate thats where its at.

respect

IOan

Hi Ian , Sorry to be thick but what is PPC

 I see that as "pay per click"  again as with all forms of advertising sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

[garyfindlay]

Paul PPC = pay per click, I think.

Shaun.
I delivered leaflets at night a couple of months ago, and had booked 7 jobs for 3 1/2 hours leafletting. One guy chased me down the street to get my advice, and booked,and one called when I was in the next street. I think it is all about timing. I have spent all day leafletting with no response.

[Lee13]

I went out door knocking today (leaflets are essential for this), certainly not going to sit around waiting for the phone to ring.

Picked up 3 new customers within an hour and then had 2 phone calls from leaflets I had dropped earlier this morning.

Leaflets, PPC, Local ads, newsagents, chip shop!

Advertise everywhere you possibly can, everyone lives in a house with windows, everyone is a potential customer.

[Clintess Carpet]

I went out door knocking today (leaflets are essential for this), certainly not going to sit around waiting for the phone to ring.

Picked up 3 new customers within an hour and then had 2 phone calls from leaflets I had dropped earlier this morning.

Leaflets, PPC, Local ads, newsagents, chip shop!

Advertise everywhere you possibly can, everyone lives in a house with windows, everyone is a potential customer.

Erm, never tried that, how do you HWE a window?
Do you use a scrim on the carpets then?   

[ianharper]

Paul

Its Adwords mate

Respect

Ian

[jsm]

I went out door knocking today (leaflets are essential for this), certainly not going to sit around waiting for the phone to ring.

Picked up 3 new customers within an hour and then had 2 phone calls from leaflets I had dropped earlier this morning.

Leaflets, PPC, Local ads, newsagents, chip shop!

Advertise everywhere you possibly can, everyone lives in a house with windows, everyone is a potential customer.

good advice - when i moved from essex to north wales years back i did the same thing to get my firm up and running again , went out with flyer's and knocked the door's the next night ,, i got loads of people invite me into their  home to give them a quote to clean the carpets etc etc , and booked lots of jobs in from it , probley the best way to get work i think, but you got to be able to handle the No's also 
but then im also a window cleaner so we have been doorknocking for years to build up the round's so lucky that dont scare us 

[clinton]

Think you must have got used to it john knocking on the doors.

Dont think i could handle the no,s mind so fair play to you

[Robert Watson]

Never mind all that Clinton. Is that Les Paul still gathering dust?

[clinton]

Hi Rabb Erm well am going to start again soon going to dust her down.

Bify clairo top group

Ye that dont bother me little men behind a keyboard

[Ian Gourlay]

Strangley only 3 percent of population have the correct personality traits for door to door sales

I would advise anybody new to the Industry to join a Double Glazing Company do Utility or Sky sales or Eiesmann for six months before starting in Carpet Cleaning

[jsm]

secret - big smile , big breath,  knock on door , sorry to bother you, even bigger smile now  , we posted a leaflet through your door last night , ( they look at the leaflet you holding on your clip board  ) and we wonderd if you would be interested in a free quote for carpet cleaning/ window cleaning etc etc , keep the leaflet held high so they can see it .
Most will say - i did see it come through the door and was thinking of giving you a call ( they would of never called , so good job you back on the door)
some say no, not seen the leaflet ( good job you back on the door with it in there face lol )

answers..
YES ..... then you talk the arss of a donkey lol

NO ..... then say thank you for their time .... BUT if they ever need a quote in the futre please keep the leaflet and give us a call.
then move on to the next house quick while you still in the flow

this is all you need to say .


you only have 20 sec's max on the step so you have to be quick to the point .

it's a number's game ,  it's great if two of you go out in a pair and one does one side and one the other , at end of the road you see who is the winner ... lol

[Billy Russell]

many moons ago i used to work for a window company knocking on doors and we had to have a permit or something! Does anyone know if you still do?