[matt jones]

Guys how long does it take to deliver 100 leaflets would you say 1 hour or less we are talking semi and semi detached houses here. This reason being i have found someone who can deliver some leaflets for me, he can only do it for maybe a couple of weeks but i was wondering what rate i should pay him? Hence the hundred leaflets an hour question?
regards
matt

[Mike Halliday]

average about 6hrs per 1000 so in an hour I would expect 150-200, I'd pay about £6hr or £20 for a mornings work.

please don't all you bleeding hearts start moaning about slave labour : :  no one is forcing him to work for this price, its his choice

Mike

[matt jones]

cheers mike 

[murky]

The 'dor 2 dor' guy I was in the BNI with said if he pushed himself he could do 1,000 a day solus  but that was going some!

[Mike Halliday]

I've done 500 in 3hrs many times, its just mega boring

Mike

[davep]

200 per hr semi detached, as above very boring..   

[stains-away]

200 per hr semi detached, as above very boring..   

Thats less than 20 seconds per house non stop, not a chance

[matt jones]

I do relise how boring it is guys i have done them myself many times just couldn't rem how many i could do in an hour? I would of thought the majority of people won't deliver them anyway they will just tell you they have, no matter what you pay them.
matt

[Phillip Mold]

Mattt you are right there - the only people you can trust are family and yourself!

[AquaMagic]

I average about 150 an hour on semis, but on the new estates where they dont tend to have fences up i can easiliy do 200 an hour ( dont walk on the grass tho), as with Mike 500 in 3 hours easy, but by then ive had enough, id advise not to do more than 3 hours try and stick to 2 this way you dont go mental with boredom, i have a radio on my phone so just listen to that while im goin round on the hands free, if a customer calls it cuts in and i can carry on talking while im posting, untill i have to take details and get the ole PDA out.

Our leaflet responces has gone up since easter holiday from appox 2-1000 to about 4-1000, well happy and dont mind doing them as much now, i ty and do minumum  1:30 hours a day but aim for 2.

Dene

[Aquakleen Restoration Services]

I listen to podcasts on the ipod and never music. I can easily hear my mobile ring above people chatting but not music!

[Ian Gourlay]

If you do an hour at a time you can put out more leaflets per hour than if you work 4hrs at a time.

You then have got to work out what you are doing about travel time etc.

[spindle]

guys....................

we all have takeaway leaflets delivered to our houses.........................just catch one of them when they are delivering...and ask..........found a pole who asked for £3 PER hour...................

not bad for him as he is already doing the rounds anyway...so another £3 perhour for him is a bonus!!!!!!!!!!

[davep]

Andy A..  Posties have 3.5hr rounds and cover 400-1000 houses, so every chance to do 200 per hr.  All depends on area of course 

[matt jones]

Hey guys have had alot of interest in people doing leaflets for me. Is £30-£40 enough per 1000 do you think? Its just know one seems to wanna do them for that amount? How much van you afford to pay someone who chances are they will just through them over the hedge?
matt

[Ian Gourlay]

If you think thats going to happen do not do it.

I

[matt jones]

well you just don't know do you really. I cant think of a fair price to pay someone because its a cxxp job which most people pay peanuts for. Its a tough one.
matt

[stains-away]

I pay 40 quid a 1000 to get mine out and go out with them when I can or do spot checks to ensure theyve been delivered.

I know of a local firm that does them for £15 a 1000 and they do go out but with 9-12 others 

[matt jones]

Thanks for your reply andy that was more or less along the lines i was thinking.
matt

[stains-away]

Thanks for your reply andy that was more or less along the lines i was thinking.
matt

Paying to get them delivered is the easy bit, finding people to deliver them at any price is the hard bit, I've tried 4 or 5 different distributors to no avail, I've got a nephew who works for me 2 or 3 days a week to fund his way through college and a couple of his friends do some, I give them a map of the target area, drop them off and collect them later or if I've got nothing doing stay and put a load out myself, its mind numbing work though.
I found most people were cutting across lawns and leaving gates open to try to get them out quicker but using the ones I've got now I know the job is done properly and if they see a householder in their garden their polite, gold dust and worth the money they cost me, Andy