Can't door knock in Bedford Area - NO COLD CALLING ZONE.
Have picked up about £1700 new monthly work this year but need another £2k and looking for a quick hit.
It took 10 days a month for the last 8 months with 2 of us leafleting and we've dropped over 15,000 leaflets so far this year.....too much time not enough return.
Leaflets are good and have high impact as i used to do website and graphic design prior to window cleaning. Always picking up work when out and about and new customers says "been looking for ages" and I think "we'll i've dropped your area 4 BLOODY TIMES THIS YEAR!!! please just pick up the 'phone and call.
My thinking is that if they hear the advert (i'm looking to do this on saturady mornings only, NOT as a constant thing as I drive around, as I think i'd get shot!!!!) then if i mention on the jingle that "someone is available to quote you now ......blah blah blah" they might just act on it there and then.
That is why door knocking works, you are there and can quote in 5 mins. I believe that the only reason leaflets have a poor success rate is that a high % of people cannot be arsed with having someone pop around next week when they've got in from work, it's just another thing to schedule in.
As i said at the start of this thread, not sure about doing it but if it works it could work big time.