I love canvassing esp when you get a yes at the very start.
Fell out of the habit the last 18 months as too busy actually cleaning windows .... employed a canvasser at one point but didnt do what I asked so didnt last too long then another one broke his ankles and couldnt work for 8 weeks so kinda forgot about it.
Canvassing is like magic for growing your business and in the short term nothing betters it ... if done properley theres no reason for a massive drop out of customers ... maybe im lucky but rekon ive still got over 90% of anything ive canvassed.
Been dropping leafets for a while but did some door knocking other day close to an apartment block we do and got 3 within 20 minutes which is good as the apartments took most of the day now got 4 houses as well (3 canvassed and 1 already) so for compacting your work canvassing is great.
Like some say you gotta be in the mood for it though however I think of it as a £12 job on the monthly is really worth an extra £144 and 10 of those ... well you can do the sums