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Poll

How many times do you canvass a Road/Street in a year?

Once
57.1%
28 (57.1%)
Twice
14.3%
7 (14.3%)
Three times
8.2%
4 (8.2%)
More than five times
6.1%
3 (6.1%)
I just leaflet houses close by nearley every month
14.3%
7 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 45

P®oPole™

  • Posts: 985
How Many Times?
« on: December 13, 2006, 04:03:51 pm »


Look foward to your votes ;)


ProPole

[GQC] Tim

  • Posts: 4536
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2006, 04:05:17 pm »
darn it, pressed to early.

What do you mean? How many time you do the street itself? Only once for me.

If you mean, how many time a year do you go out canvassing? That's pretty much every week now.  ??? :)

P®oPole™

  • Posts: 985
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2006, 04:13:54 pm »

One street mate, say you have a few custy's in a certain road how many times in that year would you canvass that actuall road.

Sorry for the confusion.

Pro

steveaqua

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2006, 04:45:41 pm »
every six months for me

billygoat

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2006, 04:57:07 pm »
never for me aswell,they come to me ;D

[GQC] Tim

  • Posts: 4536
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2006, 05:07:09 pm »
That would be one then, and I voted right 1st time.

pjulk

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2006, 05:31:41 pm »
You have not put enough options on.

For me none.
I don't go out canvassing.

I used to do leaflets but its been over a year since i last did that.

So no canvassing and no leaflets.

Paul

macc

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2006, 05:37:00 pm »
I keep meaning to,  ::)

Mike_G

  • Posts: 1500
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2006, 06:13:04 pm »
None

pylofm

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2006, 06:24:56 pm »
I aim to leaflet each area that I have (have setup 4 distinct areas) every 3 months, each street that I have customers gets a different leaflet which tells them I have 'today' cleaned in your street and I am available.

Dave.

S_RICHARDSON

  • Posts: 980
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2006, 07:29:09 pm »
We generally just canvass one street the once and then as we pick them customers up you tnd to get "Could you please clean my windows, and how much do you charge?" And eventually you get nearly a full street!

matt

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2006, 07:51:08 pm »
no option for NEVER

i dont need to, i have more than enough work though recommendations from customers, i guess i do a good job and that pays

P®oPole™

  • Posts: 985
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2006, 11:07:44 pm »
no option for NEVER

i dont need to, i have more than enough work though recommendations from customers, i guess i do a good job and that pays

Any clever w/c would allways look for new better work and drop old work.

Plus some of us work more than 3days a wekk Matthew!!

ProPole

craig jwc

  • Posts: 1076
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2006, 11:16:36 pm »
Haven't put leaflets or door knocked for about a year.

Alot of work comes from recomendation or Yellow Pages

Craig

seanmcshane

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2006, 11:32:01 pm »
Pylofilm,
you seem to have a massive rate of refusals and a worrying amount of cancelled customers.
I would guess that you are pricing too high for your area and not spending enough time per customer to ensure a good job.
What is happening there?

Alex Gardiner

  • Posts: 7742
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2006, 08:32:48 am »
I'm afraid that I have never canvassed at all!

Alex

matt

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2006, 10:28:51 am »
no option for NEVER

i dont need to, i have more than enough work though recommendations from customers, i guess i do a good job and that pays

Any clever w/c would allways look for new better work and drop old work.

Plus some of us work more than 3days a wekk Matthew!!

ProPole

oh dear, another stalker in the making

Dear mr Pole

some of us, DO NOT need to work more than 3 days a a week, some of us have a FAMILY they LOVE to spend time with and bring up

i know your young ( so you might not understand, but try and read this and when your older you will think, that guy was right ) , when i was young i was earning VERY good money, farily often over 1 K a week, thats why i have a small mortgage and can work 3 days a week and then spend time with my little daughter

dont jump on the bandwagon of that other idiot

your point on better work is valid, i have a nice round, i dont need to seek better work, why can you not understand that, i am happy with my round, my round expands with recommendations



matt

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2006, 10:29:41 am »
I afraid that I have never canvassed at all!

Alex

watch it alex, mr pro will be onto you aswell, it seems to run a successfull WC'ing biz, you need to walk the streets at night  ::)

P®oPole™

  • Posts: 985
Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2006, 08:24:54 pm »
 ;D

Fair enough Matthew, I see your point ;)

let me just tell you briefly about a house that I canvassed a couple of months back. Yesterday while working I had a phone call from this new customer "will you come an give us a quote on another building we have" soon as she said building I had £ signs ringing in my head, is it a house I said? No, its a Hotel she said  :o :o :o  ££££££££££££££££

Looks like its mine too went to have a butchers yesterday I have to go back next week to go over 'terms' hopefully signing the contract, at least a couple of K a year, Sweet 8)

Never think that you have enough work, it would be very silly to!!

ProPole

matt

Re: How Many Times?
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2006, 08:44:08 pm »
;D

Fair enough Matthew, I see your point ;)

let me just tell you briefly about a house that I canvassed a couple of months back. Yesterday while working I had a phone call from this new customer "will you come an give us a quote on another building we have" soon as she said building I had £ signs ringing in my head, is it a house I said? No, its a Hotel she said  :o :o :o  ££££££££££££££££

Looks like its mine too went to have a butchers yesterday I have to go back next week to go over 'terms' hopefully signing the contract, at least a couple of K a year, Sweet 8)

Never think that you have enough work, it would be very silly to!!

ProPole

its very nice to get good jobs, ive found ive got to a point now that my prices i give out are GOOD and if i get them, Great, if i dont, no harm done as i have the work

the thing is, i dont think i could fit much more in, when my little un starts school full time next year it will be slightly different i can do a extra day ;)

i do some nice comercail work, it pays great, i would never ditch domestic for comercail though, as the comercail work seems VERY fickle imho