hi ajs, is it that you don't fancy knocking doors, I don't fancy it much either, but it does seem the best way to get a lot of customers fast, if your ok with getting customers at a very slow rate then delivering leaflets seems ok, I've not even got any equipment yet so I'm no expert, just what i've picked up over the last few weeks on here.
I know a lot of the guys on here don't reccomend it but if you don't want to knock doors, what about getting one of the door knocking companys in, if you need a lot of work fast that is, or better still get someone in your family etc to do it for you, did read on here that women door knocking get better results?!
If your delivering leaflets I'd make sure I was putting the price for each house on the leaflet so they know what to expect, i'd be more likely to ring you if I new how much it was going to cost me, rather than ringing for a quote.
When we moved into our new house one of the local window cleaners simply put one of his invoice slips through the door, saying ' I can clean your windows for X amount, if you want them done give me a ring', at first the wife thought he'd cleaned them and now wanted paying, until she actually read it! but it would have worked, cos it made her look at it and if I weren't planning on doing it myself she'd have rung him.
Also I think if you have a website where people can book you to do their windows it might help, people can't be bothered with ringing people, but spend ages on this here t'internet so might book you online if they could???
good luck