[bennymon]

hi could anyone help i need a decent company to put out my leaflets at a reasonable price cheers  

[Adrian Makel]

Which area are you in?

[Ian Gourlay]

Start your own.  Use your sales skills and cntact other tradesmen who require leaflets distributed.

Then recruit a reliable team to distribute leaflets.

Set Targets those who cannot distribute 100 plus an hour sack

[bennymon]

im in guildford

[Doug Holloway]

Bennymon,

Do a search on leaflets and you will find lots of reply's.

I have my own distribution people , it takes a bit of effort but you have much more control.

The Royal Mail do leaflets but there is a letter in our local rag from UKIP , bemoaning the poor delivery of election leaflets.

Free papers will also deliver but I found responses very poor when I used this method.


Hope this helps

p.s I have deleted the smiley only posts as we discourage this as it just fills the forum up .

Cheers,

Doug

[john rees]

try www.dor-2-dor.com They seem to be national(franchise)
hope this helps
                       john

[Adrian Makel]

the cheapest and most reliable leaflet distributers are without a doubt the people i use.They are called
family and friends,they won`t let you down

[Doug Holloway]

Adrian,

My daughter dumped the leaflets she was supposed to be delivering in an alley.

I don't use any 'kids' now too unreliable

Cheers,

Doug

[Ian Gourlay]

The best way I have found even if you are paying people is to actually go with the leaflet distributors.

I find three plus me works the best.

That way you keep control and avoid dumping.

I know you could be cleaning.

Hopefully one day might find someone to trust who can supervise.

[jacko]

Hello guys - been off line for a month due to house move and problems with my service provider. Lots to catch up on here!

I typically get 1% take up of jobs on my leaflets, but normally to busy to get them out.

I am trying to recruit someone to do this - main concern for me is getting them dumped. So i am offering £25 per thousand delivered plus 5% commission on jobs arising within one month.

Lets say it takes 10 hours to deliver, and i get 10 jobs at average invoice value of £105 - associate will earn £77.50 (£7.75 per hour)
 

However as we all know this method of marketing is very erratic. Example: Put 250 out 2 weeks ago and got 3 jobs but worth only £150. At the same time a mate did 250  and i got 2 jobs worth £130. Good response rate but poor value. Last week i put out 400 and so far Zilch!  sometimes i get calls months later. the best one a call in May from a delivery last July!

Does anyone else recruit their own team - and what do you pay them?

[Ian Gourlay]

Jacko,

I pay £5 an hour to anyone who helps with Marketing.

Leaflets, Door Knocking, Telephone Canvassing.

However it is on an as and when basis. As I still have to be with them.


Glad to see you are back


But still puzzled by your 1% return not disputing it just puzzled and wish I could achieve that.


Regards

[jacko]

Hi Ian

I think the good return rate is partly down to the timing of the delivery:

* Never on Fridays - local free paper (full of fliers) is delivered and most people chuck them straight in the bin without looking.

*Deliver in the evenings to houses where families are likely to be at work all day. This way flyer does not get caught up with the post sitting on the mat.

In other words my objective is to get my flyer deliverd to the doormat  ON ITS OWN.

 

[Paul Phillips]

All,

I'm interested in this topic as I need to get someone to do my leaflets.
Can we start a discussion on the type of people to emply to do the leaflets??

Would you say the ideal leaflet dropper wold be

Male or Female?
Age:16-21 22-29 30-45 46+........

Employed or unemployed.
I'm thinking Female over 25 a kid or two at school - deliver leaflets while kids are at school.

Payment - £20-£25 per 1000, plus commision for jobs won at around 5%

Thoughts?

Paul

[Chris Bailey]

I employ a company to deliver 5K a week at £35 per thousand

For the first month I was having serious doubts about this method as the number of calls was very poor.

I'm into my second month and started recovering the same area two weeks ago, the phone has not stopped ringing!!!!!!!!

Last week alone I looked at 15 jobs.... ok perhaps still not a great response but I am stacked out with work and I am taking bookings for the end of July

So what's it going to be like when we recover the area for a 3rd time??

Moral of my storey is:  which ever way you distribute leaflets, bite the bullet and be patient, recover your area every month.

Chris

[Matt Read]

i haven't done leaflets for years...since i started out really,was just wondering if an incentive helps...ie book before end of july and get 10 % discount...or is that considered too unprofessional and too close to bait and switch ?

[Martin S]

Chris,

£35 is that solus? Are they a local co' or national?

Regards.

[Len Gribble]

Called on a lady this afternoon thought it was from my current advertising don’t do leaflets this time around, but did do some last year she kept it what a big surprise.

Len

[eco freindly. peoples champion ron .sherlock]

jacko well done. funny when i tell them 1% on this forum they all say its not done. you know and i know it is done. what they dont know is how to do it. dont give too many secrets away. or else they will all be at it.AND MAYBE TAKE SOME OF OUR 1%.LET THEM STEW; PLEASE.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Jacko you don't just do solus you do 'timed' solus! it's far better as you are getting the letter box to rattle at the right time with only 1 leaflet at a time when some people want to sit down and relax and watch anything on TV or read anything just to unwind.

Congratulations

Shaun

[jacko]

Ron, Shaun, appreciate your comments - thanks.

Funny enough i had a call today from a drop i did last July! Did the quote tonite and it was for 110 SqM of carpet (4 Bed house) - all booked up for 2 weeks time.

Though still not had a call from the 400 i did last week!