Door to Door, Knock or No-Knock?

I understand i think, so your just saying you dont get the instant sale… :wink:

But the laws of numbers…“the more people touched” the better long term results.

Myself, Door knocking is intrusive, I would be annoyed with someone knocking on the door.

Flier/door hanger, I can decide on my own if I’m in need of “that” service .

I stand by the…

for a better result from my experience in my market.

I think if I was hungry for work and needed a job yesterday. Then door knock you got nothing better to do.

But if you have work and you just want things to keep rolling then drop flyers in numbers and see what takes.

I think it is locational as well though. If people arent home then you might as well talk to the door.

I just don’t think people are home that much. At least in my area.

you not only don’t get the instant sale you don’t provide the same level of service.
we have more people that are really happy to see us than are annoyed. we hit the same areas over and over and it is fairly frequent that we hear “oh yeah i have your other flyer on the fridge i’ve been meaning to call”. meaning to call, but didn’t, not only do we solve her dirty window problem we saved her time on the phone too!
knocking requires skill, real skill and not everyone can do it. that’s not a dig at you it’s a fact. in england there are companies that do canvassing for window cleaners and that is becoming a thing in north america right now too.

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I dont take it as a knock! :wink:

And i totally agree door to door for residential sales takes skill for sure.

I think each side has valid points but a lot of things factor in. I know for me I always knock but I’m not just selling a great service, I want them to pick my business because they like the the person who represents the business. So anytime I can get someone to meet me personally and put a face to my business I do. It really helps in my opinion. But salesmanship comes kinda natural to me so if I can at least talk to someone my chances of making a sale go up dramatically. I did 3 hours of knocking the other day and scheduled $1000 in jobs for the next few weeks. However like previously said if I was to the point that I already had more work than I needed I probably would lean towards just leaving fliers as well. But I also do something I don’t think a lot of people do and that’s just using business cards when I do door to door. I get calls 6 months later from cards I left on doors. I feel it has a more personal touch and also doesn’t take up much room on a fridge so hopefully doesn’t get tossed as easy. ( but I’d like to try flyers to see the comparison)

This could also lead to lost revenue by not knocking. If I found out where a competitor is doing direct mailing (odds are slim) I would go knock that area because he planted the seed, tons of folks intend to do things and never got around to it.

Believe that if you show up at the door and they were talking about getting the windows done the weekend before and just never called anyone that’s your work to be had. Be professional, courteous and ASK FOR THE BUSINESS. Guys wonder why they can’t make a sale and usually it’s because they don’t ask for the sale.

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True story.

I did door knocking when I first started and had results. I will say that I’ve had more annoyed people call and chew me out for leaving a flyer then mean people at the door, go figure.

I’ve had plenty of work rolling in that I haven’t needed to and I have boxes of flyers sitting in my truck.

I now just use them if I see a neighborhood that I like and a few minutes left in the day I’ll drop a few here and there. But that is not in mass quantities either so maybe I should reconsider and use the 15-20 mins to knock.

"Ask for the business"
People are uncomfortable turning others down to their face. They say “Yes” because it’s easier for them to say.

I would door to door in my previous job with this line: “Hi. I am Eric L. I’m a private investigator assigned to the case of your [husband’s] shooting death. I’m working on behalf of the accused and I need to ask you a few questions. May I come inside?”

They usually said “Yes.”

If that routine gets a Yes, then “May I clean your windows” cant fail.

I 100% disagree with this. Door hangers for me sometimes turn results before I even get out of the neighborhood. Usually within three to four days later. But “zero?” No way; if that is the case perhaps you need to totally redo your door hangers?

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Wow, a lot of negatives given as the gospel on this subject.

You will find what you look for…Expect negative and you will find negative. Expect positive and you will find positive. Sure, the opposite will be intermingled with each of those, but focus brother - focus!

Door hangers, or flyers, do well IMO. As long as they look professional and not run off of a copy machine down at the local store.

Many times a customer isn’t even at home, so standing there at each porch for a few moments waiting for the dog to answer the door is burning daylight.
If a person does come to the door as you are leaving the door hanger/ flyer then engage a short intro of who you are and what you offer. No need to be pushy - after all - you interrupted their day; make it professional and brief. If they are interested they WILL let you know. Otherwise, on to the next 1,000 or so homes.

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so you have taken half of what i said in one comment of many and totally disagree with it.
i do get calls from door stuffers but not as quickly as knocking and not as many.
if your hangers are so good people actually chase you down the street please share so that i can change mine as you suggest.

Hah, no my friend, I took the context of your post and fed off that - stand out message of "zero results."
I did have a woman once ride her bike through the neighborhood I was canvassing to find me and have me come back and give her an estimate. Hit that job twice so far.

there are several post and even the one you quoted you only took half of the quote and only a portion of the part you did quote.[quote=“Garry, post:52, topic:8151”]

maybe phone calls that you may sell but not a single deal.
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is referring to the deals actual sales that you walk away with on the spot not the end result. both methods will yield phone calls which may turn into deals and the number of those should be about equal assuming equal ad piece , neighourhood etc.
if i thought hangrers would nmot generate ANY business i wouldn’t bother to leave them.
her is the quote you took a portion of:

if you and i leave equal hangers on equal doors and i also knock i will take at least a portion of your potential responses and am far more likely to end that session with a DEAL.

i never indicated that it was not worth leaving hangers or that there would NEVER be any deals from them.

is no one else going to comment on how weird this is?

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That’s fine. I’m not here to argue with you. Your description right away sent me to the negative side. That’s just me. Knock your doors out. We all find a way to avoid “zero.”

Yea, I tried that line once. Lady sicked her dog on me…lol…just kidding.