Door Hangers

[EDS]

So I had 500 of these made up to deliver to homes in close proximity to the home that I am servicing. Figure I will deliver while the pre-spray dwells..

I know I know...the Steam Clean is a bit much...but thats what the people want to hear (nobody knows what it means but its provocative, it gets the people going).

 

[Cleanworks]

Looks good. if you take time to deliver to 2 house across the road and neighbor on either side, you would think at least one of them will ask the customer about your service.

 

[Nate The Great]

5 around..

1 on each side of the house your cleaning, and three houses across the street..

 

[EDS]

Handed out my first3 today (awkward hose run for weird townhouse).

 

[hogjowl]

I was watching Leave It To Beaver.

 

[Desk Jockey]

What did they leave him?

 

[hogjowl]

1968

 

[WillS]

How'd you find our door hangers from 4 years ago!

Props on the door hanger. Looks good! When we were slow, I would go and pass these out at the houses surrounding. And then if we didn't have any jobs that day I would just go past without drop neighborhoods.

I always felt awkward walking around the neighborhood after a cleaning job so I was more passing these out randomly.

I actually just found a box of 500 of these last week and threw them out. We were desperate back then so three areas for $100 included everything.

 

[Mikey P]

your chances of success go up 20000000% if you can place it in their hand and show them your sunken belly.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Not a good idea to leave anything visible in or on their door. (lots of experience)

 

[EDS]

Why?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Alerts others to not-at-home.

 

[EDS]

we leave our igloo doors open up hear when we go hunting with our clubs for baby seals...

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Tony?

 

[EDS]

The Tiger???

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Wheelright

 

[EDS]

Tough crowd...

 

[EDS]

Actually googled Tony Wheelright and saw a post on cleanfax...the page was no longer active so I'm still clueless. And we have no Tony on our seal hunt...

 

[Beeks]

Had my techs doing this a few years back, great idea overall, but more of a pain, and always had to worry if they where getting hung or getting slung, into the trash. Its hot our here so if you are doing them yourself then I would say yes give it a try, especially if you are in need of new business. Do the 5 around method, 3 across street and the two neighboring homes on either side you're cleaning. Good luck

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Was a long running joke about his hunting exploits.

 

[EDS]

 

[Desk Jockey]

EDDM would probably be a more successful campaign for you. Unless you have the time and enjoy the exercise.

You pick the zip codes, the routes within the zip and every house gets one.

Easy, cheezy, Marty makes me queezy!

 

[BIG WOOD]

EDDM would probably be a more successful campaign for you. Unless you have the time and enjoy the exercise.

You pick the zip codes, the routes within the zip and every house gets one.

Easy, cheezy, Marty makes me queezy!

Eh.


1-1.5% return was my average on eddm. Unless you're sending out a minimum 5,000, it's not worth the hassle. There's other ways to get that. Facebook gives me better returns at the cost spent

 

[Desk Jockey]

.27 per piece x 5,000 pieces=$1,350.00 to print and mail
5000 x 1.5% = 75 jobs

75 jobs at (our minimum) $150.00 =$11,250.00

I can see why a person wouldn't want to do that.

5-A-rounds will do better or is the goal to take it tizzy?

1% would still be worth it to me.

 

[ruff]

Leave Matt alone. Freaking accountant.

Considering Matt, are you thinking about accounting as your next business expansion/diversification?

 

[BIG WOOD]

Smartasses




5000 is a good number because 500 isn't. That's my point. Most of the people that haven't used eddm yet will send out 500 of them, testing the waters. And when they don't like what comes back to them, they'll throw that idea in the trash. That's why I said a minimum of 5000. And @Desk Jockey , I don't remember spending that little of a price to Print AND mail out. My price was a lot more. I don't think your numbers are too accurate, unless you're getting a killer deal that you need to send me

 

[Old Coastie]

Actually, a door hanger that says

"Use us or the baby seal gets it!"

Could work...

 

[Desk Jockey]

Gotprint. I usually order 15k at a time to get the printing down low, two drops.

You have to check rates per qty. I ordered 100 presentation folders from Vista Print for $3.00 each because Gotprint wanted $4.50 each. But now that I want to order quantity Gotprint has 2500 for .46 each.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Cost to print & ship .09 plus .18 to mail.

 

[ruff]

I pray nobody challenges him. I'm afraid Chavez is this close to going postal.