I know alot of people do not hit the roads and go d2d. I have met lots of guys who do not knock and stay busy. I'm sure word of mouth about a company doing really good work takes the leg work out of it. But I do knock doors as a small relatively new company. I don't mind doing it and find enough to stay busy. I was wondering if anybody else knocks as well and if you know any good "lines" to say. Or just anything relative to sales and how I can improve production on the sales end.
Door Knocking/Sales and One liners.
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Jeff
Jeff
BuckmasterStumpGrinding
ArboristSite Operative
The only luck I have had with door knocking is when I'm grinding. On tree work the neighbors will come talk to you if they want work done. A yard sign will produce as much business as knocking on doors and is a lot more respectable.
mike515
ArboristSite Operative
I don't knock on doors but if you're going to, I wouldn't do it in a way where the person feels like you're expecting them to tell you right away if they need you to do something. I'd have a card or flier in hand and say something like "We're working down the street and doing what we can to get our name out there. If you ever need any work done, we sure would appreciate it if you kept us in mind". They may say "Sure". Then that's it. Says thanks and let it go if they don't initiate anything else. No standing there telling them about your qualifications, experience, etc. You should have that on the flier or card. You can also do door hangers. You might want to check into any local soliciting rules though.
If someone knocked on my door trying to sell tree work I'd figure they were scoping out the place to commit a future theft. Most people feel that way.
bigremovals
ArboristSite Member
ive learned that around mn just about everyone hits doors even the big companys... i have a sales guy that runs around hitting doors we get most of our jobs from it
I had to do it once when it was deadsville with no calls coming in. What a waste of time. 95% of the people weren't home.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Not allowed to do it in most comunites here. No door to door solicitation. We have a company that does mass mailing and we run some billboards. Mostly word of mouth tho. Mailings are more geared twards treatment of trees.
TaoTreeClimber
ArboristSite Operative
CanopyGorilla
climber....sawyer
I'm not above a knock. I started my own business and I need to pay mortgage. Most of our work comes from excellent word of mouth, referalls, and advertising, but if I see a dead tree in a yard I give two knocks then leave a card. If someone answers I usually say "hey, I just saw your dead tree, I give fair pricing, I am licensed and insured, here is my card, have a great day"...... Then I walk away. No pressure on the HO.
RajElectric
ArboristSite Operative
Residential cold calling is frowned upon in Norfolk County Ontario, last winter storm some "tree companies" would go ahead, on their own, without homeowners knowledge, do a removal or taking down a dead branch and then demand payment. Seriously it happened. The local cops sent a message out that if anyone approaches you with unsolicited tree work to call the police. Brant Count Ontario, well, they are all broke, or cheap, or don't care. Door to door calls take a lot of time, with little results. Usually I will get 2 or 3 more tree jobs once someone see's me in their neighbours doing some work.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
Same here. Besides, around here anymore in most neighborhoods it will get the police called on you. Other ones it might earn you a beat down. We saw a guy get pepper sprayed last year. My neighbor has a sign that reads "If I didn't invite you here get your ass off my property now!"
Good stuff, this is exactly what I do, I let them know we are working in their area, and then politely ask if they would like a estimate on any trees on their property. Never pushing anything, only talking tree work if they want to. I'm a 22 yr old white kid with a baby face so I think that helps. I rarely get the cops called, so I rarely buy permits. though I am now since I'm climbing and opening up shop.
Damn dude that is a nice hanger.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
HAHA **** ya. I rarely get called on since I wear reflective gear and I am super polite.
You would around here fuc3ker.
You would around here fuc3ker.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Some places around here they get pretty tense about it. Hangers and stuff would be a way for the cops just to know who did it. You can do it but even if your passing out flyers I think they want you to buy a permit even to stick a letter in a door jam. Ive bought mailing lists for the 10 closest zip codes I usually just use post cards they are slightly cheaper than an envelope.
mckeetree
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[QUOTE="mattfr12, post: 5161472, member: 18597" Hangers and stuff would be a way for the cops just to know who did it. [/QUOTE]
Exactly. We had a turd called Juan's First Choice Tree Care (an ******* I despise) putting door hangers in a no solicitation neighborhood. They came down on Juan hard charging him first with criminal trespass (to my delight) and when that wouldn't stick they charged him with littering and that did.
Exactly. We had a turd called Juan's First Choice Tree Care (an ******* I despise) putting door hangers in a no solicitation neighborhood. They came down on Juan hard charging him first with criminal trespass (to my delight) and when that wouldn't stick they charged him with littering and that did.
Aldegar
www.gigharborbigfoot.com
I do door hangers sometimes, I don't knock. I figure that I would be highly irritated to have to deal with someone bothering me at home so I just leave the hanger like a ninja.
mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
I just don't want anybody fool assing around my front door that is not supposed to be there...my clients don't either and they are pretty vocal about it. My next door neighbor called me one afternoon about a year ago and told me some jackass was messing around at my front door. I told him I was thirty seconds from being home and hauled ass on to my driveway to find the guy had moved on to the neighbor on the other side of me. I walked over to the fence just in time to hear that neighbor tell the guy to get his trash off his door and get his ass off his property before he put the dog on him. It was some roofing company.
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