How to track doorhangers

[jondcoleman]

Hello,

I am looking for ideas on how to track the doorhangers that we distribute. We distribute tons of doorhangers during the spring and I have not yet figured out a good way of keeping track of where we have put flyers already. We plan on putting out around 35-40k this year. What I usually do is assign a neighborhood to a crew but sometimes they don't finish the whole neighborhood in a day so I'm not sure how to keep track of what has been done and what not. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Jon

[jimmyburg]

i put numbers on them from #1 to whatever. that tell me what area they are in, plus i group the numbers into areas.

[Turfdoctor1]

my suggestion would be to train the crew members to do every house in the neighborhood. Street by street without skipping anything, without turning and going a different direction, every house.

Then, it seems like it would be much less difficult to check off the areas that are done.

that's not really tracking advice, i guess. but, it still seems like a logical solution.

[jondcoleman]

i put numbers on them from #1 to whatever. that tell me what area they are in, plus i group the numbers into areas.

What is it that you put numbers on?

[jimmyburg]

break it into codes or streets like one of mine is spring1000 for spring dr 1000 block or in some areas i put - Area 100 thru 105 for 5 different areas.

I put the numbers on the flyers or door hangers

[Ravenwood Landscaping]

I group mine into groups of 200 and hold them together with a clip. When I'm done a particular area, I count my clips to get a rough idea of how many I handed out in that area. I don't do exact quantities but I can get a number that's close.

[enviouslawns]

Two questions for you, im gonna be doing door hangers this year, and wondering out of about 30k whats your responce, and do you put the price on them?

[T.E.]

I have usually received 1 call for every 100 to 150. This last yr 2007 with the bad economy...I received almost 75 calls on 4700 that were put out, it was unbelievable.

Hope this helps

[gene gls]

I have usually received 1 call for every 100 to 150. This last yr 2007 with the bad economy...I received almost 75 calls on 4700 that were put out, it was unbelievable.

Hope this helps

And, out of the 75 calls you received, how many new customers did you end up with as a weekly service?

[T.E.]

And, out of the 75 calls you received, how many new customers did you end up with as a weekly service?

We closed the deal with about 25 to 35....if memory serves me correctly.

[Black Bear]

here is what we have done, photocopy the page out of your atlas that you want the guys to door hang, have them highlight the streets they have done. Then when you want to go back and do the second and third hanging on the same streets just use another color highlighter or colored pencil.

[bohiaa]

maybe I misunderstood your post:

I think waht your asking is: you want to know how many you recive FROM flyers ?

if so: I simply ask the customer, where did you hear about us from ?

this is how I keep my count.

[jondcoleman]

Thanks for the responses. I'm not asking how to track how many customers I get from the flyers but how to track where I've put them. I like the idea about the atlas. I think what I might do is have a big laminate map in my office and the crews can highlight that when they have done certain 'hoods. Thanks!

[rmmllc]

I can get maps, such as plat maps, from the county recorder's office. They will even print a big one of each city in the county if I want them to. These can easily be marked whereas the phone book ones are a little small, but can work.