Handing out Flyers in 25 degree weather

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

I can't get out of the house to hand out flyers because it's freakin freezing here.Anyone else having these issues?

[Raven386]

please, back in my day we used to walk uphill in the snow 2 miles do deliver 1 doorhanger. then another 2 miles uphill in an ice storm to do 3 more!

[GravelyGuy]

I plan to start going at it heavily around March 5 or so. When it's this cold your proabably not going to get enough calls to make it worth your time IMO. Do something else constructive for the business at this time. We're supposed to get a snow storm Thursday night.

Do you have a lot of competition in Indy?

[dwlah]

please, back in my day we used to walk uphill in the snow 2 miles do deliver 1 doorhanger. then another 2 miles uphill in an ice storm to do 3 more!
You forgot uphill both ways ,no shoes,wish sandwich for lunch,in a blizzard when its 40 below:)Oh wait a minute I thought that was my dad talking about going to school
Nevermind

[Raven386]

sandwich! we didnt have food! -60 sometimes! snow up to our noses! that was just handing out flyers, school.. you dont even want to know!

- yea im going to wait a while before i start advertising. im starting to get calls here and there. but people aren't thinking spring yet.

[GravelyGuy]

I've gone on about 5 estimates from last years referrals and I've closed on two of them so I have a good feeling about this year.

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

ive been mailing letters to residential prospects, We are just starting out so I'd like the weather to break so I could get started.:walking:

[Raven386]

dont rush it! i want snow dangit! I think over in the northeast we still have 1 more big one coming for us before winter is really over...

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

I plan to start going at it heavily around March 5 or so. When it's this cold your proabably not going to get enough calls to make it worth your time IMO. Do something else constructive for the business at this time. We're supposed to get a snow storm Thursday night.

Do you have a lot of competition in Indy?We'll there are alot of guys in Indianapolis doing lawns.But There is plenty of grass to go around

[Raven386]

I got all my letters ready to mail out to my existing customers. gonna hold off a while to start sending out other letters. wait till it warms up a little bit more.

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

Yea I have a stack of them but I have been waiting to mail them out also,im just spending my days looking for good deals on equipment

[GravelyGuy]

We'll there are alot of guys in Indianapolis doing lawns.But There is plenty of grass to go around

I wish I had a bigger area to work with up here. I mean there's a lot of grass between Lafayette and W. Lafayette, but there's quite a bit of competition.

I don't mind competition it makes everyone do better work. I just hate all these part timers that don't know what they're getting themselves into or how to charge.

[GravelyGuy]

I got all my letters ready to mail out to my existing customers. gonna hold off a while to start sending out other letters. wait till it warms up a little bit more.

All my letters went out on the 16th of this month. I'm trying to get some of my TGCL customer to switch over. I had one customer tell me yesterday that here TG rep has been hounding the crap out of her, to the point of almost harrassment. She said every time he calls the price just keeps getting lower:rolleyes:

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

I wish I had a bigger area to work with up here. I mean there's a lot of grass between Lafayette and W. Lafayette, but there's quite a bit of competition.

I don't mind competition it makes everyone do better work. I just hate all these part timers that don't know what they're getting themselves into or how to charge.Yep..I worked in the business for about 15 years for other companies and I left it for awhile and then decided to just start my own, I have a 3b and a 3A,Ive installed and maintained the outdoor fields at the colts complex and I used to maintain Victory Field. It's gonna be rough starting out full time but Im using my 401k from the job I just left to get me by while I work hard to build our customer base

[verant]

25 degrees is warm, it's like -25 here

[Indysfinestlawnservice]

25 degrees is warm, it's like -25 here25 or -25 is not warm...it sux either way:laugh:

[RickR1818]

Good news fellas is that on Sunday when it hit 58 degrees I got a few calls from my web ads. Cant wait to hit the doorhangers next month when it starts to warm up. Me need money bad! hahahaha

[slammin]

Is a just throwing money away to start distributing doorhangers this early?? Ive never done it, but we all have the time now BEFORE it gets warm, seems to make sense now instead of later.. opinions? experiences?

[Raven386]

where in CT are you? Winter isnt over just yet for us in the N.E...
Friday, Feb 22
High: 31 °F RealFeel®: 18 °F
Breezy with snow much of the time, accumulating 2-4 inches

[BLC1]

Do it now, then next week and the following. You want to be sure to hit the same people numerous times so they start to recognize your name. That way when time comes around and they start thinking about it they go straight to your flyer.

[DA Quality Lawn & YS]

Its been below 0 here for weeks now. Haven't even ordered my doorhangers yet - no residential customer in their right mind is thinking about lawn service now. Will probably get them ordered early March for mid-late March hanging.

[MNBOY]

Heck, I did 5 commercial bids yesterday using my measuring wheel all in -10 degree weather. You have to do what you have to do.

[Indy Kyle]

Suck it up dude, we passed out about 1500 fliers last week. As far as the 401k thing, I wouldn't advise it. Your gonna be sorry.

[Indy Kyle]

Oops, make that 3,000 fliers last week. My bad.

[Raven386]

"who else but Quaqmire.......Giggity Giggity lets have *** " - haha i love that show...

[GraZZmaZter]

Ive handed out 500 so far this month .... 9,500 more to go.

Even bigger flyer distrabution goals in April.

[GraZZmaZter]

The high is going to be around 31 today. Hasn't reached that yet, but on my way out to do 500 more.

9K. more to go.

Only 1 call so far from resturant mat advertisement lady.

Ill write more on that later...

[GraZZmaZter]

The high is going to be around 31 today. Hasn't reached that yet, but on my way out to do 500 more.

9K. more to go.

Only 1 call so far from resturant mat advertisement lady.

Ill write more on that later...

[Runner]

I've been getting the same call from the mat advertisement girl. She wants to put it at Captain Cody's, over on Ballenger and Flushing.

[GraZZmaZter]

I eat their occasionally, but i wouldnt advertise in that area.... other than The Journal.

She wants to put me in Flushing resturants.

20,000 mats to each resturant ... lasting from 2-3 months. 80 each. or 150 for 2....

I thought that was a pretty good deal what do you think?

[Runner]

Not bad. I thought about the Coty's location, because of the hospital traffic in and out. there were alot of formidable appearing people there, but they wanted way more than that - twice that amount. Was it for a company called worx4U? That's who was doing this one.