For this area, Yellow Pages!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLyers is a complete waste of time and effort. I have found that flyers typically work for the lowballer who is willing to "sell/w h o r e" himself to the entire neighborhood.
WIth all the "upscale" cookie cutter communites poping up everywhere flyers is a bust, also against HOA rules. They will through you out in a heartbeat.
WIth a Yellow Pages ad, I have more work than I can shake a stick at. It is good work also, half the time people are just glad you answered the phone and well if you actually showed up for an estimate, as long as it was in the ballpark you were in...
In fact, this year I was so busy, for July-Oct I rarely answered my phone. I just couldnt keep up with all the calls being solo and all. That will all change this year, as i am going to get a helper which should help me capitalize on all that cash I passed up earlier in the year.:blob1:
I have another publication that I advertise in, which hardly any other LCO's advertise in. It is a local pub and is a goldmine as well. But that little nugget I am keeping all for myself.... SOrry, cant give all the secrets to my success..
Oh yeah, my truck isnt lettered and neither is my trailer.
Plus, once you get in a neighborhood the jobs spread like cancer...
If anyone who works in the Brandon/Riverview area wants some referrals, let me know. I do get calls occasionally for that area, but I dont service it so I always pass on it......