Door Hanger Update

Originally Posted by donb1959

Oh.....and I DO over think things ad nauseam

Originally Posted by donb1959

Day 2:
Another upscale neighborhood four miles from the first. I get 70 hung. A lady drives up and ask if I can give a quote on an exterior. I finish my round on the street, and go to the lady home, another really big home. All dentil molding, 40' gable ends etc. Home is in good condition, but with butt ugly colors. She says shes not sure of the color she wants but shes sure shes going lighter, the paint now is a dark gray, ok, well now I know its a 2 coat job.

So I take my usual time assessing the job, give her the informal quote tell her I shall return in the morning. Great says she. Oh...by the way, can you take a look inside for for a moment, sure says I. Says she will want the entire interior painted in the fall. Every wall in the home is wallpaper. The owners have started to attempt to remove said paper. I tell her ok, once I have started on your ext. I will come in and as a courtesy show you the most effective way to remove it. About 3500 sq. of wall space.

If you guys can get the paper off the wall, it will save you bunches of money...and it will, cause I charge T&M on removal at @ 50 per hr. Excellant she says. So on this job I have A. Almost assuredly got the ext. B. Have a foot in the door on the int. because I am offering a percieved value at no cost to the owner.

She says Im just glad to get you here for a quote, other guys seem either too busy or too disinterested. Not a problem says I, I will see you tomorrow for you approval on my final quote. Final quote= 6250.00 exterior. With the possibility of a good size int. in the fall.

Ok, Im not really all that tired as my legs, ankles seem to be adjusting to the walking, on my 10th home after this, I walk up the drive, and see ladders, buckets,spackle etc.. laying around, but no truck van or anything, I figure either the homeowners are doing the work or the truck aint there. Anywho Im not into stepping on toes, so I walk away. Then I hear someone say "Hey, where were ya when I need ya?!". I turn around and ask if their the home owner, yes says he. He and I introduce ourselves and I recognize the face and name but cant put the two together.

He tells me hes a RE investor and is looking for a painter that actually shows up, and isnt drunk/stoned, and can return calls. Im your man says I. He ask for several hangers and a stack of business cards says he always looking for a decent painter. Ok well take care we'll talk. You bet, says he.

I walk across the st. to the next house, then I remember the name and face. For years he was a local sportscaster for an NBC affliate local station here. I go back and confirm this he says yup but Ive quit and am expanding my horizons. Wonder if this guys got a circle of influence?

My legs ache. My back hurts. If both jobs come in I have over 10K of work in 2 days. Will I be hanging tomorrow...yes, in the same developement.

Did I mention my legs ache?

Originally Posted by NPI

Hello,

Looking at these threads I have gotten lots of information. I have never used door hangers because all our business came from referrals and work in new construction. But I would like to expand. I have looked into some of the websites for the printing. But I am completely lost where to start my design. I come up with ideas and then toss them. Anyone have any templates or samples in the painting field.

Originally Posted by bigchaz

Theres actually a site I found called ------- where you put down a certain amount of money (like 200 or something for a door hanger) and you post in their forums with your company name and information and they have a massive team of designers that come up with a design for you. Sometime you can get upwards of 10-20 people competing for your money. Then you can pick one and work with them one on one to get the final look you want. And its all full color high quality stuff they design.

Ah wont let me post a URL since i dont have 10 posts. Try pming me and ill see if it work there.

Actually pretty cool rule about not being allowed to post URL. Im not trying to advertise for this company but I bet it keeps out people who are here to advertise