Where To Purchase Door Hangers

[Getter Done Lawn]

Hello everyone.. school is about to end for me which will finally give me time to get some more advertising out instead of constant work all the time...

right now i have been very busy and had work on hold for the last two months but then again, i am working after school and on weekends only. In the summer, i will be working full time and have a fulltime worker as well.. I hope to be grossing between $2k and $3k a week.. and as of right now only have 20ish lawns resulting in about $600/week (all lawns can be completed in a days time)

anyways.. i am starting to worry about not having the business to keep me and another busy all summer long.. therefore i am looking into door hangers..

all i need is to be pointed in a direction of one of the better places to purchase door hangers where i can upload my logo and build a template and such..

i've ran searches but all i come up with is unprofessional looking crap..

also.. does this 2k-3k /week seem within reason.. considering all i am guranteed at this point is $600/week..

and all i do right now is every service relating to lawn care plus pressure washing (no landscaping or deck construction, which i am both considering)

lemmie hear what ya guys have...

- Aaron

[Scott]

http://www.doorhangers.com/

http://www.promotewiz.com/paperdoor.html

are only a couple,, I think if you do a search under the Office related forum you might find more links.

[vaughnslawns]

doorhangersect.com 1500 for $149.00 no shipping

[Ms. Jen]

Aaron,

I bought quite a few from E-bay. Great prices. Have a look.

Ms. Jen

[jdaddy]

Who on eBay did you buy from?

[highlander316]

the jump to $2-3k a week is huge. If you offered landscaping I could see it happening, however just mowing and stuff like that, no. I make way more hourly average landscaping than on mowing.

[Ms. Jen]

znncreator was the seller on E-bay. 1,000 door bags 5 1/2 x15 $12.49 about 2 months ago. Made the $13.00 back by the next weekend. One clean-up we charged $1,400! Doorhangers work for us.

Ms. Jen

[MASTERMOWER]

I'm not gonna say grossing $2-3K per week is impossible, but it'd certainly be a challenge to accomplish in your shoes. I'm at the point now of grossing an average of $2K per week working by myself. It'll knock the living crap outta ya if you try to do it all on yoru own. Would you reach $2-3K/ week by only mowing? Likely not. First you'd have to find all those 'new' clients. This isn't the best time of year to sign on a whole lot more. However, this IS a good time to find those clients whom are currently pi$$ed at their current crudy/unreliable lawn service. Then you'd have to deal with what would you do once school begins again? You can't just drop those newly added clients just because you don't have all that 'free summer time' anymore.....

Therefore attempting to add other 'one-time' services would probably suit you better for this summer. I know you're into pressure washing, so push more for that. I still think deck construction would be iffy in your position. There is a right and wrong way to build a deck and I don't think, IMO, many homeowners would leave a several thousand dollar deck job up to a highschool student (unless you could prove you know what your doing and have done great work in the past).

Landscaping might be something to look into. If you price everything right, obtain the proper licenses, you can earn a lot more landscaping than you do mowing. There certainly is demand around here for landscaping. But I wouldn't expect any 'big' jobs. Expect a few <$1,000 gigs over the summer.

Work your @$$ off marketing your company and you just might hit your goal.

One last note: Grossing is different from Netting. Such as next week I have a $3000 some landscaping gig lined up, plus my $1,500 worth of mowing. This would gross me $4,500 before expenses. What I net is after I pay those expenses.

BTW, good to hear that Bob-Cat is working good for ya.

[Triple D]

doorhangers

Try centuryprinting.com


DD

[Getter Done Lawn]

I'm not gonna say grossing $2-3K per week is impossible, but it'd certainly be a challenge to accomplish in your shoes. I'm at the point now of grossing an average of $2K per week working by myself. It'll knock the living crap outta ya if you try to do it all on yoru own. Would you reach $2-3K/ week by only mowing? Likely not. First you'd have to find all those 'new' clients. This isn't the best time of year to sign on a whole lot more. However, this IS a good time to find those clients whom are currently pi$$ed at their current crudy/unreliable lawn service. Then you'd have to deal with what would you do once school begins again? You can't just drop those newly added clients just because you don't have all that 'free summer time' anymore.....

Therefore attempting to add other 'one-time' services would probably suit you better for this summer. I know you're into pressure washing, so push more for that. I still think deck construction would be iffy in your position. There is a right and wrong way to build a deck and I don't think, IMO, many homeowners would leave a several thousand dollar deck job up to a highschool student (unless you could prove you know what your doing and have done great work in the past).

Landscaping might be something to look into. If you price everything right, obtain the proper licenses, you can earn a lot more landscaping than you do mowing. There certainly is demand around here for landscaping. But I wouldn't expect any 'big' jobs. Expect a few <$1,000 gigs over the summer.

Work your @$$ off marketing your company and you just might hit your goal.

One last note: Grossing is different from Netting. Such as next week I have a $3000 some landscaping gig lined up, plus my $1,500 worth of mowing. This would gross me $4,500 before expenses. What I net is after I pay those expenses.

BTW, good to hear that Bob-Cat is working good for ya.

Gavin.. I already have full-time help hired for this summer.. once school ends, manhattan will be plagued with some sort of service of mine.. either mowing targeting "your current lawn guy isn't all he said he's cut out to be" type people that want to change or pressure washing.. i want to look into both deck construction and landscaping but know very little about either one.. is there some sort of class around here that teaches the basics on these?

Also, next year i will be a senior in high school.. and all my core classes are in the morning, therefore, i will only have to attend school until noonish, giving me the afternoon to tackle all the new mowing accounts i will have

I have a customer interested in landscaping, deck removal and new installation, and a major spring renovation on a lawn.. i still can't decide what to tell her on the deck and landscaping as this is all still on the rocks

- Aaron

[MASTERMOWER]

i want to look into both deck construction and landscaping but know very little about either one.. is there some sort of class around here that teaches the basics on these?

Try UFM, look em up in the phone book. They offer some classes regarding landscaping - just basic classes more geared towards homeowners. Otherwise you have two options. #1, attempt to teach yourself the art of both (not really recommended), or #2, work with a seasoned scaper/carpenter.

I know I didn't know jack crap about landscaping until I become a Kollege student in landscape design. At Kollege I was required to take many Klasses geared towards landscape contruction, cost estimating, wood construction, plant materials, landscape design, pesticide/ pest management, soil pollution/erosion control, etc. All I would consider fundimential for a firm background to fully understand good landscape design/construction and how certain designs might invite disease/ insect problems, water runnoff/pollution issues, etc. Not to scare you or anything.......

However, all the classroom time doesn't mean shi+ if you can't put what you learned into practice, therefore working for a landscaping company will teach you the 'field practice' aspect.

Of coarse you can teach yourself through trial and error, but expect to be taught down a rocky road.

For the time being I wouldn't venture into any project great and glamorous. That's why I said under $1000. When you step up to the several Gs gigs you increase the possibility for a major screw up which could be very costly.....and/or an embarrasment to yourself. Stay small and work your way up.