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I got to hand it to Gutterdog.  The guy seems to do pretty good with the gutters.  I dropped $3500.00 on direct mail for gutter cleaning.  The ad was 75% gutter cleaning and 25% of my other services combined.  I got a decent response but only landed one job for $375 on a 5000 + sq/ft home.  Thats after getting beat down from $450.  I established a $125 minimum.  My prices average $150-$175 which I know is a bit higher than the average.  I lived and I learned.  I had the balls to give it a try.  Luckily we still got some roofs to clean.



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maybe they'll hold onto your name for next year. when did you send them out? btw my sister lives in middletown and said she saw your truck last week. said it caught her eye cause she thought your logo looked similar to mine!

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Gutter cleaning is worthless here. Idiots advertising for $39.00.

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The ONLY time we direct mail anything, is IF we mail it ourselves.

The scam goes like this "we will mail your offer to 125,000 homes for 3500.00"

They seldom if Ever mail as many as claimed no



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Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:

I got to hand it to Gutterdog.  The guy seems to do pretty good with the gutters.  I dropped $3500.00 on direct mail for gutter cleaning.  The ad was 75% gutter cleaning and 25% of my other services combined.  I got a decent response but only landed one job for $375 on a 5000 + sq/ft home.  Thats after getting beat down from $450.  I established a $125 minimum.  My prices average $150-$175 which I know is a bit higher than the average.  I lived and I learned.  I had the balls to give it a try.  Luckily we still got some roofs to clean.


 Ed, who did you use for this (PM me if you want to)?

Were they able to mail to target specific areas? Or was it just a "Mass Mail" kind of thing?

You know USPS has a program for this now.



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Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:

I got to hand it to Gutterdog.  The guy seems to do pretty good with the gutters.  I dropped $3500.00 on direct mail for gutter cleaning.  The ad was 75% gutter cleaning and 25% of my other services combined.  I got a decent response but only landed one job for $375 on a 5000 + sq/ft home.  Thats after getting beat down from $450.  I established a $125 minimum.  My prices average $150-$175 which I know is a bit higher than the average.  I lived and I learned.  I had the balls to give it a try.  Luckily we still got some roofs to clean.


 Ed, who did you use for this (PM me if you want to)?

Were they able to mail to target specific areas? Or was it just a "Mass Mail" kind of thing?

You know USPS has a program for this now.


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I used a NJ co. called Affiliated Direct Mail. Postcard Mania wanted $4000 for the same job. It was 12,000 pieces printed and mailed. I had KBK design the card. It was targeted to homeowners with x amount of income. I did this twice already for roof cleaning with ok to mixed results.

I really like the folks at Postcard Mania. They have great personalities and seem genuine. I may give them a shot in the Spring for roofs. I dont really have the capacity right now to put together my own card and deal with the post office. Too much stuff on my plate.

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I dealt with the post office for their program last month and they didn't really know what to do, but they delivered them as far as I can tell, but you can't track this at all. I got 3 calls out if 2,500 and it was a nice card from Keith. Giving it another shot with a gutter cleaning/covering and window cleaning card this week.

Hopefully more will bite on that card before the end of the year, Ed. What did you target with the mailer (age, income, home value, etc)?

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