In 12 years of having hired hundreds of flyer distribution staff myself and examining how other companies operate, I have encountered wildly disparate rates of pay. Some firms pay peanuts, almost literally, whilst others do at least go above the minimum wage! Part of the problem is the perception by clients new to leaflet delivery who imagine the service is identical from every company and therefore the only criteria for deciding who to use is price. As anyone with understanding of the industry appreciates, this is lunacy! The real issue is quality and reliability, not the lowest price.
A know a competitor who pays £25/1,000! Considering it would take around 6 hours to complete 1,000 leaflets, this is not exactly a living wage, especially with recent inflation in essentials like food, gas, electricity, oil etc caused by increasing global demand for them by rising economies in China, India, Brazil and Russia and also the Bank of England "printing" billions in an attempt to kickstart the U.K. economy. When a central bank is forced to engage in the ridiculous euphemism of "Quantative Easing", printing money, you know things are bad! Anyway, we usually pay around £45 for 2 leaflets and £50 for 3. It is difficult to motivate and retain decent staff for less and having long-term leafleters that you trust and who also trust you to pay them promptly and fairly is vital. My franchisees throughout various regions in Britain and internationally, are of course allowed to set their own rates of pay, but we all adhere to the same system of permanent staff who are treated well.
There is a stark contrast between price and quality in leaflet distribution.
Potential leafleters are welcome to contact their local branch to see if they have any job vacancies.
Please do not just ring me!
Thanks
Peter
leafletsdelivered.co.uk
leafletsdistributionservices.co.uk
leaflet-distribution.co.uk
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Leaflet Distribution Kent and East Sussex
Kent and East Sussex, UK
We cover Ashford, Bexley, Biggin Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Heathfield,Hildenborough, Kings Hill, Langton Green, Larkfield, Maidstone, Mayfield, New Ash Green, Otford, Paddock Wood, Robertsbridge, Tenterden, Wateringbury, West Kingsdown and surrounding areas.
Call Lance on 0800 699 0919 (Weekdays 8:30 to 6:00)
Email: kent@leafletsdelivered.co.uk
Email: kent@leafletsdelivered.co.uk
Based in Tonbridge, Lance has leaflet delivery staff in the Kent and East Sussex towns shown above. His team have proven themselves to be very reliable and he supervises them closely. Do not hesitate to contact him for a quote for Kent or East Sussex leaflet distribution.
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Leaflet Distribution Surrey
For guaranteed Surrey leaflet distribution, contact Laurence.
Ashtead, Bookham, Cobham, East Horsley, Epsom, Ewell, Esher, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Tadworth, Thames Ditton, Walton-on-Thames, West Molesey, Weybridge,
Please leave a message at other times, as calls are always returned.
Friday, 21 September 2012
Oxfordshire Leaflet Distribution - Guaranteed Delivery
Our Oxfordshire office has been open for a while and offers guaranteed leaflet distribution in Oxfordshire. Colin, the manager, had a background in leaflet delivery before he joined us and has assembled a strong team for distribution throughout the county of Oxfordshire, so do not hesitate to contact him for any information about the number of houses in each town to plan your flyer drop.
Email: oxfordshire@leaflets.tv
Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
We cover Abingdon, Bampton, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Chinnor,Chipping Norton, Didcot, Kidlington, Oxford, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage,Watlington, Witney, Woodstock and surrounding areas.
Call Colin on 07970 55 75 78 (Weekdays 8.30am to 6.30pm)
Please leave a message if there is an answerphone and Colin will call you back asap.
Email: oxfordshire@leaflets.tv
www.leaflets.tv
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Beware of scams used by some leaflet delivery companies!
Some unethical leaflet distribution companies use a variety of scams to con clients. These are some of the most recent ones I have heard of:
- Ordering leafleters to deliver to houses that have "No junk mail" signs! This is not only a complete waste of time, but deeply unpopular with leafleters who can suffer verbal abuse, such as "Can't you read?". The clients whose leaflets were pushed through are also likely to receive angry phone calls!
- Stating that the leafleters having video cameras attached to them to record the delivery is a guarantee. On closer inspection of the guarantee, an example is given that if 10,000 leaflets were supposed to go out and the client watches the video and only 9,500 went out, the 500 will be refunded. There is just 1 problem with this and it is a huge one, certainly in terms of time. It would be around 60 hours of video! No one will ever watch it which I would imagine is precisely why that guarantee was created!
- Boasting that leafleters have gps devices on them, but not realising that some of them can just literally walk the route without delivering anything! A quick look at the gps records shows that they went along all the streets, so everything must be fine...!
Here at www.leaflets.tv , we definitely do not engage in any underhand activity and when we say the delivery is guaranteed to be carried out properly, we mean it! With daily experience dating back to 2004, we are aware of what to do and also what not to do. Very few UK leaflet distribution companies have lasted 12 years.
leafletsdelivered.co.uk
leafletsdelivered.co.uk
Friday, 16 March 2012
The worst mistakes made by businesses choosing a leaflet distribution company!
Do not consider a leafleting firm until you have listened to this for 3 minutes! CLICK HERE - Leaflet Distribution AUDIO 3 minutes explanation CLICK HERE
Is price the most important thing in selecting a leafleting firm?
There is a false perception amongst businesses new to using leafleting that all leafleting firms are the same, so logically they should just choose the cheapest. This is a million miles from the reality. I have lost count of the number of times I have heard of complaints of leaflets being dumped by cowboy leafleting firms. Many of the prices they quote are too low to allow them to do the job properly, so they dump large numbers of leaflets. Also, many of them are too incompetent to check the deliveries, despite saying that they do. Reliability is the main thing, not the apparent price per 1,000 leaflets.
What about putting leaflets in local papers?
With very few exceptions, this generates dismal results, as there are simply far too many leaflets placed in the paper. The whole handful go in the bin without being looked at and this is if someone has actually bothered to turn to the specific page where the leaflets are. The price per 1,000 looks very cheap for papers, but the price per 1,000 enquiries you will get will be pretty rotten.
Are national leafleting firms any good?
No. They just subcontract work to firms like us, taking a big slice of your money. Also, from a long distance away they are unable to check that the delivery has been done properly. If, for a delivery of 10,000 leaflets, they ask for 50 signatures from householders as proof, it is a joke in terms of really being sure the 10,000 leaflets reached letterboxes. Leafleting will always be a low tech activity and cannot be monitored via email or post from hundreds of miles away. It needs local people on the ground checking it.
Why is our leafleting firm better?
Each of our branches is a franchise, so that proven, tested systems are utilised for screening potential leafleters, interviewing them and checking deliveries. The local branches ensure that each franchise is actively controlling the deliveries at a local level.
Also, each branch operates a cleaning business and gets around 90% of their clients from leafleting, so they are unlikely to dump their own leaflets! Each franchisee is highly motivated to make sure that their own cleaning leaflets are properly delivered and your leaflets can be added on to their distribution.
We only do a maximum of 2 other leaflets plus yours in order to give the best response. Any more leaflets than this means the whole lot goes straight in the bin.
If you want to take a risk with your money, feel free to use a dirt cheap competitor or a subcontracting national leafleting firm, but if you’d prefer it done properly and to actually get calls from new clients, give us a call.
Our local franchisees look forward to hearing from you.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Leaflet Distribution Cheshire
Our Cheshire leaflet distribution franchise has opened with Marc, the owner there, very keen to provide a good service in these areas:
Altrincham, Frodsham, Great Sankey, Haydock, Knutsford, Lowton, Lymm, Newton-Le-Willows, St.Helens, Timperley, Warrington and surrounding areas.
Feel free to contact him for a quote or to clarify any questions you may have relating to leaflet delivery, such as the number of properties in an area, whether it is possible to target certain types of housing, how it is guaranteed that every leaflet is reaches a letterbox etc.
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