Warning: Cold outreach for handyman jobs in rural Ohio is a total time suck

Been doing cold outreach for handyman gigs out here in rural Ohio, knocking on doors and leaving flyers for stuff like deck repairs and drywall patches. I spend about 2 hours a day hitting up neighborhoods with my old Ford F-150 loaded with samples, but 9 times out of 10 folks just slam the door or say they're calling their nephew. Last week I hit 50 houses and only landed one $300 fence fix job. PSA: unless you've got a killer script or some targeted lists, this crap is gonna burn you out faster than a bad miter saw blade. Save your gas and focus on referrals instead. Anyone got better cold call lines that actually work for small fixes?

Fuck cold outreach, it's all the same bullshit every time - waste of boots on the ground when you could be actually fixing shit.

yeah, feel your pain on that - rural spots are the worst for door knocking, people get suspicious quick.