Going 'door-to-door' in apartment blocks?

ezspeeder

Hi,

I am researching the potential market for a new 'online type' of business start-up, that will solve an important problem for apartment dwellers. It requires apartment dwellers to complete a short 2-5 minute survey but I need to get as many responses as possible from residents within the same apartment block. What might be the best way to do this? Are people likely to answer if I go knocking door-to-door? If I drop in a leaflet with an online link to the survey are people likely to respond? How would you do it? Any help or insight will be much appreciated.

snubbleste

No.

username000

Whats the important problem you wish to solve?

Grolschevik

Best bet would be a mail shot via An Post. Going door-to-door in a block would be problematic in terms of access, sample size, and unfriendly response.

Marcusm

Whenever I have found anyone doing this in any of the apartment block vis I have lived in, I escort them from the premises immediately with a flea in their ear. There are access bells, use them and if the person wants s to speak with you they will let you in. When you are finished, leave the premises and try another bell if you must. You have no right and no nvitation to be on the premises. If you can't respect such courtesies, expect none in return.

foggy_lad

by all means ring every buzzer at the gate and wait to talk to those who answer but you have no business entering onto private property to flog your wares to people who have paid for the extra privacy that apartment living provides!

Triceratops Ballet

I don't know op, I don't open the door to my apt if I haven't buzzed someone in (and I don't buzz anyone in unless I'm expecting them). I bin anything that comes through my letterbox that is junk mail or not addressed directly to me.

Your best bet would be to approach management companies/ boards with your product/service and if they think residents will be interested they can pass the survey on to them.

gctest50

the sooner door-to-door sales and junk mail is banned the better :

The 31-year-old, who is currently undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, took to Twitter to voice her complaint.


“Just had an [Airtricity] person call to the door and literally argue with me when I said I wasn’t well and wasn’t interested in talking.”
“Might want to consider some retraining [Airtricity].
If someone is in a onesie and a cancer cap your people should take no for an answer”



http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/2fms-louise-mcsharry-slams-airtricity-5017432

ezspeeder

Thank you for all the replies and I appreciate your candid responses. Sometimes though the views of potential customers are important when developing something new that may be useful to them. I have already gathered a lot of information from people living in housing estates and met a lot of kind and helpful people who were willing to share their experiences on the topic of interest, by just knocking on their door.

Online completion of the research would also work but again I do not have contact details for people so would not be able to reach them directly.

Are there forums or the like where people who live within the same block can share information with one another?

username000

I live in an apartment block, I don't answer to unexpected callers, I've a sign up saying No Junk Mail, No Salesmen etc...

We do have an area FB page, it's not limited to the apartments but you'd certainly reach some less intrusively that way.

But contracting the management company might be a better option. All depends on this perceived important problem and if it is really a problem or just a sales pitch for something people don't need.

ezspeeder

Thanks username000, if it is possible to PM me I'd be happy to share more info with you. I have no desire to be intrusive and annoying people is merely self defeating so your area FB page sounds interesting and I'd be keen to learn more.

on_my_oe

You could try neighbours.ie and look at various areas with a lot of apartment buildings ie finglas Dublin 11, try premier square

They be under utilised so look at how often posting is happening.

But I think the management company idea is a good one

ezspeeder

Thank you on_my_oe, I will follow up on the management company suggestion.

Kinet1c

Try doing something via neighbours.ie, they've forums for all areas throughout Ireland. Some busy, some not so much.