Cold calling for landscape maintenance in Tampa Bay cost me $500 in flyers

Hey folks, new to the game here and spent $500 on flyers for cold outreach in the Tampa Bay area, targeting HOAs for weekly mowing and bed mulching. Door to door sucks in this humidity but I figured it'd land a few contracts. Anyone else bombing on cold calls or got better scripts? Saw that Reddit thread on r/landscaping about pricing jobs as a beginner and it got me thinking.

Haha, flyers? That's so 90s, try door hangers with a QR code to your site.

Cold outreach is a scam cooked up by marketing gurus.

These leads are trash, always cheapskates wanting free quotes.

Homeowners ghost you after seeing the price for basic trimming.

How do you even script the call without sounding desperate?

Controversial: skip cold calls, focus on referrals from realtors.

What kinda response rate you getting on those flyers?

Try Google Business Profile optimization instead, free and targeted.

Flyers bombed for me too until I added a discount code.

Man, the rejection after rejection is soul-crushing.

Angi leads are worse, pay $50 a pop for nothing.

Sorry to hear, first year is brutal for outreach.

HOAs in Tampa are picky but worth it if you land one.

These platforms take 20% cut on every job.

Humidity makes every knock feel like defeat.