No Soliciting

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Of those that do door-to-door marketing campaigns, how many of you run into the "No Soliciting" signs at the entrance of a community and how do you proceed?

Are there legal ramification of ignoring such a sign?
 
If they have them I try another method ie direct mailer. Whether there are legal ramifications or not I'm trying to build a relationship with these people and I don't want to start off on the wrong foot by having to argue over a no soliciting sign.
 
There can be local ordinances against it.
 
I'm looking through the statutes now and there may be a distinction between soliciting and advertising.

I completely agree with mistersqueegee about not being confrontational. I don't want to piss anyone off, but on the other hand, I have avoided (literally) thousands of homes due to the sign being at the entrance of a community. Some of the communities don't have them, but individual homes do (I skip those homes).

Does leaving a flyer at the door constitute soliciting or advertising?

Here's an interesting thread on the subject. http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=268714&page=2
 
I'd check your local ordinance but again the people behind the sign might feel you are soliciting even when you are doing things in accord with the ordinance. Kind of a no win situation there. Mailers might be the most customer friendly option here.
 
I with Trae on this. If I see a No Soliciting sign, the majority of people would get ticked off by me coming to their door in attempt to sell them something. Since my first year in business, I have never gone door to door. I mail postcards to areas that I want to market.
 
I don't knocker either, I just leave the postcard on the door and head to the next house. This is where I'm trying to differentiate between simple advertising and soliciting. I haven't seen any signs like the one Trae mentions, and hopefully I won't.
 
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