Canvassing
Door Hanger Marketing Tips for Canvassing Teams
July 7, 2026 · 4 min read
How to design and deploy door hangers that actually generate callbacks — not just litter.
Design for the glance
Homeowners spend 2 seconds looking at a door hanger. Your headline and phone number must be visible in those 2 seconds. No paragraphs. No fine print.
The five elements of a good hanger
- Headline that names the problem or benefit
- One photo of a real result (not stock)
- Phone number large enough to read from 3 feet
- Limited-time or neighborhood-specific offer
- QR code to a simple booking page
When to hang
- After a no-answer on a warm lead
- After an install on the same street (social proof)
- Before a canvass to prime the neighborhood
- After severe weather for roofing and gutter
Track the ROI
Use a unique phone number or QR code per neighborhood. Log hanger drops in your canvassing app so you know which streets generate callbacks and which don't.
Territoryly lets you log door hanger drops as status pins so you can correlate them with callbacks later.