Mark, i recall this is how you started out. can you tell us exactly what you said and the procedure you used?
a fella new to the biz has posted a couple times on the ICS forum. below i will post a link to 2 of his threads about how he is having GREAT success knocking on only 25-30 doors a day and getting 4-6 jobs from those doors...THAT'S UNREAL TO ME! good info for anyone looking to grow imo (in my opinion).
When I first started, I didn't knock: I left fliers.
People would call from the fliers. Re. that individual's seemingly high rate of conversion from knocking on doors: some people are more persuasive than others. Maybe he's offering a super-low price.