# Say canvassing vs cold calling in one sentence

Canvassing vs cold calling is a walk against a dial. Canvassing is the walk on turf. Door knocking is the knock. Cold calling is the dial. Canvassing vs door knocking is that split, the walk and then the knock. Prospecting vs canvassing is the search against the walk, because prospecting is finding the next conversation. Knockdesk is field sales software for the walk and the knock on that turf.

## The sentence people skip

Canvassing vs door knocking gets muddy when one phrase covers both the walk and the knock. Prospecting vs canvassing gets muddy when finding a name is treated as already having walked.

**The walk.** Canvassing is the walk on turf. If nobody was assigned a pack, you have not started canvassing.

**The knock.** Door knocking is the knock. The outcome on the pin is the record, including Not Home.

**The dial.** Cold calling is the dial. A call list is not turf, and a conversation on the phone is not a knock.

**The search.** Prospecting is finding the next conversation. The find still has to become a pin on turf before it is canvassing.

## The walk ends as an outcome on the pin

The knock row is door knocking after the walk: the pin, the person, and the outcome. Canvassing put them on that turf. Cold calling never opened the pin. The shape on the row is a log. Recording is opt-in, and skip still logs the outcome.

## Keep going from this split

- [Door to door sales](/guides/door-to-door-sales): The knock, after you have separated it from the walk and the dial.

- [Whether the walk is worth it](/guides/is-door-to-door-sales-worth-it): Worth it when knocks, sits, and closes stay on one turf.

- [Walk the turf](/canvass): Canvassing is the walk on turf cut from the territory.

- [Field sales](/guides/field-sales): The territory the walk belongs to.

- [Back to the guides hub](/guides): The index this answer opens from.

- [Full desk pricing](/pricing): Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.

## FAQ

### What is canvassing vs cold calling in one sentence?

Canvassing vs cold calling is a walk against a dial: canvassing is the walk on turf, and cold calling is the dial. Knockdesk is field sales software for the walk and the knock.

### What is canvassing vs door knocking?

Canvassing vs door knocking splits the walk from the knock. Canvassing is the walk on turf. Door knocking is the knock.

### What is prospecting vs canvassing?

Prospecting vs canvassing splits the search from the walk. Prospecting is finding the next conversation. Canvassing is the walk on turf after you have a pack.

### Is a call list the same as turf?

No. Cold calling is the dial. Turf is a pack cut from a territory for a person to walk.

### Does the knock have to be a conversation?

No. Door knocking is the knock, including Not Home. The outcome on the pin is the record.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.