leafletting

Handing out pamphlets

Leafletting is distributing leaflets—handbills or flyers—typically for political, religious, or commercial purposes.

The activity often happens in public spaces: They spent Saturday leafletting outside the grocery store.

Also spelled leafleting.

materials

flyers

Printed promotional handouts

handbills · circulars · factsheets · literature · booklets · bulletins · inserts · notices · tracts · mailers

activism

pamphleteering

Distributing short printed arguments

campaigning · protest · demonstration · petition · community organizing · outreach · door-to-door · volunteers · mobilizing · picketing

distribution

door-to-door

Directly between residences

hand-to-hand · public spaces · doorstep · posting · drops · bulk delivery · targeted · mass distribution · pedestrians · storefronts

promotion

advertising

Paid promotional communication

campaigns · brand awareness · product launch · sales promotion · coupons · discounts · grand opening · event promotion · recruitment · membership drives

Opposites
distribution medium

leaflettingdigital advertising

Web-based commercial promotion

online marketing · broadcasting · texting · robocalling · telemarketing

communication activity vs. inactivity

leaflettingsilence

Total lack of sound

inaction · staying quiet · media blackout

medium of communication

leaflettingdigital advertising

Web-based commercial promotion

social media outreach · digital marketing · broadcasting · telecasting · robocalling

Family

leaf, leafy, leaflet, leaflets, leafless, leafleted, leafage, leafleting, defoliation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G