Diamond Roof Cleaning New Jersey (1-800-Roof-Clean) wrote:
Also he is a good example of why the certification isn't that strongly supported thruout our industry. If he is considered certified then I must be superman certified.
Mike, let me say this loud and clear brother. I don't give a flying hoot how "accepted" in our "industry" Certification is.
Number one, there is no "industry", only competitors, most of whom will cut your thoat if given the chance, and those who sell to them.
If you want to call that an "industry", have at it brother!
To make matters even worse, there are some who have "put themselves in charge" of this "industry", LOL
Both the PWNA, and the UAMCC, among others, have plans to offer Certifications. Usually, people don't COPY something that is not accepted and successful.
The ONLY reason for Certification, is to impress your potential customers you know what you are doing, NOT some of the Idiots on these Forums.
I think Porsche's, Mercedes and BMW's all "suck", and bad mouth them every chance I get. But the REAL truth is, I can't afford one, and I am jealous of the people who can.
If you ask nearly any roof cleaner here in super competitive tampa about us, they will tell you they haven't a clue HOW I get the prices I do for roof cleaning. My Certification helps me a LOT.
If you see no value in Certification, maybe you are not selling it correctly brother ?
My phones are always open to RCIA Members. I have no "excursions " to sell you, or any "consulting fees".
All that was paid when you became a RCIA Member!
LOL, if you call, just don't wake me up, like JC Stomper did this morning!
You think Gary is crabby ? Try me, if I have not had my Coffee
My phones are OPEN to any RCIA Member, from 11 am until 11 pm, 7 days a week.
II am just saying that because me and Dan are certified then in the eyes of the customer we are then just as good a contractor as each other. That would be the furthest from the truth. I have seen his work and I am embarrassed to be in the same association as him. That is the point I am making about the cert.
Last year we got a certificate showing certification with the year, when I asked about it at the begining of this year I was told we didn't have it anymore or somthing along those lines. Lets get it back! Atleast you could hand it out and say if they are certified they should have this! And ck it at this website!
Diamond Roof Cleaning New Jersey (1-800-Roof-Clean) wrote:
II am just saying that because me and Dan are certified then in the eyes of the customer we are then just as good a contractor as each other. That would be the furthest from the truth. I have seen his work and I am embarrassed to be in the same association as him. That is the point I am making about the cert.
I totally understand! My friend Larry Millette is also Certified. Usually, we are far enough away from each other, that our paths do not cross. One customer called, and asked me to explain Certification. I did, then she asked me for a price.
I gave her an estimate, and she asked why I was 200 dollars higher then another RCIA Certified Roof Cleaner. It turned out to be Larry, leaving me nowhere to go!
Larry is my very very good friend, He has a different business model then I do. He prices roof cleaning lower then I do, hoping to get the whole house cleaning package.
Competition is a way of life, in the roof cleaning, and pressure washing business. It is very easy to get into this business cheaply and quickly.
Mike, I have some suggestions on how to handle competitors in general, that I only talk about on the phone.
I get calls all the time from outside my area, asking for roof cleaning service.
One lady I referred out, asked me point blank "Are they Certified"
My answer was, "Do you really think I would suggest someone who was NOT Certified"
If you do a search for roof cleaning tampa on Google, at the bottom of the page, Google suggests related searches.
The Roof Cleaning Institute is being searched for, by people seeking roof cleaning in Tampa!
Guys, you can not "fake this". It is what it is, and Google keeps track! You will also see Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa as being related to a search for Roof Cleaning Tampa.
This means, enough people are searching for me, for Google to associate it with the roof cleaning Tampa search!
There is no "Question" that RCIA Certification works, there is all the proof anyone needs.
Larry Millette, Myself, and Aaron from Integrity are all Certified Roof Cleaners, here in the Tampa area. ALL of us are doing very well, in argueably THE most competitive roof cleaning market in the USA.
And, I would further argue that Tampa area roof cleaning customers are most likely THE most sophisticated and roof cleaning savvy you can imagine.
Google does not Lie folks! Enough different potential roof cleaning customers ARE searching for the RCIA in Tampa, BY NAME !
Unless you have the RCIA Certified Badge on your website, in a very visible place, God only knows how much work you May be missing out on ?
Remember my friends, getting customers to choose you, over your competitors, is the name of this game, not getting the "acceptance" of dumb fucks on other forums.
ou know what Guys, I don't really "push" Certification as much as I should, or could. I USED to fight regularly with assholes on other forums. In fact, I was banned from several forums, at different times, in the past!
LOL, these Forums soon "unbanned me", when they saw their traffic drop! But I came to realize it is a total waste of time, to fight on the Internet. All is not always what it SEEM to be, on these Internet Forums. There are plenty with hidden, and not so hidden agendas on these Forums. In fact, some of the very same people who publicly were critical of the RCIA, our process, and our Certification, are now the very same ones gearing up to COPY me.
I gess my public relations policy is one more of attraction vs promotion. Maybe I should "Pimp" the RCIA Certification more, and armed with this screen shot, I certainly could.
So here it is Guys, save it, and next time some asswipe on another forum tell you something negative about being Certified, tell him where to stick it!
Subject: MOVIE 2016 ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY 9:00 PM (or after the bears game)
Regardless of one’s political leanings, this movie is a “must see” to learn a little more of our President’s hidden past – much of it from his own books.
Fox News is going to air the documentary Obama 2016. HEADS UP For This Sunday Night 9:00 PM TO ALL AMERICANS, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENTS RIGHT OR LEFT.
SUNDAY NIGHT - VERYo IMPORTANT. This Coming Sunday -- Set Your DVR for the Fox News channel at 9:00 PM Eastern. Maybe this is why the White House has been discounting FOX. Sounds like this could be history in the making someone may go down - either Obama or Fox News. It may be that Fox has been holding this information back due to the sensitivity of it and out of courtesy. But, Obama has taken on Fox and it appears they are ready to spill the ugly beans of truth about the background of this individual who has had an extremely radical past. This Sunday, Fox News is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night at 9P.M. Eastern.
The report will go back to Obama's earlier days, showing even then his close ties to radical Marxist professors, friends, spiritual advisers, etc. It will also reveal details about his ties to Rev. Wright for 20+ years, i.e., how he was participating with this man, and not for the reasons he stated.
The report has uncovered more of Obama's radical past and we will see things that no one in the media is willing to put out there. It will be a segment to remember. Mark your calendar and pass this on to everyone you know: Sunday night, 8 PM CT; 9 PM ET. Democrat or Republican, this report will open your eyes to how YOUR country is being sold down the road to Totalitarian Socialism. If you care about the direction of our country, pass this notice on to everyone you know.
Pat, last night I watched 2016 by Dinesh D’Souzas http://2016themovie.com/ just for schits and giggles and it definitly is something everyone should see. the world is goin in the direction of Greece and everyone needs a good slap in the face to wake up to reality