I need to ask members here if they are getting Email from this New Association that shouldn't have there Address unless it was taken from here with out consent?
Who cares Ron....I get spammed from every pressure washing outfit there is. I still get spam email from some guy selling giant suck trucks the size of cement trucks. I even got text spam on my phone from you. People, especially business people, evaluate based on value or ROI. So what value do I see in this? (I'm not trying to pick on PWRA...I'm just responding to the topic in my usual blunt and to the point manner.)
From a value perspective.....for me
Most of the stuff seems aimed at the startup (the marketing section). I haven't hung a door hanger or passed out fliers in three years. Email Proposals, invoices, work orders....all are integrated in my CMS software and in the cloud. We've never used bulk mail or post cards.
The sticker (logo) as well as the directory faces the same issues that UAMCC, PWNA, RCIA etc have....which is that it means little to the customers without a national campaign. As most, I can log into my cpanel and see exactly where my clicks came from and very few ever come from a directory. Most customers never see us or our trucks. I doubt they care what professional memberships I have....other than the bbb and if I had a logo sticker from an association that was big enough to read I wouldn't want it on the truck.
People search for a person to clean their siding, concrete, building, not an association directory. There are people that have been trying this, especially in roof cleaning but with google's local slanted serp's, it is almost impossible. A properly SEO'd website will never lose to a national directory in a local serp and rarely if ever lose to a local directory.
I've never paid to yak on a forum. In fact, the best forums are free and should be. A successful forum has hundreds if not thousands of people providing content that makes ad revenue.
For me, that leaves live chat, discounts, Cert and sticker....$349
