Pressure washing RFp's Request for Proposals -Lets Talk

Ron called me the just the other day saying the UAMCC shouldn't be putting out RFP's I couldn't figure out why:confused:, but he said maybe he will put out RFP's on PWI, I said Great. Contractors are busy and don't always have the time to look for them or don't know where to find them. Glad Ron and PWI is following the UAMCC's lead on this and helping its members and making their lives and businesses a little easier.

GO PWI :clapping::clapping::clapping:

Just dont post any from Myrtle beach...:shout:
 
OK :confused: Have a nice day :grin::happydance:

But since we are discussing this why do you and some others view them any different?

I know some contractors that got leads from those MB rfps.

Everyone is making and ordeal out of it.

I have had a change of heart on this, I think the UAMcc should do rfps. NCE will continue to provide them also, of course more detailed in nature. If they are a members job we will certainly be human and remove them.

Everyone seems to love these things...
 
Whose Yer Daddy?

:nhl_checking:I think we all need to check ourselves. PWI and the UAMCC are great forums with a wealth of treasure in information. With that said there has been talk of getting things more organized with high profile membership. I know we all know what these orgs are about, but what about the public.

I do not know about y'all, but before I came on board here I never heard of these orgs and I come from a family who has been in the paint contracting business for 100 years. We always were busy and we worked on thousands of high profile businessess and residential homes.

My point is that good contractors can survive without these orgs, but these orgs can greatly magnify our businesses. My question is where is the magnifying glass?

Have you ever asked your homeowner or business if they ever heard of PWI or UAMCC or these other orgs? most likely they will say they never heard of it. What is being done or needs to be done to promote these orgs to be a household name like the SC Johnson family.

You may laugh, but with all the new regulations coming on board, belonging to a org like that would be very fruitful.

Imagine being able to goto a home or business and saying I belong to the PWI or the UAMCC?

If you say that now people will be like so what?

Sorry for the harshness, but thats how I was raised. I do want to thank everyone who has helped me on here and UAMCC. I am grateful.
 
:nhl_checking:I think we all need to check ourselves. PWI and the UAMCC are great forums with a wealth of treasure in information. With that said there has been talk of getting things more organized with high profile membership. I know we all know what these orgs are about, but what about the public.

I do not know about y'all, but before I came on board here I never heard of these orgs and I come from a family who has been in the paint contracting business for 100 years. We always were busy and we worked on thousands of high profile businessess and residential homes.

My point is that good contractors can survive without these orgs, but these orgs can greatly magnify our businesses. My question is where is the magnifying glass?

Have you ever asked your homeowner or business if they ever heard of PWI or UAMCC or these other orgs? most likely they will say they never heard of it. What is being done or needs to be done to promote these orgs to be a household name like the SC Johnson family.

You may laugh, but with all the new regulations coming on board, belonging to a org like that would be very fruitful.

Imagine being able to goto a home or business and saying I belong to the PWI or the UAMCC?

If you say that now people will be like so what?

Sorry for the harshness, but thats how I was raised. I do want to thank everyone who has helped me on here and UAMCC. I am grateful.


That is a good post. Not everyone out there has heard of organizations in other industries, especially industries that have been around a lot longer and have many, many, many times the members.

When I joined the PWNA back in 2004 I mentioned that I was a member to customers and they had that blank look like that was supposed to mean something and then said, "What is that?" and I explained to them and usually they cut me off in my explanation telling me that they did not want to hear about that, just a price to clean their place.

In the last few months I have asked customers and friends if they have heard about some organizations like the AMA, ADA, AFL CIO, etc.... and most of them have never heard of them at all so it kind of makes me think that if a lot of people out there have not heard of these much, much larger organizations which have hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of members which advertise in magazines, on tv, etc.... and have been around for a long time then what is it going to take to get widely known in a much smaller industry when people in general don't pay attention to organizations unless they are in organizations themselves or in positions to check credibility?

If people out there don't know about the AMA and that is for Doctors, Physicians, OBGYN's, etc.... what do you think they will say when you ask them if they have heard about your organization (any org for pressure washing here, no names in particular)?

Not trying to start a bashing thread or argument here.

Just something to think about.
 
That is a good post. Not everyone out there has heard of organizations in other industries, especially industries that have been around a lot longer and have many, many, many times the members.

When I joined the PWNA back in 2004 I mentioned that I was a member to customers and they had that blank look like that was supposed to mean something and then said, "What is that?" and I explained to them and usually they cut me off in my explanation telling me that they did not want to hear about that, just a price to clean their place.

In the last few months I have asked customers and friends if they have heard about some organizations like the AMA, ADA, AFL CIO, etc.... and most of them have never heard of them at all so it kind of makes me think that if a lot of people out there have not heard of these much, much larger organizations which have hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of members which advertise in magazines, on tv, etc.... and have been around for a long time then what is it going to take to get widely known in a much smaller industry when people in general don't pay attention to organizations unless they are in organizations themselves or in positions to check credibility?

If people out there don't know about the AMA and that is for Doctors, Physicians, OBGYN's, etc.... what do you think they will say when you ask them if they have heard about your organization (any org for pressure washing here, no names in particular)?

Not trying to start a bashing thread or argument here.

Just something to think about.

This was my point exactly. I am a painter by trade and the PDCA has been around for many many years, but try and use that in trying to sell a job. Most homeowners do not care or want to hear it, but we do need to get our orgs advertised by the orgs themselves, explained by us through our lit and displayed on all our marketing material. There needs to be some of the dues we pay to have advertising promoting the org itself through radio(Conservative because no one listens to the alternative lol, sorry)

We need to develop some type of seminar type settings for homeowners that are free to homeowners. Maybe even promote it at the homeshows and such.

What does everyone think?
 
:nhl_checking:I think we all need to check ourselves. PWI and the UAMCC are great forums with a wealth of treasure in information. With that said there has been talk of getting things more organized with high profile membership. I know we all know what these orgs are about, but what about the public.

I do not know about y'all, but before I came on board here I never heard of these orgs and I come from a family who has been in the paint contracting business for 100 years. We always were busy and we worked on thousands of high profile businessess and residential homes.

My point is that good contractors can survive without these orgs, but these orgs can greatly magnify our businesses. My question is where is the magnifying glass?

Have you ever asked your homeowner or business if they ever heard of PWI or UAMCC or these other orgs? most likely they will say they never heard of it. What is being done or needs to be done to promote these orgs to be a household name like the SC Johnson family.

You may laugh, but with all the new regulations coming on board, belonging to a org like that would be very fruitful.

Imagine being able to goto a home or business and saying I belong to the PWI or the UAMCC?

If you say that now people will be like so what?

Sorry for the harshness, but thats how I was raised. I do want to thank everyone who has helped me on here and UAMCC. I am grateful.

PWI is owned by in membership....it will never be the PWNA or UAMCC. Its agaist the rules.

I agree to some of your points.
 
This was my point exactly. I am a painter by trade and the PDCA has been around for many many years, but try and use that in trying to sell a job. Most homeowners do not care or want to hear it, but we do need to get our orgs advertised by the orgs themselves, explained by us through our lit and displayed on all our marketing material. There needs to be some of the dues we pay to have advertising promoting the org itself through radio(Conservative because no one listens to the alternative lol, sorry)

We need to develop some type of seminar type settings for homeowners that are free to homeowners. Maybe even promote it at the homeshows and such.

What does everyone think?

Home depot does this daily, the bleachers where full today talking about painting a home. At the end the contractor gave his card if anyone just wanted a pro.
 
Home depot does this daily, the bleachers where full today talking about painting a home. At the end the contractor gave his card if anyone just wanted a pro.

Thats why I believe that it would be a great benefit if we all did the same thing in some type of venue.

The only problem with Home Depot doing it this. The contractor is probably using Home Depot Paint. If I was to do the same I would be giving 100 years of painting experience which doubles HD's existence, plus I would be using Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore.

I would even go further as to challenge their contractors versus me. I know that seems bold, but liken to your flatwork confidence, I have the same about painting and will slowly buld upon my PW confidence year after year.

All The HD has is marketing money out the wazoo. No matter how you promote something, if your pushing a piece of crap eventually it starts to stink. :jester:

The spanish have a saying that after 3 days the dead stinks. Given enough time and with the backing of the orgs being backed up by quality craftsmanship, I am sure we all can become the goto company of the people. Look at Sears. They are huge and had a very big painting service for years. After years of crap service they were dropped.

Even as small as an outfit like mine, I painted behind companies such as Florida Paint and Certa Pro Painters to have homeowners say that my service and craftsmanship was far superior. They have way more marketing that I do, but eventually with persistence things can change. No pun to the Obama slogan.
 
I like the idea Ron, nothing in my area yet but will be soon I hope.

Thank You.
 
Even if I dont get any I still think it's a good thing for everyone!!
Some people may not realize that YOU pay for the access to most of these, and some of those sites can be pretty expensive!! So thank you, I'm sure it's appreciated by everyone..
 
Even if I dont get any I still think it's a good thing for everyone!!
Some people may not realize that YOU pay for the access to most of these, and some of those sites can be pretty expensive!! So thank you, I'm sure it's appreciated by everyone..


Very good point Travis.

Thank You Ron.
 
This is an area were you have to ask yourself is the good worth the bad. You could be made aware of work you don't already have or even know exists. You could have to face competition if it is an existing customer. We already know that they will have to get other bids. Wouldn't it be better if you were competing against another qualified contractor instead of some guy with a Home Depot special. This way the prices would stay up and the quality would have to match. There is enough work out there for all of our companies. To me this is another form of networking. Ron I like the idea of having to have qualifications and a separate password. But then I say is this fair to the newer members. We all started this business with no experience. I think it should be done because the good outweighs the potential. Just my opinion. Remember don't worry about your competition they know what they are worth.
 
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