Here’s my 2 cents...position TMF as more than a BBS but almost like a trade organization. What do I mean? Well we all know about the IICRC and I am not talking about competing with that at all, but something in addition to. I think there is value in us (the members here) taking our free time and our efforts not only to learn and expand our knowledge base but also to share what we have learned to better our industry as a whole. And we, the members, should be proud of that effort and we should advertise it and broadcast it whenever possible. It adds more credibility to our businesses I think. I know that Rob, you have TMF hats and stickers and such, but to our customers, what does that mean? Well in my opinion, nothing because they don’t know what TMF is and there no tag line to explain it. If you had a sticker/decal that said something like- proud member of TMF- better cleaning through education- or something like that I would buy it and put it on my van door, maybe on my cards and letterhead not in place of but in addition to the other organizations logo’s like the IICRC. And maybe we have to earn the right to claim to be a member, like a certain number of post and/or agree to a code of ethics, and/or/or pay a membership fee etc. You get the idea.
Bottom line is I think we should all be proud to be here and trying to better our industry and I think we should figure out a way to let our customers know this. It would better TMF by not only making it more attractive to cleaners to join but also raise the bar and separate TMF for the other BBS's out there. And also hopefully better our industry as a whole. I have more thoughts on this but you get the idea.
Thanks, Rick