United Infrared Membership

[Mathew Hawley]

Has anyone joined United Infrared? http://www.unitedinfrared.com/
If so how has it been as a member, have you received any leads from them and how are the marketing materials and support you get. Thanks in advance. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

[John McKenna]

Alexa Traffic Rank = 3,622,614
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/united...m#trafficstats

Me thinks their web traffic reflects a lack of interest.

[Chuck Evans]

That website is horrible. The domain is less than 2 years old and only appears to be registered year to year.

[ldapkus]

Never heard of them. Here's a Goole search results for United Infrared. Not much there!! Looks like they need time (or your money) to grow. Another new vendor providing IR training. I would also like to know what you get for the $500 membership fee.

[adavis1]

I am a member of United Infrared but haven't had a chance to get to one of the training modules yet. The have been on the west coast for the past couple of months. I agree that the website is sparse and needs some work. I too would be interseted in getting feedback on others experience. One thing that I noticed is that if you attended most of the modules your outlay of cash would be substantial. Of course if your return on investment is high who cares.

[Mathew Hawley]

Here is another link with additional information http://unitedinfrared.com/join/.

The cost are very high, but a couple of jobs would pay for it. I would like to hear from others as well.

[InspectorDana]

I am a Thermographer in California. I looked into this deal. It is expensive to get involved ($500) and the training is even more expensive, on the order of $1500 for a module. With it comes an "Exclusive" territory. Supposedly, if they get a request for services via the website, they will refer it to you. The key word is IF they get a request.

That's a lot of money to lay out in these times on the hope that it will get repaid by increased work. The website does not have great traffic stats. I track this stuff having two websites of my own to promote my IR business.

Http://www.Thermal-Diagnostics.com &
http://www.MagicLeakFinders.com

Both of mine get a fair amount of traffic and I have gotten some business from them. I do my own SEO and usually end up on the first page of Google in the "organic" results (not sponsored) Not bad for free!

I tried the Google Adwords thing for a few months with a company called Yodle. Waste of time and money. Yes, my links showed up at the top of many major search engines but I never got one job out of it. I do better on my own. The best chance is promoting to businesses directly, getting referrals from past successful jobs and talking to anyone you meet anywhere. I never go ANYWHERE without a pocket full of cards and anyone that stands still long enough gets one!

Lately, I've been pushing the "Green" and "Energy Saving" buttons in my promo. You know, go with the flow. Give Em what they want or have been told by the media that they need. Whatever works, I gotta eat too!

Dana

[Jason Kaylor]

I think you guys might be looking at United Infrared through foggy glasses, and based on only two factors. Their website hits and the cost. Spending 1 hour with Greg Stockton can make you 10x that. Peter is way beyond 99% of anyone in the IR inspection industry as well. Greg is by far and away the most successful thermographier in the country. He does jobs that bring in more revenue than we can do in a year's worth of working............all of us combined. This guy passes on jobs that most of us consider huge jobs.

I am not saying it is for everyone, but if you are considering becoming a United Infrared member based on website hits or cost, then you are looking at it completely wrong.


JJ

[Jim Seffrin]

Dear All:

As a web publisher for several years, I too, would recommend caution when using Alexa Traffic Rankings to gauge the performance of websites. From their own website, Alexa offers the following disclaimers regarding the accuracy of their traffic rankings:

Some Important Disclaimers

The traffic data are based on the set of toolbars that use Alexa data, which may not be a representative sample of the global Internet population. To the extent that our sample of users differs from the set of all Internet users, our traffic estimates may over- or under-estimate the actual traffic to any particular site.

In some cases traffic data may also be adversely affected by our "site" definitions. With tens of millions of hosts on the Internet, our automated procedures for determining which hosts are serving the "same" content may be incorrect and/or out-of-date. Similarly, the determinations of domains and home pages may not always be accurate.

Sites with relatively low traffic will not be accurately ranked by Alexa. Alexa's data comes from a large sample of several million Alexa Toolbar users and other traffic data sources; however, the size of the Web and concentration of users on the most popular sites make it difficult to accurately determine the ranking of sites with fewer than 1,000 monthly visitors. Generally, traffic rankings of 100,000 and above should be regarded as not reliable. Conversely, the closer a site gets to #1, the more reliable its traffic ranking becomes.

In most cases, the only people who get excited about Alexa rankings are those who are:

• Not familiar with the above disclaimers
• Impressed by the high or low rankings that they wish to quote
• Affiliated with Alexa

Unless you are dealing with a highly trafficked site, Alexa rankings are highly suspect.

[Jim Seffrin]

Originally Posted by mhawley

Has anyone joined United Infrared? http://www.unitedinfrared.com/
If so how has it been as a member, have you received any leads from them and how are the marketing materials and support you get. Thanks in advance. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

Dear Matt:

United Infrared is owned by Greg Stockton, a thermographer that I have known for over 10 years. In all of my dealings with Greg, I have found him to be a professional and a man of his word. If you have not already done so, I would recommend that you give him a call directly to see what his company can do for you.

Should you wish to meet more of the United Infrared staff and other United Infrared members, I would invite you to join us at our annual IR/INFO Conference next month in Orlando, FL. Admission to the Exhibitor Showcase area is FREE and will be open from January 10-12.

Please feel free to give me a call if you require further information. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor and in the New Year.

[Chris Mayes]

Originally Posted by jmckenna1

Alexa Traffic Rank = 3,622,614
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/united...m#trafficstats

Me thinks their web traffic reflects a lack of interest.

It appears that in just 2 weeks they've moved up over 1 million spots and their 3 month traffic is up 200%. I'd say their web traffic reflects quite the opposite. At this rate, they should be able to overtake another sites' ranking in a matter of weeks.....

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/infrar...m#trafficstats

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by topher

It appears that in just 2 weeks they've moved up over 1 million spots and their 3 month traffic is up 200%. I'd say their web traffic reflects quite the opposite. At this rate, they should be able to overtake another sites' ranking in a matter of weeks.....

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/infrar...m#trafficstats

I see InspectorOutlet.com sells IR cameras for hundreds of dollars
less than your store. How is that working for ya? Are you still
mad about that? InterNACHI members are happy.

[William Warner]

Originally Posted by jmckenna1

I see InspectorOutlet.com sells IR cameras for hundreds of dollars
less than your store. How is that working for ya? Are you still
mad about that? InterNACHI members are happy.

Really John??? Was that necessary oh great one?

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by wwarner

Really John??? Was that necessary oh great one?

I just respond in kind... little brother.

[Jason Kaylor]

John,

You should of bought one from us, then you would own the top spot in google for "Dallas Texas Infrared"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...oq=&aqi=g-p2g8

That is worth a heck of a lot more than a couple of hundred bucks.

I will have Barry up there for "Texas Infrared", "Dallas TX Thermal Imaging", "Dallas Texas Thermal Imaging" and "Texas Thermal Imaging" inside of a month. Probably only number 2 for "Texas Infrared". Top spot on that one would be rough to overtake.

When I get more time I will work on these next: Palestine, Huntsville, Bryan, Conroe, Nacogdoches, College Station, Lufkin, Crockett, Corsicana, Livingston, Palestine, Conroe, Nacogdoches, Huntsville, Lufkin, Crockett, Livingston, Bryan, College Station, Athens, Lake Conroe, Lake Livingston, Corsicana.

JJ