United Infrared Membership

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by jkaylor

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

Dallas is not my area, even though I get calls to go up there. Let me
know when you own the other cities. I don't see you anywhere on
these cities that I show up on the front page

BTW... I am already on googles front page for 'Texas Infrared' and 'Texas
Thermal Imaging'. I did it without buying anything from you or having
someone else do it for me.

Do you want some help?

[Gary M. Wellborn]

I met Greg Last week at the Inframation Conference in Las Vegas and was able to get some in-site into United Infrared.
First, I think it is necessary to separate the benefits of their program into two categories;1) business leads and product discounts and 2) training and the ability of the affiliate to grow using the resources that United Infrared offers.
Greg was one on the best presenters at the conference and was able to show a very large audience why he is one of the best in the business of thermal imaging.He and his team are trying to put together a quality group of professionals that can set the standard for the rest of the industry.
IR has so many applications and is developing so quickly it is hard to know who to believe and trust to deliver a solid qualitative (much less quantitative) result in any of the many applications.
I will join United with the purpose of improving my skills and learning all I can in this incredible field.
The business leads will only be an added benefit. If I get no leads I will still consider it worth the time and money.
I do hope they will spend a little more time improving their web site and I would really like to see them open a discussion board like this one for members.
One last item, I was able to save several thousand dollars on a new FLIR camera through united. I tried to get the discount directly from a FLIR rep and was not able to do so.
I have been using IR for 6 years and have been certified for three. I own my own company and specialize in commercial building issues and inspections.

[Brandon Clark]

I've been keeping my eye on UI for the last few months and finally decided to join up with them after meeting Greg and Peter(founders) at FLIR's InfraMation conference.

I'm actually in and have been in Ontario, CA this week taking my first training module MoistureFindIR.

I will admit, it is hard finding a good and honest review pertaining to UI and it's even harder giving up $3k to take a CHANCE with another company in these times.

All I could ever really get out of anybody when asking around about UI was "Greg's a great guy" or "Greg has more experience than 90% of the people in the business" or "Peter was one of the pioneers in Equine Thermography" and bla bla bla bla(what does that have to do with me?).. That's all great stuff but that's not what I wanted to hear. People can use their great reputations to profit off of you just as easily as trying to make a success of you.

I wanted to hear why I should give them $500 then another $2500 for training to get involved with them" I wanted to hear how they were going to make my business grow, my wallet grow, my network grow, etc.. I wanted to know why I should give them $2500 for 3-4 days of training instead of buying the $1500 wide-angle lens I've been wanting for over 6 months.

I wanted to know if I was going to get leads, referrals, extra business, or SOMETHING to justify the $2500 that I needed to get on board. I just couldn't seem to get an accurate enough review from anywhere to answer all these questions I was seeking.

I continued to study my options, took what information I could gather, and made my decision based on a few things such as :

They AREN'T just trying to get as many folks signed up willing to pay and they AREN'T telling anyone to join or become involved by pushing or selling the thought of a bunch of referral opportunities.

My very first question to Peter was "how does your program work pertaining to referrals and leads for my area"(I like money)? I was immediately told that if I was wanting to become involved with UI for referrals than I've come to the wrong place. That's not exactly what I wanted to hear but I was atleast hearing the truth.

They require a Level 1 certification before allowing you into their training. I had to pay for level 1 training before they would let me give them $3k for membership and to start UI training. That basically told me that they were only seeking people who are willing to invest in themselves vs. only people willing to invest in something for an easy profit.

I knew when I sat down in my first training module that I would be sitting with a group of people who had already invested atleast $4k minimum in their training and were serious about their training vs sitting with a group of people trying to claim or gain another certificate to market.

I didn't want to be apart of a professional Infrared organization with fellow members using Infrared cameras that cost less than my first training course.

I'm willing to invest in my training, my learning opportunities, and the best equipment for the job and I want to be part of a group of people who feel the same way. I felt United Infrared was within my same mind-set so I joined up.

Yesterday I started my first UI class while still feeling a bit of the financial pains of becoming involved. I figured it would be a bunch of us new guys but to my surprise, out of about 11 of us, only 2 of us were new to the UI training. The majority of the class had already taken 2-3 of the other modules and were budgeting for future modules. I began to feel quite a bit better knowing that if 80% of the class was returning students than they must have received the value I was REALLY hoping to receive.

I gotta get to bed now but I will give my FULL and unbiased review about UI when I return home. No, it's not perfect and yes it could use some improvement in areas(in my opinion) but overall I am not dis-appointed in my decision. I've actually gone ahead and signed up for the Equine Thermography class in Orlando.

I'll be back home in a couple days but If you have any specific questions about UI than I'll be glad to honestly answer them(with what I know) without the sugar coating.

[David A. Andersen]

They do a lot in marketing and education.

If you want to do it all on your own, more power to you...

They are doing the marketing and education offerings you as an independent will need to survive this venture.

I'd be interested in the Alexa ratings for the JM School of IR (you don't need to know all that stuff)...