THE GOLD CERTIFICATION - New in 2010 and very Exciting
Large and progressive firms should step up to a higher level of Green compliance and show that Green is a serious effort in their organization. The GCI Gold Firm Certification provides for unlimited training of your employees, and includes a marketing package that will saturate the Internet with your firm's information. In addition to the normal downloadable training, GCI will provide a Green Janitorial Checklist of the critical elements for a full-fledged Green janitorial service. Along with the training, your firm will be able to validate that the ideas we have taught are at work in your company.
This is a higher level of compliance, and we will validate each and every Gold certification with a friendly visit from a Certified Green Consultant. By the way, you should get to know this person since they can also introduce your business to other Green businesses in your.
In addition to the unlimited training option, and the Green Janitorial Checklist, our program offers a Internet marketing program valued at more than $3000. So, you get the unlimited training, firm certification, and the marketing package listed below. All Gold Members will recieve:
- Listing as a Gold Member of the Green Clean Institute directory with a link to your website
- Blog promotion of your Gold status on the GCI blog (Value $100)
- Use of the GCI Gold logo (Very valuable for your marketing)
- We submit your website to over 200 search engines (Value $100)
- Article Syndication: GCI will produce and article about your company that will be placed on more than 500 article directories with your website link. (Value $300)
- News Syndication: GCI will produce a news release that will be sent through a news syndication process reaching AP, Reuters, New York Times, Wall street Journal, CSR, and hundreds of other news outlets which create many links and search engine popularity. (Value $1200)
- You will be invited to participate in the Green Business Network in your area (when provided) to meet numerous other businesses in your community.
The combination of Gold certification, the Green Janitorial Checklist, and our intense marketing package makes this offering the very best option for any janitorial service seeking to ramp up its reputation and customer appeal. Remember that Going Green starts with the Indoor Air Quality, and that brings every business back to the cleaning service. This is inevitable. Being Green certified as a janitorial service will soon be an industry mandate.
Franchise Option: If you are franchising your janitorial program, the fee is still $3000. Once in the program, all franchisees can get their certification for just $400. The marketing package is reserved for the franchise company. Franchisees are listed on the GBL website, have use of the GCIC logo, and share in promotional announcements. Now your franchisees can get added value from your corporate value. Obviously, each franchisee must qualify in our system, but the value of your system is greatly increased.
