As of July 4th,2010 we have already logged 5,035 referrals-not visitors-that's LEADS and the rate is SO high we have had 335 of those in the last 15 days!!....LOOK towards the bottom for special discount areas (lower membership dues) We have had 30,964 "searchers" so over 30,000 customers DID NOT find a member for the service they needed in their area-That's why we are offering a super-low dues rate for more members -- They WANTED an NPCA contractor but YOU could be letting these customers "click away" empty handed.- The "Season" is here-so don't wait; there are discounts besides those in the boxes below, if you don't see your area complete the form and we will send you a similar button by e-mail if we don't have enough members for the population in your area! (almost as fast as joining on-line) and YOUR ad could be displaying this week!

The nation's largest property companies, both owners and managers; and residential consumers all look for the NPCA Seal.

Not Familiar with the NPCA? Look at our home page by clicking the green icon on the top left and see what our contractors promise.
Property Owners and Managers know that for 10 years this has been the place to find pre-qualified contractors that guarantee satisfaction, If you are "really good" at what you do and provide great customer service (not just the low bid) this is the place for you. Our visitors expect to pay more to get the best, and our seal and Customer Assurance Program let them know; you're one of the best.

See Below for a special pre-season discount since more people than ever searched last year but only 8,500 found someone in their area; too many left disappointed and we don't want that in 2010.

In 2009 we had 136,875 commercial and residential visitors and over 8,500 actual "member search" referrals!
Can you do the math and see how many people aren't finding someone?
Over 10 years (including the early years) we have an overall average of 21 searches per day-every day-365 days a year!

We have already had over 3,890 searches for contractors as of May 1st 2010!!

As of now we have referred over 50% over the historical average of 2,537 leads to members FOR PAVING ALONE, and almost 2,000 for sealcoating! For some reason this year we are already having more searches than ever, remaining unusually high-especially considering the economy in many areas!
We can only assume it's because in this economy people want to be SURE they are getting quality, qualified, contractors they can trust. AND...This year we have been mentioned in 2 of the nation's largest & most respected magazines including the Number 1 Consumer magazine for reports (the ONLY Pavement service ever listed by them TWICE!) We cover concrete and asphalt paving and ALL related service, decorative, maintenance, sweeping, landscaping & power-washing-people come to find the best...

Here's what people actually searched in average over the last few years:

Asphalt Paving  12,589
Asphalt Repair  3,176
Concrete Services  1,902
Crack Sealing  1,255
Decorative Asphalt-Stamps-Imprint  356
Decorative Concrete Resurfacing62 Infra-Red Asphalt Repair  317
Parking Striping and Related Services  2,822
Pressure Washing/ Steam Cleaning  193
Sealcoating  10,0055
Slurry Sealing-Chip Sealing & Decorative  479
Snow Removal - Snow Plowing  175
Sport Court - Athletic Facility Services  112
Sweeping  294
Various services-Landscaping, etc.  315

You can also enjoy & learn from year-round interaction with others in your field who share your commitment to quality. In our special "member's only" section you can discuss everything about your business, the hard times & the good...share experiences & tips from others that are going through or who have been through the same things you are dealing with. Tips-tricks-how-to deal with that cranky customer...our member's section allows year-round networking like we enjoy at the pavement shows all year long. Networking with other contractors who share your desire to build a quality pavement business or who have already built one is one of the moist valuable assets of membership. Not to mention special "member's only" articles furnished by some of the top experts in the field.

Soon their will be video webinars, live chats, podcasts-we are preparing to use all of today's latest technology to give our members that "edge" in 2010!

There are always substantial discounts available in markets where we have no members or too few members relative to the population & search demand. (The "stimulus" discount may be more or less, be sure to take the one that is lower for you)
Here is a typical example received recently
"I tried using your locater service to find an asphalt pavement contractor in Los Angeles, and the closest one came out in San Diego.
How can it be there no paver in Los Angeles that is NPCA approved?
Armando"
This is why we have even larger discounts for areas like LA and why if you had been here you would be doing this paving job!
Also we need more concrete & asphalt paving contractors in general, we have more maintenance contractors than asphalt or concrete pavers or decorative concrete/asphalt (which is a HOT market these days)

Don't Delay! The 2009 season was tough and there's not much time left in some parts of the country before the "season" starts. 2010 isn't predicted to be any better as far as the overall "economy" -maybe worse. It seems the "lowballers" & travelers are out in force like never before and customers will be looking for the best quality for their $$. In 2008-2009 even with the crazy price increases we easily broke all previous years records! Commercial accounts and residential customers are here in large numbers daily, and our exposure (YOUR exposure) will never be better...and with more benefits than ever, and savings too! In 2009... we had 4 members with over 400 referrals and our top contractor had over 575! Don't be left behind, the "season" never stops on the Internet and every year just gets better

1. NATIONWIDE MARKETING OF PAVEMENT SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS IN YOUR AREA (All work is performed directly by you for customers. Customers contact you directly-There is Never a "lead" or "job" fee.
2. The NPCA is not involved in your pricing, (estimates, payment arrangements, etc. We don't get a % or any type fee for your referrals)
   Here's an ad that we have had in Professional Retail Store Maintenance the nation’s largest magazine for facilities maintenance decision-makers. A monthly circulation of over 20,000 copies.
3. NEW-ONLY FOR NPCA MEMBERS-NPCA-Video-Coming VERY soon...Just like You Tube only for NPCA members.
   The above video is embedded here at a reduced size and is Don from the forums, one of our directors) with a message about NPCA Video, Pardon the unscripted setting (and 20 year anniversary instead of 10 years) This was just a test-not meant to be professional and because of the re-size some controls are not visible.
   Some contractors upload videos to sites like You Tube and then link to them from their web sites. However when a customer gets on You Tube they see many other things that may draw their attention from your site. Ads, another "funny" video or another contractors asphalt video-anything in your "category" provides distractions.
   With NPCA Video you will have your own personal video space to upload as many videos about your business as you like.
   Introduce your sales people, show your workers in action, whatever you want, as much as you want, and it will be just as simple actually using the same type simple, easy-to-use technology as You Tube.
   We are currently in the testing phase but by Mid-April you will have your own personal video space to link to from your web site with no distractions to take their attention from YOUR company-AND it will reinforce the quality image of you as an NPCA Member!
   OR you can "embed" your video inside your web site so the video appears to be on your web site while not using your space but being played "live" on your site from our new video site! Soon after we hope to have a separate section there for videos with sales seminars or other such videos from professional speakers to help your business.
4. Includes ad listing for your company on this site in our search database so customers can find you quickly and easily by the service they need and their zip code, the fastest and easiest way for customers. Their privacy increases their confidence in the members THEY choose (samples above).
5. Great "member's only" articles with useful tips. Here's a current sample on Utilizing the unused power of Email in marketing.
6. Red Roof Inns VIP Cards Our benefit saves you money and gets the "VIP" treatment whenever you travel, business or pleasure. At least an automatic 20% off rates & Red Roof's VIP Plan for NPCA Members offers everything from complimentary coffee, free local phone calls, expanded cable, priority rooms, express check in, complimentary late checkout (on request) along with special discount rates on any stay plus special VIP promotions. Just another benefit you can use for "VIP" treatment and savings whether traveling on business or taking a much needed vacation---cards can be obtained on request if you are already a member--We're ALWAYS working to find more benefits to save you money year-round and make membership an even better value than your customer referrals and our new Customer Assurance Program that started in 2009 can be your best sales tool ever --all free and included with membership!
7. Super Savings on Ford trucks (the first member to use this new benefit already saved $13,000 on a Ford truck built to his specs! The second saved almost $10,000)
8. Our Avis and Budget NPCA Member Rental Discount Cards with discounts on rentals anytime for any reason (not just business) PLUS extra flyer miles! Like Red Roof-Use for your Business or pleasure.
9. Our Affordable health/wellness/accident insurance for you and/or your employees that is affordable and even pays for accidents “off the job” as well as “wellness check-ups”, prescriptions, and even has options for dental. One trip to the ER or hospital stay can pay for this AND it has 100% benefits for catastrophic illness like stroke/heart attack/cancer/etc. Legally it can’t be called “health” insurance because it doers not require 100% employee participation but it has such great benefits it can fully supplement existing insurance (eliminating co-pay expenses & such) and for your employees it provides as much coverage as the average person would need…PLUS unlike “health” insurance YOU select the amount you want to contribute to your employees cost, from all to nothing or anywhere in between. We have worked 4 years to get this and now it’s a reality. There’s even a death benefit to supplement your life insurance or provide coverage to the uninsured (we hope you never need that one) Helping you keep those good employees with better health benefits!
10. Our special discounted program for NPCA members on all types of business insurance; General Liability, Commercial Vehicle, Workman’s Comp. and even bonding & umbrella policies! Whatever you may need.
11. Year-round discounts on printing and graphics of all kind from custom logo design or a “logo make-over”, letterheads, business cards, brochures, postcards, mailers, any printed materials you could ever need at big savings. (Including our super-discounted “new-member” package, one new member totally paid for their membership (at $225) in less than 1 order with the savings over the printer they had been using)
12. Year-round discounts on stencils for the striping trade and hand tools for striping/sealcoating & asphalt from allied-member ParkingLotPlanet Now the nation's number one supplier of custom made stencils for the parking striping & marking trade!.


13. Always discounts on the best quality hosting of your current web site to Search Engine Optimization a new web site design or make-over from our allied-member The Original PavementWeb Services (not the "copycat who sparang up this year using a variation on our name established wih 10 years of great service) with all services discounted for NPCA members and a special hosting plan just for them.

    A special "New Web Site" NOTICE for SealMaster users. SealMaster has provided a "Do It Yourself" Site template just for their SealMaster customers/NPCA Members...$13.95 per. mo. covers it ALL! Build your own web site, e-mails, change it anytime--everything less than $15 a month! SealMaster has provided this web benefit for their customers-and of course SealMaster Customers save an extra $100 on NPCA membership automatically!
    NOTE: The ORIGINAL PavementWeb serving more pavement customers than any single firm for over 10 years is offering great specials to NPCA members and a FREE "do it yourself" site builder' to members through June 1st.
    Build your own web site FREE if you can use a word processor and save over $1,600 per yr. compared to some "copycat" companies.

14. On-Going discounts for NPCA members on the time and money-saving EZ Estimating Software another allied-member. Save your time and money with fast, accurate estimating for paving and/or sealcoating.
15. Periodic discounts on other equipment & items from our allied-vendor members like Equipt, CimLine, SealMaster, DigiMark, Seal-Rite, LazyLiner, Billy Goat, and others.
16. Free show floor access and special educational credit seminars at the National Pavement Expo's to boost your company’s marketing reputation and qualifications.
17. Discounts on clothing & all “NPCA Gear” with the NPCA logo for you and/or your crew and special discounts to add your own logo … as well as use of our logo on your cards/vehicle signs/web site/job site signs and other advertising. Right now there's super discounts on hot-weather caps & "T's" and great dress shirts as well as "crew" apparel. Your logo or our logo embroidered FREE only $5 extra for both and EVERY item guaranteed unconditionally for 10 Years!
18. Our newest benefit special collection service that sends YOU a disk of forms & letters to get those "slow pays" to pay promptly! Plus discounts on professional collection services if they try to be "no pays"!
19. The Consumer Satisfaction Assurance Program all NPCA Members participate in.
    Nationwide marketing surveys show buyers are 80% more likely to choose a company they can "rate" on-line to a 3rd part. The GREATEST sales tool ever for members and IF you ever get any negative comments we contact you immediately so you can take care of the problem and turn an unhappy customer to a happy one!

Plus more…and more coming all the time... We are currently negotiating & hopefully GM is not far behind we're trying to get the same type discounts on GMC and Chevrolet trucks, (and are also negotiating with several other companies we cannot mention just yet)… but we NEVER stop looking for more benefits for our members to save them money and bring them more customers.

If you are a member or a former member who wishes to re-join we are offering a super-special for you! Whatever the discount was that you initially joined at (say you joined at an NPE booth and got a discount or you got a discount because of the area you are in) You KEEP THE DISCOUNT! No matter how low it was--you can re-join or get an additional year added to your membership during our pre-season special st whatever rate you initially had. Just and we will send you an electronic invoice with the same rate you paid when you joined initially!

Our Regular dues with no discounts have been reduced due to the economy to help members even more, Our new graduated dues schedule for normal rates (no discount applicable):

Companies grossing over $2 million annually:  $350
Companies grossing $1 - $2 million  annually:  $295.00
Companies Grossing less than $1 million annually: $275.00

Use the button below then Immediately complete and submit the form at the bottom of the page to get your company on-line for customers to find you within 48 hours or less.

Gross Sales

Over 2 Million $350.00 1-2 Million $295.00 Below 1 Million $275.00

Other Areas also qualify for discounts, we couldn't list them all. Just complete the forum below and use the button below to join instantly -If your area isn't listed fill out the form and you will get an e-mail reply with your discount rate. Remember if you have an "account" with SealMaster they have provided an additional discount for their customers IN ADDITION to other discounts you may or may not qualify for no matter your location!(does not apply to the super-State discount below or Canada)

SUPER Sizzling STATEWIDE Savings- A VERY Limited Time!
Act fast this special will not last long at all and the season is in high gear!
The SealMaster Discount Does Not Apply to these One-Time Offers.

Areas

California $195.00 Texas $195.00 N & S Carolina $195.00 Louisiana $195.00 Arkansas $175.00 Maine $175.00 Georgia $195.00 Florida $195.00 Alabama $150.00 Tennessee $195.00

Areas

Mississippi $175.00 Kentucky $175.00 N & S Carolina $195.00 Virginia $225.00 Arkansas $175.00 New Mexico $175.00 Misouri $195.00 Colorado $195.00 N & S Dakota $150.00 Alaska, Hawaii $150.00

Labor Day Membership Special-Join or Renew NOW!

ALL Specials (except Canada) will be ending after Labor Day so don't wait!
Have a full "season" of exposure next year plus the rest of this year all based on our special 2010 "economic recovery" rates!

As you know our 2010 board lowered membership rates for 2010 only and this discount is based on a $100 discount from the special 2010 rate! So the time will never be better to join or renew and add an extra year-this will cover all next "summer season" so it's a great time to take advantage of a great rate.
Just fill out the form below (username & password can be anything) then return to this page and make payment right away (100% secure-we never know even the method you used to pay) but do them at the same time so we can match them up. PLUS we will get your ad displaying right now for the rest of this season while you have 30 days to complete your membership paperwork! (NOTICE: A few areas may be the same or less than this discount so check for your area above to be sure you are getting the best rate.)

All fields in this form are required except fax number and web site URL if you do not have a web site. The username and password can be anything you can remember as they are not currently in use but may be revived for a new use one day.
Enter your e-mail address carefully. If your e-mail is invalid your request will not reach us even though this form will appear to accept your information.
Please enter your information in proper type (not all caps, all lowercase, etc.) We use the data just as you provide it to process your request.
We prefer that you use use secure on-line dues payments. They are 100% secure and we will never even know the type payment you used.
With on-line payment submit the form below and your response e-mail with membership information will contain a link to use secure credit card (all types of cards including debit) or e-check payment and we can get you on-line in our search up to 30 days faster! (We will still take a paper check, please add to the comments box that you would like to be mailed a PDF invoice you can print out & return)

CANDIAN CONTRACTORS Look for your special rate-it's MUCH lower than any other special since it's a new area for us!

Code of Ethics
Remember before joining:
NPCA members are now required to provide EVERY customer with our Customer Satisfaction Assurance site address at www.PavementPro.info
You must also adhere to a higher standard than most within our industry. To this end, all applicants shall be required to agree, in writing, to adhere to these high standards of ethics when dealing with customers, employees, subcontractors, vendors, suppliers and competitors. Failure to adhere to such standards, or conduct in a manner inconsistent with the high standards and goals of the NPCA may result in the Board of Directors revoking the Certification of the offending individual/company. All members agree to have all their customers surveyed by the association for overall satisfaction as part of our satisfaction assurance policy and to have those survey results available in the future to other potential customers who may be considering awarding contracts to you. All applicants are hereby advised of this section as well as our requirements for proof of insurance, licensing (in areas where required by law) and customer satisfaction arbitration policy.

You can easily pay your dues or renew by all major credit cards. Whatever dues rate applies to you, a credit card & e-check payment link will be sent with your dues info reply e-mail.

Use the form below to get INSTANT discounts for membership in areas where we need more members NOW! No matter what services you offer or how large or small your company...These can change at anytime so don't wait.