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Service Professional of the Year

Service Professional of the Year

This award is about customer satisfaction and the positive results that our pool and spa service professionals produce for the people who use our products.

We want to recognize those professionals who demonstrate their technical knowledge and their outstanding customer service skills every day in backyards of consumers across Florida.

Judges will consider technical accomplishment and professional credentials, education and experience, and most of all . . . customer satisfaction. Each FSPA Chapter will select a winner who will be named the FSPA Service Professional of the Year at the Everything Under the Sunsm Expo in Orlando on February 21, 2019 at the Design Awards Welcome Reception.

How to Enter

Complete the Service Pro Award entry form 2018 and send it with two letters from satisfied customers to the Florida Swimming Pool Association via fax at (941) 366-7433 or by e-mail to Valerie@FloridaPoolPro.com. You may also include information from web based programs (5 Star Impression, Angie’s List, Google, Yelp) which allow for customer reviews. This will be considered as supplemental information and cannot replace the requirement of letters from customers for the purpose of this awards program. Entries may be from individuals or employers.

Rules

Candidates for the award must be owners or current employees of FSPA member firms. The application must be complete. Entries without letters of support will be considered incomplete and not qualified for judging.

Deadline for entry is October 31, 2018

Awards

  • Winners will be featured on a cover of the Florida Pool Prosm newsletter in 2019 and interviewed for feature articles
  • Winners will be recognized at the 2019 Everything Under the Sunsm Expo Welcome Reception with an award plaque. The
    reception is February 21, 2019 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
  • An electronic version of the winner logo / badge image will be available for display on your company web site.
  • Media releases will be sent to local media as well as trade press announcing the winners. A template media release will be available to winners so they may also promote their win with local media and for publishing on their web site.

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