What Our Clients Say about MYM Austin…

Over the years, we’ve collected plenty of flattering testimonials – Almost too many for one web page.  We’ve tried to organize them to some degree, based on the product or service we were rendering.

Most Of Our Clients…

…are famous for building beautiful pools and landscapes. They’re NOT famous for being great screen actors. Nonetheless, we’ve managed to capture some of our clients’ thoughts, comments and testimonials on film. Click a video thumbnail below to hear it “straight from the horse’s mouth.”

“Working with Brett and the whole staff at MYM Austin has been a great experience. They’ve been professional, fun, pleasant to work with, and very responsive.  We’re working toward what we hope to achieve in this down market. I think that without them, the future would be much more bleak.
William Gates “Gator” Green
President & Owner, Fountain Pools www.FountainPoolsWF.com
MYM has given us enthusiasm in marketing, which is something we’ve always been weak at. We’re great at building pools; MYM is now teaching us how to better market ourselves, and get the consumer to understand what it is we do. They’re a wonderful company; I would recommend them to anybody.”

Richard Moseley
Co-Owner, Champagne Pools

“Working with Brett is great. He’s able to capture ideas I have, and turn those into marketing tools and things that make a difference. Brett’s brought in the talent to help me market and regenerate some of the ambition that I have. It’s given me more fire in my company. It’s great to have a partner, and Brett is that for me when it comes to building my business.”

John Versfelt
Owner, Southernwind Pools

“Working with Brett has been very simple. He’s got everything really well streamlined and prompt. When we do our weekly meetings, it’s all business, “get it done” and “here’s your marching orders for next week.” It’s nice to operate at the level of efficiency that he has. He kind of pushes you a little bit, so it works well.”

Patrick Murphy
Director of Sales, Pools By Murphy & Sons www.PoolsByMurphy.com

Lew Akins“In my years of building pools and winning awards, I’ve gotten pretty good at marketing. Most of the ads I see from other pool builders are all the same. I knew I needed to differentiate myself from my competition. Doing that all of these years is what has led to my success. So when I was first exposed to Brett Abbott and his Monopolize Your Marketplace system, I was surprised to see that he was teaching and doing exactly what I’ve been saying all these years.
I’ve talked a lot of marketing people and sales reps over the years, and none of them comes close to understanding marketing for pool builders like this guy does. If you’re having trouble with marketing your pool business, you definitely need to talk to MYM Austin.”

Lew Akins
Founder, Ocean Quest Pools by Lew Akins www.LewAkins.com

Comments on our Website Work…

Websites are probably the single most important part of a pool builders marketing and advertising strategy. (Check out my blog post on this.) Here’s what our website clients say about our work:

Barry Twitchell, Owner of Playmore PoolsWhat a great job! More than I dreamed… You all have obviously worked very hard on this and it shows. I’m very, very happy…
Thank you,”

Barry Twitchell
PlayMore Pools Co.
www.playmorepools.com

Brett, thanks for the detail. Good to know you have all the avenues covered. We’ve been getting a good amount of leads thru the site. Already paying off! Thank you!”

Daniel McKenna
Vice President, Tampa Bay Pools

www.TampaBayPools.com

“Brett – with the little extra that I have done local and your good-looking site for us, I have been busy with calls, and work!!   Thanks!!”

Noel A. Valade, General Manager
IMPERIAL POOLS, INC.
www.ImperialPools.com

David Katz, Elite Landscaping “Great job with the web site, great, absolutely a true pleasure working with you. Just continue to cater to our insanity and we’ll do our best to keep smiling :O) !!

David Katz
Elite Landscaping

www.LandofElite.com

Shellee Katz, Elite Landscaping“The website ….IS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGG.  I love the black!! I love the mechanism to view all the pictures!! I love the links!! I love how the pictures are displayed. Totally, totally agree on ‘…the coolest, best-looking websites I have ever seen in my life.’”

Shellee Katz
Elite Landscaping

www.LandofElite.com

Pools by John clarkson“Of the last three appointments that I have gone to, they all for various reasons had been to our new website (referrals, Yellow Pages, etc.) and they have all commented on how great the website is. This has not happened in the past. Thank you, John and Jordan for the inspiration to move in this direction and thank you, Brett and company for making such an industry-leading website. I and all the sales staff appreciate the tools you are providing for our success.”

Kevin Chung
Pools By John Clarkson
www.PBJC.com

(Compliment from a homeowner to Ocean Quest regarding their updated Ocean Quest Pools website: www.OceanQuest.com) “I must compliment you on your website. It is one of the most thorough and impressive sites I have seen. It is a great reflection on your business.”

Neil Aussenberg, Austin TX

(Compliment from a homeowner to Pools By Murphy, regarding the website) “Sue and Frank, I just entered my request for an opening date using the website a little while ago.  But, I had to email you to tell you that I LOVE the website!  I just went in and looked at all of the testimonial videos and the custom pool photo gallery.  The pictures were amazing, and our pool and backyard would fit right in!”

Joan Conlan, Connecticutt

(Regarding the newly launched “Nordic Hot Tubs” pages on the “Ocean Quest Pools by Lew Akins” website) – “It looks great!  Thank you for your help with this!”

Kristy Mart
Ocean Quest Pools by Lew Akins
www.lewakins.com/spas

“Brett – you sure deserve a compliment on the nice job you did with Southernwind Pools web site. We occasionally get inquiries for web designers, and have few to recommend.  We would like to put your name in the hat!

Anne Davidson
Vital Signs, McKinney TX

Comments about Marketing Tools, Brochures, etc….

Ken Sherman, Essig Pools(20-Page NEW POOLS BROCHURE) “The brochures came out fantastic. I’ll send you one.”

Ken Sherman
Sales Manager
Essig Pools Inc.
www.EssigPools.com

Marshall Weiner, Champagne Pools and Spas(88-Page PHOTOBOOK)“Brett – I just picked up my book Wednesday and used it the same day. It is “f-ing” unbelievable! Thank you for your effort!”
Best regards,

Marshall Weiner
Sales Manager
Champagne Pools and Spas
www.ChampagnePoolandSpa.com

Rik Holberg, Splash & Company(Regarding the new promotional fliers for the APSP Golf and Fishing Tournaments):

“WOW – Nice!”

Rik Holberg
Splash and Company
Austin, TX

Wes Haigh“Never in the last nine years have we come anywhere close to getting that many leads at this home show.

This was incredible. We’re very happy!”
Wes Haigh
Owner, Guaranteed Pool & Spa

Comments on Training & Seminars…

Brett gives educational seminars online, at client sites, and at various pool industry conventions all of the United States. Topics range from marketing to advertising to websites and e-commerce, to anything else that will help pool builders sell more swimming pools.

  • Great, great, great course!!! Brett was phenomenal!
  • I wish Brett had two full days of classes. AWESOME!
  • Great information. Excellent, knowledgeable instructor.
  • Great presentation; I learned so much; Brett was very engaging, very enjoyable.
  • Brett was great!  Kept our attention, very informative.
  • Great ideas.  Brett gave me incentive.
  • Everything he covered is exactly what we need to work on.
  • All information was current.  Great presenter.
  • Got useful marketing tips.  An excellent course.  Bring him back.
  • Extremely useful and practical; good ideas.
  • Brett Abbott does a very good job. Thanks, (Matt Gohlke)
  • Great information – I liked that he used a lot of real examples.
  • Got to the stuff that works and then elaborated on it.
  • Brett is very entertaining; a great speaker. Very informative.
  • Excellent information and ideas; well worth the time!
  • Great ideas, great information!
  • Well informed! Excellent presentation!
  • Good content.  Surprisingly interesting.
  • Nice to hear where new strategies in marketing can pay off.
  • Gave a lot of great ideas and examples; well done!
  • Encouraging; got me excited about creating a webpage.
  • Fantastic!  Have him back.
  • Brett was very good.  Very informative.  Bring this back.

Comments on our “Marketing for Pool Builders” Newsletter…

People seem to enjoy our newsletters….

I just wanted say you’re AWESOME!!! Your words of advice in the pool industry have helped my family business so much here lately. So thanks so much.

“I have a networking group I meet with every Thursday, and during the meeting each business owner stands and gives a 45 second sales manager moment little speech. Your newsletters have helped me get the word out about my company and why we are better at what we do.  Thanks a Million!”

Kimberly Ethridge
St. Augustine Pools, Inc.

“Hey Brett, love your work, keep em coming mate.”

Andrew Plithakis
Liquid Blue Pools, Australia

“Bravo on the subject matter of this, the latest and greatest installment! I was just complaining to my wife about this very issue. (I even found myself looking for a link on the BBB site, as anyone might do, thinking certainly the BBB would have, at the very least a feedback link) what was I thinking?

“In any event, thank you for the rant … I feel better already!”

Chris P.
Blast Clear, Austin, Texas

“Excellent Brett. Thanks so much for passing the tools to your (and our) clients!

“We’re doing 2011 strategy right now on Luxury Pools print and web, including SEO, geo-targeting, simplified navigation, blogging, etc. NOW we have to educate these guys on how to be their own champions, using the many tools available. Nice that you thought to provide the mechanism for them to do their own stat gathering. We coulda… woulda… shoulda…well…thanks!”

Carol Anne Gigliotti
President, Manor House Publishing

“Terrific article, Brett. I’ll be doing a social networking article for Aqua soon. With your permission I might ask you if I can quote part of this and credit you in the article. I’m also going to be implementing your suggestions for my own business.

“I will give you some good props in my article and wish you much success in your business this year!”

Cordially, Merry Wise
Wise Pools, Houston TX

“Excellent commentary Brett. Keep up the good work!”

Nigel Leach
WW Adcock

“Hi Brett. This is your best article yet…
“I agree with all your points, many of which I didn’t know before I read it. Nice job.”

Sincerely,

Greg Howard
President, Carecraft

“Brett – LOVED the newsletter! Well written, (as usual), and I thought the subject matter was extraordinary!”

Rex Richard
Founder, Pool Genius Network

“Great article this morning and I appreciate you putting out the positive message to help keep all of us focused on the goal. Thank you for fighting the good fight and keeping the positive word out there for others to hear. I always enjoy your email letters and I know that others do too.”Chuck Baumann
Creative Environments

Comments on “Other Marketing Stuff”…

We do a lot of different things for our clients, beyond just “generating leads” and “helping to close more sales.” Here are some comments from lots of clients and organizations regarding “other marketing activities” such as training, public relations, copywriting, strategy development and more.

Your trade show presentation was awesome! Thank you for offering your time and expertise, it is greatly appreciated! Would you be so kind as to forward me the presentation so I can send it to our exhibitors?”

Laura Mitchell
Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce

“Brett was able to help my company “raise the bar” in my industry and really stand out as the obvious choice for our clients. The MYM system is a complete marketing solution for any type of business that will provide results long after the program is put in place.”
Mike Laymon

Margaritas To Go

Year first hired: 2004; Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

“Brett, thanks for all of your efforts in promoting Jumpstart! You are truly an inspiration to me with your enthusiasm, integrity and dedication. You were primarily responsible for making Jumpstart the success it was. I too look forward to once again working with you. With a SMILE!”

Jim Gentil, Mr. Positive
Speaker – Motivational, Informative, Inspirational
Author – 60-Second System, Positive People Power!

“Thanks for all of the help on such short timing. We sold four tubs, which is four more than we sold last year. Additionally, I’ve spent my entire morning entering David’s pool leads that he got from the home show. This was our best show ever!”

Aaron Reynolds
Hot Tub Sales, Ocean Quest Pools by Lew Akins

“Brett, thank you for your insight. Your ‘first-person approach’ is phenomenal and what a wonderful skill you have for writing. That comes so naturally for you. Thanks again!”

Judi Cherry
JCV Video Productions, Inc.

“I just wanted you to know that, of all the way-too-long-ass e-zines I get, yours is the only one I read. Really. The ONLY ONE. I am a “high I” on the DISC scale, so I don’t like details and I generally skim long articles if I HAVE to read them. But yours almost always has valuable information that I want to absorb. Sure, I have heard some of it before, in marketing classes and such, but I really get a lot out of it.
I hope you are planning a book. This stuff is PRICELESS! By the way, what do you do when you’re not sending out amazing newsletters?

Susan Morrow
Copywriter, Words Are We

“Brett Abbott first introduced me to the MYM Marketing Program in 2005. Since then I have referred several people to him as I believe that today, MYM has the strongest marketing consulting program that money can buy. Period. If you are spending money on marketing and you are not using the MYM Marketing System, you are wasting your money.

Jefre Outlaw
Entrepreneur & Networking Specialist

“Thanks again, Brett. It was great to see MYM successfully work in the not-for-profit field. Great work and great collaborative effort. Congratulations to you and everyone who was involved. I hope to do it here in NY.”

Barry Adelman
Monopolize Your Marketplace

“Brett, you did a FANTASTIC job today! I think everyone came away with more than they expected to get. The delivery exceeded the promise… with a SMILE!”

Jim Gentil, Mr. Positive
Speaker – Motivational, Informative, Inspirational
Author – 60-Second System, Positive People Power!

“Brett, the ten-CD set has been extremely helpful and a solid first step. I personally feel that Monopolize Your Marketplace is one of the best-kept secrets in the business world… something I know you’re working diligently on changing.”

Steve Welhausen
Junk Busters USA, Austin

“I admire your drive, energy and excellent work ethic.”

Al Trappe
Photography by Alicebeth

“Thanks again for your continued top-notch PR/Marketing job your doing for the Austin Chord Rangers. It is appreciated by all of the members. And Congratulations on winning first in the Holiday Poster category.

Frank Mignoli
President, Austin Chord Rangers

“The report from Ray (Settles) just came in… Brett gets an A+ for his steady leadership and powerful presentation. We are all better today than we were yesterday.”

David Steinberg
Marketing Consultant, New York

“I want you to know how much I enjoy and appreciate working with you. Your decisiveness, clarity, and attention to detail make things so easy. It’s rare to get a project with prepared copy and specs, much less to have those things done as well as you do them. It’s a real pleasure. Thank you.”

Kirsten Nothstine
Creative Director, Tiny Empire Design

That’s a great ad!”

Rusty Schramm
Hot Tubs Manager, Ocean Quest Pools by Lew Akins

“I really like your referral check holder and the check itself. I really think you did a great job.”

Brett Padgett

“Thank you so much for speaking at Freelance Austin last month. You really did a wonderful job and I know I got a lot out of your talk. Thank you for sharing your expertise.”

Susan Morrow
Copywriter, Words Are We

You never cease to amaze. You handled a difficult issue with extreme professionalism. You folks are truly as good as they come and it is a pleasure to know/work with you.”

Dan Billings

“Wow! This was the best Memorial Day performance I have participated in (my fourth). We made it on KXAN-TV and in the Austin Statesman. The marketing efforts paid off, and Brett did a masterful job as emcee.”

Frank Mignoli
President, Austin Chord Rangers

“Brett, you’re a master. I’m off to the TV studio for my Friday taping but will respond in detail later. In the meantime, thanks for your keen input.”

Dana Cooper

“Wow! What a great article Brett. I really enjoyed this. Thanks!

Jennifer

“Great job. You make a very good emcee. I heard from folks that we got good coverage from KXAN.”

Lon Badgett
Vice President, Austin Chord Rangers

You’re doing an awesome job! I hope you will continue to support us under the new leadership.”

Rich Flinchbaugh
Singer, Austintatious Quartet

Wow! I love what you did. The flyer is wonderful. Thank you.”

Mark Briody
Singer, Congress Avenue Connection Quartet

“I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful article you did on Chelsey that appeared in the Lake Travis View. It really was well-done and we appreciate you highlighting Chelsey in that way. Thanks again.”

Wendy Daniel

“Brett won a PROBE award a couple of months ago for the best holiday show flyer. The flyer is awesome and is really due a good spread. It had super color and a very clean layout.”

Philip Maxfield
Director, Barbershop Harmony Society

“Genius about the monitor… pure genius! As computer-savvy as I am, I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it first… hmmmm, I’ll just have to outsmart you on another day.”

Dacia Osborne
Virtual Administrator, Austin TX

“Ya up’n did a bang-up job on this one, Mister!”

Richard Oliver
Marketing Consultant, Oceanside, California

“Brett, the Guest Nite flyers and Show poster look FANTASTIC! Great Work!”

Emil J. Otis
Public Relations, Austin Chord Rangers

“You’re smooth… have you thought about selling refrigerators to Eskimos?”

Lon Badgett
Vice President, Austin Chord Rangers

“Here is the form Brett supplied us with for class today. I hope you were impressed with the information he shared with us. I learned a great deal. He delivers with passion and confidence in his message. What a pleasure!

Midge Norris
Marketing2Go

“Thanks Brett–your PR work really paid off. K-EYE 42 gave us a good three minutes of airtime around the theme of our winning division victory again after 37 years. Elizabeth did a great job of weaving Russ and my interviews around the Singing. Austintatious singing to Elizabeth got the lead-in and a good five to ten-second airing. And once again, your screen displays and presentation made a great impression on the quality of our organization.”

Frank Mignoli
President, Austin Chord Rangers

“Brett, very nice flyer indeed. In one word, ‘CLASSY!’ Thanks for sharing.”

George Williamson
Publicity Director, Orlando Chapter
Barbershop Harmony Society

“Thanks very much, Brett. That is some awesome certificate! I’ll use it for inspiration. We have used silent auctions, but our display did not have the kind of impact that your certificate does. You have really showed us what can and should be done.”

Mike Popelka
Publicity Director, Milwaukee Chapter
Barbershop Harmony Society

Brett,

I just picked up my book Wednesday and used it the same day.

It is “f ing” unbelievable!

Thank you for your effort!

Best regards,

Marshall Weiner

Sales Manager

Champagne Pools and Spas

407-832-8903 cell

407-323-6941 fax

www.champagnepoolandspa.com

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