Frequently Asked Questions
What does Elite Force™ do?
Elite Force™ serves two distinct markets. Elite Force™ is trained and equipped to install and maintain information technology (IT) projects for companies that have hundreds and thousands of retail, financial service, hospitality, higher education and health care sites across the nation. These companies regularly have requirements for broad national and regional campaigns to install new equipment or contracts for large-scale maintenance of installed equipment.
Elite Force is also positioned to serve the millions of managers and owners of small offices and home-based offices who daily find themselves in need of equipment installation and maintenance services delivered with speed, competence and professionalism.
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So what makes Elite Force™ so special?
Our concept is simple, powerful, and service oriented. We provide a way for Elite Force members to get paid well every time they deliver prompt, quality computer-related services to our customers and we help Elite Force members build their own business by serving people who have small offices and/or home-based offices in the community where they live.
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How is Elite Force any better than the competition?
Our strategy has two distinctive elements: First, we are building an Elite Force™ of technicians who own the service area where they are deployed. Not only are Elite Force™ members paid well every time a service call is completed ($40 to $80 per hour) but the value of the service area they own increases with each new customer.
Second, we are deploying Elite Force™ nationwide to cover not only large metro-regions of the US but the hundreds of small cities, suburbs and rural areas. We are a go-anywhere, be-anywhere, anytime company.
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What’s in Elite Force™ for me?
First, as an Elite Force™ Technicianyou will work for, and receive income from, Elite Force™. Second, you will have an opportunity to evaluate Elite Force™ as a long term business opportunity while it lets us assess your suitability for Elite Force™ Membership. In addition to this online application, a review process includes a telephone interview and a local law enforcement background check.
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How do I know that Elite Force™ will be a fit for me?
You already know if you are an Elite Force™ candidate - even if you have never worked as an electronics technician or taken a class in electronics. If you’re the one your friends and family call on when they need help with a computer or printer; or if you’ve removed the case from a computer and replaced a faulty card or added a new card to speed things up, you are on your way to handling Elite Force levels of service.
You know you’re right for Elite Force™ if you like people and enjoy solving problems for them - if you like working in a professional manner and enjoy bringing a level of expertise to the situation.
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What will I need to get started?
Elite Force™ members need a laptop with a wireless card, a mobile phone, a reliable vehicle and a few hand tools.
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What is Elite Force™ Membership and an Elite Force™ Service Area?
The goal of the Elite Force™ application is to get you started as an Elite Force™ Technician. You may then elect to pursue Elite Force™ Membership and ownership rights to your Service Area. Your Elite Force™ Service Area is the geographic area where you and Elite Force™ will build your business.
When you complete the Elite Force™ application you will be entered into Elite Force OnlineTM (our services management system) as an Elite Force™ Technician. Elite Force Online™ will dispatch service assignments to you for any services requested in your area depending on your availability, skill set, and certifications. An Elite Force™ Account Number will accompany your first service assignment. Generally, you will be paid between $40.00 and $80.00 per assignment depending upon the particular requirements of the assignment. Most assignments are less than an hour.
After your first service assignment, Elite Force™ will decide whether to offer you provisional Elite Force™ membership. This gets your started and reserves a Service Area for eventual full ownership.
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How do I get started?
First, you complete the online application (LINK HERE) to become an Elite Force™ Technician. If we approve your application we will assign you an Account Code in Elite Force OnlineTMand begin sending you service requests. All service requirements in your area that match your capability and availability will be assigned to you. Elite Force may elect to offer you an invitation to become an Elite Force™ Member. During a provisional period, you will have opportunity to assess the true costs, risks, potential revenue and long-term value of becoming a certified Elite Force™ Member with full ownership of an Elite Force™ Service Area.
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What’s the next step?
Based upon an evaluation of your performance, you will be fully certified as an Elite Force™ Member at the end of the provision period. As a certified as Elite Force™ member you will be awarded the exclusive right to deliver Elite Force™ services in the Service Area that you have already been serving. Maintaining your Service Area in good standing requires annual service fee (the details of the contract will be reviewed with you and your professional counsel.)
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What am I getting if I acquire the rights to an Elite Force™ Service Area?
Elite Force™ is unique but it has many of the characteristics of a franchise-type company. Unlike these other companies in the IT world though, Elite Force™ is not focused on selling franchises. Our value is based first on the Elite Force network as a whole. Each time Elite Force adds a member to the network, it improves our capacity to serve nationwide clients. These clients are computer manufacturers, banks, and chain stores with thousands of outlets. The more owners of Service Areas we have in all regions of the US, including the remote regions, the greater our capability to meet the IT-service needs of these companies.
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Will Elite Force™ help me build the customer base in my Service Area?
Elite Force™ helps you build your customer base with marketing and sales support, web-based marketing, graphics and national and regional promotions.
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What happens if someone else is already working for Elite Force™ in my area?
We are processing applications in the order in which we receive them but we are assigning only about 1/3 of the total planned Service Areas. This means it is possible that another Service Area near you might be available but it will not be as convenient as operating the service area in which you live. We will not assign the area to you if we think the distance you have to travel would hinder your ability to service that area well.
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There’s lots of work in big cities but can I succeed in a small town?
In addition to small offices and home offices, we serve large corporate entities that have outlets in hundreds and thousands of sites nationwide - both in large cities AND small towns. Almost every small town has at least one or more department stores, banks, gas stations, fast food restaurants, and grocery stores. After working with these large corporations for twenty years I know that they need technicians badly in the remote areas. Every day, these companies pay hundreds of dollars to thousands of technicians to drive to areas not served by traditional companies. No single company has enough work in a small town to justify hiring their own full time technician there. But several companies together can provide plenty of work in a small town especially when combined with the home and small business market.
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What are the conditions for maintaining Elite Force Membership?
Elite Force™ Membership is maintained in good standing by: a) meeting standard sales, service, delivery and financial performance requirements for Elite Force Service Areas and b) providing satisfactory results from independent and certified drug tests which will be required from time to time.
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What if I don’t want to manage a business?
Elite Force™ Members are supported by a complete system for generating and managing service calls to national, regional and local clients – you might call it a “business in a box”. The system is fully available by laptop and wireless equipment and provides seamless access to dispatch, payment, technical assistance and marketing and sales support. It even helps you manage bookkeeping.
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When do I start training and how much will it cost?
As soon as your are accepted as a provisional member of Elite Force™, you will begin training immediately on the Elite Force™ management systems including customer service modules and operations procedures for your Service Area. You will also receive online training and manufacturers certifications on various models of electronic equipment. There is no charge for this training but you must have a A+ Certification before you can be considered for transition from provisional to full Elite Force™ membership and for purchase your Service Area.
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What about an A+ Certification?
A+ Certification is helpful but not necessary to become an Elite Force Technician and begin receiving job assignments.
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Is the amount of money I make limited by the time I have available?
Elite Force™ members are paid not only for all the services they deliver in their Service Area but also for any services delivered in their area by other members of Elite Force™. This means that even if an Elite Force™ Member is not available to meet the full demand for services in his or her Service Area and needs the assistance of other Elite Force™ members, they will still receive income from the delivery of those services.
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What happens if I am no longer want to be an Elite Force member?
Since Elite Force™ members “own” the Elite Force customers in their Service Area including future revenue from those customers, each new customer increases the value of the Elite Force™ Service Area. Elite Force members may elect to sell their Service Areas at a price that reflects its business value.
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