Celebrate Earth Day with Eddie Rodriguez, Arborist from First Choice Tree Service

Hello, and welcome to The Best Dam Podcast.   Our guest today is Eddie Rodriguez Jr.Eddie is a Senior Arborist and Senior Sales Manager at First Choice Tree Service. He has over 20 years of experience motivating and leading sales teams to achieve sales excellence in arboriculture and horticulture Industry. Eddie is a Certified Arborist WE-3916A, and holds an ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification from the the International Society of Arboriculture.Eddie's primary responsibilities at First Choice Tree Service, include:Client consulting & advisingDiagnosis and report writing, and Developing tree maintenance programs"AHA Moment"When he began to see the people that he trained get promoted in the industry, he started to see them running tree companies, becoming supervisors and foreman’s and even owning their own businesses. The joy really came when he started to see them buying their own homes and new cars, having children and watching them send them off to college.Key Questions that Eddie Answers:The importance of a tree maintenance programCredentialing and the International Society of ArboricultureBidding apples for apples not apples and orangesStories shared by Eddie:“The no net loss of tree canopy” National InitiativeScariest Professional ExperienceFirst JobWhat Eddie is ReadingAbout First Choice Tree ServiceFirst Choice Tree Service is celebrating over 30 years of service to the Las Vegas valley.  They offer a wide variety of services including:Residential and Commercial Tree CareEmergency ServicesLandscape Design and Transplant ServicesPlant Health Care and Grounds Management Services. Click here to learn more about First Choice Tree Service.SOCIAL SITESYou can learn more about First Choice Tree Service by visiting these social sites:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTubeRESOURCESTree Care Industry Association (TCIA) - https://www.tcia.org/International Society of Arboriculture -  https://www.isa-arbor.comThe Best Dam Podcast is a Podcast Production of the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce.Music for the Best Dam Podcast was created by ZakharValaha from Pixabay.CREDITSThe Best Dam Podcast is a Boulder City Chamber of Commerce podcast production.This episode is sponsored by the i & i Podcast & Music Studio. Be Heard.Music for the Best Dam Podcast was created by