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Membership in an Exclusive Association
Membership is restricted to licensed private investigators where
licensing is required, and members must agree to conduct their
business affairs under a code of ethics that sets our membership
apart from the typical private investigator. Being a member
of the LPIA is a privilege based upon your hard work to achieve
the success of being a professional private investigator.
The LPIA was the first association and is the ONLY Non-Profit
Association for Private Investigators in the State of Louisiana.
The Louisiana Law that established the State Board of Private
Investigators authorized the LPIA to select a member at large to
submit to the Governor to be appointed on the Licensing Board.
This gives members a voice in how the Louisiana State Board
conducts the regulation process. NO OTHER ASSOCIATION can
make that claim!
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Online
Members Directory
Members
in good standing are listed online on our MEMBER'S DIRECTORY which
is available to the public to help advertise your services and
show the public that you ARE a member of the Louisiana Private
Investigator's Association.
Your listing is included with your membership and will remain
valid as long as your membership remains valid. It shows the
world that you take the profession seriously! The LPIA website is a great
resource for members as well as the public seeking private
investigators.
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Marketing Advantages
Our web traffic log shows that as of November 2, 2009 our current
traffic to the website is in excess of 160 hits per day. Use
Google to search for a Louisiana Private Investigator and the LPIA
website will typically be the first entry shown. Having your
agency as a member of the LPIA provides you a decided advantage.
Here's how:
When you visit the home page of the LPIA, you will notice right at
the top, in the center of the page a link that asks, " Do you want
to hire an Investigator?". When a user clicks on this
link, they are presented with a search form that allows them to
search for private investigators by City, State, Partial Zip Code
and several other ways, returning a list of private investigators
that meet their search criteria. Only licensed private
investigators are on this search form.
This list is searchable as well....well worth
your membership dues alone...but there's more!
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Membership Certificate Suitable for Framing
When you join the LPIA
you will receive a Membership Certificate that is suitable for
framing, that displays for everyone to see that you are a member
of the Louisiana Private Investigator's Association.
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Members Receive a Lapel Pin
Members also receive a professionally designed Membership pen
designed to be worn on your Lapel. It signifies to those
that see it that you are a member of the LPIA and that you have
agreed to conduct your business under the highest standards.
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Networking Opportunities
LPIA members can network with private investigators throughout
the state. When you are networking with another member of
the LPIA, you know that this person has agreed to follow the same
standards that you do. Members typically would rather refer
business and share information with other LPIA members than
non-members.
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LPIA
Yahoo News Group
Members
may join an exclusive Listserv on Yahoo groups and participate in
online discussions on issues that effect the way you do business,
receive work assignments from other investigators and share
tidbits of productive information that is only available on the
LPIA Listserv. Unlike some other news sites, the LPIA Yahoo
site is limited to Members only and that means, the person reading
the site is an investigator. Not some kid that "wants" to be
an investigator.
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Legislative Monitoring
Through
a collective effort, the
LPIA
monitors and updates the membership regarding proposed, pending or
enacted legislation which affects the private investigative
industry. From time to time, we may also put the call out for
members to write their representatives on important issues to help
keep our industry safe from unfair controls and burdens on
investigators.
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LPIA Insurance Program
LPIA Members qualify for a discount on a set of life insurance
products being offered by
ASSOCIATION INSURANCE PARTNERS.
Contact Greg Town at 225-216-0939 for information on this program.
We are hoping to expand this program to include health insurance
at some point in the near future.
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Conventions and Educational Seminars
LPIA
presents regional seminars throughout the state
which members can attend at reduced rates. Our Educational
Seminars are approved and valid for application toward the
required continuing education requirements to renew your Louisiana
License, and while open to everyone, Members pay a much reduced
rate to attend and receive advance notice.
We've held super conferences in the past and this is a goal in the
near future to hold a super conference where national speakers and
exhibitors will be on hand. It can happen with your support.
These events offer
networking, training and continuing education to our membership.
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Satisfaction of
Supporting your Industry
WE NEED YOU! Your membership dues makes all this happen.
Together, we make a strong voice for all Louisiana Private
Investigators, through our centralization, coordination, and
distribution of data, information, ideas, and knowledge and
methods to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the
private investigative business.
Through the development of innovative programs within the LPIA, we
will return our association to a standard that the LPIA was
founded upon and then beyond. We intend to represent only
the professional.
The short video below, from The Responsibility Project is
presented as a visual of how working together, we can solve any
problem. That's what the LPIA hopes to accomplish through
our membership. Will you join us?
