“The other day I had a rather large ticket install job. As I'm talking with the customer after the job was finished he mentioned why he chose my company. He said: I kept seeing your videos on social media, so when I went online to look for an HVAC contractor and your company name popped up it felt like the obvious choice. Since I already knew your name and face I felt much more comfortable going through with such a big decision.”
— Tom Corbett · HVAC contractor · permission granted (“Absolutely”)
22/30 Who + Where + What · $1/day boost candidate · Named, not anonymous
Why this mention belongs on the wall
Tom Corbett is a young adult HVAC contractor Dennis hosted in Vegas. He later wrote to say a large-ticket install closed because the customer already knew his face from social videos. That is Dollar-a-Day and Content Factory in one customer sentence: videos → name recognition → trust → booked job.
Dennis asked, “May I quote you on that?” Tom replied, “Absolutely.” We kept the wording verbatim.
The Vegas SEO whiteboard thank-you (same person)
“Hey Dennis, just wanted to say thanks again for letting me stay at your place for the conference. I had a great time in Vegas, and the videos you filmed about SEO were seriously game changing. Those whiteboard videos you did were incredible—probably the most valuable thing I took away from the whole trip. Really appreciate your time and generosity, and I hope I can return the favor sometime.”
— Tom Corbett, Sep 7 · after staying for the conference
That is the earlier mention content@ sat on from Jul 31 through Aug 21. Angles Dennis named: practicing what we preach, SEO training videos, coming to Vegas to learn, helping young adults grow with AI-powered digital marketing.
How we scored the HVAC job quote
Who 7/10 · Where 5/10 · What 10/10 · 22/30. Rubric: how to collect and organize positive mentions. High What because the customer named the mechanism (videos on social → name and face → comfort on a large ticket).
What we do with it
- This page as the canonical article for the Tom Corbett proof.
- A row on the team inventory so the next agent does not rediscover it.
- Dollar-a-Day candidate: boost the quote card, not a selfie.
- Honor-card path on dennisyu.com/people/ when we have a clean photo.
Part of the proof library on dennisyu.com/mentions. Related: 30 high-powered positive mentions · Dollar a Day.