Obviously, titles are important to some people, otherwise there wouldn’t be titles.
In my (limited) experience in the Yeshiva, Orthodox and business worlds, the only people who care about their titles are those who need the self-esteem boost that others should know they are “qualified”. in many instances, it is because they are only qualified because of their title, not because of their knowledge or experience.
Those who know they are an expert don’t care if they are referred by or have a title. Of course there are exceptions (such as a CPA needs the title to sign an opinion), but those are the exceptions.