
CoreLogic Announces INTRCONNECT Schedule, Speakers & IICRC-Approved Credits
December 1, 2022INTRCONNECT 2023, the restoration industry’s premier event, has announced its key speakers and the chance for attendees to earn IICRC CE credits.
Read moreINTRCONNECT 2023, the restoration industry’s premier event, has announced its key speakers and the chance for attendees to earn IICRC CE credits.
Read moreFrom saving time to boosting revenue, here’s how restoration businesses can benefit from streamlining and automating the salvage valuation process.
Read moreCombining Next Gear CONNECT and CoreLogic Open House, INTRCONNECT is the world’s biggest claims/restoration industry event, coming in January 2023.
Read moreWondering how to build customer relationships in a way that nurtures and grows your business? Here are 7 important steps for restoration companies.
Read moreHow businesses can save time and money by using restoration job management software to standardize processes to reduce errors, redundancy, and missed payments.
Read moreMarketing is a key strategic component of most businesses, and property restoration is no exception. In fact, given the high competition and huge role of referrals and word of mouth, marketing is absolutely essential to long-term success and growth. With that in mind, here are seven fundamental restoration marketing...
Read moreWhat are the impacts of AI on property restoration? Here’s what leaders in the restoration space should know about leveraging the potential of AI.
Read moreFires and tornadoes and hurricanes, oh my! Here are 5 ways to make sure your property restoration business is ready for the severe summer weather season.
Read moreWhether you're taking notes or entering information into an Excel spreadsheet, there's always room for errors that could cost your restoration business time and money.
Read moreReviews are an essential part of the restoration business. Here are five ways to help make sure you're earning five-star restoration company reviews.
Read moreThe sheer volume of disaster restoration work available after a catastrophic loss event is an enticing prospect, but it's not an easy undertaking—roughly half of the contractors who participated in CAT events say they wish they never had.
Read moreLet’s look at four common challenges that nearly every company in the restoration industry faces, and what business owners like you can do about them.
Read moreIn early June, companies across America joined a movement to call attention to systemic racism and injustices in our country. Like many other socially aware organizations, we released a statement of support and temporarily blacked out our social media platforms to help amplify other voices. But this was more...
Read moreIt was a little more than four months ago that I first wrote about Next Gear’s response to what was then an emerging COVID-19 pandemic. While much of it is every bit as true today, we’ve refined many of our policies and made further improvements to our operations.
Read moreThere are many moving pieces for all disaster restoration projects, which means people can drop the ball, and communication can suffer at every turn. When communication falters, it causes unnecessary problems and stress for you, your staff, and partners, and most importantly, your customers. One of the best ways...
Read moreWe live in an age where we can track our pizza deliveries with an app, get notified the moment a package arrives on our doorstep, and know at the glance of a smartphone whether each door and window in our home is secure. Is it any wonder that our...
Read moreIn the restoration business, you know what to do when the water rises and flooding occurs. Are you just as comfortable handling the rise of data flooding your networks? This data deluge requires a specialized approach to understand its full potential—and that’s where business intelligence tools can help.
Read moreInsurance carriers need your services as much as you need their referrals, so learning how best to work with insurance carriers is vital.
Read moreThe key to successfully using restoration KPIs is developing a clear workflow and process that your team can easily follow, the same way, every time.
Read moreA paperless office saves money, speeds up cycle times, and is better for the environment. Here are five reasons to take your restoration business paperless.
Read moreOwners of a restoration business are always studying their budgets in an effort to increase their return on investment.
Read moreNo matter whether water damage has affected walls, flooring, or other structural assets, there’s a powerful mitigation method that delivers rapid results: drying chambers.
Read moreConducting annual business reviews is essential to any company, but in the restoration industry, it’s the key to success. When your business thrives on disaster, you need to ensure you’re providing the best service possible, and that you’re learning from each job. Unfortunately, this is a point many companies...
Read moreAfter a long day of sales calls, solving customers’ problems, and supporting the field, it’s not surprising that your sales team adopts some bad habits. It’s not just your restoration business—as a whole, the restoration industry has instilled some bad habits into its salespeople. However, that doesn’t mean you...
Read moreDo you want more sales? Who doesn’t?! Whether you’re a restoration contractor building your business through Third-Party Administrators (TPAs), direct referral business from adjusters, strong agency relationships, or by attacking the commercial market, you need the right tools to drive sales to maximize growth and success. Often overlooked when...
Read moreStudies show that two out of three transformation initiatives fail in organizations. If you asked each of the thousands of change management experts to share their most important tips, you’d get several hundred different answers. The change management tips for success that comeback time after time are the ones you...
Read moreHow can you be consolidating your restoration business better?
Read moreCustomer relationship management (CRM) software can help disaster restoration companies manage and grow their business by streamlining sales processes, keeping customer data organized, and providing insightful analytics. Today, there are more CRM options available for companies of all sizes than ever before. Some are robust solutions, others are simple,...
Read moreWhether you're taking notes or entering information into an Excel spreadsheet, there's always room for errors that could cost your restoration business time and money.
Read moreEffective marketing is the backbone of a successful business. The growth and success of your restoration business depends on how effectively you attract new customers and retain existing customers. And while most business owners are taking advantage of the various marketing channels available today, few have a clear...
Read moreIt’s the beginning of a new year, and for many people that means setting resolutions, making goals and expecting change. As a small business owner, you may already have a few ideas of where you’d like to see improvement in your business. Whatever your goals and desired changes, if...
Read moreWhile there may be a few major corporations that dominate the social media space with their extensive resources and rooms full of social media experts, the reality for most small restoration business owners is that social media may be a duty of one or two people, and oftentimes it...
Read moreDo you know everything you should about efficiency?
Read moreIs your restoration company keeping up with the latest technological trends?
Read moreAre you storing your data properly?
Read moreWhat can you do to increase your competitiveness in the restoration market?
Read moreKeeping employees accountable for the tasks they've been given can help increase productivity.
Read moreWith so many distinct issues impacting the restoration industry, it's important that everyone, from the executives to the project managers to the field team members, has the tools needed to overcome these obstacles and ultimately succeed.
Read moreWith the proper precautions and the right technological tools at hand, restoration companies can avoid costly disputes all together.
Read moreIf restoration companies are not gathering the correct data and then properly analyzing it, there's no way to accurately measure whether key performance indicators are producing the desired results.
Read moreThe heightened need for insurance compliance has pushed restoration contractors to become more transparent than ever before. In this hyper connected society, consumers are ever more discerning and skeptical about companies. This expectation for transparency has gone beyond the social realm and is embedded in businesses across all industries....
Read moreMany restoration business owners understand the value and importance in completing work as quickly as possible. Although varying factors will cause inevitable delays on job progress. Mobile technology remains an increasingly important tool to help with efficiency gains. When important information can flow freely between the field and the...
Read moreIn any line of business, creating and developing an efficient workflow chart is vital.
Read moreA business owner must have a firm grasp of his or her company's finances to make decisions in the future.
Read moreThe holidays are busy times for everyone, and especially so for those people having their house restored.
Read moreIt can be complicated for the leaders of a business to complete all of the tasks asked of them.
Read moreOne of the toughest and most important tasks a business will face is determining how much to charge customers.
Read moreHaving proper documentation will help a restoration business save money, and there is no better software on the market for collecting and maintaining documents than DASH.
Read moreFor business owners, clients of a restoration company and important stakeholders, keeping track of progress on a work project is important.
Read moreFor owners of a restoration business, figuring out the correct time to expand the company and increase operations can be complicated.
Read moreAs the owner of a restoration business, odds are you don't spend a lot of hours in the office.
Read moreIf you run multiple offices as a restoration contractor, you know how difficult it can be to manage every single compliance tasks within all your locations.
Read moreGenerally speaking, restoration contractors simply want to perform the best job possible in the least amount of time.
Read moreAs a business owner, making changes can be a challenging yet enduring task.
Read moreIn certain industries, business owners are reluctant to adopt new strategies, technology and ways of thinking when their old-school habits made them successful in the first place.
Read moreWhen a disaster strikes, affected business owners want to get back on track with their company in the fastest and most efficient way possible.
Read moreIn today's construction and restoration industry, there's no time like the present to adopt new technology to help give your business a competitive edge.
Read moreAs a restoration contractor, you know how easy it is to suddenly feel like you're working in circles on your claims assignment.
Read moreThere are numerous priorities on your mind as a restoration contractor, such as increasing productivity, reducing overall costs and having a competitive edge with customer satisfaction.
Read moreIn the restoration industry, companies are always trying to get a lead on their competition. The newest way of doing this is through social media. While social media is great and mostly a free resource, you need to have direction when creating your campaigns instead of just throwing noodles...
Read moreIf you are about to implement a Job Management Software as a Restoration Contractor it is important to focus on managing the change just as much as the new software. Significant change in any organization can be disruptive if not handled correctly. How to manage change: – Start with...
Read moreLinkedIn has become a go-to tool for many businesses for keeping up with what is going on with different companies, professionals, and professional groups. While social media giants like Facebook and Twitter are great to use for promoting your restoration company, it is easy to miss your target audience...
Read moreRestoration has changed a lot over the past 30 years. At dinner with someone who was an estimator back in the 1980s, he recalled adjusters doing estimates by long hand and not trusting the calculator. Flash forward to Restoration today, and we are way past the calculator and into...
Read moreA lot of restoration companies refer to “return on investment” as the amount of money they made on a specific job after all expenses were paid. While this is a great way to report on profitability at the job level, it’s a good idea to go a bit further...
Read moreI had a client once who went through new staff every six months. As you can imagine, it was near impossible to help this company grow with that kind of turn over. As much as we tried, we could not help this owner keep a staff that was willing...
Read moreEveryone wants or should want to develop and maintain big relationships. Whether you’re trying to start a relationship with insurance carriers, agents, adjusters or property managers, the best practices are those not practiced by everyone else with the same goal. The Standard Promise: “We will provide your clients with...
Read moreDealing with change is something with which most people and organizations struggle. Even the most change-resilient companies struggle when big change is required. As someone who has been helping Restoration Contractors with change for over 10 years, I have come to see a few themes in companies that were...
Read moreRestoration Contractors are really companies who focus on Restoration Management, as they are responsible for restoring all types of property, generally insurance driven, but also for dealing with the documentation and the rules of the insurance companies. Running a company that focuses on the restoration of property can be...
Read moreGrowing a Restoration Company is not as easy as it once was. Go back 20 years, and the Insurance Restoration Industry was a completely different animal. Gone are the days of just naming your price and running the job as you please. Now contractors have to work off of...
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