It’s almost cliché to say that a good business should be transparent with its customers, but what does that mean? What good is transparency? And what transparency is good?
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Every industry has a constriction point where one unfortunate event is all it takes to grind everything to a halt. What’s your bottleneck?
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Standalone equipment tracking software is one more complication in an already complicated industry. DASH has a built-in equipment tracking solution that keeps tabs on your entire inventory.
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When Adobe Flash went dark after years of warning, many organizations were caught off guard; it's a cautionary tale for any company that relies on an interdependent tech stack.
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Let’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.
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Do you often ask yourself and your staff how to be more productive at work?
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Welcome to The Business of Restoration by Next Gear Solutions, a restoration business podcast exploring technology and best practices in the restoration industry. Today’s episode features Next Gear Solution CEO, Garret Gray and Chris Corder, the President of Coastal Restoration and Gearhart, Oregon. We hope you enjoy listening in...
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A paperless office saves money, speeds up cycle times, and is better for the environment. Here are five reasons to take your restoration business paperless.
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Owners of a restoration business are always studying their budgets in an effort to increase their return on investment.
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There’s an appealing quality to completing a task yourself. The sense of accomplishment boosts your confidence and feelings of self-worth. But when that project goes wrong, the opposite hits you ten-fold. You grow frustrated. You waste time trying to make it right. But worst of all, you spend more...
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Studies 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...
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It’s more important than ever for disaster restoration companies to have a competitive advantage. When it comes to running your business more efficiently, having the right job management software can be the difference between higher profits and happier employees or headaches and lost documentation. Are you ready to choose...
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How can you be consolidating your restoration business better?
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Customer 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,...
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You work hard. You have to. That’s the restoration industry. People are counting on you. You’re in business to keep other people in business. But you’re also in business to increase your bottom line. It’s the profit that keeps the lights on, food on the table, and enables you...
Read moreWhen Grandpa said “time is money,” he was right. A recent Proudfoot Consulting survey which polled 2,500 businesses in 39 countries found out if don’t use your time efficiently, you lose money. A lot of it. According to the poll, inefficient use of time in the UK cost businesses...
Read moreIs your restoration company keeping up with the latest technological trends?
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Read moreWhat can you get out of a cloud-based restoration management system?
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By utilizing a mobile cloud-based restoration management system, you can keep your company agile and capable of scaling up to respond to changes in the market and client demand.
Read moreThe cloud has all kinds of benefits for the modern restoration contractor.
Read moreOne of the ways that restoration companies are gaining the competitive edge to stay abreast of their industry peers is by implementing mobile solutions.
Read moreBy increasing capacity with workflow management, restoration companies have the ability to optimize efficiency, thereby trimming schedules and, ultimately, boosting profit margins.
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 moreThe restoration industry is constantly evolving, and contractors have the responsibility to stay on par with the latest industry standards all while trying to remain profitable in a highly competitive field. Forward thinking restoration contractors understand the need to streamline their operations with technology in order stay relevant. Without...
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In any line of business, creating and developing an efficient workflow chart is vital.
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A business owner must have a firm grasp of his or her company's finances to make decisions in the future.
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The 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 a restoration business, it can be difficult to determine a clear growth indicator.
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 moreWhile technology has completely changed how business is run, there are still many project managers who don't completely understand all the ins and outs of cloud computing software.
Read moreRestoration contractors spend a lot of their day mitigating losses and managing.
Read moreThere’s no denying the overall rise of data flooding our networks on a daily basis. In some ways we can call it a “Data Deluge.” With all this data comes a great responsibility to understand it’s full potential. Nowadays, sound business decisions are based on having access to better...
Read moreBeing able to work fast and efficient is always the goal for restoration contractors.
Read moreThe property and casualty industry can throw your restoration business some curve balls every now and then.
Read more“Most of us spend more time on what is urgent, not enough on what is important.” – Stephen Covey Time cannot be stretched or recycled; it is finite, precious and in great demand. The truth is, we all have the same amount of hours in a day to work...
Read moreMost everyone has heard the phrase "work smarter, not harder," but what does that truly mean?
Read moreMore businesses continue to rely on real-time information.
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