Running a Business in The Survival Stage
For owners of a small business in water damage restoration, the second phase of growth is the survival stage. Your business is growing and that isn’t without challenges. Preparing yourself to face the unique struggles of each stage is crucial if you’re going to keep your business alive and growing. While the beginning of your […]
Running a Business in The Existence Stage
The existence stage is the first stage of a small business in water damage restoration. As your company grows, you are going to face all kinds of challenges and how you handle these challenges is a big determinant of what the future of your water damage business looks like. Many small business owners excel in […]
The Stages of Company Growth
As the owner of a thriving small business in water damage restoration, growing your business is likely one of your top priorities. As your business grows, you can expect certain challenges along the way. In fact, these obstacles are so common in the company growth process, we’ve been able to outline them into stages. Moving […]
Building Networking Relationships That Will be a Source of Referrals
We all want more leads, that’s just a part of being in the water damage restoration business. For the last few weeks, we’ve been breaking down the different source of leads. Specifically, we’ve looked at how restoration specialists can build relationships that can be leveraged for referrals. Each of these referrals sources, from plumbing and […]
Creating Referral Relationships With Carpet Cleaners
We Provide You the Formula for Success More Floods provides non-franchised restoration companies unique business systems and exclusive training and education that unlock high growth. We are a member-based network of independent restoration companies. Our members are the envy of their local competitors because they have exclusive rights to use our proven formula – unique […]
A Smart Approach to Third Party Administrators
In the Water Damage Restoration industry, there is a fair amount of debate about the usefulness of third party administrators. Some love the convenience of the referrals these organizations send their way while others get frustrated by the quality of the jobs they secure through TPAs. A third party administrator works in partnership with insurance […]
Building a Referral Relationship with Insurance Agents
Last week, we established the importance of referrals for growing and scaling a water damage restoration company. We looked at how specialists could build strong relationships with plumbing contractors, which are one of the most steady sources of business for restoration businesses. Today, we want to shift gears. We want to take a quick look […]
Creating Mutually Beneficial Relationships with Plumbers
More leads is the key to securing work in the water damage restoration industry. It’s the reason entire companies exist to generate connections between loss victims and restoration experts. Lead generation websites are certainly attractive, as is the idea of having warm leads delivered to your email inbox each day. Unfortunately, these services aren’t always […]
5 Networking Resources for Water Damage Restoration Professionals
Surrounding yourself with a supportive group of professionals is invaluable in the water damage restoration industry. Whether you’re a crew member employed by a restoration business or you’re the business owner yourself, growth is heavily dependent on networking and learning from others. In a specialized field like ours, it isn’t always easy to find peers […]
The Power of Networking for Creative Thinking in Business Ownership
Creative problem solving is a part of what we do each day as business owners in the water damage restoration industry. Unfortunately, we often try to create solutions on our own, operating our companies without support or friendship because we’re fearful of competition or feel we’re too busy for the time and effort networking requires. […]
Creating Systems For Your Water Damage Restoration Company
Water damage restoration companies who become a part of the More Floods network get access to resources developed over the course of several years. These systems were created with the growth and scaling of Power Dry in mind. They’ve been tested in real time, perfected, and used over and over again. They’re honestly an invaluable […]
Water Damage Restoration Systems: Our Story
Many of our readers already know that long before More Floods was even an idea, we began Power Dry. In 1988, Greg and Ed founded the business in Kansas City and we became the first company in the area to specialize in water removal and drying services. Since then, we’ve seen amazing growth. We now […]