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Managing Your Restoration Business

Marketing in the Restoration Industry

By Myldred Ingram
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Photo credit: courtneyk / E+ via Getty Images

May 29, 2023

Marketing in the restoration industry can be a challenging task, as it requires a slightly different approach compared to other industries. These are the few tips to ensure that your marketing efforts are effective:


1. Focus on Customer Education

The restoration industry is complex and often requires a level of customer education around the process, what to expect, and the costs. With this in mind, marketing should aim to engage with customers at the educational level. By providing educational content such as blogs, videos, webinars and other marketing efforts that provide informative insights, you can help customers to better understand the importance of restoration and your company's offerings.


2. Highlight Successful Restoration Projects

Showing potential customers your completed restoration projects can be a great marketing tool. This gives them an idea of what they can expect from your services. It is also important to showcase your before-and-after results, expert knowledge, and attention to detail.


3. Build an Effective Online Presence

Consumer’s today search for everything online, so building a strong online presence should be a priority in your marketing strategy. Your website should be simple, easy to navigate, and informative. Investing in search engine optimization (SEO), social media management, and paid advertising is very important.


4. Define Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

Every restoration service company should have its own unique selling point if it is to stand out in this competitive market. Whether you pride yourself on speed, affordability, expert knowledge, or differentiated a restoration approaches: define your USP and use it to set yourself apart from competitors.


5. Create a Referral Program 

One of the easiest and most effective methods for gaining new restoration projects is through recommendations or referrals. Offering a referral program maintains loyalty and strengthens your relationships with current customers. By building a referral program, you empower customers to spread the good word about you to family, friends, and colleagues.

By focusing on the essentials of customer education, highlighting your successful projects, and focusing on unique selling propositions, along with effective brand awareness management, having an effective marketing strategy will drive better results.

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Myldred Ingram is the former Editor-in-Chief of Restoration and Remediation (R&R) magazine. When she’s not writing or reviewing an article she enjoys trying new restaurants in her local area and beyond. The beyond part is because she will most definitely book a plane ticket or take a road trip to another city for food. She loves meeting new people professionally, and working with industry professionals to build upon their brands by thinking of innovative tools for their platforms. Moreover, she’s  excited for the opportunity to merge her journalism, production and technical writing background for use towards R&R magazine. Myldred manages with a servant leader mentality believing that it takes many parts to help an operation run efficiently and there’s no I in team. Myldred looks forward to meeting everyone and learning more about the Restoration and Remediation industry.

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