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Managing Your Restoration BusinessTradeTalks: Unlocking the Experience

Trade Talks: Unlocking The Experience

Second-Generation Restoration Industry Leader…with a twist!

By Mike Balzano
March 21, 2024

In this episode of “TradeTalks: Unlocking The Experience”, R&R Publisher Mike Balzano talks with Amanda Stichter, Operations Manager of Virtual Vision Computing. Amanda’s bio opens by noting she was “Raised in the Home of a Restoration Business Owner”. And although her excellence in Business Development and Marketing took her down a different path, eventually all roads lead back to Restoration. 

  • Chief Operating Officer at Virtual Vision Computing
  • Seen as a leader and Expert in Digital Marketing and Design
  • Starting a monthly column with R&R in April 2024!
  • Owner of 3 Dachshunds!
  • Favorite country is Turkey!
  • She even wrote, produced, recorded, and released a CD single (multi-talented) 

Amanda is truly a shooting star in our industry, utilizing the very “The Experience” method of hands-on training to help customers increase their profits through proper marketing.
 

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Mike Balzano is the former publisher of Restoration & Remediation magazine.

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