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lead-aggregator pitches aimed at this trade, what a fair monthly price is, and why trial-first beats a contract.</description></item><item><title>Seasonality in restoration and a marketing plan for the slow stretches</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/slow-season-marketing-plan-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/slow-season-marketing-plan-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When water, fire and mold work peaks by region, why the shoulder seasons are where companies fall behind, and a week-by-week plan for the slow months that fills the calendar before the next freeze.</description></item><item><title>Pricing and quoting for restoration companies: insurance jobs, self-pay jobs and how price shapes your marketing</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/pricing-and-quoting-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/pricing-and-quoting-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How to present restoration pricing when most jobs bill to a carrier, what to say to a self-pay mold customer, deposits and deductibles, good-better-best on rebuilds, and how pricing choices change which leads you should buy.</description></item><item><title>Missed calls and speed to lead for restoration companies: what a 2 a.m. voicemail costs</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Why restoration callers do not leave voicemails, how to answer at night without burning out, the text-back that holds a lead, and how to put a dollar 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for water damage or mold, and the profile, website and listing fixes that get a restoration company named.</description></item><item><title>Facebook and Instagram ads for restoration companies: the non-emergency side of the trade</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What Meta ads can and cannot do for a water, fire and mold restoration company, the creative that works, offers, budgets, and retargeting the people who searched but did not call.</description></item><item><title>Google Ads for restoration companies: emergency campaigns, budgets and what a water damage lead costs</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/google-ads-for-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/google-ads-for-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 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flooded</title><link>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-restoration/</link><guid>https://restorationownersedge.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-restoration/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The walkthrough ask, the text that follows it, timing around the insurance claim, and what a healthy review pace looks like for a restoration company.</description></item></channel></rss>