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The Dark Side of Preferred Provider & TPA networks
Let's talk about program work.There's a lot of good things about being a part of insurance "programs", but I don't want to talk about them.I want to talk about the bad side.Insurance "programs" or "preferred provider" networks are agreements that insurance carriers...
$1,000 An Hour: Five Xactimate Codes for Water Damage Success
Five Ways to Rev Up Your Mitigation Revenue. Would you like to make $1,000 an hour? Did you know that you’ve already got the tools to do so? You’re probably already doing these things. But you’re not getting paid for it if you’re not properly documenting your...
Xactimate in Plain English
"What do you do again?" It's the inevitable question that I've had asked many times over the years. And it's understandable. I work in a small niche ($210billion) of the construction world called "Restoration." That means I help people who have suffered water and...
Adjusters act as if it’s their money.
It’s Not Their Money But you wouldn’t know it by the way they act. I’m talking about insurance adjusters of course. And the way that it seems that every claim is being paid out of their own personal bank account. It wasn’t always like this, but longer I’m in the...
So you’re handling your own insurance claim? Really?
These last couple weeks, I've noticed a subtle theme in some of the people I’m speaking with. It has been bothering me enough, and putting these people in bad enough positions, that I've decided to write about it in the hopes that others will learn a better way. What...
When good trees go bad.
Neighbor’s Tree, Your House. It’s that time of year again here in the Northwest. The weather is turning and the wipers need replacing. And, with the last storm system that blew through, a lot more than the leaves are falling. As I was driving into work I saw several...
What is Thumbtack?
Kellee Gunderson via Compfight So I was introduced to this site today. Ron Garcia of The Garcia Group asked for references today at our BNI Meeting. The website is called Thumbtack. So I went there, gave him a glowing review, then signed up. Part of signing up...
Change is Tough
If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. ~Richard Branson Fighting upstream is hard. Being different is hard. Making real change is hard. The last couple weeks have shown me just how hard it is to be different. I had a potential client accept a...
Make My Pain Go Away: Choosing the right Contractor
How to make the SMART move when choosing a contractor. Choosing a contractor is tough, real tough. Most people don’t know where to start, so they do a quick Google search and get lots of bids. Let me tell you, that process is a sure fire way to fail. When someone...
Look for the Good, Coach to the Strengths
After reading The Long Tail and Killing Sacred Cows, and after sitting down with Beth from Four Winds Coaching yesterday, a core truth stood out to me. As with all great books, ideas and coaches, they speak about the profound and basic truths. As a society, we have a...