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•13 January, 2023
3 Common Reasons for Project Delays & How to Mitigate Them
Project delays are common in every industry, but the impact they can have on the customer experience in the restoration industry varies. We wanted to better understand how many 1-star reviews online were due to delays, and we were surprised to find that nearly 17% of all 1-Star reviews left for companies on Google were due to frustrations over project delays; a significant portion of the 1000 reviews we analyzed.
3 Common Reasons for Restoration Project Delays
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3 Common Reasons for Project Delays & How to Mitigate Them
Project delays are common in every industry, but the impact they can have on the customer experience in the restoration industry varies. We wanted to better understand how many 1-star reviews online were due to delays, and we were surprised to find that nearly 17% of all 1-Star reviews left for companies on Google were due to frustrations over project delays; a significant portion of the 1000 reviews we analyzed.
3 Common Reasons for Restoration Project Delays
To help restoration companies
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3 Ways Your Contractors Can Kill a Potential 5-Star Review
Most restoration companies, if they’ve been in business long enough, have been subject to a 1-Star, bad customer review. No company can hide from scorned customers leaving reviews online when they feel they haven’t received the service they felt they deserved.
We analyzed over 1,000 bad reviews left on Google for restoration companies across North America, and the lessons we uncovered prove that any one factor can nuke an otherwise good experience, but also that almost every issue is solvable.
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Why do restoration projects go off-the-rails?
That’s the question we asked ourselves, and the answer has huge implications.
Why Are Reviews Important for Restoration Companies?
When a business receives even one 1-star review online, it can lead to a 22% decrease in new business coming in. For the average $2M restoration business, that’s about $250k lost in one year, due to a single negative review.
Given the power customers have over how businesses are perceived online due to the prevalence