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Hosted by Clinton James · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 68 episodes
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Restoration Pros Unplugged is the podcast built for restoration business owners who want to grow, operate smarter, and lead better. Hosted by Clinton James, CMO at Water Restoration Marketing, each episode cuts through the noise and gets straight to what matters — real conversations with restoration industry pros, business builders, and experts who've been in the trenches. From marketing and sales to operations, leadership, and scaling your company, Restoration Pros Unplugged delivers the insights, strategies, and honest talk you won't find anywhere else. No fluff. No filler. Just straight-talking advice from people who know this industry. Whether you're running a two-truck operation or managing a multi-location company, this podcast gives you the tools, knowledge, and inspiration to take your restoration business to the next level. Subscribe, tune in, and get ready to learn from the best. Welcome to
Clinton James hosts Restoration Pros Unplugged, a business show with 68 episodes published.
Most restoration business owners only show you the highlight reel. Not this episode. Raul Gonzalez of WonderBuilt Restoration and Construction gets real with Clinton James about the two times his business almost didn't m
Tunde and Moji Adefolaju opened their SERVPRO one week before COVID shut everything down. Six years later they're running six territories and 15 service vehicles in Northern California. In this episode, host Clinton Jame
Nine months into business, Dwayne West landed a $100,000 job off his second lead. In this episode, he tells host Clinton James how he did it. Dwayne owns Firehawk Restoration in Jasper, Georgia. He's a Navy veteran who g
Most episodes of this show feature a single guest sharing their unique path through the industry, but today we are completely flipping the script. In this special roundtable edition of Restoration Pros Unplugged, host Cl
Most restoration owners have a crazy story about how they got into the business, but very few have survived a first job so brutal it almost drove them out of the industry forever. In this episode of Restoration Pros Unpl
In this follow-up episode, Clinton James sits down again with Toby Clem of Restoration Advisers to dive deeper into what it really takes to grow a restoration company that doesn’t depend on the owner. If your business st
If your field techs are juggling four, five, even eleven different apps on a single water mitigation job — you've got a data problem. And that data problem is going to follow you everywhere: estimating, compliance, team
You're landing jobs. Revenue is climbing. But somehow, cash is always tight — and when you need financing to grow, the doors keep closing. You're not alone. And the problem probably isn't your sales numbers. In this epis
What if your restoration company could deliver a Disney-level experience—even on a customer’s worst day? In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with Vance Morris, former Disney leader, fou
Most restoration companies don’t struggle to find work—they struggle to build a business that doesn’t depend entirely on the owner. In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with Toby Clem of
In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with Erik Peterson, General Manager of Arko Restoration, to unpack a game-changing leadership exercise that’s helping restoration companies break thr
Most restoration companies are sitting on thousands of past customers and doing absolutely nothing with them. In this episode, Clinton sits down with Alex Nghiem, Chief Revenue Officer at Epic180, to break down a simple
What does it really take to scale a restoration business and expand into a new market without making expensive mistakes? In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with John Gabriele, owner of
Real growth in the trades doesn’t come from chasing trends or jumping on the latest tactic. It comes from systems, strategy, and partnering with people who understand how contractors actually operate. In this episode, Cl
Missed calls, slow follow-up, and storm surges can quietly kill your revenue. In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with Nick D’Urbano, Co-Founder and CRO of Distance, to break down how r
This isn’t just a recap, it’s a celebration of the moments that made Restoration Pros Unplugged the go-to podcast for growth-minded restoration entrepreneurs. In this special Rewind episode, we look back at the top inter
In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton sits down with Phil DePaul, the powerhouse owner behind United Water Restoration Group Long Island and 1-Tom-Plumber Long Island. Known for his bold “BoomZeal” leade
Struggling to find and keep good people in your restoration business? You’re not alone. In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, host Clinton James (CMO, Water Restoration Marketing) sits down with Paul Sanneman, f
AI is changing the way restoration companies operate, and WonderBuilt Restoration is already putting it to work. In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James talks with Raul Gonzalez, owner of WonderBuilt
In this episode of Restoration Pros Unplugged, Clinton James sits down with Claire Carreras an entrepreneur known for taking broken home-service teams and turning them into high-performing operations. Claire shares her u
Paul Childers
Blue Sky Biz Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Vance Morris
Chief Experience Officer - Deliver Service Now Institute · Deliver Service Now institute
1 appearance on this show
Erik Peterson
founder and CTO · Arko Restoration
1 appearance on this show
Paul Sanneman
Contractor Staffing Source
2 appearances on this show
Raul Gonzalez
senior author · Mictlan Murals
1 appearance on this show
James Hatfield
Chief Revenue Officer · LiveSwitch Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Scott Miller
Wall Street Journal best selling author and senior advisor on thought leadership · Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
1 appearance on this show
Dwayne West
Firehawk Restoration
1 appearance on this show
Toby Clem
Restoration Advisers
2 appearances on this show
Andrew Wirick
Docusketch
1 appearance on this show
Alex Nghiem
Epic180
1 appearance on this show
John Gabriele
911 Restoration of Des Moines
1 appearance on this show
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