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Your worst review is about a bill the carrier refused to pay.

Reputation management for a restoration company is handling what a homeowner writes after a claim went badly, and what an adjuster or a board member reads before recommending you. GullySales watches the mentions, drafts replies that stay out of the claim, and asks for reviews at the end of the rebuild.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What reputation management means

Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.

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Sales and marketing for water and fire damage restoration companies, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For water and fire damage restoration companies

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The complaint is about coverage, not about your work”

    The carrier paid less than the invoice, so the homeowner writes that you overcharged. Your reply cannot argue somebody's claim in public.

  • “Nobody wants to rate the worst week of their life”

    Asking a family whose kitchen burned for five stars the day the fans leave feels wrong, so nobody asks and the listing stays thin.

  • “Adjusters and board members read before they refer”

    A desk adjuster deciding whether to keep you on a job searches your name. So does an HOA treasurer holding three quotations.

What we do

What we deliver for water and fire damage restoration companies.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Alerts on the company, the owner and the trucks

    Watches on Google, Yelp, the Better Business Bureau and the local community groups where a wet basement gets discussed before anyone posts a review.

    Result: You hear about it before a property manager does.

  2. A reply that stays outside the claim

    An agreed shape for answering a payout complaint, saying what was done and offering a call, carrying no coverage opinion at all.

    Result: The thread ends without a second argument.

  3. Review requests sent after the final walkthrough

    The ask timed to the end of reconstruction rather than the day the equipment leaves, with a shorter version for mitigation-only jobs.

    Result: Your newest review is months old, not years.

  4. Documentation pulled together before it is questioned

    Moisture logs, photographs and daily records taken from Encircle or DASH into one file per job, ready the day a scope or a bill is disputed.

    Result: An argument ends with a folder instead of a phone call.

  5. Employer reviews answered, and crews asked

    Replies to former technicians writing about on-call rotas and pay, and a routine for asking the crew who stayed while they are content.

    Result: Your hiring page stops being one leaver's account.

  6. A read of what keeps coming up

    Every mention found, what was replied, and the complaints that repeat, such as a missed appointment or a slow supplement, against the starting baseline.

    Result: You stop replying to the same complaint each quarter.

How the result is measured

  • Average rating
  • Response time to reviews
  • Negative mentions resolved

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What to do with each review

How to answer each kind of review a restoration company gets.

Praise after the rebuild
Thank the homeowner by first name and say the kind of loss, such as water or smoke, only if they wrote it. Ask whether you may name the crew lead they mentioned.
Payout or claim complaint
Say you cannot speak for the insurer. Offer to send the photographs and scope notes you hold. Inside, check that every job file has the moisture readings, photographs and signed scope in one place.
Noise, smell and equipment during drying
Acknowledge the discomfort. Check that the first visit explained why the dryers and air movers run, because a surprised homeowner writes this review. Add that explanation to the visit script.
Rebuild running late
Say which stage is waiting and on whom, such as materials or approval. Phone the owner before the reply goes up, so the first they hear of your answer is not on a screen.
Lost or damaged contents
Ask them to call with the inventory list. Check the pack-out sheet signed at pickup. If the item is listed, say what you will do. If it is not, say you will look into it.
Review from a former technician
Reply briefly. Do not describe the person or their pay. Say there is a route to raise safety and pay concerns inside the company, and check that the route exists and someone answers it.

Who it is for

This is written for these water and fire damage restoration companies.

  • Water mitigation companies working residential losses
  • Fire and smoke damage restoration companies
  • Mould remediation specialists
  • Contents cleaning and pack-out operations
  • Restoration companies holding a general contractor licence for the rebuild
  • Independents competing with national franchises
  • Franchise owners who need local work beyond the brand's leads
  • Commercial large-loss and multi-family restoration teams
  • Biohazard and trauma scene cleaning companies

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the reputation management work runs

  1. 1

    Understand current perception

    We start by actually searching your business name and reviewing what a stranger would currently see.

  2. 2

    Audit existing mentions

    We catalogue reviews, mentions and search results, flagging anything negative or inaccurate.

  3. 3

    Plan responses

    A calm, factual response is prepared for anything that needs one, agreed with you before posting.

  4. 4

    Implement monitoring

    Ongoing checks are set up so new mentions are caught promptly rather than discovered by accident.

  5. 5

    Measure and report

    Sentiment and response times are reported, with your business name searched again to see what has moved.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • Hours that fit your day, agreed up front

    Which hours we overlap with yours is settled before any work starts, so you know when a reply is coming and when it is not.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Should we reply to a review about the insurance payout?
Reply once, briefly, and stay out of the claim. Say what your crew did, offer a call, and put no figures or coverage opinions in public. What the carrier owes belongs between the homeowner, their carrier and their own attorney.
How do we get reviews when a job takes six months?
Ask at the end of the rebuild, and ask separately on jobs where the reconstruction went elsewhere. Restoration reviews go stale fast, and a homeowner searching at midnight reads the dates before the stars.
Can we ask the plumber or property manager who referred us to review us?
Ask only if they have actually seen your work. A short note on how you handled the job is more useful to them than a star rating. Do not offer anything in return, and do not write the note for them.
A review names our technician. Do we name the technician back?
No. Reply as the company, thank the guest and say you will look into it. Talk to the technician privately before replying. If the review is kind about the technician, tell them the same day.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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