Dick Wagner has served the Restoration Industry for over 28 years. He brings expertise in Structural Drying, Environmental Inspection, Remediation, Fire/Smoke Restoration, as well as Contents Inventory and Pack-out. He spent the first three years of his restoration career teaching Insurance Adjusters on how to audit personal lines claims (especially Contents) for potential fraud.
Later, he realized contractors needed a more formal and unified pre-disaster program to help them get more steady and repeatable commercial work. So, in 2009 Wagner created and began offering an exclusive pre-disaster program to select independent contractors around the US. Clients all across the US have attended his specialized classes and implemented an exclusive commercial program.
This well-known national PREP™ – (Priority Response Emergency Plan) has helped hundreds of contractors implement this commercial Sales program into their restoration business with now thousands of Commercial end-user clients.
His unique and trademarked Marketing training programs also include:
“Selling to Commercial Prospects”
“How to be an Ultra-High Marketing Performer”
“Weathering the Storm”
“Your Marketing Differentiation”
“Developing A Personal Brand”
“Compromise Can Hurt You”
“Successful Sales Negotiations”
”Ways Plumbers Can Make Another Million Dollars”
Dick is Past President of the Society of Cleaning and Restoration Technicians (SCRT). It is one of the nation’s largest restoration trade organizations. He served for 6 years on the executive board of Donate4Kids Foundation – a non-profit foster children organization in Florida. He was also a Florida State appointed Guardian ad Litem as a foster child advocate for 6 years and advocated for many foster children.
As one of the co-founders of the CREST Network, he works closely with marketers on weekly Zoom calls coaching them on the best way to build client referrals. In 2010 he created the AskDickWagner.com website, featuring Blog articles and currently has hundreds of them on the site.
Dick lives in Southwest Florida with his wife of 36 years.
