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REGAL RESTORATION
× EASLEY LABS · KICKOFF BRIEF
ENGAGEMENT · MONTH 01 / DAY 01
DISCOVERY BRIEF · INTERNAL · 3-MONTH BUILD & TRANSFER

BEFORE WE TOUCH
THE SITE, WE LISTEN.

This is the kickoff brief for the Regal Restoration rebuild. Every answer in here shapes what your team owns and runs after Month 3. Don't generalize. Be specific. The site is only as sharp as the inputs.

PREPARED FOR
Christopher Negron
+ Rob, GM, ops, field leads
PREPARED BY
Nate Easley
Easley Labs
TIMING
10 Sections
~90 min · 7-day soft return
HOW TO USE THIS BRIEF

Route it. Don't drown in it.

Every section is tagged with the right team member. Christopher routes the section to the right person. Each section takes 5–15 minutes — built so nobody has to do all of it.

/ 01 OWNER + OPS ~5 MIN

COMPANY IDENTITY

The hard facts. These will appear on every page of the new site, in LocalBusiness schema, and in your Google Business Profile. Inconsistency here is what the audit flagged as a top issue.

WHY IT MATTERS
The current site lists two phone numbers with no defined primary. NAP inconsistency directly hurts local rankings.
/ 01.1

Legal entity name + DBA

The name on your IRS records vs. what's on the truck. Both matter.

CONFIRMRegal Restoration · Aurora, CO · WordPress site since at least 2023
Confirm or correct — and add legal entity name (LLC/Inc) if different
/ 01.2

Primary phone number

Pick ONE primary. This is the number we use on every page, schema markup, and Google Business Profile. The other gets retired or routed.

AUDIT FOUNDSite currently shows both 720-245-3565 AND 720-780-9765 as click-to-call links. We need one.
⚠ CRITICAL DECISION

Choose your primary number. The other can forward into it. NAP consistency is the #1 fixable issue on your site right now.

PRIMARY NUMBER:
/ 01.3

Business address + service area

HQ address (for schema), plus the cities you actively serve. Each city you list needs to be one you'll actually drive to in under 60 minutes.

CONFIRMHQ: 705 Telluride St., Aurora, CO 80011 · Cities currently on site: Aurora, Denver, Thornton, Lakewood, more
Confirm HQ. List ALL cities you actually serve (priority order). Note any city you'd like to drop or add.
/ 01.4

Hours of operation + emergency coverage

Business hours for the office, and the 24/7 emergency line policy. "Always answered live" is different from "voicemail rolls to on-call.""

Business hours: _____ · Emergency coverage: _____ · Who answers at 2 AM: _____
/ 01.5

Year founded + years in business

Trust signal. Goes in the hero stat row and the about section.

Founded: _____ · Years operating: _____
/ 02 OPS + FIELD ~10 MIN

SERVICES & CAPABILITIES

Every service gets its own page. Every page needs schema, unique content, and an emergency CTA. Tell us what you actually do and how you do it.

AUDIT FLAG
/storm-damage/ and /storm-damage-restoration/ currently return 404. Entire category missing.
/ 02.1

Complete service list

Every service. Check what you do. Mark CORE (50%+ of revenue), REGULAR, and OCCASIONAL.

CONFIRM/EXPANDSite lists: water damage, fire damage, mold remediation, sewage cleanup, trauma cleanup, mitigation
Expand and tier. Add: storm damage (sub-types: hail, wind, hail/roof leak)? Biohazard? Crime scene? Construction cleanup? Reconstruction/rebuild? Asbestos? Lead? Commercial vs. residential split for each?
/ 02.2

Average response time — measured, not promised

This becomes the headline stat in the new site's hero. Use real data from your last 90 days, not the marketing number.

Average minutes from first call to truck on-site (last 90 days):
/ 02.3

Crew composition + equipment owned

How many trucks, crews, and core pieces of equipment. Specific gear (truck mounts, hydroxyl generators, desiccants) is content for the "what makes Regal different" section.

Crews: _____ · Trucks: _____ · Total field staff: _____
Major equipment (list 5+ pieces — truck mounts, dehus, hydroxyls, etc.):
/ 02.4

IICRC certifications — by category and certificate number

S500 Water Damage Restoration, S520 Mold Remediation, S540 Trauma & Crime Scene, S700 Fire & Smoke Restoration, FSRT, ASD, AMRT, WRT — list what you actually hold.

Certifications held (firm-level + individual technicians). Include cert numbers if available. We need these for trust signals and partner-portal claims.
/ 02.5

Average job size by service type

From discovery: $10K average for water loss. We need the others.

CONFIRMWater loss: $10,000 average (from May 1 conversation)
Fire average: _____
Mold average: _____
Storm average: _____
Sewage / trauma avg: _____
/ 02.6

What you DON'T do

Equally important. Anything you refer out: full reconstruction? HVAC? Roofing? Asbestos abatement? Be honest. Saves bad-fit calls.

Out of scope:
/ 03 OWNER + OPS ~10 MIN

CUSTOMERS & PAIN POINTS

The site has to speak in their words, not yours. Tell us who calls, what they say, and what they're afraid of when they call.

DESIGN INTENT
The new site will have a "Three Customers · Three Pitches" section like a control panel — one for homeowners, one for property managers, one for adjusters.
/ 03.1

Customer mix — by % of jobs and by % of revenue

Homeowner direct · Property manager · Commercial · Insurance referral · Realtor · HOA · Government.

Breakdown:
/ 03.2

What does a homeowner say in the first 30 seconds of an emergency call?

Direct quotes if possible. We use them in headlines and FAQs. Capture the actual language — "my basement is filling up" not "there is water intrusion."

Top 5 things homeowners say verbatim when they call panicked:
/ 03.3

What does a property manager / commercial customer care about?

Their priorities are different — response, documentation, billing, minimizing tenant disruption.

Top concerns:
/ 03.4

What does an insurance adjuster expect from a preferred restoration partner?

Adjusters are a key referral source. If we get this right, we can build them their own portal page.

Documentation standards, billing format, response SLAs, Xactimate use, etc.:
/ 03.5

Most common objections / questions you hear

"How much will this cost?" "Will my insurance cover it?" "How long will it take?" These become FAQ schema on every service page — direct SEO wins.

Top 10 questions you hear, in order of frequency:
/ 04 OWNER ~5 MIN

TRUST & CREDENTIALS

The hard numbers and badges that prove you're not a stranger. The new site will feature these in a stat row, trust strip, and certification block.

USE
Stat row in hero · "Why Regal" section · service page trust strips · footer
/ 04.1

Jobs completed — lifetime and last 12 months

Lifetime: _____ · Last 12 months: _____
/ 04.2

BBB rating + accreditation date

BBB rating: _____ · Accredited since: _____ · BBB profile URL: _____
/ 04.3

Insurance partners — carriers you're approved with

List every carrier (State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Liberty Mutual, Travelers, Farmers, etc.). Logo strip in footer. Adjuster portal upgrade later.

Carriers:
/ 04.4

Memberships + affiliations

Aurora Chamber, RIA, NORMI, Better Business Bureau, etc.

CONFIRMAurora Chamber of Commerce (confirmed during May 1 discovery)
Add others:
/ 04.5

Awards, press mentions, recognitions

List with dates and links:
/ 05 OWNER + ROB ~10 MIN

BRAND & VOICE

The personality the site projects. The audit found the current site is generic and templated — every restoration site reads the same. This is where Regal stops sounding like everyone else.

OUTPUT
A voice + style guide that powers every page, blog post, AI-assisted email, and future hire.
/ 05.1

Current tagline (if any) + the one you wish you had

Current tagline (if any):
What you wish it said:
/ 05.2

In one sentence: what makes Regal different from Servpro, Belfor, and the other 200 restoration companies in metro Denver?

Not "we care more" or "quality work." Be specific. From the discovery, you mentioned wanting to be "above and beyond 95% of competitors." Translate that.

The thing nobody else can claim:
/ 05.3

Three words that describe how Regal should sound

e.g., "calm, expert, fast" · "tough, dependable, no-BS" · "warm, professional, reassuring"

Three words:
/ 05.4

Things we should ALWAYS say + NEVER say

Industry words you embrace ("water mitigation" vs "water removal"). Words that make you cringe ("synergy", "leverage", whatever). This goes straight into the AI prompt library so generated content matches Regal's voice automatically.

ALWAYS say:
NEVER say:
/ 05.5

Brand colors + logo files

Hex codes, logo SVG/PDF, brand guidelines if any.

Color codes, logo file location, brand guidelines doc:
/ 06 OPS + FIELD LEAD ~15 MIN

STORIES & PROOF

Restoration is a visual business. The single biggest trust signal we can put on the new site is real before/after photos with the real story. This is your competitive moat.

CRITICAL
We need photo access — Surfire Local export, Google Drive, anywhere your field crew uploads.
/ 06.1

Top 5 jobs you'd put on the homepage

The ones where the story is incredible — basement flood that became a kitchen remodel, fire damage where you saved family photos, mold problem you traced to one hidden leak. Each needs: photos, location (city only), date, story in 2–3 sentences.

Job 1:
Job 2:
Job 3:
Job 4:
Job 5:
/ 06.2

Where do field photos currently live?

Surfire Local? Google Drive? Phone cameras of the crew? We need to know the source of truth to build the field-photo upload pipeline.

FROM DISCOVERYYou mentioned Surfire Local handles geo-tagged field photos that feed Google. We can replace/integrate with our own pipeline in Month 2.
Current photo workflow (be specific — apps, drives, who uploads, who reviews):
/ 06.3

Testimonials we can publish — with names, cities, and dates

"Anonymous happy customer" doesn't move anybody. Real first name + city + month/year = trust. If you have permission to use last names, even better.

List of testimonials with names, cities, dates, quote:
/ 06.4

Google reviews — current count and target

Goes in the trust strip. Also: process for collecting more (we'll automate this in Month 2).

Current Google review count: _____ · Star rating: _____ · Goal in 90 days: _____
/ 06.5

Press, case studies, or noteworthy partnerships

List with links:
/ 07 OPS MANAGER ~15 MIN

OPERATIONS & PROCESSES

The new site is the front door, but the internal hub is the engine. Map your current workflows so we know what to centralize, automate, and train the team on.

DELIVERABLE
NotebookLM-powered internal resource hub. Every SOP, paperwork form, training video, and FAQ in one searchable place.
/ 07.1

Lead intake — from first ring to job scheduled

Who answers, what they capture, where it goes, how it gets routed.

Step-by-step intake process:
/ 07.2

Job dispatch — from "we got it" to truck on the road

Dispatch process:
/ 07.3

Documents that live in too many places

List every form, SOP, training doc, customer agreement, insurance form. These get centralized in the internal hub.

Inventory:
/ 07.4

New hire onboarding — current state

Walk us through what a new technician's first week looks like today. What works, what doesn't.

Current onboarding flow + gaps:
/ 07.5

Tools your team uses every day

Field apps, CRM, accounting, payroll, dispatch, comms. We want to know what to integrate with and what to replace.

Stack:
/ 08 OWNER + ROB ~5 MIN

GOALS · 30 / 90 / 365

Without a target, we can't measure progress. These are the numbers we work toward and report against every week.

WHY
Anchors Month 1 audit, Month 2 build, Month 3 launch + handoff. Drives the weekly check-in.
/ 08.1

30 days — what does "this is working" look like?

30-day success:
/ 08.2

90 days — at handoff, what's in place that wasn't before?

90-day success:
/ 08.3

12 months — the big win

Lead volume target? Revenue? Market share? Specific keyword you want to own?

12-month vision:
/ 08.4

Top 5 keywords / search terms you want to own in metro Denver

"water damage Aurora" "emergency restoration Denver" "fire damage cleanup Lakewood" — get specific. We'll back this with real search-volume data after we get it.

Keywords (we'll validate with data in Month 1):
/ 09 CHRISTOPHER ~5 MIN

TEAM FOR TRAINING

Who learns the new systems and AI workflows. The whole point of Month 3 is your team running it — so we need to know who's getting trained.

TRAINING TRACKS
Internal hub · NotebookLM · AI-assisted content + outreach · Site editing · GBP + review handling
/ 09.1

List each person who will be trained — name, role, what they'll own

Don't include "everyone." Be specific about the 3–5 people who become the new in-house experts.

Team list:
/ 09.2

Tech comfort level — honestly

Per person. Some folks are ready to dive into Claude. Some need step-by-step screen recordings. Both are fine — we build training to match.

Per-person notes:
/ 09.3

Preferred meeting cadence + day/time

Weekly 30-min check-in default. Pick a recurring slot now and we'll lock it for the 12 weeks.

Day + time:
/ 10 CHRISTOPHER + IT ~10 MIN

ACCESS WE NEED · WEEK 01

To start work this week, we need read or admin access to the following. Add us as a delegated user wherever possible — no shared passwords.

PRIORITY
P1 = blocks work
P2 = needed Week 2
P3 = needed Month 2

DELEGATE TO: nate@easleylabs.com

Domain registrar (regalrestorationco.com)
GoDaddy / Namecheap / etc. — DNS + transfer ability if needed
P1 / BLOCKING
WordPress admin (current site)
For audit fixes + content migration. Admin role.
P1 / BLOCKING
Web hosting dashboard
Where the WordPress site is hosted — cPanel, Cloudways, WP Engine, etc.
P1 / BLOCKING
Google Business Profile
Add Nate as Manager. Critical for review + photo workflow.
P1 / BLOCKING
Google Search Console
Add as Full User. We need real performance data.
P1 / BLOCKING
Google Analytics 4
Add as Viewer at minimum, Editor preferred.
P1 / BLOCKING
Current SEO vendor — read-only credentials or termination plan
So we know what's running today, and so we can plan the off-ramp.
P1 / BLOCKING
Surfire Local account
Export field photos + understand what to replace.
P2
Social media — Facebook page, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok
Add Nate as Editor / Page Admin where applicable.
P2
CRM (whatever you use for jobs/leads)
JobNimbus / Service Titan / Housecall Pro / Sheets — for outreach + reporting setup.
P2
Google Drive / SharePoint — company shared folder
For SOP centralization, photo libraries, training materials.
P2
Email platform admin (Google Workspace / 365)
For email-signature templates + AI outreach setup in Month 2.
P3
Yelp, BBB, Angi listings
For NAP consistency cleanup across the local citation graph.
P3
Brand assets — logo SVG/AI files, photography library, video footage
Where it lives, who owns it.
P3
★ AT MINIMUM, BEFORE FRIDAY:

All P1 / BLOCKING items above. Without these we can't start the audit-fix sprint, and Month 1 starts slipping.