Hi Clean Nation! Welcome to the podcast. Today, we have Mike talking to our in-house client happiness manager Lindsay Bjorklund. Lindsay is here to get Mike’s take on the next step after you have already transitioned out of cleaning. She gets lots of questions from clients about the most effective way to hire out your office team once you’re no longer in cleaning. Listen in as Mike answers these questions and gives lots of helpful advice along the way. 

• 1:59 Ask What You Want to Stop Doing First 
• 11:51 When You Cross Train VA, Are You Making Yourself Less Valuable?
• 18:45 How Do You Trust the Employees Your Hire to Take Over Your Roles? 

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Hi Cleaning Nation! Today on the podcast, we have Brandy Gray chatting with Mike. Brandy started Cleaning By Brandy in Caledonia, Mississippi in January 2015. She wants Mike to coach her today on the paradox between getting out of cleaning, having enough work to hire other employers, and having enough employers to get more work. It’s a tricky balance lots of cleaning companies deal with, and we’re going to get into it today!

• 3:23 What Needed to Change
• 12:59 You’re Not For Everyone and That’s Ok
• 19:11 If You Want Different Results, Push Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone

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Hi Cleaning Nation! Welcome to the podcast. Today, we have Jason Johnson here chatting with Mike. Jason has been a long-time member of the Clean Profit Method and part of Millionaire Mastermind for years. Recently, we had a Grow My Cleaning Company event where he taught about the way he navigated people quitting through covid, what he learned and how he handled it. 

• 3:50 We Doubled Our Profit in Three Months
• 7:53 If Your Business Runs For a Couple of Weeks Smoothly, You’re Retired
• 12:26 Creating a Team with Core Values is the Key to Stepping Away from Your Business
• 21:28 When You Hire Someone, Give Them Freedom in That Role

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Welcome to the podcast Cleaning Nation! Today, we have Alana and Cody Knox of Knox Professional Cleaning Service. They started Knox in 2016 in Mora Minnesota. They are a thriving business with multiple employees and they plan to continue to grow. But their biggest issue is how to be a big fish in a little pond. They are in a lower-income area and are trying to find their ideal clients while still being involved in the community they currently serve. Listen in as Mike coaches them through this process and how to get what they really want in a sustainable, growable business. 

• 3:24 Recurring Income is the Key to a Scalable Business
• 13:45 Your Ideal Clients Exist, Now Find Them
• 18:03 Keep Adding Value to Your Niche

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Welcome to the podcast cleaning nation! Today, we have a really interesting guest on to chat with Tracey. Merv from Ex-Amish Cleaning left the Amish community to start his own business back in 2016 and now has two cleaning businesses. One in Nashville, Tennessee, and the other one in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Listen in as he chats with Tracey about what pushed him to do something so different from what he had been brought up in and how he got to where he is now. 

• 4:48 A Different Kind of Education
• 11:55 You Don’t Have to Have All the Answers, Just Goals
• 18:25 One Piece of Advice

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Welcome to the podcast Cleaning Nation! Today, we have Mike chatting with Jason Behn. He started NAE Cleaning Solutions back in 2013. They serve commercial clients in Austin, Texas. Jason was on the podcast a few years ago and now he’s back with a business that’s growing more than ever but he still wants to continue to grow and has more to discuss with Mike. Listen is as they discuss getting the right client. In Jason’s case, that’s finding commercial offices that are at least 25,000 square feet and up. He’s getting the leads, now he wants to know how to hone in on the right ones.

• 10:50 Get Clear on Exactly Who You Are Trying to Target
• 12:01 Get Clear on the Pain You’re Fixing 
• 16:00 Be Smart With Your Marketing

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Hi Cleaning Nation! Today on the podcast, we have Lindsay Bjorklund and Jackson Pinkoski, an amazing in-house duo live at our retreat in Scottsdale, AZ. During the retreat, Jackson gave a presentation on diversifying your content in the year 2022 and he’s going to elaborate here on the podcast for those who missed the retreat. Listen in as he and Lindsay chat about why this is so important and the key things you need to get started.

• 3:44 Just Do It
• 5:52 Get Clear On Who You Are Trying To Target with Your Content
• 12:59 Take Advantage of Where Your Target Demographic Is
• 20:14 The Best Place to Get Ideas for Content and Marketing 

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Welcome to the podcast Cleaning Nation! Today, we have Toufik Zaim of Spot Cleaners. He started his business in November 2020 in Toledo, Ohio. Listen in today as he talks to Toufik about 1099 vs w2 employees and when to make the switch, and then they start to dive in deeper to what’s really holding Toufik back from growing his company to what he hopes it will be. This podcast is really interesting because, no matter what the surface questions are, so often what’s underneath is really the heart of the question.

• 7:07 When to Switch from 1099 to W2
• 14:07 A Common Mistake
• 19:42 Core Values is the Key to Getting the Results You Want 

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Welcome to the podcast Cleaning Nation! Today, we have Tracey Ervin of Acme Cleaners TNT. She started her cleaning business back in 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. Today, she is chatting with Mike today about whether her next best move would be to switch from residential cleaning to commercial, or to get out of cleaning personally and hire a team to do the cleaning. Listen in as he coaches her through the best way to approach this issue and get really clear on the problem she is trying to solve.

• 2:30 Switching from Residential to Commercial Won’t Solve All Your Problems
• 4:15 Focus on the Pain of Your Target Customer to Find Them
• 13:46 Back into What Your Goals Are to Have the Life You Want 

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Welcome to the podcast Cleaning Nation! Today, we have Cesar Lira of Vania Brito cleaning. He started this business with his partner (Vania Brito) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in March 2013. Today, he and Mike and talking about how to get longevity out of an employee and the right mindset to have around that when it comes to owning a cleaning business. Listen is as Mike helps Cesar learn the best way to approach this goal and the route that will likely lead to the most success.

• 2:43 Expectations For Longevity of Employees 
• 7:25 Value Core Value Match Over Skill Set
• 11:01 Coaching Can Show You What You’re Doing Right 

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