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Transform Your Commercial Cleaning Business with Proven Strategies from Industry Leaders

Learn how to scale profitably, win high-value contracts, and build a thriving Cleaning & Facility Maintenance company from CEOs and experts who’ve done it

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Why The Profitable Cleaner Podcast?

Learn from the Best: Insights from CEOs running $500K to $50M+ cleaning companies.

Actionable Strategies:Proven tips to win multi-million-dollar contracts, streamline operations, and scale profitably.

Exclusive Resources: playbooks, and expert advice tailored for cleaning business owners.

. Community of Leaders: Connect with like-minded professionals and grow together.

We’ve Brought Over 500 CEOs Together

Through our Cleaning Prophets events, we’ve hosted and connected over 500 top commercial cleaning CEOs in one room. These sought-after events deliver personal and professional transformation, featuring high-level speakers, hands-on workshops, and game-changing networking opportunities.

The insights, connections, and breakthroughs from these events fuel The Profitable Cleaner Podcast—ensuring you get access to the best minds, tools, and strategies shaping the future of the cleaning industry.

Latest Episodes

We’ve held hundreds of meetings and learned what makes cleaning businesses really succeed. Now, it’s your turn!

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How to Create Janitorial Customers For Life | Polishing Profits Ep. 1
Polishing Profits
May 13, 2025
25
 MIN

🎧 This is the first official episode of Polishing Profits under The Profitable Cleaner Network — hosted by Mark Anderson, Sharon Cowan - CBSE, and Ed Selkow. With over 140+ years of combined success running, scaling, and advising janitorial companies, these three industry veterans share real stories, strategies, and lessons that are tested, proven, and highly profitable.

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#187 The Exact Tools Winning Cleaning Companies Use to Boost Profits & Scale Smarter
Profitable Cleaner
May 1, 2025
41
 MIN

🚨 3 WEEK MASTERCLASS SERIES - Part 3: Operational & Sales Software You Need to Know In the final part of our Q2 Masterclass Check-In, James Harper breaks down the tech stack used by high-performing commercial cleaning companies to streamline operations, boost sales, and stay profitable.

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#186 Sub Recruiting Masterclass - How to Scale Your Janitorial Business with Subcontractors & Systems
Profitable Cleaner
April 23, 2025
78
 MIN

🚨 3 WEEK MASTERCLASS SERIES - Part 2: Sub-Recruiting, Performance Management & Scaling Operations In this episode of The Profitable Cleaner, we dive deep into the subcontractor model and how it’s powering $30M+ janitorial businesses. Led by Profit Advisory Expert Dan Schindler, this is part two of our exclusive 3-part masterclass series. If you’ve ever asked yourself “Should I use subcontractors?” — this episode will give you the tactical answers you need to scale while keeping quality control high.

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#185 How to Get Janitorial Contracts with Cold Calling, Email & Door-to-Door Sales
Profitable Cleaner
April 9, 2025
48
 MIN

🚨 3 WEEK MASTERCLASS SERIES - Part 1: Cold Calling & Prospecting Strategies for Cleaning Businesses In this episode of The Profitable Cleaner, we kick off our 3-week masterclass by revealing the exact strategies janitorial companies are using right now to win new cleaning contracts.

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#184: Q2 Check-in: Reflecting on Progress & Setting the Stage for 2025 Goals
Profitable Cleaner
April 2, 2025
14
 MIN

In today’s episode of The Profitable Cleaner, I take a deep dive into my Q2 check-in as we reflect on the first 90 days of 2025. We’ve set ambitious goals for the year, but how are we measuring up? Are the habits, systems, and actions we’re taking truly setting us up for long-term success? Tune in as I share my own progress, the hurdles I’ve faced, and the crucial lessons learned along the way. Plus, I provide insight into what’s coming next on the show, with a focus on sales strategies, tools, and operational improvements for the next three weeks!

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Meet the host

As Founder of the Profitable Cleaner, I have the opportunity to see behind the scenes and interview CEOs of Commercial Cleaning companies from as new as $500K to over $50M in Annual Recurring Revenue…. We see what works, and what doesn’t.

After holding hundreds of meetings, we have discovered the best minds, tools, events & resources that could accelerate the growth of Commercial Cleaning companies like yours. It covered Operations, Production, Sales, Human Resources, Processes, Scale, Leadership and much more…..

Even Facility Managers shared what they want from you to award you a multi-million dollar contract and here we want to share everything with you.

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