#184: Q2 Check-in: Reflecting on Progress & Setting the Stage for 2025 Goals

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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In this episode, we sit down with Beth Rodriguez, Treasurer, Secretary & Property Manager of Trailhead Community, an innovative housing project that’s not only solving the housing crisis for adults with developmental disabilities but also reshaping facility maintenance, operations, and service contracts.

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🚀 In this episode of The Profitable Cleaner, host James Harper sits down with Jeans Mobley, Executive Director of Trailhead Community—a nonprofit dedicated to providing innovative, affordable housing solutions for adults with developmental disabilities. Jeans shares her remarkable journey from the corporate world to leading a $24 million construction project that’s transforming lives.

🚀 In this episode of The Profitable Cleaner, host James Harper sits down with Alejandra Campos, Founder & Lead Attorney of Campos Law, an immigrant-founded law firm for immigrants and one of our trusted 2025 partners. Campos Law covers everything from visas to citizenship, deportation defense to work permits. If it’s immigration, personal injury or business law, they’re the ones you call.

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In this special episode of The Profitable Cleaner, we go behind the scenes with our incredible podcast producer Bladimir Owens to talk about the power of video content, personal branding, and how even "overlooked" industries like janitorial services can win with content marketing.