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Nov 28, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Lindsay Bjorklund expanding on an episode she did a while back about virtual assistants. She has been getting a lot of the same questions from clients about this topic recently, so she decided to do a podcast about it. If you haven’t listened to her first podcast about this subject and would like to, it is linked here. If so, today’s episode goes a little deeper into what that VA relationship should really look like and how to best utilize their expertise. 

  • 2:26 How do I Know What Tasks Are Appropriate for My VA?
  • 7:30 Give Them an Appropriate Title
  • 9:33 What if I Don’t Have Enough Work for Them? 
  • 14:45 How do I Give a VA Access?

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Nov 25, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have our annual Thanksgiving episode with Mike and Nathalie Campion. Every year they do a podcast specifically for you, Cleaning Nation to thank you for your support of this company and chat about the importance of gratitude as a business owner in general. This one is for you!

  • 2:32 Two Perspectives on Spinning in the Negative
  • 12:31 Resisting Gratitude Doesn’t Serve You
  • 23:02 The Power of Gratitude

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Nov 23, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with Suzanne about what to do when facing obstacles in your business. If you’re a business owner, it’s not a matter of if but when you will encounter one obstacle or another. Listen in as Suzanne breaks down what you can do when this inevitably happens, and how to get past it intentionally and proactively. 

  • 4:00 What to do When You Have a Goal 
  • 10:33 Creating Beliefs to Support You in That Goal
  • 24:53 Focus on the Goal 

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Nov 21, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with Percy Akhtari started Cyber Cleaning Services in October 2022 so he is brand new. He wants to make sure he is starting things off right which is why he is on the podcast to get some advice. Today, he wants to talk about how to keep your prices without stressing out when people complain that the prices are too high while keeping your margins where they should be. Listen in as Mike talks about what your mindset should be around pricing so you are showing up from a place of abundance and how to avoid people-pleasing over fair profit margins for you and your business. 

  • 4:43 Perception is More Important Than Price
  • 13:21 Don’t Sell, Look for a Good Fit
  • 17:44 Value is Perception 

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Nov 20, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with Eva and Keith Underwood. These two lovely people are graduates of our Elite program and started Green Up 2 Clean Up in 2007. This is the second try on this podcast since the first one wasn’t recorded accidentally, so this podcast is the second try and even better than the first! Listen in to learn about the experience of someone who had been in business for a long time and decided it was time to finally do something different. Learn what changes they made and the influence it has had on them as people and their company as a whole. 

  • 8:37 The Stories We Tell Ourselves
  • 12:50 Pick Your Truth
  • 22:14 Change the Rules

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Nov 16, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have our wonderful in-house marketer Jered chatting with Mike about CRMs. CRMs or customer return management, are something that there is a lot of confusion about. People are intimidated by them because they think they are complicated or expensive when in reality they can be both or neither depending on how you set them up. Listen in as Jered breaks down the importance of that system, and how to use it to your advantage. 

  • 2:25 Why You Need a CRM
  • 6:24 Set Up a Tagged Email Sequence
  • 17:29 Understand Your Data

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Nov 14, 2022

In today’s episode, we get to listen to one of the trainings done during our most recent retreat in Orlando. Callum, the newest member of our team and the marketer who helps our clients gave this presentation. He talks about how to be the solution to the problem your potential client is looking for in order to attract their business. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. There are a lot of moving parts and getting it just right may be vital in converting leads into clients. Listen in as he gives some great advice on how to do this as effectively as possible. 

  • 1:25 What Problem Does Your Ideal Have?
  • 4:48 Think About What Solution You Would Provide
  • 5:19 The Reveal
  • 9:12 Come Up With a TagLine

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Nov 12, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have part two of Suzanne’s workshop she gave at our retreat last week. In the first episode, she went over the first four steps to create the future you want now. In this episode, she’ll go through the remaining seven steps so you can have a full understanding of exactly what steps need to happen in order to take control of your future. Listen in!

  • 0.40 Step Number Five: Use Affirmations
  • 3:40 Change Limiting Beliefs to Empowering Ones
  • 12:18 Steps 10-12

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Nov 9, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have the first of two parts of an incredible workshop that Suzanne, one of our mindset coaches gave at a recent retreat. She talks about the twelve-part process to creating the future you want now. Each of these steps is important and will take you one step closer to visualizing and intentionally creating what you want long-term in your life and in your business. Don’t miss this episode! 

  • 4:58 First... Visualize
  • 12:21 Step 2: Gratitude
  • 13:29 Step 3: Follow Your Inspiration
  • 14:30 Step 4: Do “I am” Statements

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Nov 7, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have the always fantastic Jered Robinson, our in-house marketer, here to talk about something that has never been addressed on the podcast before. That is the idea that part of being a business owner means you will lose money in your marketing ventures as well as failures in general. Sometimes, they will do well for you, and just like all businesses, sometimes they’ll lose money for you. Today’s podcast walks you through what to do when that inevitably happens and how to come out on top. 

  • 3:47 Mentally Prepare Yourself For When This Happens
  • 8:51 Be Able to Clearly State the Problem
  • 14:58 Diversify or Cut Costs

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Nov 4, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with Calum, our friend, and fellow employee from across the pond. Today, they are talking about a vital step many of us pass over when it comes to targeting effectively in our marketing efforts. Listen in as they talk about common mistakes they see made, what to do instead, and how to make your marketing dollars and time count in the most effective way possible. 

  • 1:46 Don’t Skip Over the Most Important Step
  • 4:52 Market with Your Head Not With Your Ego
  • 15:15 When NOT to be Found

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Nov 2, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have some outstanding in-house team members Lindsay Bjorklund and Tracey Thompson here to talk to you. Today’s topic is ‘five clarity keys to crushing your goals’. In this episode, they are going to go through what might be getting in the way of you accomplishing the goals you set for yourself and your business, many of which are things you may not even be aware of. Listen in to clarify how to set yourself up for success when it comes to moving forward in your business. 

  • 4:06 1st Key- What is the Intended Optimal Outcome?
  • 6:31 2nd Key-Why?
  • 12:50 3rd Key-When?
  • 14:12 The Next Right Step

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Nov 2, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have some outstanding in-house team members Lindsay Bjorklund and Tracey Thompson here to talk to you. Today’s topic is ‘five clarity keys to crushing your goals’. In this episode, they are going to go through what might be getting in the way of you accomplishing the goals you set for yourself and your business, many of which are things you may not even be aware of. Listen in to clarify how to set yourself up for success when it comes to moving forward in your business. 

  • 4:06 1st Key- What is the Intended Optimal Outcome?
  • 6:31 2nd Key-Why?
  • 12:50 3rd Key-When?
  • 14:12 The Next Right Step

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Oct 31, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Lindsay Bjorklund here to talk to you about something a little different than what we normally do. A few months back, one of our members sent a book to Mike and Tracey called “Fans First”, by Jesse Cole. Mike was so intrigued by the concept that he invited our whole team to read it. As the client happiness manager, Lindsay was particularly taken with the concept and shares what is so memorable about it in the podcast today. Listen in to see why a baseball team that has nothing to do with cleaning can help you create the culture you’re looking for. 

  • 0:45 Crunch Time
  • 6:40 The Fans First Way (The Five E’s)

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Oct 28, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Callum, one of our newest members of the Grow My Cleaning Company team. He came to us all the way from the United Kingdom and was at the retreat with the rest of us this past week so he and Lindsay got together to record this podcast for you. He talks about message matching and the importance of this principle that he sees people getting wrong often. It is something that doesn’t take a lot of time or expertise but makes a huge difference in the marketing, and branding of your company. 

  • 1:09 What is Message Matching
  • 2:20 What to Considered for Message Matching
  • 8:59 Messaging Done Correctly Leads to You Being You

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Oct 26, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have a special treat. Natalie, our social media specialist is here to chat with Lindsay about how you can uplevel your social media game.  She has totally turned around our social media presence breathing life and creativity into it. Listen in to find out how you can do the same for yours without a lot of extra work. When you understand what works and what is worth the effort, you will be able to work smarter not harder in this respect. Don’t miss this episode!

  • 1:32 People Turn to Social Media for Entertainment
  • 6:22 How to Know if What You’re Doing is Working
  • 16:41 How to Take People to Your Website On Social Media

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Oct 24, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have one of our amazing clients Tamara Molar here to chat about her experience with starting her business, how she found a cleaning nation, and what has changed for her since she joined the program. Listen in as she and Mike dive into the power of learning how to properly run a business before she makes a lot of mistakes that are difficult to go back and replace. 

  • 12:17 Don’t Wait Until it’s Too Late 
  • 17:03 Improvements All Along the Way 

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Oct 21, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with one of our incredible mindset coaches Suzanne. They are here today to talk about how our self-image is autocorrected. This is an exciting concept that doesn't get talked about nearly enough, but it is essential for being who we want to be in our business. Listen in as they talk about what this means, why it matters, and how to develop it yourself.

  • 0:53 Your Identity Contributes to Your Self Image 
  • 7:45 Be Aware That Your Self-Image Matters
  • 24:03 Identify, the Find a Community

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Oct 19, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Lindsay chatting with the wonderful Tracey Thompson about how to look at our cleaning business as a ‘people’ business. You serve people by cleaning for them, but you are still serving people. If you view it this way and show up for people, instead of this trend of doing as little as possible and charging the most possible, it will make sure a difference in the culture of your company and for the people you serve. This is an important topic, not only for those you serve but for you as an owner to your business as a whole and the people in it.

  • 5:19 How do You Create a Culture of Connection and Community?
  • 8:56 Be Yourself
  • 15:42 Be Brave

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Oct 19, 2022

On today’s podcast, we have Mike chatting with Amy Jo Hood of Joe’s Cleaning. She started her business in March of 2019 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and has been a fan of the podcast for some time now. Listen in as she and Mike talk about hiring and the real key to hiring when so many others are struggling to do so. So much of this is so simple but so incredibly important to really getting a hiring funnel that consistently works. Listen in to commit this one to memory once and for all. 

  • 6:07 Make Your Hiring Ad Stand Out
  • 9:29 Go Where Your Target Demographic Hangs Out 

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Oct 14, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with our wonderful (and his hair is pretty great too) in-house marketer Jered Robinson. Jered is in charge of all things marketing for Grow My Cleaning Company and he is here today to talk with Mike about Facebook ads vs Google, the pros and cons of both, and how you can use each to your advantage to get the most leverage, benefit, and effectiveness out of them to help propel your company forward. 

  • 3:59 Work With Facebook So it Will Work With You
  • 10:09 The Advantage of Optimizing Your Ads
  • 19:36 Pros and Cons of Google

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Oct 12, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike here chatting with Olivia Kay. Olivia started Zest Cleaning Company in January 2022 in Walla Walla, Washington.  She’s here today to talk to Mike about how to move into her second year of business as the CEO of her company, rather than someone working in the business or cleaning. She and Mike talk about the clarity she needs in order to make this change effectively and what to think about before she does so. This is such a great reminder to plan the future of your business intentionally. 

  • 10:51 How to Get Clear on Your Goals 
  • 16:04 Get to at Least an Eight In Clarity Before You Make Any Decisions
  • 19:52 Being Rich is More About Mindset Than a Dollar Amount

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Oct 10, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with the newest team member of Grow My Cleaning Company, Callum Elson. Callum deals with all things marketing with our Clean Profit members. He is here today to chat about the low-hanging fruit or things that have the potential to work well for clients in their marketing that they aren’t typically taking advantage of. So often, we focus solely on ads and funnels, which are great and necessary, but the things Callum talks about today and those that are fairly easy to set up and straightforward, and should also be taken advantage of to give your business every opportunity to grow. 

  • 1:37 Get Your Web Presence Sorted 
  • 11:19 Make Sure You’re Found Under Relevant Searches
  • 20:29 Make Sure All the Dots Are Connected

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Oct 7, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Mike chatting with Candace Johnson. Candace started Standing Ovation Cleaning Company in November 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. She serves residential and commercial clients. Candace is here today to talk to Mike about what the process of getting bigger accounts looks like. Listen in as Mike walks Candace through this question as well as coaches her on how to know if that’s the best question to be asking. 

  • 3:08 How to Know if You're Asking the Right Questions
  • 6:17 Potential Drawbacks to Having Only Big Accounts
  • 11:37 Understand Their Pain

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Oct 5, 2022

Today on the podcast, we have Tracey and Mike talking about a really important topic. That is this conundrum of why we wait until we are in crisis mode before we reach out for help. Why we don’t get help before we are in a really difficult situation? Why we don’t set ourselves up for success from the get-go by going to those before us who have already made the mistakes and learned from them so that we don’t have to make those same mistakes? Listen in as they chat about why this happens, and how to avoid falling into this same trap yourself. 

  • 2:15 Three Kinds of Clients
  • 10:49 How to Leverage Your Pain
  • 21:12 Choose Productive Pain

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