Cleaning Business Life
🎙 Cleaning Business Life
Cleaning Business Life is a podcast for cleaning business owners who want more than tactics — they want clarity.
Hosted by industry leaders Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, this show explores the real decisions behind building a sustainable, profitable cleaning company: pricing, leadership, systems, boundaries, and growth without burnout.
This isn’t a beginner podcast.
It’s for owners and operators who are already in the business and ready to think differently about how they run it.
If you’re tired of noise, hustle culture, and surface-level advice — and you want grounded conversations rooted in real industry experience — you’re in the right place.
Want to get a hold of us? Please email us at cleaningbusinesslife@gmail.com
Cleaning Business Life
Episode #15 - Save yourself 1000's by having a Service Area for your Cleaning Business!
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Save your cleaning business thousands by auditing your service area for distance between homes. Understand expenses as your crew grows, including taxes and payroll. Know if you're required to pay mileage or travel time for employees. Keep drive time and trip charges in check, ensuring safety and accessibility. Get drivers' licenses, Wi-Fi passwords, and share your location for safety. For more tips, visit Cleaning Business Life!
Thanks for tuning in to Cleaning Business Life — the podcast for cleaning business owners who want to build a profitable, sustainable company without burning out.
Hosted by Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, each episode pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to start, grow, and scale a cleaning business — covering pricing, systems, leadership, boundaries, and the real conversations most people avoid.
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Because in life — and in business — clean is just the beginning.
— Shannon & Jamie
Save yourself the headache, and learn from us!
When you AUDIT your service area and what the distances are “ In between” your homes that you are servicing. It will save your business thousands!!
As your crew grows so does your expenses. With increased expenses, comes more taxes and larger payroll etc..
Keep your bottom line in check, by knowing how much you are paying, if you are required to pay for Milage at all (currently Arizona does not require it) or a lower wage for travel time. Google, am I required to reimburse or pay travel time for the state of… Then check in with that government entity to be sure.
You will be shocked as some of your homes are 50 miles apart!
You do not pay drive time for any 1099’s.
The standard trip charge is 75.00 each way. Do not go further than an hour away. It might not be worth it for you to go outside your service area. Unless it’s a large 1x job that you are doing.
Questions to ask, Is your road accessible by car?
Or how about a car with 6 inches of clearance?
Safety first ALWAYS!!
Get Drivers licenses
Get their wi-fi password
Let other’s know where you are going to be incase you get lost!
“ We service your area on this day, so this is the day you’re cleaning would be.”-Kimberly Gonzales
As always we look forward to your questions!
All the best,
Cleaning Business Life
