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
CBL EP 161 V3: The Builder — Getting the Business Out of Your Head
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📂 Klean Freaks University — Documents & Resources
Shannon mentioned leaving helpful documents and tools in the show notes for listeners who want to start getting systems out of their head and onto paper.
👉 https://kleanfreaksuniversity.com
(Includes templates, policies, and educational resources for cleaning business owners.)
🧰 Tools & Platforms Referenced
These tools were mentioned as examples of where systems can live once they’re documented:
- Connecteam – Team communication, training, and HR documentation
- Jobber – CRM and scheduling software for service businesses
- ClickUp – Task and process management
(No affiliation — mentioned for educational context.)
📘 Industry Training Referenced
- Speed Cleaning Method — Originally developed by Jeff Campbell and expanded by Debbie Sardone
📝 Topics Discussed (for Listener Reference)
- SOPs / Playbooks / Micro-systems
- Cancellation policies & show-up fees
- Media release forms (employees & clients)
- Pricing clarity and scope control
- Removing decision fatigue through systems
🧠 Listener Takeaway
If something keeps happening in your business, it’s not a “you” problem — it’s a system waiting to be built.
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.
🎧 New episodes 2x weekly
📚 Resources, show notes, and programs: https://kleanfreaksuniversity.com
Because in life — and in business — clean is just the beginning.
— Shannon & Jamie
