Smart Business Moves

Jamie Wilcox is the Founder and Head Coach at Clean Up Academy. Jamie works with cleaning business owners all over the world that want to scale their cleaning company without it dominating the rest of their lives. Jamie helps owners to have more time with their family, have more money in the bank, and overall better quality of life. Jamie will share what he believes to be the greatest investment y...

Jeannie Henderson is the CEO of Jeannie Cleaning and a Cleaning Business Fundamentals Coach and has been an entrepreneur for over 35 years. Before joining the cleaning industry, she was a partner in over 30 top-performing franchise restaurant locations. Jeannie Cleaning was recognized as a “Top 3 Partner” in 2021 by Cleaning for a Reason for providing free cleaning to cancer patients. Jeannie is t...

Brandon has operated a window-cleaning business for the last 15 years. Despite being located in a town with less than 90,000 people, the business generates $1.5m a year in revenue and employs more than 30 people. Over the years, Brandon has implemented systems that have allowed his business to thrive. Today Brandon's time is split between his service business, coaching clients through Conquer...

Never Be Short Staffed in 2023! Shawn Day started his cleaning company in 2004. The cleaning company was sold in 2016 to Blue Skies Services. Blue Skies Services owns several cleaning companies around the country. Today, Shawn and his team recruit for hundreds of cleaning companies around the United States using the Automated Recruiting System. During this LIVE podcast, Shawn will reveal this prov...

Molly Whalen is the President and co-owner of Mountain Maids of Montana. Molly is also the owner of Synergy Growth Coach, a life and business coaching service. Her passion is being able to help those she serves to break-free of the barriers of isolation, lack of time, not being “good enough”, having to do it all on your own, and giving until you cannot give anymore. Molly will share how to overcom...

How To Protect Your Business From Being Sued! With over 25 years in the insurance industry, Laura knows insurance! She also knows that the right insurance is critical to the success of your cleaning business. If you want to know what the "right" insurance is for your business, tune in to the show next week. Laura will reveal how to protect your business from being sued. She'll also...

Smart Business Moves will host Bruce Vance, an expert in the science of cleaning. Bruce is passionate about changing the house cleaning industry from the old perception of mindless servants to one of knowledgeable professionals. Bruce wants to raise the bar on both the reality and the perception of the house cleaning technician. Join us LIVE for a great discussion on how cleaning will evolve in 20...

Smart Business Moves will host Mark Baker, President of Motivated Brands Inc. Mark has quite the rags to riches story. At one point of his life he was on welfare, but has since found his way and has grown a successful cleaning business. Mark is focused on growing his business by building a strong workplace culture. Mark will reveal how you can create the business you've always dreamed of if y...

Do you own a residential cleaning company? Then you Belong with ARCSI! ARCSI is the residential arm of ISSA, the association for the worldwide cleaning industry. ARCSI provides a vibrant professional community and offers members a competitive advantage by delivering valuable tools, content, education and certifications, networking, and commercial opportunities.  ARCSI will be on Smart Business Mov...

Michelle Allegrezza is the owner of Sparkling Homes Cleaning Service Inc. She went from struggling to make payroll to now having over 150 clients in her cleaning business. Her super-power is tech & automation! Michelle will share what software she's using and what you can do to automate your daily tasks and grow your cleaning business! You don't want to miss this tech talk! 

Gosia Baran is the owner of Helping Hands Cleaning Service in Chicago. In 1999 she moved to Chicago from her birthplace in Poland. After 9/11 she was laid off from her job and that was the moment that Helping Hands was born. The foundation of her cleaning business is a strong company culture! She's created a career ladder for her cleaning techs to grow within the company and reach their dream...

Michael is a marketing and financial wizard! As a CONQUER Coach, Michael spends his days working in the trenches with small business owners, helping them to grow their business. He loves to over-deliver for his clients and share all the expert advice he's gained over the past 10 years of being surrounded by the best and brightest in the home service industry. Michael will reveal his Marketing...

Doug Yntema has extensive experience in finance, strategic planning and business management. His background includes a 17 years experience doing deals totaling over $180 million. He has also started several businesses and is a partner in companies that continue to grow. He is an expert at getting deals done and helping increase and analysis new business opportunities for existing businesses to inc...

Tina Petti-Servis is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for solving problems. She's the proud owner of Maid4Time where her company runs 100% without her. She is also the owner & founder of Client Guard Software. Her company helps to keep your employees safe! Until now there hasn’t been an easy solution for companies to complete a criminal background check on their prospects. Be sure to...

  Mike Callahan began pushing a lawn mower around his parents neighborhood in order to pay car insurance. Quickly evolving from a way to make a few extra bucks into a full-time business, Mike made the decision to become self-employed. Seeking knowledge from school and like-minded entrepreneurs who had come before him, Mike learned a lot about starting a business. Unfortunately, no one taught him t...

Jason Cupp is a Kolbe Certified Growth Consultant. He's worked with hundreds of companies throughout the United States and beyond. He also travels as a professional speaker on topics ranging from team building to sales and marketing to crisis management. My life mantra is: "Life is about the people you meet and what you create with them. So, go out and start creating!"

Al Levi is a well-known business consultant, teacher, and author. He's a former contractor who turned business consultant. Al will reveal the 7 Powers and why you need then in your business to have LESS STRESS and MORE SUCCESS! Don't miss this power-packed hour on how to improve your business with the 7-Powers! https://7powercontractor.com

Gary Murphy and his wife Robin Murphy have owned Maid Brigade of Westchester for over 26 years. Their company has been on the hunt for an all in one software solution for several years. After looking at several software products, they decided on MaidCentral earlier this year and couldn't be happier with their decision. Gary says that MaidCentral has completely changed their business. He says...

Heather has quite the story. She went from a High School dropout to building a 7-figure ultra-successful cleaning business in Jupiter, FL and she's just getting started! Heather has so many unique talents and one of her greatest traits is being an amazing leader for her cleaning techs. Heather will reveal how her company continues to have success, despite the current economic climate.

Logan will discuss how his company retains employees longer, which leads to higher productivity and reduced turn-over costs. The bottom line is that turn-over is expensive and you want to do everything in your power to keep turn-over to a minimum. Tune in to learn how you can reduce employee turnover and improve productivity within your organization.

Ajia Holiday will join Tom & Liz to discuss how to leverage your KPIs and maximize future outcomes in your business. This is a sneak peek into her presentation at the ISSA Show in October. You won't want to miss all the golden nuggets that Ajia shares to help you grow your cleaning business!

Meaghan Likes has over 16 years experience helping small businesses understand their numbers.   Her super power is taking the fear out of your finances. While you wouldn't guess it from her personality, her day "job" is working as a CPA and she absolutely loves what she does.  Meaghan is known as a disrupter in the accounting industry for her forward thinking and the practice she ha...

On September 7th, Smart Business Moves will host the “Million Dollar Panel” from the ISSA Show. This panel features residential cleaning company owners that have reached and gone beyond 7-figures in revenue. They are here to share their knowledge, experience and even best practices with you. On the panel are:  ·         Jeannie Henderson, Jeannie’s Cleaning ·         Vanessa Bossart, Sparkling Cle...

Peter has over 30 years of experience taking early-stage concepts and companies to maturity. He has been a Chair with Vistage Worldwide since 2005. In 2013, Peter was named Best Practice Chair for the Washington DC/Baltimore market. A Master Chair and 4-time STAR award winner, Peter was selected from over 550 Vistage Chairs to receive the Robert Nourse “Vistage Chair of the Year” award in May 2016...

Molly is the owner of Synergy Growth Coach where she offers coaching services for cultivating deeper, more powerful relationships in business and personal life. Molly Whalen is our Wednesday (August 24) guest on Smart Business Moves.  Each month, we pick a new topic to discuss, and August is Leadership month. Join us as our hosts Tom Stewart and Liz Trotter speak with experts in the industry with...