The Six Figure Gutter Cleaner

In this episode, I am announcing our first live Q & A session which will be held in our new Facebook group.  The details about how to join the group and the date and time of the live Q & A are given in the episode.

In this episode, I review the following episodes from this past week: EPISODE 173 - Interview With Daniel Kivo ( Part 2 ) EPISODE 172 - Interview With Daniel Kivo ( Part 1 ) EPISODE 171 - The Value Of Keeping Your Pipeline Full EPISODE 170 - How To Find Opportunities To Service HOA's EPISODE 169 - Business Wisdom From The Scriptures: II Kings 4:1 - 7

In this episode, I conclude the interview that I did with Daniel Kivo, and we talk about the following: How he finds good employees How he keeps good employees His YouTube Channel ( Cleaning Bee Pro ) and his future plans in creating an exterior cleaning course

In this episode, I begin an interview with Daniel Kivo, a fellow professional gutter cleaner, and we talk about the following: Daniel's background before getting into the exterior cleaning business Why and how he ending up choosing exterior cleaning for his business How he managed to make it after diving in with both feet as opposed keeping his job and easing his way in

In this episode, I talk about the value of keeping your pipeline full, and I make the following points: We need to dedicate regular time to prospecting The best time to prospect and fill our pipeline is when things are busy, not when they slow down The more offers we make, the more spillover we will have into our traditionally slow seasons

In this episode, I talk about how to find opportunities to service HOA's, and I make the following points: HOA's are great because we can service multiple jobs in one location and thereby save money on gas and save time The best people to reach out to for connections with HOA's We should be willing to bring down our prices for multiples because we are not incurring customer acquisition costs for e...

In this episode, I talk about business wisdom from the Scriptures, and specifically from II Kings 4:1-7.  In it I make the following points: There is good debt, and there is bad debt We should avoid bad debt, which is going into debt for personal liabilities If we choose to make use of good debt, which is going into debt for assets, we should only do so if we have a high degree of certainty in the...

In this episode, I review the following episodes from this past week: EPISODE 167 - Self-Education Is Your Shortcut To Success EPISODE 166 - Professional Gutter Cleaners And Navy S.E.A.L.s EPISODE 165 - Gutter Cleaning Only vs. Gutter Guards EPISODE 164 - "Should I Call It Quits Because I'm Not Getting Enough Business?" EPISODE 163 - Business Wisdom From The Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8

In this episode, I extol the value of self-education as opposed to formal, "higher education", and I make the following points: Most of us have spent hours upon hours learning things that we have not used in our professional life. Self-education is superior to traditional, "higher education" because it can be much more targeted. With self=education, you can learn from people that have been where y...

In this episode I make a connection between professional gutter cleaners and Navy S.E.A.L.s.  It's not what you might think.  

In this episode, I address the "Great Debate" that goes on in the gutter cleaning community, and that is Gutter Cleaning Only vs. Gutter Guards, and I make the following points: Both have pros and cons My belief is that with the right gutter guards, the pros outweigh the cons It's all about fulfilling our promise to the customer, and that is to leave them with a clog-free system

In this episode, I answer the question, "Should I call it quits because I'm not getting enough business?", and I make the following points: Don't quit your stable job in order to start your gutter cleaning business. Starting out slow will allow "proof of concept", or making sure that this business is for you, before diving in with both feet. If you do run into slow times, you can always subcontrac...

In this episode, I talk about business wisdom from the Scriptures, and I bring out Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8, which is a well known passage that basically tells us that there is a time and place for everything.  I make the following points: Sometimes we need to stand our ground in time of conflict with a customer.  The customer is not always right. Sometimes we need to yield even if the customer is not...

In this episode, I review the following episodes from this past week: EPISODE 161 - The 4 Levels Of Value: Level #4 - Imagination EPISODE 160 - The 4 Levels Of Value: Level #3 - Communication EPISODE 159 - The 4 Levels Of Value: Level #2 - Unification EPISODE 158 - The 4 Levels Of Value: Level #1 - Implementation EPISODE 157 - Business Wisdom From The Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 2:9 - 11

This is the fourth and final episode of the series where I talk about the fourth level of value which is Imagination.  I give an example of how this level of value would apply to professional gutter cleaning.

This is the third episode in the series where I talk about Communication, and I make the following points: This is the most important and relevant level for the professional gutter cleaner Maximizing this level of value will allow you to achieve financial freedom and not be a slave to your business Our goal as professional gutter cleaners should be to maximize this level and work our way out of th...

In the second episode in this series, I talk about the level of Unification, and I make the following points: The Unification level is for those who manage the people on the Implementation level Those on this level provide more value than those on the first level, therefore they get paid more This level requires different skillsets than the first level.  A good implementer may not necessarily be a...

In this episode  I begin a series entitled "The 4 Levels Of Value".  I make the following points about the first level of value: The first level of value is Implementation, which is doing the physical work in producing a good or a service Those on the implementation level are typical the hardest workers, yet they get paid the least You don't want to operate on this level for the rest of your life

In this episode, I talk about business wisdom from the Scriptures, and I bring out the passage in Ecclesiastes 2:9 - 11.  In it, we see King Solomon having it all in life, yet realizing that in the end, those things are not the most important things in life.  As it relates to being a professional gutter cleaner, I make the following points: Our business should only serve to be a means to a greater...

In this episode, I review the following episodes from this past week: EPISODE 155 - Using Electronic Estimates To Boost Your Lead Conversion Rate EPISODE 154 - What I Use For Invoicing & Estimates EPISODE 153 - "What If There Are Other Gutter Cleaners In Town?" EPISODE 152 - I Snatched A Lamb Out Of The Wolf's Mouth EPISODE 151 - Business Wisdom From The Scriptures: Proverbs 18:20

In this episode I talk about using electronic estimates to boost your lead conversion rate.  I build upon the previous episode where I talked about Invoice Simple, and in this episode, I talk about how to use it to boost your lead conversion rate.

In this episode, I talk about what I use for invoicing and estimates, which is an app called Invoice Simple.  I talk about how I use it and how it has benefitted me as a professional gutter cleaner.

In this episode, I answer the question, "What if there are other gutter cleaners in town?".  The answer may surprise you.

In this episode, I speak about how I ended up taking a customer away from Big Corporate and selling them on the Bulldog Gutter Guard.

In this episode I talk of business wisdom from the Scriptures, specifically from Proverbs 18:20 which speaks of the value of earning our income with our mouth.  I make the following points: Men have worked with their hands since the beginning of time Working with our hands yields less value than working with our mouth We as professional gutter cleaners need to grow our business to the point where...