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The Profitable Cleaner
Welcome to The Profitable Cleaner Podcast, the #1 podcast in the Cleaning & Facility Maintenance Industry.
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The Profitable Cleaner
#188 Introducing Polishing Profits: 140+ Years of Janitorial Wisdom — Now on The Profitable Cleaner
🚨 Polishing Profits Is Now Produced by The Profitable Cleaner
This episode marks a major milestone in the Profitable Cleaner journey. Your host James Harper announces that Polishing Profits — the podcast hosted by janitorial OGs Mark Anderson, Sharon Cowen, and Ed Selkow — is officially joining our network.
With over 140+ years of combined experience in growing, scaling, and selling cleaning companies, this new collaboration brings unmatched insight, strategy, and leadership to our community.
💥 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- ✅ Why we’re partnering with Polishing Profits and what it means for you
- ✅ The value of surrounding yourself with proven leaders (not just influencers)
- ✅ What makes Ed, Sharon & Mark’s advice so powerful and rare
- ✅ Why we’re doubling down on community and collaboration
- ✅ How this move gives you weekly access to expertise people normally pay thousands for
- ✅ The mindset behind evolving, not competing, in the cleaning industry
📚 Episode Breakdown:
- (00:00) – Welcome + Huge Network News
- (01:30) – Reflecting on 200 Episodes & Building Real Community
- (02:45) – How We Met the Hosts of Polishing Profits
- (04:00) – What Makes Ed, Mark, and Sharon So Valuable to Our Industry
- (05:30) – What Changes (and What Doesn’t) for Profitable Cleaner
- (06:45) – Why Collaboration Beats Competition in the Cleaning World
- (08:15) – What You’ll Get From This New Weekly Show
- (09:40) – Final Thoughts & Call to Action for the Community
🔥 People & Resources Mentioned:
→ Polishing Profits Podcast: Now hosted weekly by The Profitable Cleaner
→ Sharon Cowen, Mark Anderson, Ed Selkow – Industry experts & operators
- Mark Linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandersonwa/
- Sharon Linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharoncowan/
→ Past Cleaning Prophets events – Where this all began - www.cleaningprophets.com
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