Jamie Hallman didn’t quit his job, throw a bunch of money at ads, and try to build a massive company overnight. He took the slower route. Jamie started Hallman Window Washing part-time in 2018, doing about $8,000 his first year. Over time, he built the business organically, eventually topping out at roughly $155,000 as a solo operator before hiring a team and growing to $225,000 in annual window cleaning revenue. And he did it without paid advertising. In this episode of Clean for Profit, Jam...
Dave and I did a combined $51,021 in cleaning revenue in September — and somehow, neither of us walked away feeling like it was an incredible month. In this episode, we break down our September numbers, why higher revenue starts to feel different once you add employees and expenses, and what’s actually driving growth in both of our businesses. Sierra Window Cleaning went from just $5,700 last September to $23,200 this September, primarily through better marketing. We also get into...
Kris Cook built an exterior cleaning company to $10M in annual revenue, and in this episode he breaks down what it actually took to get there. Join the Lion's Den to get and inside look of what Kris has built. We talk about the growth stages most owners never see, what changes as a company scales, and the hard lessons that come with building a real business instead of just buying yourself a job. In this conversation, Kris shares: How he grew from a small operation into a $10M company&nb...
John Rossiter is the co-founder of Zolato, a new CRM built specifically for home service businesses with a pretty unusual offer: the core platform is free. In this episode, John joins Colby and Dave to explain why the team decided to build Zolato, what they think is broken about traditional CRM pricing, and why contractors shouldn’t necessarily have to pay dramatically more just because they hire more employees or need additional features. We talk about Zolato’s free-forever model, optional t...
Last birthday, I was cleaning windows. This birthday, my business is doing roughly twice the revenue for the day, and I’m not in the field. That shift didn’t happen by accident. In this solo episode of Clean for Profit, I’m reflecting on what’s changed over the last year and why your cleaning business deserves to be treated like an asset you’re intentionally building. We’re on pace for about $25,000 in revenue this month, and I’ve personally produced about $3,500 of it. I still clean windows ...