#188 Introducing Polishing Profits: 140+ Years of Janitorial Wisdom — Now on The Profitable Cleaner

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 Cowan - CBSE, 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 Cowan - CBSE, Mark Anderson, Ed Selkow – Industry experts & operators

• Mark Linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandersonwa/
• Sharon Cowan, CBSE Linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharoncowan/

→ Past Cleaning Prophets events – Where this all began - www.cleaningprophets.com

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