Cleaning Business Life
🎙 Cleaning Business Life
Cleaning Business Life is a podcast for cleaning business owners who want more than tactics — they want clarity.
Hosted by industry leaders Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, this show explores the real decisions behind building a sustainable, profitable cleaning company: pricing, leadership, systems, boundaries, and growth without burnout.
This isn’t a beginner podcast.
It’s for owners and operators who are already in the business and ready to think differently about how they run it.
If you’re tired of noise, hustle culture, and surface-level advice — and you want grounded conversations rooted in real industry experience — you’re in the right place.
Want to get a hold of us? Please email us at cleaningbusinesslife@gmail.com
Cleaning Business Life
Latest Episodes
CBL EP 196 From Solo Cleaner to CleanCon Speaker — Cheryl Hajjar’s Real Story
From Solo Cleaner to CleanCon Speaker: Cheryl Hajjar on Scaling, Trust, AI & Building a Real BrandIn this episode of Cleaning Business Life, Shannon and Jamie sit down with Cheryl Hajjar — cleaning business owner, coach, s...
CBL EP 195 She Wrote a Letter to the Owner… and Nothing Changed? (What This Reveals About Leadership)
What happens when an employee feels like their last option is to go straight to the owner for help?In this episode of Cleaning Business Life, Shannon breaks down the recent housekeeper lawsuits involving Kylie Jenner—no...
CBL EP 194 Case Update: Richard Lee Conkin — Jury Trial Set for 2026
Back in Episode 107, we broke down a shocking case out of Louisville, Kentucky involving a cleaning professional who was allegedly assaulted by a client she met through Nextdoor.In this quick update, I went directly into the Kentucky cou...
CBL EP 193 What CleanCon Is REALLY Like (From an Attendee Who Went All In)
Thinking about attending CleanCon but not sure if it’s worth it?In this episode, Shannon sits down with Natalie—an experienced cleaning business owner who attended CleanCon—to get a real, unfiltered perspective on what the event was actu...
CBL EP 192 Free Cleaning Gone Wrong: When “Exposure” Destroys Your Business
In this episode, I’m breaking down a situation that’s been happening more and more in our industry—and it needs to be talked about.A cleaning company gave away a free cleaning… and instead of appreciation, they got publicly torn apart on...
