Filthy Rich Cleaners: The Cleaning Business Podcast
Welcome to Filthy Rich Cleaners, the podcast that helps cleaning business owners turn their first toilet scrub into a six-figure success story! Hosted by Stephanie Pipkin, founder of Serene Clean, this show is packed with easy-to-follow tips, funny stories, and real advice from people who’ve been there. Whether you’re starting out or looking to grow, you’ll learn the secrets to building a cleaning business that shines – and makes you filthy rich.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2025
#70: When and Why You’re Most Likely to Lose Customers
Even the best cleaning companies lose clients — it's part of the business, whether we like it or not. But when clients choose to drop often follows a predictable pattern. Things like your client's fa…
#69: Fired Over Makeup to $10K Months — Amanda Stovall’s Journey
Amanda Stovall was fired from a restaurant job for refusing to wear makeup, and used that experience as a spark for her entrepreneurship. Today, Amanda runs Stovall’s Cleaning Services in Missouri an…
#68: The 3 Traits That Built My Cleaning Business
#67: Real Talk on Marketing, Experimentation, and Growing Smart
Would you rather send out a 20% off coupon twice in one day, or go viral for a typo that says “we’ll clean your crack”?
In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Ryan Williams, ZenMaid's Head of Mar…
#66: The KPIs You Need to Track Your Cleaning Business
What KPIs actually matter when you're running a cleaning business? There are a million different numbers you can track, so it's important that you spend your precious time on the ones that actually m…
#65: Would You Rather (Cleaning Business Owner Edition), with Stephanie, Amar, and Maria
Filthy Rich Cleaners host Stephanie Pipkin si…
#64: Managing Inventory and Supplies in Your Cleaning Business
Learning how to manage inventory is one of the hardest parts of opening a cleaning business. It's difficult to forecast how much of each item you'll need, when you should anticipate running out, wher…
#63: Taking a Heartfelt Approach to Cleaning, with Kimberley Crockett
Can you wear your heart on your sleeve and run a business at the same time? The answer is no, but that doesn't mean you can't still lead with compassion and care for your employees and clients
In th…
#62: The Truth About Running Your Cleaning Biz with Independent Contractors
Do you know any cleaning business owners who skip the mop completely and don't actually clean anything themselves? Many times, people start out as cleaners and work their way up, or open their own bu…
#61: “Clarity is Kindness” — The Right Way to Give Feedback
Honest feedback can be hard to give — and it's often even harder to receive. In this Filthy Rich Cleaners episode, Stephanie is joined by leadership expert and author Mike Robbins to talk about how t…
#60: When Misaligned Expectations Lead to Angry Client Emails
#59: Why This Healthcare Worker Ditched Her "Real Job" for Cleaning (And Never Looked Back)
#58: The Numbers That Actually Matter for Your Cleaning Business
#57: From Immigration Consultant to Cleaning Empire Builder
#56: Fear of Being Misunderstood vs. Standing on Business
What happens when your biggest fear as a leader is being misunderstood? In this solo episode, Stephanie gets real about the constant push and pull between wanting to be understood and needing to make…
#55: Double Your Bookings with Katie & Stephanie’s Cleaning Funnel Fixes
Most cleaning business owners know their funnel could be better, but where do you even start?
In this episode, Katie Jenks of Serene Clean joins Stephanie Pipkin to unpack the real-world funnel trans…
#54: Stop the Turnover Spiral: How Stephanie Built a Drama-Free Dream Team
Hiring doesn’t have to be painful or regretful.
In this episode, ZenMaid’s Stephanie Pipkin shares the exact hiring system she built to train and retain a 7-figure cleaning team without complaints, m…
#53: From Accidental Startup to Remote Empire: Juan Chaparro on Culture, W-2s & PipeHire
Most cleaning businesses struggle with hiring. But what if your biggest bottleneck wasn’t finding people, it was how you were filtering them?
In this episode, Stephanie sits down with industry vetera…
#52: Audit Your Cleaning Biz & Stop Overpaying: How to Save $10K+ a Year