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July 6, 2022

58. Market Your Local Services Business, with SME Mike Grigery

In this episode Neel interview Mike Grigery of ClickCallSell.com to get the scoop on how to market your local services business. Mike has helped hundreds of companies execute thousands of marketing campaigns and he's been Nee...

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June 22, 2022

57. Build a Brand By Sharing What You've Learned in Business Life

In this episode Neel and Johnny talk about the impact of sharing what you've learned in business. After five years of grinding and building a window cleaning business, Johnny packaged what he learned to create Home Service Ac...

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June 15, 2022

56. Remote Working Destinations: Trends, Underrated Spots, and Genera…

In this leisurely spitball episode, Neel and Mitko Karvoshki talk all things remote work and digital nomad as it applies to different spots around the world: who's winning, who's losing, and who's underrated. If you don't kno...

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June 8, 2022

55. The Tech Stack You Need for a Remote Local Business

In this episode Neel and Johnny discuss various pieces of software that they use to run their businesses. There was clear agreement on some of the big hitters today, like Slack (can't live without it), G-Suite (tons of tools)...

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June 1, 2022

54. Making $10k From Scratch, with New Co-host Johnny Robinson

In this episode Neel and new co-host Johnny Robinson offer a blueprint for earning your first $10k from scratch without reference to cleaning companies, a sector both of them have had a lot of success in. Neel and Johnny outl...

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May 25, 2022

53. David Lahav Returns for His Final Episode with the Remote Local P…

In this episode Neel and David discuss David's three-month meditation teacher training course and what his future looks like. His last appearance featured his explaining what he had to do in order to be gone that long from h...

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May 18, 2022

52. Recession Prep for Your Remote Local Business

In this episode Neel offers thoughts on how to make your Remote Local business better prepared for recessions. Neel takes a two-pronged approach to preparing for recessions. First, he focuses on insulating the business, which...

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May 11, 2022

51. Should You Buy a Franchise or DIY? Keith Levenson of AC Inc Weigh…

In this episode Neel welcomes Keith Levenson of Angela Coté Inc . to talk about franchising. Keith got his start in franchising by actually helping a family entertainment center go through the process themselves. He then too...

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May 4, 2022

50. 4 Remote Local Business Models That I Love, feat. SqueegeeGod Joh…

In this episode Neel is joined by Johnny Robinson to whiteboard some Remote Local business ideas. Johnny has been on the pod before but we kick off the episode with a brief bio to catch up listeners who may not …

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April 28, 2022

49. Run Your Biz On Autopilot Using EOS Lite Pt 2

In the second of an ongoing series on EOS, Neil shares his adaptation of Gino Wickman's Entrepreneurial Operating System, and how he's used it to great success at MaidThis. In this episode Neel gives strategic tips for how to...

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April 27, 2022

48. Run Your Biz On Autopilot Using EOS Lite

In the first of an ongoing series on EOS, Neil shares his adaptation of Gino Wickman's Entrepreneurial Operating System, and how he's used it to great success at MaidThis. Things Neel learned in the process of creating an "EO...

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April 20, 2022

47. The Digital Nomad Life: A Report from the Front Lines

In this episode Neel shares what he learned catching up with dozens of digital nomads (past, present, and future) at a Dynamite Circle conference in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. He found out that: Travel is definitely back (exce...

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April 6, 2022

46. Running a fully remote call center with 100 agents, an interview …

In this episode Neel sits down with Donald Spann to look over the pros and cons of the various remote local business models he has tried. Like Neel, Donald was part of the Launch27 crew, aka the "cleaning company mafia," …

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March 30, 2022

45. Thinking About Exiting Your Business

In this episode Neel shares different ways to think about exiting your business, including his own current plans for MaidThis. While some might say that you need to know what your exit plan is before you even start your busin...

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March 23, 2022

44. Running a $1.5M SaaS While Nomading Around the World: an Intervie…

In this episode Neel chats with Amar Ghose, Founder and CEO of ZenMaid. Neel and Amar have managed not to meet, despite being the only two in their digital entrepreneur group in the cleaning space over the past few years. …

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March 16, 2022

43. Stranded On A Desert Island for 10 Days: Five Unexpected Business…

Neel recently came back from a ten-day desert island survival experience. As he switched back into work mode, he saw so many connections between what he had just experienced and how a daily business grind works. He has five ...

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March 9, 2022

42. Develop a Superpower: Dealing With Angry Customers

In this episode Neel and David discuss the classic question of how to deal with angry customers. As with so many great business (and life) tactics, this starts with having the right mindset. In this case, learning how to dea...

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March 2, 2022

41. Acquiring 5 Local Businesses To Build a Remote Local Empire, an i…

In another of the Remote Local Podcast's ongoing series of entrepreneurial interviews, Neel chatted with Mike Loftus of Connor Landscape . Mike got a finance degree but found out he hated working inside. He took $10k of his ...

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Feb. 23, 2022

40. The Hiring Funnel & Metrics - Your Ultimate Hiring Flywheel Pt 3

In the last of a three-part series, Neel gives you an ultimate guide to hiring, from his own successful playbook! This episode focuses on tweaking your flywheel to make sure it's working at its best. Neel also shares: What he...

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Feb. 23, 2022

39. Where to post your job ad for maximum exposure - The Ultimate Hir…

In the second of a three-part series, Neel gives you an ultimate guide to hiring, from his own successful playbook! This episode shares the six places that MaidThis posts jobs ads to find talent for their local services busin...

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Feb. 23, 2022

38. Building Your Ultimate Hiring Flywheel - Part 1

In the first of a three-part series, Neel gives you an ultimate guide to hiring, from his own successful playbook! This episode focuses on the mindset (and a few tactics) for hiring in general and putting up your job ad. …

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Feb. 16, 2022

37. How To Buy a Local Business In Another State And Run It Remotely,…

In this episode Neel interviews Chris Munn, a fellow remote local entrepreneur. Chris grew up in Detroit, now lives in LA (though he lived in Paris for a while), but has a cleaning business based in Tampa. Neel connected wit...

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Feb. 9, 2022

36. Running a 7-figure Agency From Around The World, an interview wit…

In this episode Neel interviews Jodie Cook, who recently exited her remote local business (and is getting ready to start another!). Jodie knew from an early age that she wanted to work and earn her own money and be independen...

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Feb. 2, 2022

35. Identifying Your Limiting Beliefs and Why Working Less = More Gro…

In this episode Neel and David talk about limiting beliefs, how to identify them, and how to replace them with empowering beliefs. David has been preparing to leave for 90 days off the grid and was worried one of his …

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