EP475: Christina Springstead - How To Price Cleanup & Rescue Jobs Plus More Business Tips!

“As a business owner, you have to pick up everything. So right now, it's not my goal to hire at that capacity, but definitely to hire more of an assistant for myself to make sure that I am getting the support that I need as I'm building this business, rather than bringing someone in to run this business.” -Christina Springstead

Christina Springstead, founder of Springstead Solutions, shares her journey about hiring, finding her niche and much more!

In this interview, you’ll also learn…

• How cleanups & rescue jobs became her niche & passion
• How to price cleanups & rescue jobs
• The power of paid diagnostic reviews for pricing & client fit

To learn more about Christina, click here.

Connect with her on LinkedIn.

Time Stamp

02:55 – Hiring & losing a key operations manager 05:32 – Shifting focus to build the business around personal goals 10:33 – Defining & niching into cleanup & oversight services 14:23 – Nonprofits, trades & in-house training as a niche 20:04 – How Christina prices cleanup vs. rescue jobs 23:04 – Why charge for diagnostic reviews & what’s to include 28:10 – Where best leads come from 30:31 – Converting cleanup clients into monthly engagements 36:51 – How systems like Pure Bookkeeping improve cleanup work 38:29 – What A2A gave her: safe space & smarter growth 45:01 – Where to connect with Christina

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