Strategic Success Circles

Circles are where cleaning business owners install Align Operating System and become PRO PRO PRO: Profitable, Professional, Proud.

Strategic Success Circles – Levels of Growth

We offer a growth circle for every stage of your cleaning company journey.
From “just starting out” to “crushing my goals and buying a plane” (absolutely true!).

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Circles: Quick Answers

What are the Circles?

The Circles are structured execution rooms for cleaning business owners. You follow Align Operating System to work the right priorities at the right time, all year long.

Who is it for?

Cleaning Business Owners who want to stop winging it, run a real company, and build a business that is profitable, professional, and proud.

What do you get?

AOS execution rhythm, weekly coaching structure, scoreboards, leadership tools, and clear priorities so your company stops depending on you to “remember everything.”

What makes this different?

Most programs teach ideas. Circles install an operating system. You do not need more motivation. You need a structure that makes execution automatic.

Do we get results?

Yes, when you execute. Core Profit Builders is built around Align Operating System (AOS), so you are not relying on motivation or guesswork. You follow a weekly rhythm of priorities, scoreboards, and leadership execution to become PRO PRO PRO: Profitable, Professional, Proud.

What changes when you run AOS

  • You stop reacting and start leading
  • Your week has priorities, not chaos
  • Your numbers tell you what to do next
  • Your team gets clearer standards and roles
  • You work less, get more done, and feel in control again

Business Coach for Cleaning Companies

Hey y'all! I'm Liz!

With the majority of Liz’s focus being on Strategic Success Circles (formerly Mastermind Accountability groups). Liz has owned American Maid Service in Olympia, WA since 1993 and currently operates as an absentee owner. Along with her husband Tim, Liz is also a real estate investor and developer who currently owns 80+ rentals.

Liz is driven to help those she works with (whether one-on-one or in groups) to be the best version of themselves while executing on the goals, plans, and strategies that are important to them. Knowing what to do is only part of the battle, how is sometimes the trickier part.

Liz enjoys being a Certified High-Performance Coach (CHPC) who uses her certification along with extensive DISC training and 3 decades of experience in the cleaning industry to help people at all levels “get out of their own way.”

SERIOUS GROWTH FOR SERIOUS CLEANING COMPANY OWNERS

Ready to take back your sanity and grow your cleaning business to the $1MM annual revenue mark — and beyond — while doing less work?

WHERE WILL YOUR BUSINESS BE IN 90 DAYS?

we’ve been in your (tired) shoes!

frustrated

FRUSTRATED?

Do you feel like no matter how hard you work, it's just not paying off?

UNDERPAID?

You’re working your fingers to the bone… for this?

DISLIKED?

By your crazy field staff who quit when you need them the most.

MELTDOWN?

On the verge of a total meltdown. There are some days when YOU want to quit.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY

Our unique journey, built on practical experience and deep understanding of many cleaning companies throughout the United States, blends creativity with proven coaching strategies.

We continually evolve to create impactful solutions that drive your revenue, reduce stress, and increase fulfillment. At Core Profit Builders, our mission is to help you to thrive on your entrepreneurial path.

What You Get (What’s Included)

Who It’s For / Not For

Perfect if:
  • You are a Cleaning Business Owner who wants a real operating system

  • You want clarity, control, and consistent execution

  • You are ready to lead like a professional CEO

Not a fit if:
  • You want information without implementation

  • You are not willing to track a few key numbers weekly

  • You are looking for hype instead of structure

How Circles work

Step 1: Choose your Circle
Pick the Circle that matches your current stage so you focus on the right problems, not random ones.

Step 2: Install AOS
You adopt the weekly execution rhythm: priorities, scoreboards, and leadership follow through.

Step 3: Execute and repeat
The system keeps you moving. Week after week your business becomes more professional, more profitable, and easier to run.

What we did was work with Strategic Success Coach Liz Trotter to solve our messiest problems. It wasn’t easy, but in practically no time our businesses were growing faster than we thought possible…

— Chris Willatt, Owner of Alpine Maids in Denver, CO

Now I have a full management staff — and faith that my business would be 100% self-sufficient without me Alpine Maids did $1.5 million in revenue last year and is on a trajectory of $2.5 million — Way to go, Chris!!!
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— Heather Canning, owner of One Organized Mom (who has an all-star field staff now)

It’s official! One Organized Mom has officially moved to the ONE MILLION DOLLAR CLUB today!! I just want to give a BIG shoutout to this amazing group and our fearless leaders Liz Trotter, Derek Christian, and Tom Stewart for showing us what we were capable of! We got there a lot faster with your guidance! Thank you all again! Ok, enough celebrating — now on to 2M$!!
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FAQs

Many owners see early wins (better hires, fewer cancellations, clearer schedules) within 30–90 days. Revenue and margin improvements depend on your starting point and implementation speed.

Both. We support residential maid services and commercial janitorial companies.

AOS is a repeatable execution system. You follow the right priorities at the right time with scoreboards and leadership rhythms built for cleaning businesses.

 

Plan on 90–120 minutes per week (call + implementation). More action = faster results.

 

Yes. We start with foundations: leadership, sales, hiring  and AOS.

 

40+ years in cleaning, proven SOPs, and a peer circle that keeps you accountable.

 

We guarantee a clear operating system, structure, and coaching to execute it. Your results follow your implementation.

From this day on your goal is to hit the 5-million-dollar mark. And once you hit that you are going to hit the 10 million!” Now I went into Foundations thinking I knew so much. It turned out I was so wrong. Over the next 7 days I learned more about my business than I ever had before. I realized my finish line was nowhere near the million-dollar mark.

I created systems I had only dreamed of having. I created some of the best friendships with people who have the same drive and work ethics as myself. After touring Tom’s location and seeing how his operation was set up, it inspired me to continue building my company. I did not even know it was possible to have multiple locations all be run from one primary location! Today I have 3 locations in different cities, and they are all run out of 1 office. We are on point to close 2021 at 2.5 million and I don’t plan on stopping.

Foundations will be my 3rd time going and I guarantee I will learn even more this time. There is so much information to learn and with hard work and dedication you too can level up your company for success. I can’t wait to be inspired again this year at Foundations.

Dean's Bio

Dean Mercado

Dean Mercado is the architect of the Clone the Owner® Methodology, a proven framework that liberates service business owners while driving sustainable business growth.
As the Founder and CEO of Online Marketing Muscle® and the bestselling author of “The MINDstretch,” Dean transforms how businesses leverage systems, teams, and technology.
Drawing from well over 10,000 coaching hours, he empowers service companies to scale efficiently at every growth stage, creating both freedom for owners and increased value in their enterprises.
Featured in Inc. Magazine and Investor’s Business Daily, Dean lives by his philosophy: “Evolve to Actualization—Clone the Owner®.”