Straight Talk – an ISSA Podcast

About Straight Talk – an ISSA Podcast

Straight Talk, an ISSA podcast, presents a curated playlist of the hottest topics facing the cleaning industry today—from health and safety to infection prevention to innovative products to business development and much more. ISSA, the worldwide cleaning association, brings together the top experts and decision makers give our listeners and members the most up-to-date information for their businesses.

Publisher

ISSA

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Dec 2021

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

574 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   From Classroom Kid to IICRC-Approved Instructor

   What does it take to become one of the youngest IICRC-approved instructors in history—and what does that milestone mean beyond the title?

2. 

   30 Oct 2026

   AI Is Calling. Will You Answer?

   Ask any AI tool to recommend a carpet cleaner, a house cleaning service or a commercial cleaning company, and it will hand back a short list in seconds. The newer development is that customers are starting to tell AI to contact those companies, explain the job, get a price and see when a crew can come out.

3. 

   29 Oct 2026

   Same Calls, Bigger Business: What Top Owners Do Differently

   Are you getting enough value from the calls your carpet cleaning business already receives? In this episode of Straight Talk!, Jeff Cross welcomes John Clendenning to explore the Carpet Cleaning Benchmark Survey and the gaps it reports between typical companies and top operators. ap

Who has been a guest on Straight Talk – an ISSA Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mitch Brunette
• Troy Harrison
• Dean Mercado
• Mark Presho
• Dean DiSibio

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

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Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

30

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