Ep 18: Making Crime Pay: Franchising Crime Scene Clean-Up and Giving Back

Making Crime Pay: Franchising Crime Scene Clean-Up and Giving Back

– Profits With Purpose with Marc Freedman and Yanik Silver Episode 18 Laura Spaulding

Laura Spaulding is the founder of, Spaulding Decon, the first nationally franchised decontamination service to offer crime scene, hoarding, and meth-lab cleanup throughout the United States. The business was born from a desire to help families in need. While serving as a police officer in Kansas City, Laura Spaulding witnessed the devastation caused by crime. The already grieving families were shocked to discover that the police were not responsible for cleaning up the scene. At that moment, Laura decided to work with the family herself to get their home cleaned up.

It was in 2016 that Spaulding Decon moved into a franchise model and investing in real estate has been another dimension added to the model. Every job is approached with the same goal that sparked their creation, to help people in need. 

Listen to this latest episode of Profits With Purpose where we talk with Laura Spaulding about……

 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Working undercover in narcotics and asking yourself if you want to be risking your life every day
• Providing opportunities with a franchise to those who might not otherwise have an opportunity
• The fragmented competition in the crime scene cleanup sphere
• Finding opportunities within your business to pivot to things like real estate
• Making mistakes and profits at the same time
• The varied personalities and backgrounds that come with running a franchise
• Paying more for labor because of hazards faced on the job
• Changing the workplace to make a happy productive workforce
• Using social media to educate your network for the greater good
• Finding the franchise that is right for you
• The cumbersome process of starting a franchise
• Thanking those who serve by giving away a franchise every year
•  Providing free cleanups to those in need

 

I hope you find this episode as informative and as exciting as we have. Laura was so generous to share her take on finding a niche and franchising it.

 

Please let us know your thoughts!

 

Connect with Laura Spaulding:

Website: www.crimescenecleaning.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/CrimeSceneCleaning

Instagram: @crimescenecleaning

TikTok: @crimescenecleaning

 

Connect with Marc Freedman:

Email:        [e-mail]

Website:   https://evolvedprofits.com/

                  https://expensetoprofit.com/

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/freedmanmarc/ 

Twitter:     https://twitter.com/ExpenseToProfit

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/expensetoprofit/

 

Connect with Yanik Silver: 

Websites:  https://yaniksilver.com/

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