Episodes

How does a Jim's Bathrooms franchisee grow to $3 to 5 million in revenue in about two years? Sam joins Joel Kleber on the Jim's Podcast to break down the systems, people and mindset behind his bathroom renovation franchise in Melbourne.Sam started with one territory in Dandenong. A year later he added Glen Waverley, then Ringwood. His three teams now complete 10 to 15 bathrooms a month, with each job taking 2.5 to 4 weeks from demolition to handover. Joel saw the process firsthand when Sam's tea...

Jack started a Jim's Mowing franchise from scratch in Brisbane's north.

Nearly two years later, he has doubled his regular clients from 30 to 60 and works a four day week on the tools.His biggest growth driver is BNI, a structured referral networking group. Jack joined before he even had his trailer.

One referral from a landscaping company in his chapter turned into maintenance work on a 300 house development, worth about $100,000 over two years between work done and work projected.

His cost:...

Julian runs a Jim's Mowing franchise in Sydney South and travels to a different country every month.

He batches three to four weeks of work, then flies out for five to seven days.He is nearly four years in. Around 70 regular lawns, plus 20 to 30 gutter jobs on a six to twelve month cycle.

Most of those clients have been with him almost the whole time.He did not start here. His first year was six days a week, driving 30 minutes for any lead that came through, taking every job going just to buil...

Jim's Cleaning franchisees make $2 to $3 an hour from each employee and up to $20,000 from a single split, and the division is rebuilding its training around those numbers.

Haydar Hussein is the divisional franchisor of the Jim's Cleaning Group and has been with Jim's since 2001.

He joins Joel Kleber for an October update on a network of about 1,700 franchisees and a goal to pass Jim's Mowing by the end of 2027.

Haydar explains why leads make franchisees lazy and what the best operators do wi...

Mike Davenport ran the Jim's Group training program for many years, moved to Bali, and has now returned to run the course again.

His first session back, the stage flooded and the power went out. Jim Penman found a dry spot and spoke for an hour.

Since then Mike has rewritten the whole course.

Joel Kleber asks him what changed and what new franchisees should expect. The program now runs 2.5 days with around 20 hours of content. Around 100 people attend every three weeks.

Mike explains why the...

#ASKJIM Q & A Replay from September 2026 with Jim Penman and Joel Kleber.

A Jim's Window and Pressure Cleaning franchise doing $96,000 a year could start year three with $108,000 of work already booked. No new leads. No extra ad spend. Skagan shows exactly how.Skagan runs his own Jim's Window & Pressure Cleaning franchise in Queensland and took over as regional franchisor a year ago. In 12 months, he has grown the region from around 10 franchisees to 20. On this episode of the Jim's Group podcast, he explains why rising Google and Meta costs mean franchisees need more...

Harry Parker bought a Jim’s Mowing franchise at 69. Two years later, his heart surgeon told him the active work may have added 10 years to his life. Harry now works about 32 hours a week, serves 87 regular clients and mows alongside his daughters. In this episode, he explains how he grew revenue by 30% in 12 months without adding clients, earns more through services such as aeration, lawn feeding, pruning and weed control, and uses Microsoft Copilot to write quotes and plan efficient mowing runs. He also shares his $120-per-hour quoting rule, subcontracting approach and advice for new Jim’s Mowing franchisees.

#ASKJIM Facebook Live Q & A with Jim Penman Replay September 2026

Nathan asked his boss for a pay rise after getting married.


The answer was no, so he quit and bought a Jim's Mowing franchise in Melbourne.


Twelve months later, he earns 10 times what he made as a plumbing labourer.


Nathan grew up helping his dad, a Jim's Mowing franchisee for 28 years, and never planned to follow him.


At 27, with a new mortgage and bills to pay, he changed his mind.


In this episode of the Jim's Mowing podcast, Nathan walks through his first year as a lawn mowing ...

A $12 lead turned into a customer worth $70,000 a year for Jim's Mowing franchisee Garry.


This episode of the Jim's Mowing Podcast is a two year update from the Gold Coast.


Garry first appeared six weeks in, after 25 years in IT sales.


He now services 55 regular clients plus real estate work and is bringing on his first employee.


He explains why he has no interest in running his own Google or Facebook ads, why his franchise fee and lead fees are his entire marketing budget, and how h...

Jim's Mowing franchisee Enoh forecast $170,000 to $180,000 in his first year.


He invoiced $450,000.


This episode of the Jim's Mowing Podcast is a 12-month update.


Enoch runs Jim's Mowing Reservoir Central and, with his partner Bianca, Jim's Cleaning Preston East.


He came from real estate and built a property presentation niche, working with agents to get homes ready for market through landscaping, turf, pressure washing, gutters and window cleaning, plus interior cleaning through the...

Matt tried an independent business first, then decided to give Jim's Window and Pressure Washing a go instead.


He learnt that it was a tough slog as a solo operator and that it would be far easier with the Jim's franchise.


He shares in full his thought process, the pros vs cons, training, revenue and how it works with his family.


Big thanks to Matt for coming on the show.

James Middleton has hit the ground running with Jim's Pool Care and shares how he has exactly done it following the system.


James shares his story about why he joined Jim's, his process, what he loves about the pool industry and how he has built his business during the winter months.


Big thanks to James for coming on.

Jim's Mowing franchisor Jason has invoiced anywhere from $50,000 to $600,000 in a single year across 14 years in the business.


This episode of the Jim's Mowing Podcast covers the questions every prospective franchisee asks: how much you earn, how many jobs come through, and what the whole thing costs.


Jason runs a regional franchisor territory in Canberra and raced as a professional triathlete before buying his own Jim's Mowing franchise.


You will hear why Jim's takes no percentage of y...

Jim's Garage Doors franchisee Mike converts 80 to 90 percent of the leads he receives.


This episode of the Jim's Group Podcast is a full look at the Jim's Garage Doors franchise: what the work involves, what the training covers, and what the income looks like against a salary.


Mike left civil architecture to join Jim's Garage Doors as one of the first franchisees under franchisors Mick and Brian.


He now runs six to ten garage door service jobs a day across his Mickleham territory in Mel...

We had 120 new franchisees into our training so it was a question-packed #ASKJIM with our new franchisees in training.


As always, Jim delivers honest advice to everyone who asks him a question.

Robert Young's teams in Wellington and Christchurch are booked months out in a down market while he fields calls from tradies with no work at all.

Robert brought Jim's Building Maintenance and Jim's Handyman to New Zealand five years ago and now runs both divisions as franchisor.

He sits down with Joel Kleber to explain why property maintenance holds up when renovations dry up, and why he believes the only real income security for a tradesman over the next decade is a base of a thousand custom...

Jordan's Mowing, aka Jordan Rogerson, shares his story on the Jim's Podcast and also about how he creates content.

Jordan's videos have already had a million views online as he is documenting his journey of being a Jim's Mowing franchisee.

Most small business owners juggle a dozen separate tech bills and hours of DNS and email headaches every week.

Lib from Jim's IT hands them one bill and takes the whole problem off their plate.

Lib runs Jim's IT Abbotsbury and spent 10 years in IT across government, corporate and MSP roles before starting her own business.

Six months into Jim's, he has a perfect run of five-star ratings. In this episode she explains what a managed service provider does for small and medium businesses.

You wi...

Grant Osborne has run his Jim's Mowing franchise for 27 years.

In this episode he explains why going out on your own is harder than most people expect.Grant works the Hunter region, the mining capital of Australia, where he has broken into commercial and industrial contracts long held by large national firms. He shares how Jim's franchisees band together to win schools and big sites, why brand recognition beats a better mower, and how the network generates around 1.1 million new leads a year wi...

Eighteen months into his Jim's Mowing franchise, Mitchell Dennis was pulling $5,000 weeks through spring, about $1,000 a day. Mitchell left a trade as a technician, found Jim's Mowing on Seek, and started with just 22 regular clients.

Today he runs a round in the low 70s across the hilly, big-block suburbs around Belgrave, and he is hiring casual help to get through his next spring. In this episode he is straight about the numbers.

What a real spring looks like, why his costs ran to more than ...

#ASKJIM replay with Jim Penman and Joel Kleber.

Dog Wash has the most unserviced leads in the entire Jim's Group. Demand has gone up dramatically, and one franchisee has grown so much she turned her leads off and now takes referrals only.

In this episode, host Joel Kleber talks with a Jim's Dog Wash franchisee, Dot Powers about her five-year journey from Jim's Petrol to Dog Wash to a newly appointed franchisor role in the Wollongong region.

You will hear:

Why demand for Dog Wash outstrips supply right now

How customer service and referral...