Cleaning Tips & Tricks for the Small Business

Myles O'Donnell & Co. is a janitorial services company in Portland, Oregon.

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The Perfect Workplace

Perfection is seemingly impossible in almost all cases. We live in a time where individuals, organizations and governments are attempting to create a Utopian world. Regardless of whether or not this is actually achievable, one thing is certain: creating the perception of “perfect” is very achievable, especially when talking about the cleanliness and organization of a workplace...[read more]

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Stop the Office Clutter, and Say Goodbye to Dust Accumulation!

Why do employees—especially in the cubicle environment—have such a difficult time keeping their desks tidy? When nick-nacks, stacks of books, scattered paper and personal items consume a desk area not only does it look terrible, but dust will likely accumulate as these items never get moved around.

The fact of the matter is, when a work space is organized and clean, employees feel more productive, are likely to regularly keep it clean, and it may even provide unintended peer pressure for others in the office to do the same. Ultimately, this can keep cleaning costs down for the organization...[Read more]

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What Does a Janitorial Service Company Do?

t’s funny, some people don’t appreciate good work when they see it, and others actually have no visibility to the good work that is being done, especially if they aren’t paying attention. Jobs like office cleaning from a janitorial services company is behind the scenes for the most part...[Read More]

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Good Reasons to Hire a Janitorial Services Company

Small business owners and managers often do a cost-benefit analysis when looking to hire a third party service provider, such as a janitorial services company. From one perspective, it could be seen as an added cost, perhaps unnecessary; from the other side...[Read More]

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How to Save on Cleaning Costs

There isn’t a magic formula to saving big on cleaning costs. Sorry to disappoint. However, in our years—since 1949—of being ajanitorial services company in the Portland area, we have found that the people who...[Read More]

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Fun Ways to Keep the Office Clean

Keeping the office clean seems like a drag, especially if your business only has a handful of employees and no janitorial cleaning service to rely on. That doesn’t change the fact that cleaning must be done, that is, if you don’t want to scare customers away. There are fun ways to rally the team around keeping the office clean without having to force them into it...[Read More]

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Clean Bathrooms = Customers?

Marketing guru Seth Godin raises an interesting point aboutclean bathrooms.

He states, “The facilities at DisneyWorld are clean. It’s not a profit center, of course. They don’t make them clean because they’re going to charge you to use them. They make them clean because if they didn’t, you’d have a reason not to come.”

Let’s look further into Godin’s statement. Clean bathrooms don’t necessarily translate to new customers or profit, that point we get; however, if bathrooms remain uncleaned and unstocked customers may be turned off by the fact your business can’t maintain...[Read More]

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Is Your Office Fighting the Flu? Try These Tips.

According to an article by Denise Mann, 35% of workers felt pressure to go to work even when they had the flu. This is a startling number when considering the loss of productivity if it spreads throughout the office. Although the flu hardly seems impossible to avoid...[Read More]

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Why Use Myles O’Donnell & Co. as Your Janitorial Services Company?

Seeking a trusted partner and vendor for business services is difficult. Business leaders are inundated with referrals from advisers and pitches from sales people explaining why their services are better than the competition. How, then, do we choose one company over another?

It comes down to trust...[Read More]

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Are Cleaning Services for Royalty?

In this day and age, it’s not abnormal to hire someone to clean your house. Granted, most of us take care of it on our own, but for some people, they have figured out that their time is worth more to them than to save money cleaning on their own.

The above example fits even better when applying it to a business...[read more]

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Should Businesses Require Employees to Clean Their Facility?

The title of this post is an honest question and one that leaders may want to consider: should businesses require employees to clean their facility? General managers and small business owners may find it hard to justify utilizing scarce resources to do cleaning tasks that, well, in a sense, aren’t valuable to business operations. Not to say keeping the facility organized and presentable to...[read more]

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What a Lack of Cleaning Can Mean to Your Customers

If you run a facility that doesn’t have customer traffic in and out, you, as a business manager, may not feel the need to keep the office or warehouse looking spiffy all the time. Although, what happens when you do have an obligation to keep the place of business organized and clean all the time for customers?

We offer these hypothetical examples of what not to do...[Read More]

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Steam Carpet Cleaning: A Fight Against Bacteria

Most of us have heard the term ‘steam cleaning’ as a form of carpet cleaning. The process, using only water and no chemicals, can kill many forms of bacteria living in your carpet. It’s a method favored by individuals and professional carpet cleaners. One reason for this is that it does not leave any harmful or toxic residues behind.

So, how does it work?

Depending on the...[read more]

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Internal or External?

Ever found yourself in a dilemma as to whether or not you should hire someone else to do your dirty work? You're not alone.

Remember the first time you decided you wanted to hire a bookkeeper and accountant to take care of your corporate taxes because they got too... [read more]

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Cleaning Duties That Make Employees Say “No Way!”

We all know there are those places in the building that no one wants to clean – employees and janitorial providers included. But what if you found yourself responsible for cleaning it? Gets you fired up just thinking about it, doesn’t it? You may be thinking... [read more]

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3 Reasons to Dust the Office

Some people could care less about the amount of dust buildup in an office. Cubicles, filing cabinets, window sills and shelves are all prime locations for dust buildup and areas that tend to be neglected in a workplace.

You can keep neglecting the dust buildup or do something... [read more]

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Restroom Cleaning Checklist: Your Guide to a Spotless Restroom

Have you ever walked into a restroom at a place of business and thought to yourself, “Really?” Let’s face it, some businesses don’t take pride in keeping their restroom area looking and smelling great for their employees and customers; this doesn’t mean that you should take the same approach.

As silly as it sounds, a great looking restroom can leave a positive... [Read more]