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No matter how big or how small  your cleaning company is, you are no doubt keeping most of your records on a computer and using the internet to research new products, procedures and other topics. 

It's tough to keep on top of everything computer related!  The computer tips articles will help get you on the right track when working with word documents, pdf files and more!

INTERVIEW: How to Protect Your Computer and Where to Get Help When You Need an Expert
INTERVIEW: How to Protect Your Computer and Where to Get Help When You Need an Expert This is an interview with Lisa Hendrickson of Call That Girl, a computer support and repair company. If you've never had a virus or malware problem on your computer, good for you! But keep in mind, it's just a matter of time. Even with the best protection, every computer is vulnerable to attack. Lisa helps to sort through some of the potential problems you may encounter and will share simple tools to help. And if you ever need an expert to work on your computer, Lisa and her team come highly recommended by Jean Hanson -- and that comes from first hand experience! . . . keep reading
FREE RECORDED WEBINAR! Website Reviews for Commercial Cleaning Companies
FREE RECORDED WEBINAR! Website Reviews for Commercial Cleaning Companies Did you miss the webinar? No problem! The recording is now available for a limited time (members, you can download it at any time in the Download Library). Whether you have a website for your business or not, you can learn a lot about how to create an effective website for your cleaning business by looking at other sites. If you don't know anything about SEO (search engine optimization) or what makes people buy from one site over another, then watch this FREE recorded webinar! Get tips from the experts on how to make your site search engine friendly and found by people searching for house cleaning services in your local area! Hosted by Jean Hanson, co-founder of TheJanitorialStore.com and Ron Howard of CleaningBizWebsites.com. . . . keep reading
ONLINE VIDEO: WebNotes - Free Research Tool For Finding Janitorial Cleaning Prospects
Jean Hanson
ONLINE VIDEO: WebNotes - Free Research Tool For Finding Janitorial Cleaning Prospects ONLINE VIDEO: WebNotes is an online tool you can use for all kinds of research. Since we're always looking for ways to find janitorial cleaning prospects, this video shows how you can use WebNotes to do just that. Use whatever research tool you normally use (like Google), and then use the WebNotes highlighter and notes feature to highlight contact and address information right on a web page, and then put a sticky note on the page for your own use. See how powerful this tool can be by watching the video. . . . keep reading
How to Clean-Up with Facebook
Jean Hanson
How to Clean-Up with Facebook By now, most of us are at least somewhat familiar with what Facebook is. What started out as a social networking website on the Harvard campus has evolved into the fifth most visited website worldwide, and the fifteenth most visited here in the United States. With numbers like that, it is clear Facebook isn't just a place where your teenagers spend hours a day visiting with their friends. In the past year, the number of users over the age of 35 has grown by about 50%. Does that sound like the target market age of your prospective clients? It is a powerful tool that is being used more and more to market businesses around the world. Why not yours? . . . keep reading
How to Use Reference USA to Build Prospect Lists
Jean Hanson
How to Use Reference USA to Build Prospect Lists One of the most frequently asked questions we get is about how to find prospects for a cleaning business. There are several paid services available, but there is also one resource that you can access for free as long as you have a library card and your library makes it available to you. The resource is called Reference USA. In this video, we show you how to search for specific target markets in your local area so you can start building your prospect list! . . . keep reading
5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer
by Donna Gunter, The Online Biz Resource Queen (TM
5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer Whether you're building a website or a blogsite, the investment in a designer can be fairly significant. It's at this point that many service business owners decide to cut costs and have their 16-year old nephew design their site. This works out well until something breaks (with technology, it's never a question of IF it will break, only WHEN) and your nephew is out of touch because he just started his first year of college and can't be bothered. What are you going to do? . . . keep reading
Putting Your Cleaning Business Website on the World Wide Web
Jean Hanson
Putting Your Cleaning Business Website on the World Wide Web Is your cleaning company on the World Wide Web? If not, you could be missing out on potential customers. Don't even know where to begin? You can hire a professional website designer, a student or even do it yourself. But before you begin you need to sit down and plan what will go on your cleaning business' website. . . . keep reading
Business Software - It Pays to do Your Research
John Major BetanCourt
You as the business captain wearing many hats need to do your homework when it comes to providing software to your office manager who is looking to improve the efficiency of your business office. Or, are you a one-person business owner as well as office manager who is looking for easier ways to effectively do your job? . . . keep reading
ONLINE VIDEO - How to Use Autotext in Microsoft Word to Save Time When Typing
Jean Hanson
ONLINE VIDEO - How to Use Autotext in Microsoft Word to Save Time When Typing Do you use Microsoft Word? Did you know there is an easy to use feature that will automatically fill in your company name, slogan or any other text you use frequently? . . . keep reading
E-mail Etiquette for Cleaning Companies
Jean Hanson
E-mail Etiquette for Cleaning Companies In the past few years the use of e-mail has exploded. We're using e-mail more than all other methods of communication. The exact number of e-mails sent daily is unknown - estimates vary from 2 billion to 170 billion - and that's each day! What do all these e-mails going back and forth mean for your cleaning business? . . . keep reading
Back UP Your Cleaning Company's Computer Data or Risk Losing it Forever
Jean Hanson
Back UP Your Cleaning Company's Computer Data or Risk Losing it Forever There is an old construction saying, "measure twice, cut once". Now with so many of our business records stored on computers, that saying should be "save once, backup twice". Why backup your files? There are lots of ways computer can lose information and if you don't have a backup system in place, that information might be gone forever! . . . keep reading
ONLINE VIDEO: How to Create a Table in Microsoft Word
Jean Hanson
ONLINE VIDEO: How to Create a Table in Microsoft Word Using tables in Microsoft Word allows you more flexibility in how you format your documents. Once you start using tables to format information into organized columns and rows you'll wonder how you ever got by without using tables! Watch this video demonstration of how to create tables. . . . keep reading
How to Create a Table in Microsoft Word
Jean Hanson
Using tables in Microsoft Word allows you more flexibility in how you format your documents. Once you start using tables to format information into organized columns and rows you'll wonder how you ever got by without using tables! . . . keep reading
ONLINE VIDEO: How to Update Your Employee Cleaning Schedule
Jean Hanson
ONLINE VIDEO: How to Update Your Employee Cleaning Schedule Would you like an easy way to schedule your cleaning company employees? Simply download the Employee Schedule Excel spreadsheet from the Download Library and then watch the online video that explains how to edit and update the schedule. . . . keep reading
How to Set Cookies in Internet Explorer 6 & 7
What are cookies? Cookies are very small files that are placed on your computer by web sites that you visit. The cookie contains information that identifies you to websites. A cookie's purpose is to tell the server that you have returned to the web page. TheJanitorialStore.com uses cookies, so members need to have them enabled. This article shows you how. . . . keep reading
How to read Microsoft Word documents if you don't have Word
If you don't have Microsoft Word on your computer you may have trouble opening some the documents on our site. If so, this article will show you how. . . . keep reading
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