Crime Scene Cleanup Blog

Although our crime scene cleanup company website must convey a sense of professionalism, be easy to navigate and informational in nature, it must also attract new customers.  How many times have you refused to go deeper into a website simply because it was annoying?  Or, how often have you visited a website that fits the exact keyword term you entered, but you just can’t seem to take the company seriously after viewing their website?

In an effort to impress the visitors (potential clients) who find your website, here is a list of common website design mistakes that you should try to avoid.

1.  No splash or intro page.  We’ve all seen the beautifully designed intro page with flash text and music that we can’t wait to get rid of.  Have you ever waited until if finishes playing. No, you find the button that reads “Skip Intro”, hoping that you’ll be able to get to the information you’re looking for.  Spare your visitors this extra step and a bit of aggravation, don’t use a splash or intro page.

2.  Nothing screams amateur more than page counters, scrolling text boxes, swirling email boxes or “last updated on January 5, 2008”.  Refrain from using any of these.
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There’s no greater feeling than to be an owner of a successful business.  If you’ve decided to start a cleaning business, understand that your industry statistically has a very high failure rate.  Although service businesses are the least expensive and easiest to start, they come and go as quickly as day turns to night.  Even [...]

Undoubtedly, your crime scene cleanup business isn’t bringing in what it used to.  Although key indicators point to an economic rebound, it will be quite some time before small businesses see any upsurge.  To help keep your business afloat and your family fed, have you considered a supplemental income?  I’m talking an income that could [...]

In speaking with the staff of one of the larger crime scene cleanup companies in the Midwest, I learned they recently had a student from London attend their crime scene cleanup training course.  Amazed that someone would travel that far for training, I asked for her number so I could chat with her about the [...]

Bio-Trauma 911, Inc. was recently contacted by a family who recently lost a loved one who committed suicide.  According to the family, they hired a crime scene cleanup company to remove the biohazards resulting from the shotgun suicide.  Unfortunately, even though the crime scene cleanup company had thoroughly cleaned the carpet, blood was slowly returning [...]

Established in 1995 as one of the first Crime Scene Cleanup Companies in California, Crime Scene Steri-Clean, LLC continues to set the example for other companies to follow.  Working on behalf of cities, counties, management companies, hotels, apartment complexes and several fortune 500 companies, Crime Scene Steri-Clean, LLC has proven itself to be a leader in [...]

So you have an awesome website . . . lots of text, awesome flash, online requests forms . . .everything that anyone could possibly be looking for in a website.  Yet your crime scene cleanup business is still not bringing in the revenue you expect. So month after month, you check your website stats, just [...]

As a police officer and owner of a crime scene cleanup company, far too often I find myself dealing with the aftermath of a shooting.  Although I won’t argue the merits of gun control, as I firmly believe in an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, I will preach the art of gun safety. [...]

This seems like a fairly popular blog and I wanted to take a few minutes to say a few things about Cleanupdirectory.com.
A few weeks ago, our company received a call from the owner of  a large abandoned warehouse.  It was full of trash, feces (both human and animal), old bedding where homeless people were [...]

It would certainly be far fetched to believe that all of the new visitors to CleanupDirectory.com are indeed potential clients.  However, at least some of the over 1,000 new visitors are indeed looking for the types of services you provide.  For it would be as equally far fetched to believe that none of them are [...]

Last week my receptionist received a call from an insurance adjuster. Thinking that a cleanup job would be the topic of conversation, the call was forwarded to our sales staff.  After a brief introduction, the adjuster wasted no time with small talk.  Without hesitation, he asked “what do you charge for cleanup services?”.  Well, Beth [...]

Thanks to the good folks at CleanupBlog.com, Alert Worldwide has been allowed to post information concerning our Crime Scene Cleanup Directory.  Although Alert Worldwide, LLC has several directories and other projects in the works, we have yet to start our own blog.  So again, thanks to the staff of CleanupBlog.com for allowing us the opportunity [...]

Unlike the security, janitorial or housing industries, the crime scene cleanup industry isn’t as well known or as popular.  When I started this blog a few years back, five or six people a month would take time out of their busy day to spend 20 or 30 seconds to review an article or [...]

As a business owner for the past fifteen years, with over 100 employees, I often get calls from friends and family members for advice.  Recently, I received such a call from a friend who owns a crime scene cleanup business in Florida.  His first words were “where’s the business”, to which I responded, “I [...]

This evening, I had the unfortunate experience of being the lead police officer on a suicide investigation.  Upon arrival, I found a white male approximately 50 years of age lying on his back in his bedroom.  Closer examination revealed most of the left side of his head to be missing and a shotgun laying nearby.  [...]