On a daily basis our staff receives emails from individuals who are interested in starting a crime scene cleanup business. Many of those who contact us have previous medical, military or law enforcement experience. Very few have business experience. The Crime Scene Cleanup Industry is unlike many service industries. Take for example the janitorial industry [...]
Know Your Position
Written by AlertWorldwide on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
The crime scene cleanup industry, as most industries, is very competitive. While some crime scene cleanup companies are able to attract clients through “non-internet” forms of marketing and advertising, much of the work received by most comes by way of the internet. Through Google, Bing, Yahoo and many smaller search engines, prospective clients search for [...]
CleanupDirectory Nationwide Advertising
Written by AlertWorldwide on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
First, on behalf of CleanupDirectory.com, thank you to all who have supported our efforts during the past few years. Through our various blog posts, both here and at our directory, we have tried to impress on you the importance of advertising and name recognition. We do hope that some of our tips have been put [...]
Do You Remember?
Written by AlertWorldwide on Thursday, September 9th, 2010
As a business owner, do you remember to actively promote your business? If you forget about your business, the public will too. It’s a fact, proven time after time, that a stagnant business will more often than not fail. Remember, people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan!
Start a Cleaning Business – Crime and Trauma
Written by AlertWorldwide on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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 [...]
Crime Scene Cleanup London and UK
Written by AlertWorldwide on Thursday, January 7th, 2010
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 [...]
Great Website, but where’s the business?
Written by AlertWorldwide on Friday, December 25th, 2009
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 [...]
I Want to Start a Crime Scene Cleanup Business
Written by AlertWorldwide on Monday, August 3rd, 2009
As many of you are now aware, in July 2009 our company, ALERT Worldwide LLC, launched an e-book titled “Starting & Running a CTS Decon Business”. During the past few weeks we have received only positive emails and phone calls regarding our recent publication. Although pleased that the book has been well received, our company [...]




Recent Comments
"[...] [4] http://www.cleanupblog.com/decomposition/what-happens-to-the-body-after-death/ [...]"
Read more at -
What Happens to the Body After Death
"Donald - Your question has been answered! I'm not quite sure why you are so upset about your question being deleted. Obviously your question is visible above and has been answered to the best of my ability. Maybe others can contribute their "two cents" and you will be more satisfied with the response you receive."
Read more at -
The Truth About Crime Scene Cleanup
"Donald - I attended a crime scene cleanup training course several years ago and went on to create and manage a successful company called Bio-Trauma 911, Inc. We offer a training course and train nearly 40 individuals a year in crime scene cleanup. Most of our students go on to start their own business, while others are actively employed by com"
Read more at -
The Truth About Crime Scene Cleanup
"Rebuttal: It now appears that my original question has reappeared upon your page. What's the verdict. and... My apologies if somehow my question and demeanor offends. It is within my rights to be hyper critical of something that I may commit my time and money to. Please ignore the irritation upon my second posting, though you do need "
Read more at -
The Truth About Crime Scene Cleanup
"I have noticed that my valid question upon your website has been deleted. This proves to me that you are also a part of the supposed racket and corruption as depicted by websites that I had questioned you about. I even checked my email and you didn't even have a reply there. You just deleted my posting. As I see it, you are promoting something that"
Read more at -
The Truth About Crime Scene Cleanup