Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The Best Way To Decorate For Halloween When Trying To Sell

When you are a home owner, it can be immensely fun to think of Halloween ideas to decorate your home. After all, no other holiday allows such macabre decorations to be so commonplace, and of course, it is all in good fun. However, Halloween decorations can do more than just scare unsuspecting children. It can also scare away buyers. Here are home selling tips that are in line with your inner spooky spirit.
Just Don't.
If you feel ambivalent about the holiday and all of the decorating that comes with it then it is not time to start while you are trying to sell your home. People that are seeing your home for the first time are forming their first impressions so you need to be careful not to get carried away with the decorations. Instead of decorations consider some contemporary curtains that will allow the autumn light to shine through.
But it's Halloween!
So you definitely want to decorate for the season. But you also definitely want to sell your home. You will be walking a fine line, but it is absolutely doable. In fact, a good seasonal scheme will have buyers easily imagining the fun they will have decorating when they own your property.
Show off your home, not your decorations.
As fun and complex as your Halloween decorations can be, prospective home buyers want to look at your house, not how spooky your lawn looks. Over the top decorations will detract the showcasing of your home.
While you are staging the house you want to try and depersonalize things as much as possible because you don't want your decorations to distract the home buyer, or worse yet, detract from the home itself. This can range from anything from religious items to personal mementos, but anything else that can stop a home buyer from imagining themselves and their family in the home. 

Friday, April 12, 2013

Office Cleaning Checklist

Paying for a professional office cleaning service just makes sense for most business owners. Professional cleaners can usually customize their services to your individual cleaning needs ensuring that office spaces are in optimal condition and allow for better worker efficiency. Still, if you are paying for a service, you need to have some way to guarantee your needs are being fulfilled. In many cases, commercial cleaners will provide you with a checklist that determines which services they will provide. You should consider adapting such a checklist so that you can follow-up with cleaners when certain jobs are not being completed. The following list of important cleaning services will help you develop your own list that will help you evaluate your cleaning services by allowing you to regularly check what has been done.
Entrance/Reception/Office Areas
  • Garbage is removed
  • Garbage bags are replaced
  • Recycling is removed
  • Carpets and mats are vacuumed
  • Hard floors are vacuumed and/or mopped with disinfectant
  • Office furniture has been vacuumed
  • Horizontal surfaces of desks, chairs, tables and other furniture has been dusted
  • Horizontal surfaces have been wiped with disinfectant
  • Phones and computers are wiped down
  • Cobwebs or other signs of insects have been cleaned
  • Fingerprints have been wiped clean from light switches and door frames
  • Glass doors and windows have been cleaned inside and out
  • Brass or chrome work has been polished
  • Walls and painted surfaces are spot cleaned
  • Litter, bottles, and other debris has been removed from entrances and surrounding property
  • Offices have an overall tidy appearance

Thursday, April 4, 2013

3 Important Points to Consider for Choosing a Digital Agency

When it comes to improving any online business, it is necessary to hire a good digital agency. This entity is expert in helping any website get more visitors and improve the number of conversions. It is also capable of designing websites from scratch and making full marketing campaigns viral. There are plenty of digital agencies out there and choosing the right one can be difficult. Here are some things that you need to consider in your choice.
1. Previous Clients
A lot of digital agencies make sure that their sites are updated to accommodate potential clients who wish to know more about their services. Through their site, you will be able to know who they have previously worked with. You can evaluate the quality of their work and decide if they deserve to be contacted. Expect some of such agencies to have case studies that provide details on their past projects so you must pick the one that is relevant to your own project. You just have to take note of the creativity of the campaigns and ideas presented in the site. Then determine the amount of recognition they obtained.