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Top 3 Mistakes To Avoid When Relocating Your Business

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Moving or relocating in general can seem like a daunting task to most. Whether it’s a business small or large, there are a lot of challenges you plan in advance for, but some are unforeseen and then you’re stuck with on-the-spot thinking on how to get around the problem or issue facing you. We’ve all heard the horror stories about relocating residential homes. It does not matter how far or near the relocation is, but imagine all of the issues of moving homes times 10! I’ve witnessed close ones around me moving and experienced moving myself more so than ever over this past year (thank you 2020) and realize how challenging it really can be.


A company can and will go through many changes and growth during its life time, which will ultimately be a cause for relocation. This is a good thing! As we as a company just recently experienced this, I want to share some things with you to arm yourself with to assure the smoothest transition possible so that way none of the dust travels with you!


Relocating Without Professional Help


Unfortunately, this mistake is made far more often than what it should be. It happens more so with small to medium (BCS Facilities Group) size businesses trying to cut financial corners, and this could lead to further financial, PR and legal problems down the road. Think of a situation where you’re moving and one of YOUR employees gets hurt while doing so. Guess who would be responsible for that said employees’ care? You!


Timing the Move Right


Let’s be honest, during the initial moving period there will be some down time for your business. You will face a time when your computers, laptops, keyboards, printers, phones, etc. will be getting packed away and moved to the new location. It will be very difficult to complete tasks during this period even when the move is essentially completed and your equipment is still getting fully set up.
I’ve seen far too often people and businesses waiting until the very end to move EVERYTHING out leaving very little margin for error. Chances of something going wrong are going to be high (i.e., traffic, weather, parking spots unavailable, etc.), and the longer your stuff remains on the road, the more risk for possible damage. Do not rush on this process because ultimately you will be spending more and putting in more time and effort into the process.


Communicating the Move


As you are preparing to move your business, it is important to have a digital presence along with a system on informing your customers and the community about the move. We are in the digital age and it is very important to have and keep updated an online presence. It can be easy to forget this aspect of the business and not quite on the forefront of your mind given everything going on with the big move.
Not only does conflicting addresses look unprofessional and unreliable, but it will help you break into a new market! With the new location comes new possible business, so you want people to know you’re here! This also helps search engine optimization and other technical aspects to spread the word as well to help promote the new business in town. You also do not want current customers or suppliers showing up at your old location to find it abandoned or something totally different.


Moving your business can be a roller coaster of emotions. It is filled with excitement, stress, angst, anger, frustration etc. I can go on but you get the point. Having just experienced this hopefully some of these tips and pointers will help for you when/if the time comes for you to move.

Top 5 Cleaning Myths You NEED to Stop Believing

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It seems that today more than ever we are bombarded with different so called “hacks” that help create some form of short cut for even the simplest of things. Cleaning being one of the most popular out there! Whether you are clicking on a random article on the front page of Yahoo, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter you name it it’s on there. Now, most of these are meant to be for a “that’s pretty cool I might give that a try!” type of response and I’m sure we’ve all tried at least one of these so-called hacks at one point in time.
Read on as today I will be putting on my fancy “myth buster” hat to debunk some of these outrageous myths on cleaning that could be doing you more of a disservice than actually helping. Because who wants to live by taking short cuts in life am I right?

Vinegar is an Effective and Appropriate Cleaner for All Surfaces This one is a popular one that I have been seeing float around the internet and this is a huge NO! While vinegar may be able to help with certain tasks like removing grime on certain surfaces, it is not appropriate for everything. It can cause damage or corrosion to metal, glass or even certain ceramic and stone surfaces due to the acidic acid in the vinegar. It can strip the wax on the wax floors and even unseal tile grout over time. Pete He, PhD, the chief scientist and co-founder of Dirty Labs also notes that the EPA does not recognize vinegar as an antimicrobial agent for sanitization or disinfecting.
Using Newspaper to Clean Windows and Mirrors Another NO! This myth used to have some validity to it as newspapers used to be made with thicker paper than what they’re made with today. The thinner newspapers today will quickly deteriorate when they are wet and leave spots on your glass mirrors or windows. As if we all want to see last week’s headlines on the window when we want to take that much needed break from work and stare out the window wishing we were outside instead of inside.
Baking Soda to Remove Odors From Carpets Don’t hold your breathe on this one if you think baking soda can help you out with this. Yes, it seems like it comes in handy a lot for us all and has many uses but not for this. And yes, even myself included have done this before so guilty as charged but it’s a lazy way out. While it can absorb unwanted odors, it does not attack the main source of the odor and only masks the smell for a brief period. Just get your carpets cleaned once a year people!
Bleach Cleans Everything I know this one may anger a lot of people but the truth must come out and you can always count on me to have all of your backs! Yes, on its own it can be good for spot stain removal but still needs some sort of surfactant to lift the actual dirt out. And check this out, according to Caroline from Winc, bleach “degrades the layers of a surface, making them more susceptible to bleach resistant superbugs which breed when bleach is overused or used as a sole cleaning agent”. I am just going to leave that one there for all of you. Just use disinfectants that are less harmful.
Using Coca-Cola to Clean Your Toilets As with just about every single myth listed above including this one it may seem like an interesting cost-effective idea, it may not be the smartest. The sugar contained in the soda is actually very harmful as it attracts more bacteria. You vinegar folks this may be your moment as a good alternative to this with your toilet bowl is actually vinegar!
Any of you out there have any other fun cleaning myths that have been debunked? Or just myths in general? Please provide in the comments below and let us know!