The work fridge is infamous for being a food battleground. Whether it's unmarked and unclaimed meals, spilled food that no one wants to clean up, or tiny bags of condiments; the work fridge is always full of something or other. Unfortunately, an untidy fridge is a problem for more than just the office clean-freak; plenty of nasty things- like mold- can grow in a fridge that isn't properly maintained. If the first thing that comes to mind when you open that door is health hazard, then it might be time to get some expert advice on cleaning and maintaining the work fridge. After all, you get out of a fridge what you put into it--a metaphor that works on multiple levels.

There are a lot of cloud-based storage options out there but many of them are not that useful. Here at Pro Power Clean, we use Google Drive. Google Drive is an incredibly useful tool for any business. Most businesses already have a Gmail account and Drive is automatically included in the Google Apps Suite when you sign up for a Gmail account. Drive gives you the most storage space for free of any cloud-based service on the market. You get 15 GB for free, and you can get 1TB for $9.99 a month. A terabyte of storage is more than enough for the average user unless they are storing high-resolution media like 4K video files, but for everyone else a terabyte is fine.

As 2016 rolls around a lot of companies are reflecting on their wins and losses of the past year and looking towards what they can do this year to improve their businesses. There is a lot for a small business to consider when looking at how to plan for the future, many changes are expected to happen in 2016, new president, changes to the Affordable Care Act, new technological releases such as the Oculus Rift, and a leap day on February 29th. Recently I sat down with Pro Power Clean’s President, Linda Allsbury and asked her a couple of questions concerning what’s coming in the new year.

Q. What are your New Year's resolutions for Pro Power Clean?

Linda: I'm really excited for 2016. This year we will be focusing on bettering our already stellar reputation in the valley and refining our use of equipment and technology to be even more efficient.

Let's face it: offices can get filthy. Any location that hosts large numbers of people for long stretches of time is a location generally thought of as germ-covered, and the workplace is certainly no exception. However, even though our minds naturally conjure up images of public restrooms when we think of places in need of a deep clean, other areas of the office are just as guilty. How many people have used that doorknob in just one day? How many people touch the phones, the keyboards, the printers? What about the tables and desks and chairs? It's true: any office can easily be filthy--and that's just where a deep clean comes in.

Take a moment to imagine your company at the height of commercial success. You're housed in a grand building, with enough space for every employee to have a private office; you have a hospitable and professional front desk area, with furniture polished and shining; and, no matter what you're doing, you have the perfect setting in which to conduct your business. Although most of us would focus more on the aesthetics or the building itself, one of the most important--and most overlooked--components of the perfect business space is quite simple: cleanliness. While the grand building and the expensive furniture may be a little more difficult to acquire, hiring a cleaning service can help you achieve cleanliness to rival that perfect business fantasy.