Self Storage Almanac - The Self Storage Almanac is the industry’s most respected statistical reference guide and a valuable resource for both seasoned professionals and self storage newcomers alike!
Self Storage Development Handbook - The all-new 2009 Self Storage Development Handbook features in-depth information about the self-storage development process from start to finish. Addressing the issues that developers face when planning and constructing a self-storage facility, this edition of the Development Handbook also features hands-on examples of the challenges faced by the 2008 Facility of the Year Overall Winner.
Self Storage Expense Guidebook - The 2010 Self-Storage Expense Guidebook provides operating expense data for self-storage properties including ranges and averages by region in the major expense categories.
Mini-Storage Messenger - As a Messenger subscriber, you will receive exclusive discounts on many of our other publications - like $50 off the 2009 Self-Storage Almanac!
With your Messenger subscription, you will also receive free digital subscriptions to Self Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, and RV&Boat Storage Today!
Rent It Up! -
Longtime self-storage industry professional Tron Jordheim offers tried-and-true methods for attracting more customers to your self-storage facility and getting your facility rented up. This book is a great resource for anyone who owns, manages or works at a self-storage business.
Marketing & Advertising Self Storage -
Marketing & Advertising includes 8 articles focused on effective marketing and advertising tools for self-storage businesses. Marketing & Advertising is part of the Mini-Storage Messenger Informational Series, which provides value-added article bundles focused on a particular self-storage topic.
2009 Tracking Industry Trends - Tracking Industry Trends is a series of publications combining data from the past 10 years of MiniCo Publishing’s Self-Storage Almanac with all-new analysis.
How To Invest In Self Storage - How to Invest In Self Storage is a “how-to” book that can benefit existing self storage professionals and newcomers alike. Filled with practical, easy-to-read information, it is a “must read” for everyone who has an interest in the business of self storage.
How to Make Money In Self Storage - How to Make Money In Self-Storage is a great reference book for self-storage operators who want to increase revenues, decrease expenses, and create equity. This is a great resource that should be shared with managers, investors, bankers, and anyone who has an interest in learning about ancillary income, expanding into new products and services, cutting expenses and keeping more profits.
Self Storage Buyer's Guide - The 2008 Self Storage Buyer’s Guide is a comprehensive listing of services and supplies offered by self storage vendors, suppliers, and industry professionals.
The Hat Lady Speaks: Marketing Self-Storage - Increase demand, occupancy and income. That’s the goal of The Hat Lady Speaks: Marketing Self-Storage by industry icon M. Anne Ballard. The president and founder of Universal Management Company will walk you through the steps to prepare your facility for customers, market effectively, generate more on-site visits, and rent more units. Her techniques have been proven over years of trial-and-error proofing in self-storage facilities nationwide.
Auditing Self-Storage Kit - Auditing Self-Storage Forms and Checklists includes all of the auditing forms and checklists listed in the book. Forms are provided in a ready-to-use downloadable format so you can start using them at your facility today!
Mobile Self Storage Magazine - What is mobile storage? It’s a question that comes up all the time. It is also the question we explore in this edition of Mobile Self Storage Magazine. Other topics include industry growth, legislation and new regulations, smart strategies for operating costs, and an overview of the various loading and delivery systems that are available.
Ultimate Self Storage Marketing Guide - Scott Meyers’ Ultimate Self Storage Marketing Guide offers tips, strategies and techniques for marketing your self-storage business and filling up your facility. The set includes a 25-page book and one CD filled with practical tools to help you make your marketing more effective.
Did you know that self storage operators are frequently finding the answers to their business problems in the hopeful promise of new technologies?.....
Site security may be a basic requirement in the storage industry, but it can also be a great tool for establishing your business as the facility of choice in a competitive market.......
Mini-Storage Messenger presents the 2010 Software Update, a compilation of information about some of the self-storage industry’s top software providers and the products they offer...........
Springtime in the self-storage business spells the beginning of opportunity for most facilities. Springtime usually means move-ins, new tenants, busy days, and hopefully a highly occupied facility by mid-summer. Unfortunately busy work does not always translate into our most profitable work. Sometime, that busy season provides us with rentals that may only put us out in front temporarily.Springtime strategy should include the moves required to keep you out in front for the longer haul!......................
Now that you are ready to get your selling culture moving in the right direction, you will need some specific instruction on the art and science of sales. Some of this may seem like the same old speech on sales that you have heard before, but chances are you need to hear it again. If you are a golfer, you know that you need to always work on your game and review fundamentals. Why should sales be any different?
In this article I hope to bring you some basic selling skills that you can use no matter what you sell, no matter what you do, because you are always selling something—if not just yourself, your ideas, your desires, your products, your services. So Sales 101 should bring you some of the basic sales skills that successful salespeople use every day......................
There's an old saying: Good things come to those who wait. If you've been waiting for the right time to expand your existing self-storage facility, your wait is over. With prices at their lowest in years, now is the perfect time to take the next step in growing your self-storage business with a metal building.
Experienced industry professionals know that metal buildings can be the perfect solution for self-storage developers. More affordable than traditional construction, metal buildings offer the pricing needed to make an expansion economically feasible. With less money required upfront, owners can realize a better return on their investment and a quicker path toward success.......................
Our lives come with choices. From the moment our eyes greet a new day until they close for much-needed rest, our days are filled with the mental act of making choices. Whether the decision is as simple as "What should I wear to today?" or as complex as "How should I invest my money?" making the right choice is crucial.
Why? Because more often than not our wrong choices bring unwanted circumstances that leave us with even more difficult and complicated decisions to be made. The self-storage business is no different. Wrong choices in today's economic environment could lead to a financial disaster. Most disasters that are products of poor choices
can be avoided if one is aware of the three most common mistakes made by a new self-storage developer......................
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