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Management
StoragePRO® Management is the first management company to join Everbrite’s Top Operator Program
Rancho Cordova, CA, January 20, 2023 – Everbrite Coatings, the manufacturer of the industry’s most durable restoration clear-coating, officially announces that StoragePRO Management is...
Look Who’s Talking – Kraig Haviland, co-founder of Haviland Storage Services
Within the self-storage industry, many of the most successful operators live by the notion that their property managers are their greatest assets. Considering that...
Leveling The Playing Field: The Evolution Of StoragePRO Management®
Though it’s not always immediately apparent, evolution is all around us. The items we use are continually being improved, updated, or upgraded. Buildings are...
Pulse On Performance: Are Your Operational Goals On Track?
It’s a great time to be in the self-storage industry, isn’t it? It is also a great time to check on where you stand...
Focus On Commercial Tenants: Adding Profits To The Bottom Line
The self-storage industry has developed dozens of specialty products over the past decades to add an element of product diversity and accommodate the needs...
Going Once, Going Twice… Are Live Auctions Fading Away?
The writing has been on the wall—at least on the walls of the internet for several years. Most business activity is being conducted online....
The Neuroscience Of Innovation: How Your Own Brain Limits Your Creative Thinking
Several neuroscience principles limit our ability to creatively solve problems and generate innovative ideas. Understanding some of these principles can help you optimize your creative...
Cyber Connections: Effective Networking In A Virtual World
With the shift to our new virtual world, you have probably found it more difficult to build and sustain professional relationships. Yet, the virtual...
Spotting Impaired Workers: Employers Tackle Costly Drug Misuse
The employee’s request had a certain degree of logic. He had just received a prescription for medical marijuana from a naturopathic physician. Could he...
Workplace Violence: How to Reduce the Risk of Tragedy
It’s a nightmare scenario that haunts every business owner: A troubled individual’s simmering anger boils over into an act of workplace violence. The mass...
A Decade Of Growth: The Ascent Of Storage Asset Management
On May 20, 2020, Storage Asset Management (SAM), the largest privately owned third-party self-storage management company in the United States, celebrated its 10-year anniversary....
Look Who’s Talking – Ann Parham, CEO and President of Joshua Management
By Erica Shatzer In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic of discussion in November. Even though...
Look Who’s Talking – M. Anne Ballard, president of training, marketing, and developmental services, Universal Storage Group
By Erica Shatzer The year is 2020, and self-storage facilities built during the development cycle before the Great Recession are either two decades old or...
Technology And The Manager
By Andy Kelly, Principal and Broker of A B Kelly Realty, LLC (Self Storage and Commercial Property Management) and Principal of Sierra Self Storage...
Managing Employees During the Covid Crisis
As businesses suffer, including self-storage operations, there are some inevitable questions that apply to managing staff, especially those that have tested positive for the...
Bring On The Perks! Creating An Attractive Benefits Package
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate fell from 3.8 percent in March 2019 to 3.6 percent in April—the lowest...
Starting Out Strong: Five Magic Questions You Must Ask
I’m talking about our telephone and walk-in greeting process and the questions and command of the situation that determine how things will proceed. Your...
Make Room For Awesome!
StorQuest’s Philosophy For Business And Life Over two and a half decades ago,
William “Bill” Warren Hobin was working for a large, regional home builder when
he...
A Cut Above – The 2019 Managers Of The Year
Similar to star triathletes, the best self-storage managers have the necessary skills to conquer various territories—on site, off site, and in cyber space. From...
Hire Right!
Recruiting And Retaining Managers Hiring an employee can either be the best move your company has ever made, or it can be the biggest...
Donald Jones, owner/president, Donald Jones Consulting & Service, LLC
Within the self-storage industry, the notion that you only have one chance to make a first impression gets a substantial amount of consideration. From...
The Zoning Maze
Finding the Right Path for Permits and Zoning New self-storage facility
developers have generally had luck moving their projects from the industrial
and warehouse zones areas...
Top 10 Customer Complaints
Handling Issues With Finesse No one likes getting customer
complaints, but, let’s face it, even the cleanest, best facilities will receive
some customer complaints. There...
Pink Slip Panic
10 Tips For De-Hiring Managers There are two things that are
pretty certain in the job world: The first is that no one likes to be...
The “Creepy Tenant Dude” Syndrome
What's A Self-Storage Manager To Do? As odd as these stories have
become, the solution to the type of tenants that seem to spend an inordinate
amount...
What It’s Worth?
Determining The Real Value Of A Property Operating a self-storage business
also means owning a property—a physical building where tenants rent space.
After becoming established, the owner/operator...
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Storelocal Hercules – Build to Stand Out
As the demand for self-storage grows, so does the number of buildings popping up that often look like a...
Is It Time for a Self-Storage Renovation?
How To Assess and Plan for Renovations at Your Self-Storage Facility
As any facility owner knows, it’s essential not to...
AZSA 23rd Annual Conference & Trade Show and Golf Tournament
Register for Hotel Here Member Rate - Regular admission is $230 until 2/11/23
February 15-16, 2023
23rd Annual Arizona Self-Storage Conference &...
4 Lessons the Self-Storage Industry Can Learn From Big Brands
Remember when you thought the best instant photos were Polaroids and Sears was the only place to buy appliances?...
The Truth about Self-Storage Lead Aggregators
Over the last decade, the self-storage industry has witnessed the rise and fall of several specialized lead aggregation websites....
