Operations
Operations
Restoring Your Doors
Step-By-Step Instructions For Two Do-It-Yourself Options By CJ Steen One of the toughest questions when remodeling anything is what
color white did I originally pick? Was it...
Employees First!
Creating Cultures And Environments That Attract And Retain Top Talent Like
the circle of life, the American workforce is constantly changing. New hires
eventually grow into managers,...
Self-Storage Franchising
Does It Work? By Marc Goodin We know franchising works
for many businesses like hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, and others, because
we spend our money with them on...
Enveloping New Profits
Add-On Services That Provide Customer Conveniences As self-storage facilities become more customer oriented, many owners and operators are seeking ways to provide one-stop...
A Unique Specialty Niche
Dedicated Gun Storage Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell While
the national debate over gun laws and safety continues, the fact remains that a
large percentage of Americans own...
Sexual Harassment
Not Just In Hollywood Or In Congress Over the last few months, the
country has certainly seen a significant renewed focus on the issue of sexual
harassment...
Automate To Proliferate
New Technology Answers The Call For Smartphone Advances Technology of the 21st century continues to knock down the doors of self-storage facilities, opening new opportunities...
The Amsdell Family Tree
Tracing The Roots Of Three Major Self-Storage Operations In 1928, Todd Amsdell’s distant relatives started a construction company that survived the Great Depression of the...
Fable To Fact
Digging Into Industry Data By Cory
Sylvester With the development cycle in its third year, the analysis required to evaluate a new or existing site is becoming...
Underlining Elements
A Business Development Guide Over the past 15 years, many owners and operators within the self-storage industry have experienced such a rapid growth with...
What Does That Mean?
Understanding The Language Of Self-storage By Scott Zucker The self-storage business has been
around, some would say, for over 50 years. During that time, we’ve seen...
Employee Retention
How To Keep Your “A” Players It’s a nightmare scenario for any
business: A star employee suddenly decides to jump ship for the competition. Out
the door...
Marketing To Millennials
What Apple’s iPhone X Has Taught Us On Nov. 3, 2017, a new product hit the smartphone market that would change the technology landscape...
Reassessments On The Rise
Could Steep Property Tax Increases Be 2018’s Most Taxing Issue? In 2018, self-storage owners and operators should be thinking about their taxes–property taxes to be...
The Art Of Upselling
Fine Tuning Your Sales Techniques It’s likely that your self-storage facility has a new budget and set of goals in place for...
Dominate The Competition
Social Media’s Best Kept SEO Secret By Poppy Behrens and Claudia Martinez Your business needs to rank well on Google Local. That’s a fact.
And...
GenV Self-Storage
A Completely Different Product By John Good and Warner Russell When asked about my profession by
friends and people I randomly meet, I respond, “I...
Save Or Shred?
Dealing With Annoying Business-Saving Records The IRS recently reminded every self-storage facility and business about
the importance of records, especially the importance of...
You Can’t Store That!
Preventing the Storage of Prohibited Items Throughout the years, self-storage
tenants have stored—or attempted to store—just about anything you can imagine.
From illegal to illogical,...
The Changing Workforce
Training Means A Lot To Millennials By Evan Hackel When baby boomers took their first “real”
jobs upon entering the workforce, their demands and expectations were
ridiculously...
They Did What?
Coping Effectively With Customers Who Behave Badly By Kate Zabriskie Polite Notice: When it’s your turn, if you are talking on your cell phone, we...
Mobile Millennials
Is Your Business Smartphone Friendly? By Samantha Nicole Traina With the new smartphone releases from
Apple and Samsung, it’s clear that we are now holding...
An Operations Perspective
Due Diligence When Your Facility Is Being Sold By Vince Toenjes The on-site manager is critical
to the company's day-to-day success. When the...
Reaching The Millennial Market
Four Ways To Bring Them To Your Self-Storage FacilityGrey’s Anatomy premiered on ABC in 2005. For 12 seasons this hospital-based television drama has been...
Boosting Employee Retention
Five Pillars To Success As A Manager Why does your organization exist, and why should anyone care? Organizations exist to perform, period. Be for-profit...
When And How To Increase Rents
Determining Unit Pricing On A New Facility By
Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell A lot
of research and calculations must go into developing and opening a successful
new self-storage facility....
Publisher's Picks
Blog
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....
Owning Your Stress For Success
It’s no secret that today’s work environment is stressful. With our current economy, labor force, and global supply chain,...
