Technology
Technology
Operations
Automating Your Storage Business
How To Utilize Technology To Save Time And Money It seems like
unmanned, fully automated self-storage properties are popping up...
Operations
Software Selection
What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You “Just sign right here on the dotted line …”
Marketing
Digital Marketing 101: 10 Tips That Really Work
Entrepreneur Joe Pulizzi has been quoted as saying, “Word of mouth marketing has always been important. Today, it’s more important than ever...
Operations
Passé Pages
Is Your Website Obsolete? While we were busy chasing new tenants and conducting day-to-day business with existing customers,...
Operations
An Expected Amenity
Considering Climate Control The self-storage industry has come a long
way from its roots of plain metal buildings with...
Technology
Digging Into Customer Data
How To Uncover Invaluable Information At Extra Space Storage, our data science team spends the majority of its day...
Management
The Bigger Picture
Unlocking Profits With Software If you only
consider the software you use at self-storage business as a necessary expense
for tracking...
Management
Chip Credit Cards
Retailers Grapple With Costly POS Upgrades Shoppers love credit cards for quick and easy purchases. Retailers? Not so much....
Technology
Self-Storage And Social Media
It’s Happening With Or Without You When Cindy (who asked us not to use her last name)...
Technology
Technology Resolutions
The Top Six Trends For 2017By Jana Basler After you've cleaned up the party
confetti and tossed the empty champagne...
Marketing
The Digital Marketing Puzzle
Customer Experience As A Key Piece Internet marketing is complex, but there’s no great mystery about it. Unlike...
Operations
ViewPoint: What do you believe is the biggest technology concern for the self-storage industry?
Question: What do you believe is the biggest technology concern for the self-storage industry?
Technology
Proven Products
Top 10 Tech Tools For Self-Storage Owners It’s not up to self-storage owners to decide if they will use...
Management
A Tale Of Two Strategies
Self Versus Third-Party Management Storage Pros Management, LLC, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based self-storage company, owned more than 605 stores...
Marketing
The Dos And Don’ts Of Social Media
Are You Controlling Your Brand’s Identity And Reputation? As many of you know, having a
strong social media presence is...
Technology
The REIT Advantage: APIs In The Storage Industry
In
the June issue of Mini-Storage Messenger,
the article “APIs In The Storage Industry: Understanding The Controversy”
covered the basics of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)...
Technology
View And Do!
Ten Technology Tips To Watch It’s a common refrain in today’s
world of commerce, but it always warrants repeating:...
Technology
Ransomware: To Pay Or Not To Pay
Up until recently, most of us had only heard the term “Ransomware” in passing and had little to no first-hand experience with...
Technology
Shift Or Stay?
User Trends In Storage Technology While the core business of self-storage hasn’t changed much in 20 years, the way...
Technology
APIs In The Storage Industry
Understanding The Controversy Recently there’s been a lot of storage industry chatter about APIs and whether storage owners...
International
Websites As Marketing Tools
Getting The Most From Your Site Absolutely
phenomenal sales people are rare. Equally rare are websites that bring in
prospects and...
Technology
Affordable Digital Solutions
Remaining Competitive On The Web Digital marketing software
overload! That’s what most small and mid-sized operators (SMOs) feel when...
Operations
The Good, The Bad, And The Unpleasant:
Tips For Managing Online Reviews If the first question you asked when you read this article’s title
was,...
Operations
Voluminous Value
Four Unconventional Storage Services By its nature, the self-storage industry encompasses a diverse collection of companies, each...
Technology
More Than Just Software!
The Perks Of Industry-Specific Programs The operations side of the self-storage business can be tedious, with
numerous reports to run,...
Publisher's Picks
The New MSM Buyer’s Guide: Loaded With New Features And Benefits
The new Mini-Co Buyer’s Guide is online and ready for use. The site includes new features as...
Mastering Online Meetings: Industry Embraces A New Reality
The pandemic brought changes to the way most companies do business, and the self-storage industry is no...
Look Who’s Talking: Ann Parham, CEO and President of Joshua Management
In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic of...
2020 Facility Of The Year Overall Facility Winner: Brickhouse Self Storage
When the owners of Brickhouse Self Storage began envisioning their dream, they didn’t have a cookie-cutter facility...
2020 Facility Of The Year New Facility Winner: SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road
As a new developer, Erik Henson, owner of SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road, took a wise approach and...
Blog
Bliss Edwards promoted to Executive Vice President as SmartStop Self Storage continues to expand its Canadian presence
LADERA RANCH, Calif., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. ("SmartStop" or the "Company") today announced that Bliss Edwards will be...
Storage Exchange Launches Real Estate Brokerage Platform for Self-Storage
Storage Exchange has launched an interactive website for buyers, sellers and brokers of self-storage real estate. The platform leverages...
Marcus & Millichap Hires Self Storage VP in Philadelphia
With 16 years of experience in the self storage sector, Kevin Bledsoe has taken part in the sale of...
Self-Storage Supplier Janus to List on NYSE Via Merger With Juniper Industrial Holdings
Janus International, a global manufacturer and supplier of building components and security technology for the self-storage industry, will go...
Self-Storage Real Estate Firm Marcus & Millichap Acquires LMI Capital
Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate investment services firm with offices in Canada and the United States,...
