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Georgia Governor Signs New Lien Law

Earlier this month Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Senate Bill 61, an amended self-storage lien-law bill that updates the state’s ...read more

Safety Hazards and Bodily Injuries

As one of their many tasks, self-storage operators must guard against accidents that can occur on the property to tenants, visitors and staff. ...read more

What Do Customers Think About You?

If you’ve never offered a survey to your self-storage tenants, now’s the time to try it. Surveying your customers can be an excellent way to gauge ...read more

Do You Keep a ‘Do Not Rent To' List?

See what Self-Storage Talk members have to say about keeping a "do not rent to" list of problem past tenants, the criteria used to make the list and ...read more

Maximizing Your Sales Program DVD and Workbook

In this powerful training session, you'll discover better ways to educate customers about storage, set yourself apart from competition, generate more ...read more

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Personal Mini Storage Management Aims to Donate More Than 2K Pounds of Food

Self-storage management company Personal Mini Storage Management Co. has launched its annual food drive with a goal of collecting and donating more than 2,000 pounds of food to two Florida food banks: the Pearlman Pantry of Central Florida and Gainesville Harvest. ...More
March 22, 2013
Posted in News
StorageMart Runs 'Pin for a Cure' Project to Battle Spinal Muscular Atrophy

StorageMart, a Columbia, Mo.-based self-storage operator with more than 130 locations throughout the United States and Canada, has partnered with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to launch a Pinterest contest that will raise money to support Spinal Muscular Atrophy ...More
March 22, 2013
Posted in News, Management, Marketing
Tenant-Protection Plan: A Storage Operator's Secret to Increase Rent Roll, Profit and Portfolio Value

A tenant-protection plan is not the same as tenant insurance. It takes advantage of the lessor/lessee contractual relationship and modifies the "Release of Liability" provisions found in most self-storage rental agreements. The operator, for an additional monthly fee, ...More
March 22, 2013
Posted in Whitepapers
Advantage Self Storage: Storage Made Easy

Experience this professionally produced promotional video for Advantage Self Storage in Indian Trail, N.C. This commercial clearly outlines all of the facility’s features and benefits, providing a clear call to action and contact information for customers. ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in Videos, Marketing
The Storage Is Great at StorageMart

This short but catchy commercial drives home a simple message to customers: The storage is great at StorageMart. See how a simple and short video can make a powerful impact on behalf of your storage business. ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in Videos, Marketing
San Diego Self Storage Sponsors Bocce-Ball Tournament Fundraiser

San Diego Self Storage (SDSS) sponsored the 17th annual Del Mar Solana Beach Sunrise Rotary Turf Bocce Ball Family Day and Tournament on March 3 at the Del Mar Horse Park in Del Mar, Calif. The fundraising event raised approximately $45,000 for three nonprofit ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in News, Management
Proposed Self-Storage Facility Receives Resident Opposition in Bend, OR

A proposed self-storage facility by real estate developer Jeff Payne has received strong opposition from residents of the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood of Bend, Ore. The proposal would place a self-storage facility on a vacant 4.2-acre lot that currently has trees and ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in News, Development
Ray Self Storage: 'Get Your Self-Storage Move On,' by E-Literate

Musical sensation E-Literate of Ray Self Storage Records pops a smooth groove in his tune "Get Your Self-Storage Move On." No, this ain't no storage war! Ray Self Storage has the prices customers are lookin' for! Uh-huh. That's right. It's R to the A to the Y SELF-STORAGE. ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in Videos, Marketing
Making More Money With the ‘Yes or Yes’ Sales Technique

Bob Copper, a self-storage expert and consultant and owner of Self Storage 101, teaches facility operators how to close more rentals and make more money using the "yes or yes" sales technique. ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in Videos, Management
Oh, What a Relief Self-Storage Can Be

StorageMart, a self-storage operator with more than 130 locations across the United States and Canada, shares this commercial, which plays off the catchy branding platform of a popular hangover remedy. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz! ...More
March 21, 2013
Posted in Videos, Management, Marketing