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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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Coach or Player?

Coach or Player? By Harley Rolfe The dilemma is that a commodity business like self-storage doesn't breed "hard-nosed" marketers. Yet the day may arrive when marketing is a necessary discipline in the successful operation of a storage facility. Without the ...More
July 1, 2000 Harley Rolfe
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One on OneWith Michael Skrentney

One on OneWith Michael Skrentney Michael Skrentny is currently president and part owner of Mystic Systems Technology Corp. (MSTC), a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that provides management software, access and alarm systems to the self-storage industry. He has been with ...More
July 1, 2000
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Why You Lose Business to Commercial Record Centers

Why You Lose Business to Commercial Record Centers By Cary McGovern In my last two columns, I described why records management is always cost justified and that self-storage is an easy mark for traditional commercial records centers as a source for new business. This ...More
July 1, 2000 Cary McGovern
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One on OneWith Rick Crumley

One on OneWith Rick Crumley Rick Crumley has spent the past 17 years working in the communications industry. He has spent five years in the self-storage business, including a partnership with Eddie Bell running Lubbock, Texas-based Magnetic Marketing as well as two storage ...More
July 1, 2000
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Canadian Development and/or AcquisitionIt's a whole other country up there

Canadian Development and/or AcquisitionIt's a whole other country up there By Jeff Kinder If it wasn't for the Academy Award nomination for the song "Blame Canada," from the grunge animation flick South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, most Americans probably ...More
July 1, 2000 Jeff Kinder
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Artistic Builders Inc.Following in its sister's footsteps

Artistic Builders Inc.Following in its sister's footsteps By Barry Morris Most people in the self-storage business are familiar with Capco Steel, which has designed, engineered, constructed and erected steel self-storage buildings for 15 years. The name Artistic Builders ...More
June 1, 2000 Barry Morris
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CCTV Security and Your Bottom LineKeeping crime at bay and money in the bank

CCTV Security and Your Bottom LineKeeping crime at bay and money in the bank By Arden Thoburn The self-storage industry is growing at such a rapid rate, crime can hardly keep up. As the industry grows, so grow the many ways for criminals to take away from your bottom line. ...More
June 1, 2000 Arden Thoburn
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Records Management in Self-StorageSo misunderstood!

Records Management in Self-StorageSo misunderstood! By Cary McGovern After almost three years of writing columns in Inside Self-Storage, I continue to get questions from owners and operators that show a degree of misunderstanding about how to operate records management in a ...More
June 1, 2000 Cary McGovern
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Self-Storage Security and InstallationThe final frontier

Self-Storage Security and InstallationThe final frontier By Lance Comstock You have read the magazines, gone to the trade shows, and even visited your competitors' facilities to see what they have to offer. You have finally made the decision as to what type of security ...More
June 1, 2000 Lance Comstock
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Self-Storage Citadel

Self-Storage Citadel While recently attending the Southwest Self-Storage Conference and Trade Show, presented in Phoenix by the American Mini Storage Association, my curiosity was piqued by one of their choices of speakers. The association had brought on board a Crime ...More
June 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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