Pricing Your Product
Pricing Your ProductPushing the limits of profitability By Jeff Kinder One of the most important tasks we share as self-storage operators--whether we have 1,400 facilities or 1,400 square feet--is deciding how much to charge for our units. As the industry matures, ...More
December 1, 2000 Jeff Kinder
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Marketing for the Holidays
Marketing for the Holidays By Pamela Alton Is it me, or do the seasons seem to fly by these days? Here we are in the midst of winter, with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming upon us faster than any of us seem prepared for. Now is the time to think about "specialty ...More
December 1, 2000 Pamela Alton
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Commercial Records Management 2001
Commercial Records Management 2001 By Cary F. McGovern Commercial records management moved into the third millennium with a great deal of change. What is the effect of industry consolidation, the movement to digital records and the use of the Internet? How has the industry ...More
December 1, 2000 Cary F. McGovern
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Managing Business Growth
Managing Business GrowthHow to utilize simplicity and respect in advancing your business By Stan Colona If your ultimate goal as a self-storage operator is to develop your business to a significant-sized operation, you will need to pay special attention to the management of ...More
December 1, 2000 Stan Colona
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Uncorking the Secrets of Wine Storage
Uncorking the Secrets of Wine StorageMaking this highly specialized ancillary work for your self-storage business By George McCord At Plantation Self Storage in Bluffton, S.C, the door and outside walls of the wine-storage room, which are visible from the storage office, ...More
December 1, 2000 George McCord
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Grape Expectations
Grape Expectations According to Proverbs (21:17), "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich." But I prefer the sentiments of Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Give me wine to wash me clean from the weather-stains of ...More
December 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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Show Us the Money
Show Us the Money I hate money. But I love money. Know what I mean? I often wonder what the social and political structure of this nation would look like if we reverted back to a simple, primitive system of barter. What if we could trade our talents, belongings or services ...More
November 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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Finance
Refinancing Your Facility
Refinancing Your FacilityLet the borrower beware By Scott Lee Shabel In this booming economy, you may be interested in refinancing the debt on your self-storage facility. If you are fortunate, you have contacted one of the handful of mortgage brokers who specialize in ...More
November 1, 2000 Scott Lee Shabel
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Finance
