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Door AlarmsThe hot new choice in security

Door AlarmsThe hot new choice in security By Steve Cooper The bottom line is the bottom line in any business. In today's self-storage environment, security sells. Building a safer and more secure facility from the ground up, or upgrading an older site to better keep up with ...More

June 1, 2000 Steve Cooper

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Locks: Just Another Ancillary?The true story on high-security locking devices

Locks: Just Another Ancillary?The true story on high-security locking devices By Chris Shope High-security cylinders and padlocks have millions of usable combinations, and are available with or without master keying. The typical self-storage owner may think of padlocks and ...More

June 1, 2000 Chris Shope

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Security and the Self-Storage EnvironmentHardware, software and other options

Security and the Self-Storage EnvironmentHardware, software and other options By David Reddick Planning the security systems for your self-storage facility has become a rather complex task. The long and short of it is that there are a lot of choices and you will have unique ...More

June 1, 2000 David Reddick

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The Disposable GenerationWho will be next year's self-storage customer?

The Disposable GenerationWho will be next year's self-storage customer? By Shaun Ferguson I received a funny e-mail the other day that a university had supposedly sent out to professors to help them better identify with the incoming freshman class. After the initial humor ...More

May 1, 2000 Shaun Ferguson

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Fine-Tune Your Management TrainingTurning your employees into ultra-sales people

Fine-Tune Your Management TrainingTurning your employees into ultra-sales people By Rick Kaczmarek Whatever your involvement in the self-storage industry, you'll agree that the easiest way to improve performance at a specific property is to improve the effectiveness of the ...More

May 1, 2000 Rick Kaczmarek

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Bangs and Whimpers

Bangs and Whimpers In his famous poem, "The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot sardonically notes how the world ends: "Not with a bang but a whimper." And so it does, when all the hubbub over Y2-chaos turned out to be little more than speculation and a few midnight ...More

May 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza

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Utilizing the WebMake this a 'banner' year for your business

Utilizing the WebMake this a 'banner' year for your business By Michael Zervas, Michaels/Wilder Group Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you're doing--but nobody else does. Let's talk about turning on the Internet for ...More

May 1, 2000 Michael Zervas,

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Business-Interruption InsuranceProtecting your income during temporary business shutdowns

Business-Interruption InsuranceProtecting your income during temporary business shutdowns By David Wilhite Every self-storage facility owner should be aware of the need to protect his income against business interruptions. If you should sustain a direct physical loss from a ...More

May 1, 2000 David Wilhite

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Storage Units or the City Dump?

Storage Units or the City Dump? By Pamela Alton One day, as you are making your rounds at your facility, you notice a broken lamp with no shade sitting beside your dumpster. Within 15 minutes, there also appears an old dresser with one drawer missing. By the end of the day, ...More

May 1, 2000 Pamela Alton

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Self-Storage Software 2000With Y2-chaos now behind us, the focus is once again on the product itself

Self-Storage Software 2000With Y2-chaos now behind us, the focus is once again on the product itself By Barry Morris Now that we're deep enough into 2000 to have stopped writing 1999 on our checks, it's apparent that things here on Mother Earth aren't as futuristic as many ...More

May 1, 2000 Barry Morris

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