Features/Columns


  • Truth in AdvertisingThe legal limits of marketing your facility
    Truth in AdvertisingThe legal limits of marketing your facility By Scott Zucker The following article was reprinted with permission from the Mini-Storage Law Commentary, published by the former law firm of Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge, Smotherman & Martin. Marketing your ...More
    February 1, 2000 Scott Zucker
    Posted in Articles
  • Keeping Insurance Costs In Check
    Keeping Insurance Costs In Check By David Wilhite The self-storage industry has undergone tremendous changes over the past 20 years, evolving from a core group of small, mom-and-pop operations to a large, powerful organization of professional business people. The rapid ...More
    February 1, 2000 David Wilhite
    Posted in Articles
  • Designing Your AdDos and Don'ts for peaking your prospect's interest
    Designing Your AdDos and Don'ts for peaking your prospect's interest By Kent Davies Composing advertising artwork using your personal computer's publishing software in conjunction with your laser printer may lull you into a false sense of security. Creating successful ads ...More
    February 1, 2000 Kent Davies
    Posted in Articles
  • HELP WANTEDMr. or Ms. 'Good Manager' only need apply
    HELP WANTEDMr. or Ms. 'Good Manager' only need apply By Pamela Alton As we all know, the people you choose to manage your facility will make the difference between a highly successful operation and a mediocre one. Finding that perfect management staff is not always an easy ...More
    January 1, 2000 Pamela Alton
    Posted in Articles
  • State of the Industry ReportA look into the year 2000
    State of the Industry ReportA look into the year 2000 By Teri L. Lanza "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." ~Albert Einstein That it does. A year ago, Inside Self-Storage conferred with industry experts--crooned to the crystal ball, so to speak--in ...More
    January 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
    Posted in Articles, Development
  • Working ItGetting the most out of a tradeshow
    Working ItGetting the most out of a tradeshow Editor's Note: The following article has been provided as primer for those attending the Inside Self-Storage Expo to be held at the Rio Suite Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Feb. 2-4. Some people view it as a vacation. Others ...More
    January 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles
  • Insurance Claims by Self-Storage Facility Owners The year in review
    Insurance Claims by Self-Storage Facility OwnersThe year in review By David Wilhite It should come as no surprise that the big insurance news for 1999 was Hurricane Floyd, which caused untold millions of dollars of losses in storm-related damages (the damage total is still ...More
    January 1, 2000 David Wilhite
    Posted in Articles
  • Inside Self-Storage Magazine 01/2000: Ask The Waldmans
    In Deep Trouble DEAR WALDMANS: I manage a self-storage facility in Texas, and am fairly new at this job. I have been faced with a real dilemma concerning the rules for an auction. The company I work for does not provide us with a book of storage rules. We must ask our ...More
    January 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles
  • Now Is the Time for Records Management
    Now Is the Time for Records Management By Cary McGovern There has never been a more opportune time to go into the records-management business. The year 2000 marks the merger of the two industry giants Iron Mountain and Pierce Leahy. This merger will open the door for local ...More
    January 1, 2000 Cary McGovern
    Posted in Articles
  • Self-Storage and the ADAAccessibility for the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act
    Self-Storage and the ADAAccessibility for the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act By Scott Zucker Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits private entities from discriminating against individuals with disabilities by ...More
    January 1, 2000 Scott Zucker
    Posted in Articles