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Strategies to Boost Income and Cut Costs: Taking a Page From the Playbook of Top Self-Storage Operators Available: On Demand
Posted December 21, 2011 in Webinar,Management Self-storage owners can boost their income and reduce operating costs by taking advantage of key strategies used by the industry's top operators. By adopting the same business strategies, facility owners can uncover new ways of bolstering the bottom line. During this informative webinar, attendees ...More MORE INFO

Manager Recruitment in Self-Storage: Best practices for finding, evaluating and hiring staff

Posted December 6, 2011 in Report Recruiting, hiring and training staff is a critical component to every self-storage facility's success. The manager is responsible for rentals, payments, marketing, lien sales, customer service and so much more. Megan Stanish of Michaels Wilder and Jim Chiswell of Chiswell & Associates LLC show ...More MORE INFO

Risk Management in Self-Storage: Using Tenant Insurance to Minimize Expenses and Maximize Profitability Available: On Demand
Posted November 2, 2011 in Webinar Every self-storage facility should have a comprehensive risk-management plan that includes insurance. But what you may not realize is you can minimize expenses with the appropriate combination of commercial coverages designed for the self-storage industry and use a tenant insurance program as an ...More MORE INFO

Legislative Roundup and Open Q&A: Your Self-Storage Legal Questions Answered Available: On Demand
Posted June 24, 2011 in Webinar,Legal Issues,Management This final Legal Learning webinar of 2011 provides an overview of self-storage legislative campaigns taking place or completed during the year and their significance to the industry as a whole. ...More MORE INFO

The Most Expensive Legal Mistakes You Can Make as a Self-Storage Operator Available: On Demand
Posted June 24, 2011 in Webinar,Legal Issues,Management Among the legal issues that most perplex self-storage operators are those pertaining to big changes in tenant status, particularly divorce, death, disability and bankruptcy. ...More MORE INFO

What’s Wrong With Your Self-Storage Lien Sales Since the Advent of Reality TV? Available: On Demand
Posted June 23, 2011 in Webinar,Legal Issues,Management The rise in popularity of reality TV shows “Storage Wars” and “Auction Hunters” has created buzz around self-storage but also some industry misconceptions and challenges. What is happening to our lien sales as a result? ...More MORE INFO

The New California Lien Law: What Self-Storage Operators Need to Know Available: On Demand
Posted December 6, 2010 in Webinar The self-storage lien law in California, Assembly Bill 655 (AB655), will change effective Jan. 1. While the revised legislation includes improvements to benefit the state’s self-storage operators, there are important nuances of which operators should be aware as they conduct business with tenants ...More MORE INFO

Building Your Brand: Modern-Day Guidelines for Marketing a Self-Storage Business

Posted December 3, 2010 in Report,Marketing,Management This e-book provides insights and tips for self-storage facility operators to promote their businesses to their target audience through multiple avenues and with maximum return on investment. Readers will learn about cost-effective, contemporary methods to market self-storage facilities including ...More MORE INFO

Time for Technology: Tools, Automation and Support for Today’s Self-Storage Operations

Posted December 1, 2010 in Report,Technology Self-storage facility operators are using technology in ever greater proportions to run their businesses. Facility-management software is essential to the operation and should be chosen with care, as should online-reservations systems and security components. This report outlines guidelines for ...More MORE INFO

Updating Your Self-Storage Rental Agreement: What It Must Contain in the Year Ahead Available: On Demand
Posted August 11, 2010 in Webinar If you haven't modernized your self-storage rental agreement in the last five years, you are probably missing important components that need to be current in the industry. ...More MORE INFO

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