So youve decided to expand your self-storage business and profit by getting into records management? Good decision, especially since some operators may be experiencing a little less business activity, resulting from the housing slowdown and...

If records storage has gotten your attention but you just dont know if it fits into your facility, there are several things you can do to facilitate the decision-making process. First and foremost, you need to gather the facts about this...

Recently, I watched my neighbor teach his son how to ride a brand-new two-wheeler. Do you remember when and how you learned to do the same...

Records storage offered in a self-storage environment can be simple and require very little labor. If youve considered offering an ancillary service but have been frightened away by the thought of more work, its time you learned about records...

I grew up in the 1950s in South Louisiana where everyone was Roman Catholic. We hardly knew there were other religions. Our nun teachers taught us religion from a catechism. I presume they thought we were not qualified to read the Bible...

Inside Self-Storage and FileMan have partnered to provide a free webinar, "Record Profit! Adding Records Storage to a Self-Storage Business, on June 21, 2-3 p.m. ET.

Contrary to some beliefs, weve found a wide variety of agents in both large and small storage markets. By definition, an agent is a person or business authorized to act on anothers behalf. Hence, an agent sales representative is simply an...

Every business is concerned about liability in our litigious society. If you provide records-storage services, you can help protect yourself from lawsuits by following a clear set of rules...

Self-storage companies offering records storage often forget to reach out to commercial-records customers. Its a common oversight, yet you can grow your records-storage business exponentially by communicating directly to the business sector. In...

Business-records management has traditionally been provided in large cities, but over the past decade more entrepreneurs are offering the service in much smaller towns. Just how can self-storage operators in small cities tap into this profitable...