• December 17, 2024

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Modern Storage Media

self storage digital marketing

27 Sep, 2024

Marketing Strategies for Self-Storage in the Digital Age

Running a self-storage business can be lucrative, but only if you manage to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. In this industry,...

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marketing mistakes

8 Jul, 2024

Marketing Mistakes: 11 Promotional Pitfalls To avoid

Marketingis a necessary cost for any self-storage facility, whether it's a billboard or a full-blown media campaign. However, marketing mistaking...

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U-Haul Red Cross

13 May, 2024

U-Haul's Disaster Relief Efforts Past And Present

In the last month alone, a series of natural disasters have wreaked havoc to certain parts of Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and...

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research and references

1 Jan, 2024

Article Resources

1. Charging Ahead: Unlock Opportunity With EV Chargers

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management software

15 Aug, 2023

Storable Acquires CallPotential, Adding to its Software Suite

Storable, the leading provider of technology solutions for the self-storage industry, is pleased to announce its agreement to acquire CallPotential,...

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management software

11 Jul, 2023

Self Storage Software Report 2023

The self storage software market is forecasted to reach a multimillion-dollar valuation by 2030, exhibiting an unexpected CAGR during the forecast...

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Prime Group

31 Jan, 2023

Prime Group Closes Self-Storage Fund at Record $2.5B

Prime Group Holdings, LLC, a private equity real estate firm based in Saratoga Springs, NY, has closed its third flagship self-storage fund, Prime...

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18 Oct, 2022

The Personal Touch: Live Customer Support At Unmanned Facilities

Unmanned. Manless. Autonomous. These words continue to crop up in self-storage industry ads, articles, speaking sessions, seminars, and more....

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marijuana at work

10 Dec, 2020

Marijuana In The Workplace

As of Jan. 1, 2020, there are 11 states (and the District of Columbia) that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Those states are...

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BETCO SELF STORAGE BUILDING

3 Aug, 2020

BETCO, Beavers & Virginia Properties: Dam Good Self-Storage

In the heart of a military town in Stafford, Virginia, this Extra Space Storage Facility is owned and developed by Virginia Properties, operated by...

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1 Feb, 2019

Engage For Good With Charity Storage

Participating In The Charity Storage Giving Back Program Self-storage facility owners and managers can show the communities they serve that they...

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self storage retail

1 Feb, 2019

How To Create A Retail Environment That Wows

When running a successful retail store, you have to know your products and have a story to tell about each one of them. The way to do this is to use...

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self storage data breach

1 Sep, 2017

Data Breaches: What The Law Says

As it currently stands, there is no specific federal law addressing a business’s obligations when it comes to a data breach. Although there are laws...

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management software

1 Aug, 2017

Software Selection: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You

“Just sign right here on the dotted line …” At this point you are (unrealistically) expected to understand all the intricacies of your intended...

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Drug Use At work

1 Aug, 2017

Combatting Workplace Drug Abuse

Workplace drug abuse can threaten your bottom line in many ways: higher absenteeism, lower productivity, and costly accidents that spark customer...

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self storage data

1 May, 2017

Digging Into Customer Data

How To Uncover Invaluable Information At Extra Space Storage, our data science team spends the majority of its day immersed in customer data. That’s...

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data security

1 Oct, 2016

Dealing With Customer Data Security And The Risk Of Identity Theft

There are two separate issues that need to be addressed when discussing security for customers’ personal information in the self-storage business....

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risk management

1 Jun, 2016

Risk Management: Preventing Storage of Illegal Items

It was the most notorious crime associated with self-storage in history. On April 19, 1995, terrorist Timothy McVeigh kept explosives in a Kansas...

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arlen nordhagen

1 Feb, 2016

Who's Who In Self-Storage: Arlen Nordhagen, NSA

Over the past few years, the self-storage industry has gained unprecedented momentum, capturing the attention of new investors and spurring the...

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self storage retail

1 Feb, 2016

Self Storage Retail Products: Bottom-Line Boosters

When self-storage owners and operators think of their businesses, they may view it as several different entities. First, they think of the units;...

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management software

1 Jan, 2016

The Perks Of Industry-Specific Software

The operations side of the self-storage business can be tedious, with numerous reports to run, records to keep, and processes to follow. However,...

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