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Employee Evaluations: Giving Your Self-Storage Staff Feed-Forward Instead of Feedback
Employee evaluations create a platform for a two-way conversation, for staff growth and change; however, providing feedback isn’t always easy for a supervisor. Here are some guidelines to help smooth the process.
Self-Storage Operators Support Charities to Keep People Warm This Winter
Self-storage operators around the world have launched charity drives to collect coats and blankets for various organizations as the weather turns cold. Here’s a summary of how they’re giving back to their communities so far in fall 2016.
Storage Protectors Launches Insurance Product for Operators of Portable Self-Storage
Storage Protectors LLC, a Phoenix-based business specializing in contents insurance and damage-waiver coverage for portable-storage businesses, has launched a program for facility operators in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the …
Stepping Outside Your Self-Storage Comfort Zone Can Lead to a Familiar Place
There is comfort in the familiar. Even brave self-storage entrepreneurs can find it disconcerting to drive business in new directions. Sometimes, though, blindly navigating the labyrinth of the unknown leads you to an unexpectedly familiar and comforta…
Devon Self Storage Announces New Regional VP of Construction
Devon Self Storage, a California-based operator that owns or manages 45 facilities nationwide, has promoted Shannon Dodge from regional director of construction to regional vice president of construction. In this role, he’ll oversee the company&r…
Better Boxes Self Storage Celebrates Grand Opening in Fort Mill, SC
Better Boxes Self Storage will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 16 to celebrate its opening in Fort Mill, S.C. The noon event will include tours of the property at 881 Gold Hill Road as well as refreshments and raffles for free storage. Members o…
Why Your Self-Storage Business Needs a Selling System
Few self-storage managers are born sellers, which is why a selling system is critical to the process of converting prospects to customers. Here’s what such a system can do for your business.
Metro Self Storage Building Application Spurs Change in Permitting Fees in Westhampton Beach, NY
A proposed Metro Self Storage development in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., has led village officials to change its building-permit fees for large structures. Metro is seeking to build a three-story, 100,000-square foot facility on a 2.6-acre flag lot on the…
Moby Self Storage Opens in Rio de Janeiro, Plans Expansion
A group of British investors living in Brazil recently opened Moby Self Storage in Rio de Janeiro. The 13,000-square-foot facility in the historic neighborhood of Gamboa in Rio’s harbor district offers units ranging from 1 to 30 square meters. Bu…