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  • Starting Your New Self Storage Business
    By jeff on February 3, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

    Do not be afraid to start small. Your Douglasdale self storage enterprise does not need to be that flashy when you are starting off. You can make up for it with quality storage units and great customer service. Your storage employees should be trained on how to sell effectively. They should also be briefed on the company mission so that everyone is on the same page. You may find it helpful to have one on one meetings with employees to make sure that they are committed to your Douglasdale self storage company goals.

    Everybody is different. Some people are born to sell and some will require a lot of training. You could just hire a bunch of people and see who can sell and who cannot. This is the path of least resistance. It is a fact that some, if not most, of the best salespeople in Alberta started out very poorly in the sales field. Through persistence and a desire to learn how to sell they are able to develop the skills necessary to achieve lofty sales goals. Typically, once they get it, they will be hard to catch.

    The problem with natural born salesmen is work ethic. Since it always came so easily, they never had to work as hard as some. The best salespeople will typically have the best work ethic so do not give up on someone just because they do not sell. Pay close attention, though. They will still need to have a few traits to be a good Douglasdale self storage employee. They will need to have a great attitude and a willingness to learn. Some people will never be good because they do not have the desire to be great. After a little experience, you should be able evaluate which Douglasdale self storage employees will be successful. Be careful, though, because there are many ways to sell effectively so make sure to give everyone a chance.

    People skills are a must. They must be able to get people to like them fast. With more involved sales calls, there is more of an opportunity to build rapport. In storage sales, it needs to happen fast. The average storage inquiry will only take about six minutes. There is no time to waste. The initial greeting needs to be positive, but not over the top. Imagine talking to a high school friend that you have not seen for awhile. You do not want to be over the top like a late night TV pitchman. This is excessive and may scare away may Douglasdale self storage prospects from the word go.

    A lot of your business will come from people in Alberta who have fallen on hard times. They do not want to talk with someone who is jumping through the phone. They may not trust what you have to say. A warm greeting is enough. After you talk with the potential customer for a little bit, you will be able to gauge how to best handle the call. A calm approach may work best for some callers, while an exciting sales pitch and presentation may be better for others. You will probably want to be the most enthusiastic when you are going over specials that you are currently offering. Calm it down a bit when you are evaluating needs of the customer.

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  • Becoming a Self Storage Professional
    By jeff on February 3, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

    The job market is pretty rough in Alberta right now. You may want to look at the Canyon Meadows self storage industry as a career option. Obviously, most people do not grow up saying that they want to be a self storage expert, but check it out. Storage is one of the most consistent businesses out there. There are not many industries that do well in up and down markets aside from funeral homes and bars. You can make a good income and even get benefits. These kinds of jobs are hard to find. The Canyon Meadows self storage job market is pretty competitive so you want to bring your A game. Learning the ropes may take some time, but with experience you will continue to get better until you are alone at the top.

    Here are some tips on how to be a successful salesperson in the Canyon Meadows self storage business, or any industry for that matter. The product or service does not matter; there are just some basic truths to follow. The first thing that you need to do is develop a positive outlook. You probably know several people in your life that complain all the time and have a doom and gloom outlook. They never seem to get any breaks and it kind of never seems to quite work out for them. You have to envision success before you will experience it. Successful people tend to be very lucky, just ask anyone who is not. A positive approach is not only a good approach, it is the only approach.

    The best salesmen are also the most knowledgeable about their products. When people in Alberta are looking to make a buying decision, they want to speak to people that know what they are talking about. There is no need to reinvent the wheel; there are many books and articles that can teach you everything that you need to know about the business that you are in. Just find out what knowledge is available and apply yourself. You will be more confident in your Canyon Meadows self storage sales ability if you know a lot about your industry. If you do not know much, then you will always be unsure of yourself.

    Being confident is essential for anyone in Alberta who is looking to be the best in their field. This is an attitude that you have to develop. With knowledge comes confidence. When you are confident, you can assume the sale and have already won half the battle. Assuming the sale is one way that you can increase your sales. Do not just ask for the sale, assume it and ask how they would like to proceed. This will land you more Canyon Meadows self storage customers and more money for your business.

    Each customer that walks in the door is a potentially worth a lot of money. The average renter will generate about a thousand dollars in revenue for your company. You should take advantage of every opportunity that you have. The best salespeople realize this. Some salespeople try to earn sales, the best try to establish relationships. This is the difference between working smart and working hard. You will find that by helping people in every situation, you will get a lot of easy sales through referrals that you may have missed if you are just trying to close down people.

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  • Helping Your Self Storage Customers in Their Time of ...
    By jeff on February 1, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

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    Vellore storage in Ontario, Canada is a lot like any other storage place in the world.  There are lots of stories from the managers just trying to do their job.  People who need storage are usually in a place or a state of change.  There is a change in their life that makes them need to store things.  It could be a stressful move to a new place they know nothing about.  Leaving old friends is hard especially for the kids in the family.  Kids do not like leaving their friends.  When our family moved from the town we loved and grew up in, we were angry.  We fought with our parents and told them how much we hating moving from our friends.  Boyfriends and girlfriends would be left behind.  Best friends are no longer best friends.  We will leave and they will find new best friends and we will be lonely.  We can face book and do things like that, but that is not the same.  We will leave our school too.

    Vellore storage companies in Ontario, Canada have managers who know this, as all people who move have to deal with it in some respect.  The move was hard for us when we were kids and we were angry too.  We liked our school, the friends, and the routine of it all.  We like routines.  People do not like change very well, and some actually hate it.  Those people who have to move than are going through a whole lot of stress.  The move is hard and all the planning involved tales its toll.

    The manager of a Vellore storage facility in Ontario, Canada must be aware of this stress when these people come into the office and rent a space.  Managers need to make this move as easy and stress free as possible.  They have to be good listeners and encouraging and have people skills to deal with this kind of stress.  Some people come to the office exhausted from their trip and the last thing they need is a bunch of paperwork and a long dry conversation about all the thousands of things you can not store and the rest of that.  A manager should hurry through the contract at this point and get the tired stressful customers on their way.  They might need sleep or have to go somewhere else.  They could be worried and stresses about a new job or the move.  The kids might be angry, mean, and causing problems for the parents.  The manager must pay attention to these signs.

    A manager needs to be able to do this.  Be nice and polite and professional.  Do the contract in a hurry, and get them going.  Next time the manager sees them, they will be a lot different.  They might be relaxed.  They might be happy and having fun in their new home.  The kids may be better and happy now too.  They might be well rested and look different even.  Moving takes a toll on families.  Coming off the road is always a change in itself, and moving is stressful.  With Vellore storage in Ontario, Canada a manager must be able to read the signs.  He or she needs to be helpful and know his or her job very well.  It relieves stress for all involved.

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  • Start Your Own Self Storage Company
    By jeff on January 31, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

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    The Unionville storage business in Ontario, Canada is a lot like the storage industry in the United States.  People seem to need storage like never before, and more and more companies are starting up in the storage business.  It takes quite a bit of start-up capital to get your business going though.  A small storage company like some of those in Unionville can be three hundred storage spaces.  A storage space is often called a unit and a unit can be all different sizes.  Units can be huge like ten by forties.  When we say ten by forty we mean ten feet wide by forty feet deep.  This unit of this size can hold a three to four bedroom house including dens and garages stuff.  A car can fit in this one, but to store cars and keep them from the weather, a ten by twenty unit will work.  A ten by twenty unit can hold a three-bedroom house with garage stuff too.  One of the most common sizes of storage units is the ten by ten.  Ten feet long and ten feet wide, a lot of things can fit in one of these with a little imagination and work.  This size unit can be most profitable and abundant on many Unionville storage facilities.  A ten by ten storage unit can hold maybe a small house or a two to three bedroom apartment.  People who are moving from a small apartment to their first house may seek out and use ten by ten storage spaces.

    We are sure a place like Unionville storage in Ontario, has plenty of these.  Now it is important how many sizes of each storage unit is needed in each storage place.  If a storage place has five hundred units, the owners or company, must figure out how best to make money with the sizes they often.  Too many ten by tens, and they are having trouble renting them, will loose money for the owner or company.  This is called the unit mix, and is very important.  No company or owner wants fifty ten by tens sitting around not being rented out.  For example, in a collage town where a big university is, a whole lot of ten by twenty’s would not be smart.  Collage kids need and want small storage units just to store the things that will not fit in their tiny dorm rooms.

    A Unionville storage facility in Ontario, Canada that is by a large university or college might want to change up their unit mix to have a lot of five by tens.  Five by tens can be very popular for a lot of reasons.  They are cheaper of course.  They can hold a lot if you are good at cramming things into a space.  Some people are storing hobbies or collections, and do not need a bigger space than that.  A lot of storage places will have a lot of five by tens on their property.  A great thing about that is too, the owner or company or manager can tear down a wall between two five by tens and get a ten by ten.  Best of both worlds eh?  Therefore, it is good to build five by tens next to each other just in case one wants to do this.  Good luck.

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  • Embark on a Career Path in the Self Storage Industry
    By jeff on January 31, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

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    The Teston, Ontario storage industry has seen tremendous growth.  American companies are now moving to Canada and starting business in the storage industry.  A lot of Americans who visit Canada come back with stories of lots of jobs and no people to fill them.  Companies are waiting to build buildings and start business, but they can not find enough people to fill the positions they need.  If one looks all over the world at all the places to live and work, Canada should be regarded as a great place to go and live.  Some people are not fans of cold weather, but there are a whole lot of cold weather places in the world that are desirable to live and work in.

    Teston storage in Ontario, Canada is waiting for those people to move to Canada and store with them.  When people move they need storage most of the time.  We move a lot as a society these days, and storage has become more popular than ever.  There are large state of the art Teston, Ontario, Canada storage places and then there are small ones.  Most storage places were not the most desirable places to put your stuff in, because they were old run down buildings that the owners did not want to fix.  They lowered their prices to get people in, but the people who came in and rented from them were storing junk sometimes and never came back to get it.  This is a problem if one lowers their prices too much.  It is simple supply and demand and how to price a product.  Consumers are a smart bunch these days.  They can check the internet and there will be a million opinions on a product.  This helps the consumer see what product they need and how it has been to others.

    Teston storage in Ontario, Canada must do the same things as all other business now.  The World Wide Web has made us all better consumers and we can hold a company responsible for its products.  Build a bad lawn mower and that company may be burned on the web by people saying it is a bad lawn mower.  Look at Facebook and how many people use that as a forum for everything.  There are thousands of companies now on Facebook talking about their own companies.  We like the idea of the consumer in control, not the business.  The World Wide Web has created some of this power back to the consumer.  Make a good product people want and one will be just fine.  Promotion is very important too.  Customer service is very important too.  One must get the word out though to survive as a company.  Teston storage in Ontario, Canada must get the word out too, and as you can see, people like us, are doing it.  Go on the World Wide Web and check out all the Teston, Ontario, Canada properties to see which is better for you to store your things.  You might be surprised.  Storage facilities can vary wildly.  It is best to do your homework and get it right.  It is all your stuff, and if it is good enough to store, it is good enough to take the time to research all the Teston storage places in Ontario, Canada.

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  • Building Relationships in the Storage Industry
    By jeff on January 31, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

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    Current and/or former employees of Swansea storage companies in Ontario, Canada have many stories to tell.  For all of those who have been involved in the storage industry, we know what we are talking about.  From the moment customers come into your office to rent a storage space, to the time they leave, a manager can build a close relationship to some of the customers.  Some customers will come into the storage place everyday, so a manager, even saying a few words a day to the customer, a relationship can happen.  In Swansea storage in Ontario, Canada, these relationships occur too.  The customer must trust the manager and the company they work for, to do their very best to ensure the property and items they store are as safe as they can be.  This is important for repeat business or to keep long-term customers that make the company the most money.  Every company needs to do two things to survive.  They need to do everything they can to survive, and they need to make a profit.  We can talk about non-profit companies, but they too, need salespeople or at least people who work for them, to sell the idea.  How would people know about the good work some of these non-profit companies do.

    Swansea storage in Ontario, Canada, must do the same things all companies need to do.  One can not just give product away or make too good a deal, as to make their own company loose money, or fail.  This is how business works and the free enterprise system is a great system.  Canada has more business regulations than in the United States, but the two countries are pretty similar.  One must treat the customer with good customer service, whatever that may encompass.  There are many in the industry who may not be as good as Swansea storage in Ontario, Canada, but they will no doubt, pay later.  Customer service used to be not that important in the storage industry, but that was long ago.  Times have changed and the competition has grown more fierce, and companies changed their ideas and the way they do business.  Most have done this, and they saw their profits go up and they were able to expand their companies.  Canada has not faced the kind of recession the United States is going through right now, but it might one day.  Huge debt hurts.  Some of these storage places are worth millions of dollars and for a company to spend that much money on a building than hire bad managers, or managers with weak customer service, well, not a good business decision.

    Swansea storage in Ontario, Canada, is not like this.  Canada is growing.  It is a place now, where a lot of people want to live because there are jobs here.  In a recent article in Time magazine, a whole bunch of people from Ireland are moving to Canada.  The country is doing very well, and people from all over the world are moving to Ontario, Canada to work and support their families.  There are many people who would do the same thing to help their families.  A strong family is important for the entire world.  Strong business and companies that make money help everybody in the long run.  So good luck to everybody.

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  • Providing the Best Storage Product for Your Customers
    By jeff on January 28, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

    Washington Park storage companies in Saskatchewan, Canada are thinking of marketing right now as we press on with our four P’s of marketing.  We have promotion, product, price and place.  We have talked about promotion and place in past articles, and now will move on to product and price.  Product seems to be obvious, but there is more to it than meets the eye.  Yes, a product is the thing you buy most of the time, but it is more than that.  Why do you buy a certain car over another one?  They are all cars with very similar options on them and things they must have to run.  Cars need engines, doors, seats, and all those things. Seats can be different in cars, leather, or cloth.  Leather will cost more but last longer.  Leather is easy to clean and stains less than cloth seats.  Leather seats will bring you more value than cloth if you decide to sell your car one day.  Seats are basically the same product, but as we can see now, the same product can be very different.  This is the same with storage too.  It is a space people put their things in and they are all alike, like seats in a car.  They are not all alike.  Storage spaces can have concrete floors but some could be very dirty and stained and uncared for.  Walls are different in storage spaces.  Some are brick or aluminum or concrete.  Brick walls are hard to break in from the other side, so your stuff may be safer than aluminum walls where bad guys can break into one storage space than just go through all the walls and break into many storage spaces.  These are more unsafe than bricks walls correct?

    Washington Park storage facilities in Saskatchewan, Canada should think about their product.  Are their walls brick or concrete or aluminum?  Product is important to understand and how to change the perception in the consumer’s mind during the sales process.  Product can also be what you sell in your office.  Do you sell locks?  Do you sell boxes?  These could add many dollars to your bottom line if your managers are good sales people too.  This is adding to your product mix.  Product mix is what it sounds like; mixing up the products you sell.  Product can also be what the storage building looks like.  Is it old and dirty?  Is it new?  Is there junk all over your property or is it clean?  Is there landscape that looks good to the eye, or is it just plain and unappealing?  This is all product too in the storage industry.  The potential customer is buying all of this.

    Washington Park storage companies in Saskatchewan, Canada should hire good sales people to run their storage places.  It has been proven that the sales people are part of what the customer buys.  “We like this guy and trust him or her.  We will purchase the product because of him or her.”  Most of the time people buy products because they like and trust the sales people they deal with.  Car sales people that are likable, considered honest, happy, and friendly, might do better than the grouchy ones, the burned out ones and the ones who are just tired of sales.

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  • Save Your Summer With St. Hubert Storage
    By admin on May 27, 2010 | No Comments  Comments

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    The summer time can be a magical time for anyone who is in school. for those of you who are in college it can be a refresher from studying, and lectures, and sacrificing going to that party of Saturday because of finals the next week. Many college students live in the dorms on campus. It makes it easier to get to class, as well as meeting people on campus. Some people form lasting bonds with people that they have meet by living on campus. One of the downfalls of dorm life is having to trek all of your belongings home at the end of each spring semester. Here at St. Hubert storage we would like to offer you a different opportunity.

    Why not store the majority of your belongings that you will not need over the summer vacation in a conveniently located St. Hubert storage facility. You can leave then for the summer and return for the fall semester to move them back into the dorm. No one likes to drive to wherever home may be with a car full of boxes and bags. Having to move your seat up so that your knees are now shoved into the steering wheel so that you could fit that last box in can be a pain as well as a safety hazard when driving long distances.

    Those books and supplies that you use while you are in school. The three boxes of winter clothes that you will not need while you are enjoying the beach and the sunshine of the summer time. All of those things that you implore to change your standard institutional dorm room into your own personal statement of color and expression can be safely left behind for the summer in a St. Hubert storage unit. To perhaps even save a little bit on the cost you and your room mate, who although you might not have always gotten along with each other having little to no personal space, but are still best friends may be able to share a space for the summer.

    Just think of not having to unpack all of your belongings for the summer just to have to box them up again when it is time to return for your education. Using St. Hubert storage can save you valuable time working on your tan under the warm summer sun. Perhaps you could even implore that guy in your biology class who you have been working up the nerve to talk to to help you move that one heavy box.

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