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Welcome to our blog, your go-to resource for practical insights and proven strategies in customer service training.

Through our nationwide mystery shopping programs, we support multiple industries with objective feedback that reveals what’s really happening in the customer experience — and then we back it up with impactful customer service training designed to drive measurable improvement.

Here, you’ll find expert perspectives from our owner, Carol Mixon, contributions from our experienced team, and valuable insights from guest bloggers who bring fresh ideas from across the industries we serve.

Whether you're looking to strengthen your team’s performance, boost conversions, or elevate the overall customer journey, our blog is built to help you turn feedback into results.

Tips for Preparing a Vehicle for Storage

Carol Mixon and Jenny Rodrigues of Ohana Self Storage in Honolulu discuss preparing a vehicle [...]

In-Person Customer Service for Self-Storage

When discussing in-person customer service, the focus should be on key areas for improvement: Improving [...]

Improving Your Sales Message in Self-Storage

Practice, Practice, Practice those Sales Skills! We’re going to discuss a variety of topics to [...]

Lithium Batteries in Storage Spaces

The first time I heard about how dangerous lithium batteries can be was on a [...]

Items in Auction Unit Could Belong to Another Creditor with a Perfected Security Interest!

“A perfected security interest is a security interest that has been publicly registered or otherwise [...]

Making More Money with Your Online Self-Storage Auctions

Online self-storage auctions have become the industry standard, transforming the way self-storage operators process their [...]

Dealing With Demanding Customers

Who’s Pulling Your Strings? Over the years, I’ve had a variety of managers—many different types, [...]

Falling Occupancy – What Can You Do?

We need to discuss the current state of the self-storage industry in relation to falling [...]

Understanding Self-Storage Manager Compensation

Experience Matters! When considering a job in self-storage and contemplating today’s self-storage manager compensation rates, [...]

Six Critical Telephone Sales Skills

Throughout the five steps of SkilCheck’s Telephone Sales Evaluations, GREETING, INQUIRY, COUNSELING, INVITATION, AND CLOSING, [...]