Category Archives: Self-Storage

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, [...]

SkilCheck’s Free Self-Storage Manager Training

While I was at a recent Self-Storage Association conference, I received several comments about our [...]