Social Media

12 Things I’m Doing With Social Media In 2012

Here’s a quick peek at what I’ll be up to social-media-wise in 2012.  Driving massive (by storage standards) customer reviews to Google Places. Getting more  of my stores and/or markets on Twitter (it’s not the biggest social network, but it’s the easiest to start with). Getting smart phones into the hands of my store managers. […]

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Get Your Self Storage Noticed By Saying Thank You On Video

A sincere thank always makes an impact.  I’m not talking about some benign “thanks,” but a real, heartfelt thank you. You’ll make even more impact when you say “thank you” with video.  A video thank you is as easy as talking and gives you a chance to heighten the intimacy and sincerity.  You customers will […]

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Self Storage Twitter Chat Unleashed September 7th

Update: To be clear on the schedule  #StorChat will be held every Wednesday from 3:00 – 3:30 pm Central, starting on 9/7/2011.  If you can’t join us on 9/7/2011, then join us a following Wednesday and we’ll be glad you came! ———– Are you or any of your store managers on Twitter?  Do you want to […]

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Your Two Year Self Storage Social Media Marketing Advantage

Here’s the gist of the video: Self Storage operators who are making a concerted effort to figure out Social Media Marketing today are getting a 2 year head start on most of their competition. Watch the video or read below for the details. Three reasons most people are going to go slow. History Staff Structure […]

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A Dead Simple Way To Get More Referrals That You’ve Overlooked For Years

Here’s the punchline… Ask for a tour. How long have you been working with local apartment complexes and local businesses hoping they will refer business to you? As long as you can remember? When was the last time you asked one of them to give you a tour of their community or place of business? […]

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Social Media For Self Storage Executives

In June 2011 I gave a presentation about social media to about 40 self storage executives. Here are the slides.  Just a small warning, if you missed the presentation  some of the slides might be a little difficult to understand without the verbal commentary. If you want to hear a similar presentation, I’ll be doing […]

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