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Archive by tag: MarketingReturn

How To Transform Old Content On Your Self Storage Website

Ian Lopuch posted on 7/31/2018 12:34:00 PM

The self storage industry is focused on the long-term. Customers often store their belongings in self storage for extended periods of time. Committed on-site managers not only work at our facilities for an extended tenure, but often make such facilities their home (via the on-site manager’s apartment).

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How to Market Your Self Storage Facility to Millennials

Stephanie Pelski posted on 7/17/2018 10:00:00 AM

The key to successful marketing in any industry is knowing your audience. For those within self storage, this means marketing to the Millennial Generation.

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Three Ways To Go Local With Your Digital Marketing

Ian Lopuch posted on 2/23/2018 2:55:00 PM

In the self storage industry, customers travel no more than 3 to 5 miles, on average. We are lucky to work in such a local industry, because it makes our jobs as marketers more fun, impactful, and rewarding.

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How to Use AB Testing to Improve Your Website

Derek Hines posted on 2/9/2018 9:15:00 AM

Today’s self storage operator relies more heavily on online visitors to their website to generate business than ever before. Smart owners should be looking at the analytics data that is derived from customer visits.

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Turning Leads Into Leases With a Connected Experience

Melissa Stiles posted on 12/14/2017 3:42:00 PM

When is the last time you ventured into a store or restaurant without looking at their website, pictures and reviews first? Chances are you probably viewed the place online first and then made a decision about visiting the business.

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Does Your Storage Website Need a Blog?

Derek Hines posted on 12/12/2017 3:10:00 PM

When I was brought on at West Coast about a year and a half ago, one of the goals we had as a business was to grow our website’s organic traffic (visitors to the site from search engines such as Google). To do that, we decided to take a multi-pronged approach.

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Niche Marketing: Creative, Specialty Units Rake in Self Storage Business

Jana Haecherl posted on 12/4/2017 4:03:00 PM

Just like virtual reality headsets, subscription boxes, fashionable beards, and fidget spinners, specialty storage facilities were a hot commodity in 2017.

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Customer Segmentation and Personalization: Self Storage Style

Ian Lopuch posted on 10/30/2017 3:14:00 PM

Marketing one’s self storage facility (or portfolio of self storage facilities) is incredibly fun. Each and every customer who walks through the door (or the virtual door of your website) is facing a unique life experience, oftentimes involving great transition and change.

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Video Marketing Basics For The Self Storage Industry

Ian Lopuch posted on 8/23/2017 9:42:00 AM

With over 100 hours of video uploaded very minute, 1 billion unique monthly visitors, and 6 billion hours of video viewed every month, YouTube is the second largest search engine behind Google.

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PPC Basics for The Self Storage Industry

Ian Lopuch posted on 6/2/2017 1:40:00 PM

Have you heard of pay per click (PPC) search engine marketing (SEM)? This digital marketing channel is perfect for large and small self storage operators alike. Learn how to leverage PPC to drive more leads for your self storage business.

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