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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy used to be to focus on search engine rank and you’ll see more customers. Now things have flipped.

Price and location are the primary factors that drive prospective tenants searching online to choose your self storage facility. It only makes sense that in the ongoing attempt to master digital marketing and online rank, analyzing the local market and ensuring competitive pricing, should be a top priority. Specials and pricing are simple to modify and prove a serious impact for your online and in-store results.

Self-storage is subject to seasonal fluctuations, much like many other businesses. It just so happens that winter brings the perfect storm of renters leaving – with many customers looking for storage only through the summer, winter can leave facility owners looking around and wondering why they've suddenly dropped 10% from their occupancy rate.

A website is no longer just a placeholder for your storage facility on the internet, it’s an integral part of how you communicate to potential customers what you offer – and if you’re doing a lousy job, you could be saying that they should go elsewhere.

The holidays are right around the corner and Google is fully embracing the holiday spirit by releasing new tools and features in Google My Business (GMB), like a digital marketing Santa Claus. From 2012 to the present day, Google has evolved into an entirely new world.

With over 200 million Google searches for storage per year, how your storage facility shows up online is now more important than ever. Customers need to be able to find your storage facility in their search and land on an attractive, effective website.

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.

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.