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Recent Posts by Matthew Van Horn
Embezzlement Alert: Preventing and Detecting Self-Storage Employee Theft
Most self-storage managers are trustworthy and would never steal from their employer, but it does happen. Consider the following guidelines to prevent and detect employee theft.
A New View of Self-Storage Expense Management
If you’ve been managing a self-storage facility for a while, you know things can always go wrong; and those things can cost your business time and money. Here’s a new way to look at the issue of expense management.
Attaining Your Career Goals: Advice to Help Self-Storage Employees Reach the Next Level
Whether you’re new to the self-storage industry or looking to move up the ranks, it requires time and effort. Follow these steps to move your career to the next level.
Leveraging Cloud Technology in Self-Storage: Software, E-Mail, Digital Storage and More
Self-storage operators now have access to real-time data via cloud technology. Explore how to effectively leverage this technology via management software, e-mail, digital storage, project-management programs and CRM.
Keeping Your Self-Storage Business on Course With Effective Policies and Procedures
One of the most overlooked areas within self-storage operation is the creation and enforcement of facility policies and procedures. Here are suggested items to include and insight to implementation.
All Systems Go! 4 Key Areas of Focus to Optimize Self-Storage Business Performance
The variables that affect self-storage operation can make facility ownership challenging. The key to peak performance is the successful implementation of strategic systems that optimize marketing, sales and maintenance efforts.
Building Your Service Stable: Finding and Hiring Contractors for Self-Storage Maintenance Problems
When something breaks at your self-storage facility, there’s no time to scramble for a service contractor. The author offers advice on how to build a stable of reliable companies so you’re prepared before a maintenance issue arises.
Facts and Figures: 3 Management-Software Reports Every Self-Storage Operator Should Use
If you operate a self-storage facility, having accurate information about the business is vital. Here are three management-software reports you should be using regularly to better understand and manage your property.
Facts and Figures: 3 Management-Software Reports Every Self-Storage Operator Should Use
If you operate a self-storage facility, having accurate information about the business is vital. Here are three management-software reports you should be using regularly to better understand and manage your property.