THE EFFECTS OF SELF-STORAGE RENOVATION AND DOOR REPLACEMENT ON INCOME THE FOCUS OF MINICO WEBINAR

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Today’s self-storage market is more competitive than ever. A company may have a user-friendly Web site and excellent marketing, but if the facility appears outdated, unsafe or simply unattractive, it may lose renters. On March 23, 2011, City Storage LLC Founder and Managing Partner Glen Nicotra and Richard Lillie, Southeast Region Sales Manager for Janus International, will present the free webinar An Owner’s Perspective on Renovation and Door Replacement. Webinar topics will include the following:

· Renovation and door replacement can put money in the ban
· Reducing claims, increasing rentals and retaining customers
· Highs and lows of renovation
· Cost-effective door replacement
· Door replacement made easy – even for occupied units

Janus International Corporation is the webinar sponsor. MiniCo’s Poppy Behrens will moderate the discussion as part of the Mini‑Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:
Janus International Corporation – http://www.janusintl.com/
City Storage, LLC. – http://www.city-storage.com/

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DEREK NAYLOR OFFERS TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE SELF-STORAGE INTERNET MARKETING AT NEXT MINICO WEBINAR

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – The Internet is a wildly popular tool for marketing self-storage businesses, and for good reason. With online marketing companies popping up every day, it can be difficult to know which ones are offering strategies that may work and which should be avoided. Derek M. Naylor, President of Storage Marketing Solutions, will present the free webinar Four Highly Guarded Secrets Your Internet Marketing Company Hopes You Never Discover on March 9, 2011. During the presentation, Mr. Naylor will pull back the curtain on Internet marketing companies and provide tips for evaluating online marketing strategies.
Topics will include the following:

• Reducing your pay-per-click rate by over 50% with the same results
• Which metrics actually matter and which are misleading
• The free tool that you might be getting charged for
• The sales pitch that should make you question a marketing company’s intentions
• Why Internet marketing is not the only solution

The webinar will be sponsored by Storage Marketing Solutions and moderated by MiniCo Publisher Poppy Behrens as part of the Mini‑Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

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Storage Marketing Solutions – http://www.storagemarketingsolutions.com/

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MINICO WEBINAR OFFERS INFORMATION ABOUT SELF-STORAGE RISK MANAGEMENT AND TENANT INSURANCE

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – On February 17, 2011, representatives from MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, will present the free webinar Tenant Insurance: A Critical Piece of Your Risk Management Plan for self-storage professionals. The speakers will be Jim Clemmensen, MiniCo’s Senior Vice President of Insurance Operations, and Keith McConnell, MiniCo’s Client Development Manager. The presentation will discuss the risk management benefits of offering tenant insurance to self-storage customers. Topics will include the following:
• Strengthening your overall risk management plan through tenant insurance

• How tenant insurance provides good customer service to your tenants

• Lowering some risks of having a claim on your commercial insurance

• Reducing involvement by facility personnel if a tenant’s property is damaged or stolen

• Promptly resolving tenant claims

MiniCo’s Poppy Behrens will moderate the discussion as part of the Mini Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.
MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self Storage Buyer’s Guide.
Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self storage industry.
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MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC – http://www.minico.com/

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PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS THE FOCUS OF NEXT MINICO WEBINAR

Most consumers overwhelmingly prefer to do business with people who are likeable and pleasant. Self-service is an attractive option to some consumers because it allows them to avoid unprofessional or unhelpful sales and service representatives. For self-storage professionals, learning how to effectively talk to customers may translate into more rentals, more referrals, more repeat customers, and longer lengths of stay. On March 2, 2011, PhoneSmart COO Tron Jordheim will present the free webinar Your Customers Would Love to Talk to You – If Only You Knew How to Talk to Them for self-storage professionals. The webinar will include the following topics:

• People do like talking to people

• People like doing business with people they like

• Smile and people will like you

• Be helpful and friendly, and people will want to do business with you

• Mastering the phrases and behaviors that communicate pleasantness and likeability

PhoneSmart is sponsoring the webinar, which will be moderated by MiniCo Publisher Poppy Behrens as part of the ongoing Mini‑Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:

PhoneSmart – http://www.phone-smart.net/

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TENANT INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT THE FOCUS OF NEXT MINICO WEBINAR

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Recent industry surveys indicate that as many as 70 percent of all self storage facilities do not make insurance available to their tenants. This statistic demonstrates that the majority of facility owners and managers do not yet understand that offering tenant insurance is a critical part of an operation’s risk management plan. On February 17, 2011, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, will sponsor the free webinar Tenant Insurance: A Critical Piece of Your Risk Management Plan for self-storage professionals who are interested in learning about the importance of offering a tenant insurance program to their customers. MiniCo’s Jim Clemmensen, Senior Vice President of Insurance Operations, and Keith McConnell, Client Development Manager, will discuss the following topics:

• Strengthening your overall risk management plan through tenant insurance

• How tenant insurance provides good customer service to your tenants

• Lowering some risks of having a claim on your commercial insurance

• Reducing involvement by facility personnel if a tenant’s property is damaged or stolen

• Promptly resolving tenant claims

The webinar will be moderated by MiniCo’s Poppy Behrens as part of the Mini Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self storage industry.

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MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC – http://www.minico.com/

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OPENTECH ALLIANCE HOSTS NEXT MINICO WEBINAR TO DISCUSS OPERATING A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY WITH ONE STAFF MEMBER

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – On February 9, 2011, Larry Rolando, Vice President of Business Development for OpenTech Alliance, Inc., and Steve Lavery, Vice President of Property Management for Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc., will present a free webinar for self-storage professionals entitled How to Successfully Operate a Mid-Sized Self-Storage Facility with One Person. Topics will include the following:


· Business drivers for evolving to a more efficient staffing model
· Cost-savings benefits of efficient staffing
· Challenges that must be addressed
· Call Center reservations completed at kiosks
· Technology and third-party services that increase staffing efficiency

OpenTech Alliance, Inc., is the leading developer of innovative self-storage solutions including the INSOMNIAC kiosk, INSOMNIAC Live! call center services and the INSOMNIAC Self Storage Network for online storage reservations. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc., owns and manages a portfolio of over 25 self-storage facilities under the Infinite Self Storage brand. Formerly employing up to three full-time staffers at each facility, Herman & Kittle now operates these properties with one full-time employee or less per location.

The webinar is sponsored by OpenTech Alliance, Inc. MiniCo’s Poppy Behrens will moderate the presentation as part of the Mini‑Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Construction & Renovation Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:

Mini-Storage Messenger – www.ministoragemessenger.com

OpenTech Alliance, Inc. – www.opentechalliance.com

Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. – http://www.hermankittle.com/

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