The quest to boost self-storage facility’s operations seems endless for managers, who often look for ways to ensure that their facility runs successfully and with ease. Right from interacting with customers either face-to face or through the phone, meeting monthly occupancy and sales goals as well as marketing their facility, self-storage managers sure know their duties and how to make the most of their facility.

What to do when you are told “Hell No” Good for you: your salespeople are doing great jobs! They’re putting themselves out there, taking care of cold calling, presenting your product and modifying their offers. Unfortunately, some of their prospects still went with someone else. How your salespeople handle “No.” can either make or break […]

Move for Hunger started small back in 2009. The organization was originally worried about getting members due to limited time and resources. However, participating movers say that the benefits are undeniable. Now, there are over 350 AMSA moving companies in 42 different states working together to deliver food to food banks. Over 519,000 meals have been provided to food banks nationwide thanks to the extreme growth of Move for Hunger.

Social media can either be your company’s best friend or your worst enemy. If used correctly, your business can both gain new customers and create new relationships with other businesses. It can be immensely valuable to put your name out there to millions of potential customers and markets that use social media. By only connecting to a small percentage of the millions of social media users, you can gain enormous amounts of respect.

Is your moving company stuck in a rut? Do you need an expert, someone with fresh eyes and a new take on money to come in and shake items up? Would you consider going on reality TV? CNBC is currently accepting submissions with an upcoming reality string titled The Big Fix.

Consumers love deals and sales. They will shop at ten different stores for the same thing searching for the best price. It is no different when people are searching for what company to use for their move. The most important factor for a consumer in choosing a moving company is pricing. Customers want to get the lowest price possible for their move. Therefore, companies who charge low prices for inadequate service have been historically getting a lot of business. The amount of business they get is directly correlated with the number of customer complaints of bad service. The lack of good service has led to skepticism over low price moves. Now, customers and movers alike understand that quality is much more important than pricing.