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Learn the essentials of self-storage site layout including key engineering and design principles. Topics include land features that affect design, zoning issues and how to estimate for maximum square footage.

Learn about the modern materials and techniques being used today by savvy self-storage designers and developers to create great-looking facilities with the best possible value.

Learn how technology disruptors are driving customer preferences and expectations, and how these factors will likely affect daily self-storage operations. See what technology is about to impact your business.

Learn why unmanned self-storage facilities are a growing industry trend. Topics include operational efficiencies, benefits and challenges, technology advancements, real-life examples, and more.

Learn how the data from self-storage management software can help identify weak spots in your operation, which metrics are most meaningful and how to apply the information to your business.

In this seminar, you’ll learn ways self-storage facility managers can contribute to the financial health of their property, including accurate record-keeping, handling receivables, cost-cutting and more.

This session will help you create or update your plan for dealing with delinquent self-storage tenants and recovering past-due rent, providing collections tips, late-fee and notice strategies and more.

Get insight for setting street and online rental rates as well as tips for knowing when to adjust rates and by how much. Also hear strategies for successfully executing increases with new and existing tenants.

This session focuses on the expenses that have a direct bearing on a self-storage facility’s net operating income. It provides tactics for keeping costs in check and negoatiating with service contractors.

Learn effective sales strategies for closing every self-storage rental as well as tips for overcoming customer objections, achieving service excellence, handling difficult service situations and more.

Learn tools, tips and tricks that have been proven highly effective in improving self-storage ancillary sales. You’ll get strategies for selling more product and adding to the bottom line with add-on profit centers.

Learn root causes of job burnout, how to recognize it in yourself and others, how it can impact revenue and customer service, and how to correct the problem. Get tips to reinvigorate yourself and coworkers!

Learn strategies to keep self-storage managers motivated and invested in the continued success of the business. Get insight to compensation and bonus structures, training, employee feedback and more.

Learn how to create policies, procedures and best practices that make sense for your facility. Discover how laws affect your policies as well as how to build an operations manual and ensure compliance.

Get valuable suggestions to help self-storage managers evaluate and improve their own job performance. You’ll also get a checklist for professional development and learn ways to make yourself indispensable.

Learn how to recruit, evaluate, hire and train your new self-storage managers to ensure they operate the asset to maximum profitability. Get insight on interviewing, background checks, references and more.

In this revealing session, self-storage managers get candid, insider advice on handling situations for which they may not be prepared. Get tips to maintain confidence and a positive professional attitude.

This instructive, practical session shares time- and task-management skills for self-storage facility managers, including tips for prioritization and ways to avoid procrastination.

Learn why facility auditing is a critical part of successful self-storage operation as well as things to look for during an audit, tools to facilitate the process, and what to do when you find red flags.