Alabama Self Storage Association Selects MiniCo Publications As Member Benefit
MiniCo Publishing has announced an agreement with the Alabama Self Storage Association (ALSSA) to provide the company's "Mini-Storage Messenger" and "Self-Storage Now!" magazines as a member benefit beginning in January 2009. ALSSA members also will receive discounts on other MiniCo publications to include the annual "Self-Storage Almanac" and "Self-Storage Development Handbook."
Self Storage Company Adds Eight New Sites
Self Storage Company, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, today announced that it has increased the coverage of its self storage meta search tools by adding eight additional sites to the four states included in its original launch. Joining California, Texas, Florida and Colorado are state sites for Arizona, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
Tips when Looking for Bremerton Storage Units
Storage units in Bremerton Washington are slowly gaining fame. More people are becoming aware of the existence of this type of business. More are now inclined of storing their properties in storage units.
Mobile Self Storage!!!
Are you running out of storage space in your home or office? Do you have more "stuff" than you know what to do with? If you are like most people in this country, you probably have a ton of junk lying around because you simply have no more room for it. The solution, is staring you in the face right now and that solution is called self storage. Read on to find out more about the ins and outs of self storage.
Evolution of the Self Storage Unit
Self storage units, also known as self-service storage units have become an important staple in the lives of many busy people. These storage facilities lease space to small businesses or individuals and the space leased can be used for a variety of purposes. Even though people have grown familiar with the idea of self storage few know the history behind the storage unit. Most people believe that self-storage units are a recent invention when they have been in existence for a several decades.
Should you Choose Pre Fabricated or Custom Built Mini Storage
In an effort to save space families all over the United States have opted to take advantage of mini storage. Having a mini storage unit gives individuals a chance to store valuable items in a safe, out of the way, location. In addition to providing a way to safely store valuable items mini storage gives families a chance to regain valuable storage space within their own home. Even though many families jump at the chance to take advantage of mini storage there are quite a few families that are not sure whether they should invest in a custom built mini storage unit or purchase a prefabricated mini storage unit. Before making a decision it is important that an individual takes some time to learn about both mini storage options so that they can ...
California Self Storage Association Selects MiniCo Publication as Member Benefit
MiniCo Publishing has announced an agreement with the California Self Storage Association (CSSA) to provide the company's "Self-Storage Now!" magazine as a member benefit beginning in November 2008. CSSA members also will be able to purchase digital subscriptions to the monthly "Mini Storage Messenger" magazine at a members-only discounted rate. In addition, CSSA members will receive discounts on other MiniCo publications to include the annual "Self-Storage Almanac" and "Self-Storage Development Handbook."
HAWAII SELF STORAGE ANNOUNCES TWO NEW FACILITIES
HONOLULU - www.hawaiiselfstorage.com - Hawaii Self Storage today announced plans to build two, new state-of-the-art storage facilities in Mililani and Kapolei, adding to the three current locations in Salt Lake, Pearl City and Kaimuki. The Mililani location is expected to break ground in mid-May at the intersection of Wikao and Akamainui Streets. The Kapolei location is expected to break ground in late May or June on Kalaeloa Boulevard between Home Depot and K-Mart.
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Self Storage Company Announces New Storage Finder Websites
Self Storage Company, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, today announced the launch of a powerful new concept in services for the self storage market; a fully featured meta search tool specifically for customers seeking the best self storage locations in their neighborhood or across major areas in the United States. The search tool operates on a state by state basis. Customers seeking storage units can browse city-by-city listings or search by zip code or street address. Once they have selected a facility they can request a quote or immediately reserve a self storage unit.
Self Storage Considerations
Are you contemplating putting lots of stuff into self storage because of an impending move or because you are overrun with lots of "stuff"? Do you need to make more space available in your garage or basement? If this sounds like you, you may be wondering if making use of a local self storage facility is a good idea. Since you will be storing your items on a third party's property, you want to be sure that your belongings will be secure and not accessible to anybody but you and may one or two other authorized family members or friends. This article will give you some pointers about self storage and will certainly give you some things to think about.
Should You Invest in Self Storage?
Without a doubt, the self-storage industry is the most profitable real-estate investment around. Start-up and overhead costs are low allowing you to quickly rebuild back the majority of your initial expenses and to start making money sooner. Consider the special tax breaks available, appreciation of your self-storage facility, and the expandability of quality steel buildings and you have a solid business every time. Less than 10% of the population is currently utilizing self-storage but the trend is growing. Baby-boomers are retiring, down-sizing, and finding they have more things than they have room for. Most people already have items they can't store at home, like recreation vehicles, sporting equipment, collectables, seasonal items and t ...
Boat Storage Strategies
Millions of people all over the United States own a boat. Some of the lucky ones own multiple boats! How many of them actually know how to take care of their boats? That is a question whose answer can be debated and probably will be debated by many. The source of consternation usually revolves around boat storage and what is considered adequate versus inadequate. Most boat owners will agree that keeping your boat, which is usually a huge investment, on a trailer in your driveway is usually a sufficient boat storage strategy. Other owners will say that the best type of boat storage is to leave your water in the water. In addition to arguing about where to store a boat, many boat owners will debate whether or not responsible boat storage incl ...
Bancap Self Storage Group Passes $750 Million Sales Milestone
Bancap Self Storage Group, Inc., the "#1 Self Storage Broker in California," recently announced that it had surpassed $750 million in total sales of self storage investment properties.
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Using Blog PR To Promote Your Site
The recent trend of using the press release to promote an online business has emerged with good reason ? good press costs very little and can do more for a business than thousands of dollars of marketing. Most businesses use press distribution services like PR Web or PRFree to get the word out about their news. While distribution services certainly can be effective, they tend to miss out on arguably the most influential group of the press ? bloggers.
Bloggers mold and shape the opinions of their readers, who are normally the most important in their particular industry, many of whom are also bloggers. Not long after a post from an influential blogger, your news has been picked up by several other bloggers and within days you are all over the blogsphere. Before you know it your site is getting more attention than it would if a story ran in the local newspaper! So how do you get the influential bloggers in your industry to run a story about your business?
Why Would Anyone Do a Story About Your Business?
Are you a new company? Did you just launch a new product that they could review? Did your business win an award? Are you a group of college kids who started a company on savings from your summer jobs? You get the idea. There needs to be a reason that someone would want to read about you. Bloggers take pride in the content they feed their readers. You don't stand a chance of getting a blogger to write about you if you don't have a story that their readers will be interested in.
Research Bloggers in Your Industry
More is less when it comes to contacting bloggers. Buy a list of 1,000 bloggers and send out a generic email to all of them and you'll likely get no response. But send a small amount of personalized emails to the appropriate bloggers and you'll be shocked at how many positive responses you get.
The first step is to make a list of the bloggers that would be interested in your story. You can generally get a feel for whether or not a blogger would be interested in your story by reading a couple of posts and checking out their bio. If they've done a few similar stories in the past or they are heavily involved in your industry, there is a good chance they'll want to hear your story. If not, leave them off your list and move on.
The single best method that I have found to research blogs is the Technorati Blog Directory http://www.technorati.com/blogs/. You can peruse blogs in your industry in order of ?authority? - how important Technorati thinks a blog is. This is extremely useful. For example, if you are in the travel industry, you can view a list of the most influential blogs in the world of travel.
Another great way to find the right bloggers is to search through your competitors press sections on their websites to see what blogs have mentioned them. You can also find out who has mentioned your competitors by looking at the sites that have linked to them (type in ?links:www.theirsite.com? on Yahoo!). There's a good chance that if they found your competitors story interesting, they'll find your story interesting as well.
Compose Your Email
The best way to contact bloggers is by email. The good news is that most bloggers make themselves easy to access and provide their email addresses on their blogs. The bad news is that most people don't know what to do with said email address once they get it. Use the following outline for your email and you'll see amazing results:
- Have a simple subject. You probably won't get many responses by treating your email like a press release and writing RELEASE in the subject line. Try something simple like ?fan of your blog? or ?comment about your blog.? You want to make sure they actually read your email and don't mentally mark it as SPAM when they see the subject.
- Start by complementing them. Since you've read their blog and learned about them from their bio, you know quite a bit about them. Use it to your advantage. Complement them on your favorite post, or how cool it is that they worked for XYZ company.
- Request them to post about you (be direct). In three sentences or less, tell them your story, why you think it would be of interest to them and their readers, and respectfully ask that they write a post about it. Be direct and to the point. They will respect that.
- Offer something in return. You have something that could help them. Maybe it's a link back to their blog from your personal blog, or maybe you could provide them with a free product or service that could help them or their business. One way or another, there's something you have to offer them in return for the time spent on a post about you.
- Close with something nice. Thank them for their time and wish them luck with their blog and/or business ventures.
Notice that of the five components of the email, only one is about your story. The rest of the email is spent complimenting them and offering them something. Your chances of getting a positive response have just gone through the roof. Every blogger, no matter how large, likes to hear that people are enjoying their posts.
Respond Promptly and Respectfully
Not everyone is going to agree to run your story. Some will say that they don't do that type of thing or that they don't have time. Since you have been so nice as to compliment them, they will still usually reply either way. Regardless of the response, be sure to thank them for their time and wish them luck with their ventures. You never know when they will encounter someone who needs your product or service in the future (remember, they are in your industry) and if they have a positive image of you and your company they will undoubtedly give you a good recommendation.
Sit Back and Watch the Traffic Roll In
Over the course of the next few weeks you will see post after post appear about your business. Be sure to send another thank you email to the blogger after the post and also be sure to promptly provide whatever you offered them in return. At this point you have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with someone important in your industry that can become invaluable over time.
That wasn't that hard was it? With a little research and a carefully crafted email, any business can effectively use blog PR to drive traffic to their site.
Adam McFarland owns iPrioritize (http://www.iPrioritize.com) - simple to-do lists that can be edited at any time from any place in the world. Email, print, check from your mobile phone, subscribe via RSS, and share with others.
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