Creating Your Business Plan –The Fuel of Your Business – Advertising
Wednesday, October 26
There are two aspects of marketing that you want to keep in mind as you create your business plan. You want to focus on advertising to find properties, but you also want to focus on how you are going to advertise the properties that you own. As you start to grow your portfolio of properties, you...
Creating Your Business Plan –The Fuel of Your Business – Networking!
Monday, October 24
Just like marketing, you need to be networking with other people and talking to current self-storage owners. If you just sit and wait for people to reach out to you, you are never going to get the results that you want. On the other hand, if you are constantly reaching out to owners, and talkin...
Creating Your Business Plan –The Fuel of Your Business - Marketing!
Friday, October 21
Every business needs something to drive it and move it to the front of the pack. You need something to make your business stand out from all of the other self-storage investment companies. When you are working with self-storage sellers, they have a lot of choices when it comes to someone to sel...
Creating Your Business Plan –Why You Need to Get Organized?
Wednesday, October 19
Now that you have written down your vision statement, it is time to set some goals. Whether you are brand new to self-storage or you have been in the business for a long time, you are probably always looking for new ways to do things. You are researching how to find properties, or how to talk t...
Creating Your Business Plan –Why You Need a Strong Vision Statement?
Monday, October 17
Why do you want to be in self-storage? You can’t just say that you are here to make money. There are a lot of ways to make money. You need to really think about why you decided that you want to invest in self-storage. Why are you doing this, what makes it appeal to you? Is it because you wan...
Creating Your Business Plan –Setting Up the Structure?
Friday, October 14
When you are creating your business plan, you want to define everyone’s role. Who is going to be part of the business? What are they going to do? Are they going to contribute time, money, or both? Will these roles change over time as you bring in new investors and new partners? If so, how wi...