Hacking Self Storage

A look back at the last 7 days in the self storage industry.

Massive week on the figures, a very positive weekly report

On today's Podcast

1:20 - Let's start with what have I been doing this week

4:30 – Geoff Ramm

5:27 – The Starbucks

7:10 – My takeaways of the week

10:04 – Quote from Richard Branson

10:30 –Who's coming up on the podcast this week

13:27- My Week in number (Reservations, Conversions , Move ins, Van Hire, SQ FT In, SQ FT out, Etc)

22:33 - Quotes

Enjoy

Dean

Katie is driving force behind Storage Boast ... The winners of the 2019 Independent Self Storage Facility of the year.

Katie Vost is the Operations Director at Storage Boost. She has 14 years of experience in the Self-Storage industry. She's also responsible for developing a startup business into a successful, award-winning retail operation with several outlets (Storage Boost). She played a major role in the design and construction of Self Storage sites as well as the operations and management of several facilities.

On today's Podcast

2:03 – Knowing Katie Vost

3:51 - How long for the facility to hit the maturity level?

7:01 - How did Katie get into the Self-Storage Industry?

8:01 – Role that Katie prefers to do

13:10 – What Katie loves about in the Self Storage industry

13:47 - Katie's Number 1 Superpower

14:24 - The biggest lesson she had learnt in her career

19:45 – The current offers of the Storage Boost

22:43 - Secrets behind Storage Boast success?

23:51 – Katie's advice to self-storage companies on how to increase their revenue

28:47 - Where is Storage Boost advertising

32:01 - What KPI's does Katie look at?

33:23 - Advice from Katie to self-storage companies

35:48 - Where does Katie see herself in next five years?

37:46 - Quick Fire Round

Katie Vost on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-vost-74557a23/

Enjoy this episode

Dean

Love doing these ... Not a great week for reservations or figures in general but a great and enjoyable week all the same!

2 big takeaways for me that I think you will love .. Thought provoking .. Well for me anyway :-)

Enjoy

Dean

Wow ... I really let my hair down in this podcast .... I went all in!

Hopefully you will stick around to the very end as I have some motivational content that I believe not only will help your personal life but also your work life.

Let me know what you think ... [email protected]

Enjoy

Dean

Emma is an acquisitions and development manager at Storage King. She has been part of the company since 2011.

Emma is married, has one and a half year old daughter and has another one on the way. Also they have two dogs called Oscar and Annie.

On today's podcast

1:06 – How Emma became an acquisitions manager?

2:51 – What Emma loves about the industry

3:28 – Emma's #1 superpower

4:08 - What's the biggest lesson you've learned throughout your career?

5:18 – About Storage King

8:10 - Five most important key indicators when buying a facility

9:49 - Are you more interested acquiring facilities or starting up from scratch?

12:05 - Advice for self-storage Company

12:25 – Self-storage in the next five years

13:56 –The best advice you have ever received?

14:12 - What's one daily habit that contributes to your success?

Enjoy

Dean

I loved speaking to Fred in this episode and im sure listening will get something out of this episode.

Fred is a multiple award winning self storage professional, with experience ranging from start-up to successfully building and managing assets for third parties. A former Chairman of the SSA UK & Vice President of FEDESSA

Enjoy

Dean

I love these episodes, we strip down my weekly figures. We go through -

Quotes

Move ins

Reservations

Conversions

SQ FT In

SQ FT out

Where the quotes came from

Trues Period Revenue

Book corner ... A belting book this week

My take away for the week

I hope you guys enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it

Enjoy

Dean

I loved speaking to Edward ... really informative and experienced!

Edward Howard has been in the self-storage industry for over 12 years. At the age of 15, he started a business selling personalised car numbers, buying motorbikes, scooters and then cars that led him to work in his brother's property company. He was also led to an internet café business and on 2007, he opened his own self-storage facility in Cambridge.

On today's podcast

0:03 – Knowing Edward Howard

4:00 – What Edward loves about the self-storage industry

5:58 – Edward #1 Superpower

7:10 – The biggest lesson he had learned in his career

10:10 – Mega Storage

15:50 - Where do you see yourself in five years?

18:17 – The key performance indicators

19:48 – Advice to self-storage companies?

21:37 - Quick Fire Round: Five questions for fun

Contact Edward Howard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-howard-5aa89b1b

MegaStorage Website: www.megastorage.co.uk

Dave Davies is an accomplished self-storage professional with 19 years industry experience -- 17 years with Safestore PLC at Executive board level. Joining at 15 stores and 40 employees, as a member of the management buy-out team in 2004 and the IPO team in 2008.

He's passionate about self-storage, the people who work in it and the customers who use it. His key to a successful self storage business are the people. Recruiting the right people with the right skills and growing their potential through effective coaching and by supporting them.

On today's podcast 0:18 – Knowing Dave Davies

1:01 - How did Dave get into the self-storage industry?

3:00 – He worked at SafeStore for 17 years

3:25 – What Dave loves about the industry is the people

5:15 – What Dave Davies does now?

7:17 – Dave #1 Superpower

8:30 - Different Roles at the SafeStore

13:02 - The biggest change that Dave has seen in the industry

16:34 – The biggest lesson Dave learned in his career

18:25 – Tips from Dave

24:10 – Advice on selling/buying storage facility

28:14 - Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

28:51 - Quick Fire Round: Five questions for fun

Dave Davies on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/davedavies2

Email: [email protected]

Enjoy

Dean

Ok so this is the first solo episode and boy go I go in to a lot of detail I go in to -

Quotes

Reservations

Move ins

Conversions

Van Hire

Where the quotes came from

SQ FT Moved in... SQ FT Moved out

% of the facility full

What books im reading

Lastly my take away of the week

Loved doing this episode ... Hopefully you chaps will get something out of it as well

Enjoy

Dean