Hacking Self Storage

Hey,

So ive been away in Centre Parcs this last week but the facilities ran perfectly in my absence. In fact we had a great week!

Enjoy my week in numbers

Dean

Angus Burnett is the current Director and Co-Founder of Metro Storage. He started Metro Storage with his brother Simon in 2008 and has been operating Self-Storage businesses in the UK since 1998.

Since opening, he now runs 9 self-storage stores in the UK and he also had been on the board of Directors of the National Trade Body - The Self Storage Association for 5 years.

Angus has been an active member of the SSA (Self-storage Association of UK) having chaired the 'Smaller Operators Division', Association Treasurer for 2 years, and Chairman of the Small Operators Group for 4 years. On today's Podcast 02:28 – Knowing Angus Burnett

03:51 - What Angus considers his #1 Superpower, an expert in and what he's good at

04:25 - The biggest lesson he has learnt in his career

07:02 – Metro Storage

08:15 – The biggest changes that Angus has seen in the industry

09:10 - Inclusive Storage Package

12:10 – Metro Storage Move in Bundle

15:44 - Current offers of Metro Storage

17:15 - What Angus put in Metro Storage to be a success

22:29 - The Key Performance Indicators Angus looks at for Metro Storage

24:40 - Advice from Angus, How to increase revenue

25:30 - Quick Fire Round – Five Questions for Fun

Tough old week ... Website issues really effected our quotes this weeks but its a great reminder that we should check and test the customer journey. Thankfully we picked up on the issue within 24 hours

Have an awesome week

Dean :-)

John McGlynn started his first company as a hobby while at University. Its core focus is now annuity revenue commercial property ventures such as Storage Vault. He has other significant investments in General Property and Development and Strategic Land Acquisition. The other non-core investments he has is Mining, Banking, Electronic Payments, Healthcare and Longevity. He also specializes in Self Storage, Property Investment and Development.

On today's Podcast: 1:20 - Knowing John McGlynn

3:58 - How did John get into the Self Storage industry

6:34 - What John considers his #1 Superpower, an expert in and what he's good at

13:33 - The Biggest lesson he has learnt in his career

14:53 – Storage Vault

22:18 – Current offers

23:27 - The Key Performance Indicators John looks at

26:45 – The one thing that John knows now, but he wishes he didn't learn when he first started in the industry

27:35 - Ultra-Flexible Space

33:45 - Advice from John to increase the revenue

33:57 - Scottish Capital

34:19 - Brand Ambassador for Glasgow Airport

35:48 - Quick Fire Round – Five Questions for Fun

Links The One Minute Manager Book - https://www.amazon.com/The-One-Minute-Manager/dp/0688014291/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Hey,

Very interesting week ... Great week in terms of move ins ... Great week in terms of reservations but a bad week in terms of move outs ... We lost over 1500 square foot.

Enjoy the episode :-)

Dean

Hey,

I really loved speaking to Ollie. He is a very prominent and respect man in the storage industry and after speaking to him its clear to see why.

We speak about buying and selling facilities and even talk about growing vegetables

Enjoy

Dean

This week has been a tough week with only 4 New Move Ins and 8 reservations

Enjoy the episode

Dean :-)

It was awesome to speak to this guys. They are bringing business sense from other industries and applying it to self storage ... With great success

Enjoy

Dean

Its been a great week for Store More ... Best week since August.

I touch on my keynote speech for the upcoming virtual summit where I talk about a bad review costing us £30,000 ... I know wow!! Scary stuff

Anyway ... take a listen and let me know your thoughts on the episode [email protected]

Loads of man love

Dean :-)

Ryan Kemili is the Business Manager at Stock N Lock Self Storage Ltd. He's also the UK Manager of the Year. He took a facility for Stock N Lock Self Storage from a monthly turnover of £30,000 to over £60,000. On today's podcast: 4:17 – Knowing Ryan Kemili 6:15 - How did Ryan get into the Self Storage industry 8:40 – What does Ryan love about the Self Storage industry 10:39 – What Ryan considers his #1 Superpower, expert in and what he's good at 12:05 – The Biggest lesson he has learnt in his career 22:28 - Customers and pricing 28:40 - Ryan's recommendations to increase revenue 32:45 – Advice from Ryan Kemili 37:55 – The Key Performance Indicators Ryan look's at for Stock N Lock Self Storage 41:25 - Ryan's biggest achievement so far this year 43:05 – Where do Ryan see himself in the next 5 years 43:55 - Quick Fire Round – Five Questions for Fun Enjoy Dean Enjoy Dean Links Stock N Lock Self Storage Website - http://www.stocknlock.co.uk/ Stock N Lock Self Storage on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/StockNLockSelfStorage/ Ryan Kemili on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-kemili-a4457495/