Friday, February 24, 2012

Buying a Self Storage Facility

Whether it is your first or your fifth self storage facility, it can always be beneficial to learn more about the self storage investing industry by reading new material and learning from experts. There are several instances where a real estate investor can learn more about the self storage facility industry.

Seminars

There are several seminars around the country hosted by self storage experts like Scott Meyers from Self Storage Investing, which teaches both basic classes and advanced seminar class for beginners and people already in the industry.

Webinars

If you don't want to travel to a seminar or conference, webinars can be a good alternative or addition to self storage seminars. In addition, webinars can usually be accessed on demand (at anytime) after being shown live, which makes them a great resource to come back to. It's also easier to take notes while watching and participating in a webinar.

Guidebooks and E-books

Many people learn by reading, so self storage guidebooks and e-books can be a great resource. They are easy to refer back to at anytime and significant passages can be highlighted to be referenced back to at any time.

Have you used any self storage seminars, webinars, or guidebooks to learn more about the self storage industry?

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Brosix Is Nominated for About.com Awards!

I'm so excited, because one of the companies I work for, Brosix, has been nominated for several awards in the About.com IM awards for 2012. They have won the awards in the past, but now they are up for:

  1. Best IM Overall: Brosix
  2. Best Windows IM Client: Brosix
  3. Best Mac IM Client: Brosix
  4. Best Enterprise IM: Brosix
  5. Best iPhone App: Brosix
  6. Best Android App: Brosix
This is such a great recognition, especially because Brosix has so many cool features. It is a
corporate instant messaging program that has features like Screen Sharing and Co-Browse. I like
to use it with my business partner, who lives about 180 miles away from me.

Anyway, congratulations to Brosix and I hope that my internet marketing and blogging partnership
with them continues to prosper. They are a great company, you can check them out here:

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Finding a Corporate Messenger

Corporate messaging is something this is important for all different types of companies. Using instant messaging to communicate instead of email, phone, or in-person can help employees do the following:
  1. Multitask
  2. Be more productive
  3. Be more efficient
  4. Meet deadlines faster
  5. Get quicker answers to questions
and many more! Instant messaging is a great way to communicate, especially for employees that spend most of their time at their desks and on their computers.

Animated e-Cards

I love sending e-cards. I think it's a simple gesture that makes people's day. I frequently am looking for animated e-cards for various occasions, like holidays (such as Valentine's Day and Easter), birthdays, and anniversaries. This is why I was happy to find the ecards site, Ojolie.com.

Ojolie.com offers beautiful, animated ecards with tasteful music for birthday, Christmas and other occasions and holidays. The next major holiday coming up is Easter, so I am in the market for some Easter ecards. Ojolie.com had some great options, all offering some great cards that include rabbits, chicks, eggs, flowers, and other fun and interesting designs. Spring makes everyone so hopeful, and I know that Easter ecards are just the thing to make the day of my mom, dad, brother, and other family members or friends.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

What Treasures Can You Find at a Self Storage Auction?

Self storage auctions have grown in popularity recently, mostly because of reality tv shows like Storage Wars and Auction Hunters. These television shows offer big profits on small investments of the auction bet.

While auctions don't always yield such profitable finds, it is possible to make extra income buy buying and selling storage locker auction merchandise.

Many of the treasures that come from auctioned off lockers are from units that have been rented for many years, from 10-30 years or more. Oftentimes, these will have older, antique items that could be worth quite a profit.

However, some newly rented storage lockers can also yield a profit, especially if they were owned by an inventor, collector, or they contain family heirlooms.

To get a good idea if a storage unit for auction has valuable merchandise inside, bring a flashlight and look for hidden treasures that others may not have seen. Safes can also be a good sign that the unit has something valuable. Finally, if a unit is clean and the items are organized and stored properly, they may yield expensive items, because the owner took the time to make sure their storage unit was neat, organized, and clean.

This post was sponsored by Auction Hunters, a website owned by Self Storage Investing.

Should You Write Articles To Promote Your Blog?

Guest Post

I was reading some blogs earlier today and came across someone pondering whether article marketing would be a useful way of getting new readers to find his blog. It amazes me when I see a blogger asking questions like that. You would think that they would learn how well it works really quickly. Does article marketing really work? You bet it does.

If you are using it to generate traffic for a blog you would want to write your articles a certain way. If you are running a niche blog then you would obviously want to write articles related to your niche. You would also want to publish them at niche related websites if possible. Publishing on other blogs as guest blog posts would be smart.

If your blog is not really niche related, then you should focus on who your target audience is for your blog. Think about the kinds of people you are trying to attract to your blog or to whatever specific article you have last published on your blog. Then write articles that would appeal to those people.

One of the most beneficial aspects of article marketing is the ability it has to generate interest in your website from the search engines. Remember that those links count as votes for your website so long as they are regular hyperlinks. And, if you are using relevant anchor text to link back to your articles, then it makes them all that much better.

Once in a while you should write a blog post that is intended to rank really well in the search engines for a juicy keyword. Make the blog post extra long and extra thorough. Make a real effort to turn that blog post into a very valuable source of information on that specific topic. Then publish a bunch of articles at various websites that will link back to that blog post. Get that blog post to rank high and you will get all kinds of targeted traffic that you can profit from. That is one of the best ways to use article marketing for your blog.

If you are already a blogger then writing some additional articles to promote your blog seems like a natural fit. Writing must come easy for you or else you wouldn’t be a blogger. Right? It just makes sense that you would use it. Give it a shot if you aren’t already doing it. The results can be pretty darn good.