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Since the beginning of this year, social media expert Ferdi Soetekouw has been working for USC. Read in his first blog what you can do to successfully use your own social media channels.

You are probably, like me, subscribed to the necessary digital newsletters. I’m for sure, you don’t read them all, just like me. The more practical the content, the better the sender manages to hold my attention.

Vom Leerstand zum profitablen LagerparkEs ist inzwischen allgemein bekannt, dass wir zu viele Quadratmeter Auto-Showroom haben. Die Automobilindustrie wird sich in den kommenden Jahren stark verändern. Händler fusionieren oder werden von größeren Wettbewerbern oder...

Our customer ‘OpslagBox Marum’ needed two additional units for outdoor storage in the short term. We were able to meet this the same week. With the help of our crane, we placed a storage container on the customer’s premises in a short time. It was able to use the additional storage option immediately.

It is now widely recognized that many countries have too many square meters of car showroom. The automotive industry is going to change a lot in the coming years. Dealerships merge or are swallowed up by larger competitors or even the importer. Beautiful, well-insulated buildings will be empty. So there are opportunities here.

A website full of bells and whistles might look nice, but is it also suitable for your self storage company? Learn more about how to design a website that attracts potential customers and entices them to rent.

Maybe you already have testimonials without noticing them. Walk through your records. View emails, WhatsApp messages, or customer cards. Are there a few nice phrases or oneliners in some of those messages? If so, ask the person if you can use it for one of your communication channels. That will rarely be a problem.

There are more and more, especially digital, opportunities for potential customers to reach out to you. But it is important to respond adequately to this, otherwise there is a chance that you will still miss the boat. How do you do that? We will look at a few strategies to increase the chances of success.

What do you believe more, a representative who tells you how great his product or service is, or a recommendation from one of his customers about his experiences? When it comes down to it, the words of another consumer are more likely to pull you over the line to take away a product or service. In this article we will deal with the great importance of testimonials for your company. We also look at how you collect them and how you write them.

Last year I wrote that 2020 had become a record year for the self-storage industry in many ways. In the first two months of 2021, this trend continued in the field of acquisitions. Investors are still looking for a safe haven because the book values of their other properties, such as offices and shops, have fallen sharply. This safe haven is clearly located in ‘our’ successful self storage industry.

We at Universal Storage Containers normally visit all self-storage fairs. We are of course very sorry that this has not been possible for a long time due to COVID-19. Some organizers choose to organize an online variant. FEDESSA, the European trade association of self-storage companies, previously did this successfully in 2020.

Delivering our storage containers is one thing, but monitors are sometimes even more important. We were suddenly treated to an unadultered winter week with scenes that would not look out of place in a painting by famous Dutch painer Hendrick Avercamp. Something that hadn’t happened in our country in recent years. Could our containers pass this test?

Suppose you are going to (re)build and therefore you do not have enough storage space during this period. Or, you have a customer who needs temporary storage in the short term. Don’t worry, you can tackle these kinds of challenges quickly when you start short-leasing our Z-Boxes.

The price of our beautiful Z-Box is different than for an average shipping container. Still, it’s often well worth the investment. There are four main reasons why you can often recoup your investment faster than you think and achieve a higher return.