We want your SpareFoot membership to be enjoyable, educational, and profitable for you. This article covers 5 easy ways to ensure that your SpareFoot experience is the best it can be!
Maximize the Free, Quality Exposure
You probably signed up for SpareFoot to get new customers, and we're more than happy to send them your way! In addition to increasing your occupancy with the customers we send you, just being listed on SpareFoot (which is totally free) is beneficial in and of itself - to your brand and your bottom line.
We sometimes hear from storage facility operators that they love how many customers SpareFoot sends them, but at the end of the day, they wish these customers would seek them out directly. After all, who wants a middleman between you and your prospective customers? We remind these operators that the exposure they gain from their SpareFoot membership isn't an alternative to customers who would (and still do) seek them out directly. SpareFoot can send you customers who wouldn't otherwise come to you directly. These customers find and rent from SpareFoot facilities because they like our "shop around" marketplace. Also, our affiliation with big-brand partners exposes these customers to your facility early in their moving/storage search, and gives them confidence in the quality of SpareFoot facilities.
Bolstering your Brand
Just like you, SpareFoot helps move thousands of tenants into storage units each year. Here's what makes our service's consumer interaction unique: We're an objective comparison shopping marketplace. Consumers prefer - and tend to trust - that kind of experience.
We use a third-party service called TrustPilot that allows customers who have used our service to review their experience finding storage with us. We show prospective customers these overwhelmingly positive reviews, which give them peace of mind and confidence in using SpareFoot to find the perfect unit for their needs.
Also, SpareFoot has secured exclusive partnerships with trusted organizations, such as Penske Truck Rental. When customers find your facility on SpareFoot through one of these partners, the integrity of the partner's brand is extended to your facility through your SpareFoot affiliation. That's a level of trust that money can't buy, and it helps reinforce and strengthen your reputation and credibility - online and offline.
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Add incremental tenants
By keeping your SpareFoot account "ON" at all times, you can maximize efficiency at your facility. It doesn't matter if your facility is 45% full or 95% full.
SpareFoot invests heavily upfront in attracting storage-seekers and getting them to our website. Other marketing channels like SEO, pay-per-click advertising, and the Yellow Pages require hefty investments from you before a tenant actually signs a lease. With SpareFoot, ROI is always hugely positive. You can confidently increase your revenue occupancy through rent raises and other maneuvers. Know that SpareFoot's reach can fill any vacancies that may arise, all with no upfront cost to you. Those economics are unparalleled.
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Get as many new tenants as you can
SpareFoot is an occupancy booster, and we're here to help your facility gain access to customers you wouldn't ordinarily reach.
With millions of storage-seekers visiting our site each year, many qualified customers will see your facility listed on SpareFoot. So, what can you do to catch their eye and turn an online shopper into a new tenant? The answer to this question is actually quite simple: focus on getting good online reviews, follow up with tenants after they make reservations, and ensure your online photos are high-quality representations of your property.
Reviews
Customers trust reviews from other customers who have rented from you before. Be sure your SpareFoot listing stays fresh with current, accurate reviews of your facility.
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Follow-Ups
Call customers after they make a reservation on SpareFoot! Win them over with your customer service and answer any questions they have. This is the easiest way to ensure that the customer who just reserved a unit with you actually shows up to rent. We've got great tips for what to talk about and free tools to make follow-ups a breeze.
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Photos
A picture is worth a thousand tenants! Online shoppers want to know what your property looks like before they pull the trigger and reserve a unit.
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Stay on top of it
SpareFoot is designed to be a low-maintenance and easy-to-use tool. That said, it's important to conduct the necessary audits and housekeeping to ensure your facility remains best positioned for SpareFoot success.
Performance
Check the Dashboard area of MySpareFoot to see how your facility is performing.
Also, keep track of your reservations to make sure all of your SpareFoot customers who are scheduled to move in have been contacted, and that their reserved unit is ready to rent.
Keeping your listing current
You're in complete control of the information about your facility that prospective customers see online.
Make sure that changes to your facility operations, such as new office hours, are reflected on your SpareFoot page. And of course, make sure the units, prices, and promotions that you're listing are completely accurate.
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Use our Free Resources
SpareFoot is well-regarded as an industry leader in technology and in self-storage. One way we've earned that reputation is by producing awesome, relevant, and entertaining industry content. Lots of this content lives on our blogs:
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Meaningful Data
SpareFoot works with more than 10,000 storage facilities and interacts with nearly 6 million storage-seeking customers each year. That's a whole lot of people! Through surveys, interviews, and behavioral analysis, we produce and share actionable resources that can help you make tough choices.
Want to know the average price of a 10x10 in your area? What about the area of the country where facilities are selling for the most seller-friendly rates? How do the industry's savviest operators think about raising rent? All of these questions we've answered, and SpareFoot clients have free access to our reports, white papers, and case studies!
Talk to us
Always remember - we're here for you! We love our clients and are very appreciative of your business, trust, and partnership!
Our Client Care team is excited to get to know you. If you have a problem, suggestion, or just want to chat about your account, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Get in Touch:
Send us an email at support@sparefoot.com
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