Since 1979, MiniCo, Inc. has published the self storage industry’s most important news and information products:
Mini Storage Messenger
Since 1979, the Mini Storage Messenger has delivered the self storage industry’s most important news and information. Each issue of Mini Storage Messenger offers cover stories and feature articles on the most timely industry topics and trends. Monthly columns contributed by industry experts and accomplished business professionals address a wide range of topics including construction, development, security, facility operations, technology, legal issues and legislative updates.
Self Storage Now!
Self Storage Now! is a quarterly magazine launched in 1991 to help self storage managers increase profits by providing valuable information such as marketing tips, business advice, product reviews and industry news. With the largest audience of any publication covering the industry, Self Storage Now! pays particular attention to space rental sales techniques and methods of increasing revenues through retail and ancillary sales to tenants and other customers.
Mobile Self Storage Magazine
Mobile Self Storage Magazine is a quarterly publication written specifically for mobile self storage professionals. This industry segment is growing rapidly, and Mobile Self Storage Magazine offers news and information to help businesses grow in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
RV & Boat Storage Today
RV & Boat Storage Today is a biannual supplement to the Mini Storage Messenger targeting professionals in this growing segment of the self storage industry. Topics include building RV storage, offering retail supplies and premium services, marketing and insuring this unique product, legal issues and feasibility studies.
Self Storage Almanac
Since its first edition in 1992, the Self Storage Almanac has become the most comprehensive statistical reference guide for the self storage industry, offering over 150 pages of reliable and up-to-date information, statistics and analysis. Investors, developers, operators, financial institutions, real estate brokers and other business publications worldwide turn to the Self Storage Almanac for reliable information about the self storage industry.
Self Storage Development Handbook
The Development Handbook focuses on developing and building self storage facilities. This book guides you through the development process with editorial coverage on a wide range of topics including
site selection, feasibility studies, zoning and permits, building components, construction costs, site layout and unit mix, financial facts, hiring and management, and marketing.
Self Storage Buyer's Guide
The annual Self Storage Buyer's Guide is widely recognized throughout the industry as the Yellow Pages of self storage. With detailed listings of over 400 industry-related vendors, consultants and associations, the Buyer’s Guide is a valuable resource for self storage professionals.
RV & Boat Storage Development Handbook
The RV & Boat Storage Development Handbook is an A-to-Z guide to the development process for this rapidly growing segment of the self storage industry. This useful reference includes information about key differences between traditional and RV and boat storage, site selection, financial feasibility, retail services, marketing, management and legal issues.
Tracking Industry Trends
Tracking Industry Trends provides ten years of self-storage industry data presented in an affordable three-volume series. The data is a compilation of statistics from past editions of MiniCo’s annual Self-Storage Almanac combined with all-new analysis by industry experts. Tracking Industry Trends is available in a downloadable PDF format. The series includes Volume I, Rental Rates & Occupancy; Volume II, Site Information & Customer Base; and Volume III, Marketing & Management.
Auditing Self-Storage
While the majority of self-storage managers are trustworthy, responsible, reliable, and honest, embezzlement is a recurring problem for today's owners. Consequently, auditing your facility is essential.Auditing Self-Storage: Preventing Employee Theft & Embezzlement, written by Tom Litton, owner of Litton Property Management, provides useful tools and information to help owners audit their self-storage businesses and prevent employee theft. Topics include why you should audit, why employees steal, embezzlement techniques, warning signs, and the audit process.
