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  • Customer Service Sets Some Storage Companies Apart
    By jeff on January 31, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

    When shopping for Jamaica self storage units, it may be tempting to try to find the cheapest that New York has to offer. This is a pretty common mistake so do not feel bad if that is what you were planning on doing. You compare prices when shopping for many other items. However, the difference in quality varies quite a bit from one Jamaica self storage property to the next. It is just not a matter of convenience, as with location. It can be life or death, as is the case with the security of the site. There are many articles that outline why location and the security of the site are important in great and extensive detail. This article will focus on customer service of the site and why that is important.

    Customer service if definitely one thing that is overlooked when caller are shopping for Jamaica self storage units. They may not see why this would be that big of a benefit to them. There will lots of times that you will need assistance with something and it is great to have a helpful person there to assist you. For example, your bill may be incorrect and it is due today. If you cannot get through to anybody, you must decide if you should pay the bill or suffer a late penalty. Some sites in New York are very strict when it comes to late penalties and they may not forgive them for any reason.

    If you store at a Jamaica self storage site that cares about their customers, then you may see that they take a more common sense approach to their policies. If an epic snowstorm befalls the facility, they should waive any late fees for cash paying customers. This is just something that would appear to be the right thing to do. A lot of properties would just charge you the late fee and not worry about it.

    A Jamaica self storage with great customer service would be very helpful when you moving in to the storage space. If you have never stored before, there may be some things that you do not know. For example, they should offer you a mattress cover if you have a bed that you are storing. Also, boxes may be needed and they may work out a deal with you if you buy enough of them. Locks are important and they should show you the difference between all of the locks. A helpful employee will take the time to go through everything when you are getting set up with the space to avoid any confusion later.

    When you call for prices, you will encounter many people who answer the phone in a manner that would suggest that you are disturbing them in some way. Get the prices, but you should probably stay away from that storage facility. This is a great indicator of how they treat their current customers. If they hate their jobs, that is fine, but you should probably keep searching for a site that will be helpful when you need them. It is also just nice to be able to take with someone that treats you with respect when you call in. you are paying them money so you should be treated well when you need something.

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  • Storage Call Centers Work with Customers
    By jeff on January 17, 2011 | No Comments  Comments

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    It is the wintertime for the Minneapolis self storage industry. If there is a slow time for storage, this would definitely be it. Rentals are a little harder to come by in the winter. Spring is just around the corner, though. This is the time to make sure that you are developing good sales habits and eliminating any bad habits. When the busy season comes, calls are going to come in hot so you need to be ready to bring your best to each phone call. The competition in the Minneapolis self storage is fierce and you need to be the best at taking phone calls so you can add more customers than the other Minnesota storage facilities. Business is pretty simple if you thing about it. You want to add more customers than you lose. If you do this every year, it will be hard to fail unless you have terrible accounting and bookkeeping habits. If you add more customers than the competition, then you will be the best, eventually.

    The best salespeople eliminate objections before they come up. Many Minneapolis self storage sites do not give all of the information to rent over the phone. They will tell the customers the price and then the special and save all the other costs until the customer comes in to rent. The problem with this is that it is deceptive. The theory is that the customer will just go ahead and rent once they are there. The number of people that walk out will be less than the number who would have said no over the phone. The problem is that the people who do walk out will have a bad impression of your company and will tell people they know about the experience. The person that says no over the phone may not do business with you, but they do not have a bad impression about your company. You do not want to develop a bad reputation in Minnesota for being a deceptive company. You will be out of business before you know it because all of your renters will have moved to your Minneapolis self storage competitors.

    The best way to handle this is to just go over the move in costs while you have to customer on the phone. If you are a good salesperson, you should be able to judge the best time to fit this in. If you have a first month free promotion, you should tell them about other move in costs right away. They will be excited about the first month free special, so a little twenty dollar admin fee will not be that much of a negative. If you wait until the end of the call to go over all of these things, then the Minneapolis self storage caller may feel deceived because you gave them the impression that they would not have to pay anything for pretty much the whole call and then tacked on a few things at the end. Position the admin fee, lock purchase, insurance, and any deposits right after that special. Then you can quickly move on to something positive by mentioning the fact that you do not have any type of long term commitment. This sounds nice to the customer even though pretty much all storage locations do not require any type of commitment.

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  • Services on PhoneSmart
    By admin on February 17, 2006 | 1 Comment1 Comment  Comments

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    Services on PhoneSmart: PhoneSmart Call Center and Contact Center
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    Our professional evaluators at PhoneSmart’s Secret Shopping Service help your staff improve phone techniques, improving sales numbers in return. Most clients use the PhoneSmart Secret Shopping service twice a month to make sure their staff people are friendly and capable salespeople.

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    Now your staff can practice selling skills any time they have a few free minutes by placing a toll free call to our sales reps at our PhoneSmart Sales Role Playing Help Line. This is a great opportunity for your people to practice selling in challenging situations or just fine-tune the basics.

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    Take advantage of our years of sales success with PhoneSmart’s Sales Training Programs. All our collective sales experiences are in this easy to use do-it-yourself training program of audio CDs and work books. Use it for self-study or with a training leader. Use it in conjunction with our secret shopping and sales role-playing and see your staff turn into a super sales crew.

    PhoneSmart director Tron Jordheim is also available to travel to your company or group and lead an engaging, enjoyable and very effective half or full day training session.

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    Do things get busy at your property and you find that leads are not getting worked and are going stale? Don’t let your leads go to rent somewhere else. With Sales Lead Follow-up Help from PhoneSmart we’ll make the follow-up calls for you. We can usually double your conversion rates on sales leads through our polite, professional, persistence. No matter how you are generating leads, we can help you rent to more people.

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    Lead Generation from PhoneSmart
    If you are looking for new rentals from new sources, let us help. We have several methods available to go out and find you more tenants using lead generating methods that you may not have available to you. Put PhoneSmart to work as your off-site sales force.

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    Stop asking yourself what your callers think of your telephone etiquette. PhoneSmart can help you record all your incoming phone calls so you can hear real calls and know for sure how your business sounds to your customers.

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    Find out which ads are working. Get unbelievably valuable information about callers, their locations and habits.

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