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  • StorageMart Preserves Memories For Central Missouri Foster Children
    By admin on August 26, 2010 | No Comments  Comments

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  • Save Money At Self Storage
    By admin on August 4, 2010 | No Comments  Comments

    If you are trying to save yourself a little bit of money as you are calling around for your self storage unit, then there are a few things that you are going to want to keep in mind.  Sure, you can grab yourself a few discounts and hope for the best, but your results are going to be a lot better if you follow the system that I propose.  By following this system, you are going to be able to rest assured that you have saved yourself as much money as possible at the end of the day.

    The first thing that you are going to want to do, here, is make sure that you are reading the classified ads in your local paper.  If a property is trying to rent its self storage units out very quickly, then you might find that they are posting smaller little ads in the classifieds section of the local paper.  Of course, these are units that should always catch your eye, because you are going to be able to save yourself quite a bit of money when you decide to use one of these.  Just be sure that it is going to be able to fit all of your needs, and you are golden.

    Moving on, here, you are go;ing to want to be sure that you are checking all of the corporate websites of the companies that are in your local area.  Sure, you can check around on the price aggregators, but a lot of the time, you are going to find that the biggest companies in your area only offer their coupons on their own sites.  Thus, before you begin to call around, you are going to want to be sure that you have checked all of these sites, and that you have printed out the coupons that you have found on them.  Have them in your hands as you call around to get your first round of pricing information.  In my personal experience, I have always found the best specials hosted on these kinds of proprietary websites.

    Of course, you are also going to want to be sure that you are checking around for the facilities that have short term leases.  The best way for you to save money, here, is to make sure that you are not commiting yourself to a long stay that you are not going to need.  If you call around and find yourself a month to month lease, then you are not going to have to worry about getting stuck with your unit for longer than you had wanted.  You will be able to rest assured that you are not spending a dime too much on your self storage unit at the end of the day.

    Finally, reader, you are always going to want to be sure that you at least stop in at some of the larger aggregate sites.  These sites are going to spend all of their time hunting down deals, so they are a great way to make sure that you have not left any stones unturned, as the saying goes.  You should not base all of your research on these sites, but they are nice to use every now and again.

    And there you have it, reader.  Savings are not hard to come by when you know what you are doing.

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  • Smile Someone May Be Listening

    Dana Shields lead supervisor in the Phone Smart call center gives some good advice

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    It is really important to be smiling when you are on the phone with a customer. A smile makes the customer feel better. It makes them think you care about them and their needs. It also makes the call go smoother…. If you are smiling on the phone and if you come across a difficult situation you can get through it better with a smile than sounding down, low-keyed or just sluggish. Sounding like that makes the customer think you really don’t care and more than likely they will go elsewhere. But if you’re smiling it will make them think you do care and they will be patient with you. And the Call will go much better.
    I really have found this works it is almost like killing them with kindness, which I have, always practiced. I have what I call my phone voice. No matter what I feel like I always answer with a smile and try to keep that thought the call…
    Let me give you an example. I was yelling at my teenage daughter and the phone rang I answered it, when I got off the phone, my daughter said “ouch!” “How come you talked to them all nice and you are yelling at me”? I said, “That was my “phone voice. It’s automatic. Now when I answer the phone whether it be at home or at work, I smile”. Then I continued yelling at my daughter; after all she is a teenager.
    But most of all remember a smile makes them feel better but it will also make you feel good.

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