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Anne Ballard is the president of marketing, training, and developmental services for Universal Storage Group — a management company that operates 60-plus facilities in 14 states and overseas. Anne has served on the Self Storage Association Board of Directors and is a two-term past-president of the Georgia Self Storage Association. Anne Ballard is also known in the Self Storage industry as the “The Hat Lady.” She is a leader and widely respected in the storage industry as a proven marketing expert. On today’s podcast: 00:00 - Dean thanks the sponsors of today’s episode, Willbox 05:06 - Getting to know Anne Ballard 07:08 – How America affected by Covid19 12:43 - Anne talks about automation 20:01 - What did Anne expect this year for the industry 22:58 - Dean thanks the sponsors of today’s episode, Janus International Europe. 25:25 - Leash Upstage 32:13 - Anne gave a bit of advice to Self Storage owners 33:47 - Quick Fire Round – Five Questions for Fun 36:11 - Dean takes a moment to thank the final sponsor of today’s episode, StorageBox Marketing Anne Ballard on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manneballard Universal Storage Group - https://universalstoragegroup.com/ StorageBox Marketing Website: http://storageboxmarketing.com/ StorageBox Marketing Email: kerry@storageboxmarketing.com Janus International Europe Ltd Website: www.janusintl.co.uk Janus International Europe Ltd Email: sales@januseurope.com Janus International Europe Ltd Contact: 020 8744944 Willbox Website: http://willbox.co.uk Willbox Email: selfstorage@willbox.co.uk Willbox Contact: 0800 023 5060 Hacking Self Storage Website: https://hackingselfstorage.co.uk/ Hacking Self Storage on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2eb1gpBCts2RRFFUl2k9OS Hacking Self Storage on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hacking-self-storage/id1481445995
Words speak life into your soul so you can achieve your destiny. What if you could wear these words as a prophetic declaration of your purpose? Listen as Anne Ballard, a former nurse, tells how the Lord prompted her to follow her passion for jewelry making. Now she is the founder and creator of The Crowning Jewels, a company that handcrafts jewelry with a prophetic meaning. Be inspired to follow the Lord's leading in your life after hearing Anne's story. View her jewelry collections at thecrowningjewels.com.
Anne Ballard founded her jewelry company on the belief that declaring and reminding ourselves daily of what God says about us can lead to transformed lives. The Crowning Jewels products remind wearers of the truth they get to declare, which renews the mind according to Romans 12:2. Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews Ballard to learn more about the unique prophetic ministry of her company.
Women make up a significant part of Redding Startup ecosystem and help define what it means to be an entrepreneur in Redding. We celebrate this with the Women in Entrepreneurship Award. It was shared by Jenna Zint of turbansfortots.com , Anne Ballard of TheCrowningJewel.com and Christine Sullivan of TwinSparrow.com. They join Kirk to share about their adventures discovering what it means to be women in entrepreneurship. It's a story of struggle, success, discovery and finally owning the term Entrepreneur.
Anne Ballard joins The Self Storage Show to discuss the 10 most common mistakes in operations and how to avoid them. Resources: The Self Storage Show
Digital to Foot Traffic - Online Marketing Guide for Retail Stores
Anne Ballard is the president of Universal Storage Group, a third-party management group for self-storage across America with 38 stores. She has been in the industry for over 20 years and is a veteran in marketing and management of storages. During the episode, Anne instills several strategies that will definitely be useful for store owners of local businesses. She reveals ideas on how to promote your brand using very simple and expense-free ways that would surely increase traffic to your stores. This is an informative conversation packed with simple yet effective approaches that would deliver an open message to customers and bring them to the doorsteps of your stores! Links: Universal Storage Group Time Stamps: 01:02 – Latest technology trends 05:39 – What she’s up to 07:43 – Her experiences during the Self Storage Expo Asia 2018 09:08 – Value-based selling for local businesses 14:27 – How they beat the REIT company? 15:57 – REITs’ flaws and weaknesses 18:59 – Ways in reaching out to the community 21:21 – The three-dimensional marketing strategy 26:30 – Percentage of customers on various marketing platforms 28:36 – Allocating digital spending If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven’t’ already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes.