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24 December, 200924 December, 2009 0 comments Spanish - Hispanic Spanish - Hispanic

 

Hoy es la vispera de navidad, todo el mundo esta emocionado y contento porque van a ver la familia, van a comer rico y los mas excitados son los ninos porque van a recibir regalos. Mi familia y yo nos vamos a Iowa y vamos a necesitar un almacen portatil para traer todo los regalos ya que no cabran en el carro con las maletas.

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16 December, 200916 December, 2009 0 comments Spanish - Hispanic Spanish - Hispanic

 

Siempre que un cliente hace una reservacion en en el centro de llamada es bueno dejar saber el dia y la hora que va a pasar a hacer el papeleo para finalizar la renta de la unidad de almacen . Asi el representante de venta puede avisar al manager de la tienda cuando el cliente va a pasar evitando asi inconvenientes para el cliente porque algunas veces el manager se va a almorzar o tiene que ir al banco o ensenar una unidad a otro cliente. De esa manera el manager estara pendiente de estar en la oficina cuando el cliente va a pasar asi rentarle la unidad.

 

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8 December, 20098 December, 2009 0 comments Spanish - Hispanic Spanish - Hispanic

Llamar alredodor puede ser tedioso y canson a la hora de buscar por una tienda de almacen cuando te vas a mudar. Buscar todas las tiendas cerca de tu vecindario en las paginas amarillas resulta lento y trabajoso ya que hay un monton de lugares para llamar. Pero gracias a la tecnologia la mayoria de las tiendas tienen su pagina de Internet donde puedes buscar cualquier informacion mas rapida sin tener que llamar una y otra vez a distintas tiendas.

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13 November, 200913 November, 2009 0 comments Spanish - Hispanic Spanish - Hispanic

Muchas veces la mayoria de personas desconocen que pueden comprar sus cajas y todo lo que necesitan para su mudanza y para protejer sus muebles y pertenencias en la misma tienda donde renta su unidad de almacen. Las mayorias de las tiendas de almacenes suplen todo tipo de necesidad a la hora de mudanza. Tambien muchas ofrecen el servico gratis de camion .

12 July, 200912 July, 2009 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

 

Los precios especiales de las companias de almacenes , que son publicitados mediante la Internet, se han convertido en una nueva forma de incentivar a los clientes para que alquilen en esta determinada compania de almacenes, hasta hace unos anos el libro de las paginas amarillas, era quiza la forma de llegar a mas clientes cuando las companias de almacenes realizaban publicidad, en estos dias escuchamos que el libro de las paginas amarillas sigue siendo, en muchas areas del pais, el primer recurso de busqueda de las personas  cuando necesitan alquilar o rentar un almacen. Pero los avisos publicitarios en la Internet, asi como  tambien los especiales ofrecidos en las diferentes website o paginas Web de las companias de almacenes , se esta convirtiendo en un dolor de cabeza para la competencia, que no se puede quedar atras, por lo que la competencia de las companias de almacenes en la Internet se esta volviendo cada vez mas agresiva.


Las diferentes companias de almacenes ofrecen diferentes especiales mediante sus paginas Web, por lo cual los clientes simplemente tienen que mencionarle al gerente del aviso publicitario, o en algunos casos simplemente imprimir el cupon y mostrarlo al momento de realizar el alquilar. Algunas companias simplemente colocan en estos avizos que los clientes hagan mencion de la oferta  o que se comuniquen por medio del telefono con la compania de almacenes para conocer de la oferta o precio especial, el problema surge cuando estas personas se comunican con estas companias de almacenes y las personas que les contestan, se encuentran en el centro de recepcion de llamadas y muchas veces por falta de comunicacion entre la compania de almacenes y su centro de recepcion de llamadas, estos representantes no estan enterados de los especiales, el representante del centro de recepcion de llamadas siente una frustracion, ya que no puede atender al cliente adecuadamente y el cliente tambien sentira que algo no esta funcionando correctamente, ya que su respuesta no es contestada. La mejor manera para salir del apuro rapidamente es, que el representante le de toda la informacion al cliente acerca de la unidad, que determine las necedades del cliente, que le informe a este de lo que esta companias de almacenes ofrece a sus clientes en cuanto a seguridad y otras amenidades, que tome la informacion de este y que le ofrezca al cliente una llamada de regreso por el gerente para que le informe sobre la oferta o precio especial que este representante no tiene conocimiento. Muchas veces incluso con esto encontraremos clientes descontentos, pero lo menos que podemos hacer es intentar, posiblemente encontraremos algunos clientes que nos diran que no hay problema y que esperaran por la llamada del gerente, en cambio otros quizas nos colgaran el telefono, en esto debemos recalcar que no podemos tomar el riesgo en estos dias de perder ningun cliente, por lo que la comunicacion entre la compania de almacenes y el centro de recepcion de llamadas de esta, debe ser de las mejores, para que estos representantes le brinden la mejor atencion a los clientes, y asi aumentar el porcentaje de unidades alquiladas. Una lista actualizada de las unidades disponibles, asi como tambien horarios de oficina actualizados, tambien es muestra de una buena comunicacion entre la compania de almacenes y su centro de recepcion de llamadas.
14 January, 200914 January, 2009 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

As an associate at a California self service storage business who is one that is in front of customers for a living.  It may be a good idea to treat every individual you encounter as a potential mystery shopper .  Now it is kind of obvious that is not the case.   But imagine if you gave each and every person you talked to, an interaction that you would be proud to have evaluated.  Because whether you are working your first day or youre a tenured veteran.  You are always going to be evaluated on certain things like dress code, or how approachable you are.  Often shoppers will notice if you are in a good mood or not as well. 


Truly everyone is a mystery shopper .  Who is to say that after they are done working with you, they will not go speak to a manager and tell them what their experience looked like?  So in that case maybe they can all be considered a mystery shopper .  It could be in your best interest to greet each customer in a way that gets them talking or maybe by asking a open ended question instead of the same old every day retail question.   Is there anything I can help you with? Thats kind of been done and is a little boring.  Also it wont lead to great results.  Try starting a conversation based on something about them.  If they are wearing an athletic teams shirt or hat.  Ask them who there favorite player on that team is or if they were able to watch the game last night or if they use mini self storage


This will hopefully begin a conversation instead of them trying to get rid of you so they can shop in peace.  Always the biggest part to a sale is the initial contact.  You must always be asking yourself am I in proper dress code, am I smiling, did I remember to lock my storage container , Do my customers feel I am inviting them into a conversation with me?  If you where to treat all your customers as they would soon be telling your manager or boss about you, would it have benefit?  Would your presentation differ, would you be more aggressive? Would you make sure to sell or offer all the different things that are expected of you?  A mystery shopper is only there for validation that you are executing at an expected level.  However if you where more aggressive in offering all these things.  It would only stand to reason that you are probably a better and higher potential associate. 


Another key step in being prepared for a mystery shopper , is understanding and being able to execute what the companies selling strategy is.  If you are out there doing your own thing and you get shopped, very likely someone will soon be coming to you to ask you how your sales strategy matches that of the company you work for.  All retail environments for the most part have their own certain way they want you to treat their customers.  It may not necessarily work for you, and if it dont then speak to someone in a leadership position and see if they can either help you understand how to better use it or give explain how what works best for you is still inside their appointed guidelines.  They obviously liked something about the way you handle yourself, if they hired you and put you in a position that was customer facing.

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6 January, 20096 January, 2009 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

A shadow shopper anonymous shopper is a person who remaining in shadow gathers information about the customer satisfaction and every minute detail of the business itself. Mystery shopping business is not only helpful to the companies who appoint persons as anonymous shopper, it also help common people to earn some extra money while working in their spare time. The report of these mock shoppers gives feedback to the companion basis of customer satisfaction, their likes and dislikes and the shortfall of the company.


The work of a shadow shopper is very simple. If you are engaged in this work by some legitmate secret shopping agency you will have to visit some commercial places. You will have to perform mystery shopping there without disclosing your identity. In the guise of a shopper you should observe everything whether the place is arranged well enough, whether the sales persons are competent enough, if the products are up to the mark and so on. On the basis of your report the companies collect their feed back. It is not that you always have to pinpoint the flaws, try to appreciate where possible. You may have to visit the rival company and like your host company you will also mention both plus and minus points of the rival company.


Any one can be a shadow shopper whether they are employed or not. That is why people from every sphere of life like homemakers, retired persons, students or any type of employees who have spare time have become interested in this type of job. The job is not strenuous at all. There is no tension in this type of mystery shopping . Moreover it is really a funny thing especially to those who like to shop but do not want to spend their money. While you are shadow shopping you will be reimbursed for buying those products, in addition you will get paid for the service you have already given.


If you are interested in working in the mystery shopping industry, you can find a wealth of information on the internet. There you will get information on lots of companies who are ready to give you employment. But before engaging into one get informed about that company as much as possible. There are some that are not legitmate secret shopping companies who will try to lure you with a huge amount of money and a big promise and a big future. One thing is clear that in true life this type of work will not promise huge money but it will definitely contribute some little bit to run your domestic life smoothly. So beware of those companies who try to lure you with huge return. Again some companies will demand money from you for giving employment and those are bound to be frauds.


Working in mystery shopping , it helps to have some simple gadgets like a computer with internet connection, a printer, a fax machine and a telephone. Once you are selected by the company your name will be registered. After the registration process is over you will get information over the internet. The legitmate secret shopping company will arrange a free training to make you understand the basic needs and the type of the job. Finally you are ready for the job. The work may not be time bound and you can do it comfortably at your spare time. But there is always deadline for the submission of the report. Try to maintain it and it will build your goodwill. Do not forget that there is also great competition here in this type of job.


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3 January, 20093 January, 2009 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

Anonymous shoppers, special shoppers, shadow shoppers, shoppers who are paid are all the various names given to a special type of survey method used to find out the condition of a business as far as client satisfaction goes. This is a method that not only attracts the businesses benefiting from them but also the people who are engaged as these special shoppers. This is a good way to earn some extra money in this world of economic slowdown when job cuts are looming over all. But when you think of spending money on a company that will provide you with the service, a question may lurk in your mind about the effectiveness of such spending and the ability of the company. Similarly when a person is thinking about doing shopping for the company he or she may be want to know whether the payments will be regular. In all these cases they need secret shopping reviews to help them out.


Secret shopping reviews are done by various sites and it cannot be told that all the reviews are of high quality or neutral in their opinion. But many review sites help in numbers. Those really interested can go through all these reviews to draw their own inference. Similarly there are many sites that encourage the visitors to share their experience on the review sites. This is quite helpful as they give a clear picture of what is going on this world of special shopping. Such sites are often maintained by the various hotel mystery shopping agencies to let the people provide a feedback on their services as they can learn and improve from their mistakes or shortfall in living up to the expectations.


Secret shopping reviews are not always found on the websites but also in newspapers. These cannot be said to be reviews in the truest form. They are more of news items related to anonymous shopping. But these can act as reviews as most often these are the points on which the review is finally based on. Many websites use these reports and personal experiences to review the shopping agency or some features of the mystery shopping agency . The special shoppers also write reviews on these sites and share their experience. These are more like blogs. But ultimately they are reviews in a way too. The other shoppers can get informed about the various matters related to the profession.


The companies wanting to appoint mystery shopping agencies for their business look for these secret shopping reviews and most often build their opinions on such reviews. It is quite natural because the company wants to get the value for the money they are paying. But again a number of sites need to be visited before an opinion can be generated. It may also happen that a particular agency may not have been reviewed. So, it can be safely said that the reviews are good guides but not the conclusive factors in choosing a special shopping agency.


Sometimes the method is called the secret shopping reviews and not the review of the agencies that are engaged in special shopping. So do not get confused while searching for actual reviews as often many sites will advertise the effectiveness of this method of survey while dealing with the matter of review. They actually speak of review of the organization with the help of these special shoppers when they mean review. So choose according to your needs and it is advised that go through reviews if available rather than going blindly for any organization.


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3 January, 20093 January, 2009 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

You must have heard of people involved in jobs where they go for shopping and instead of spending money actually get paid. You must have wondered whether such a world exists. Yes, it exists and this is part of a method called anonymous shopping,  disguised shopping or even paid shopping which is applied for evaluating the market and customer sentiment. There are companies who undertake the operation and they are called mystery shopping providers .


Mystery shopping providers are the fairy godmothers to the people who want to utilize their free time to earn some money as well as try out the new things that get introduced in the market. These service providers are the people who, to fulfill their obligations of evaluation of the shops, needs a host of special shoppers. To get these shoppers they enroll people like you and offer them special shopping assignments. The products that are given to test are bought by these shoppers and the cost is reimbursed. Apart from keeping these products they are paid their due fees which can vary according to the nature of difficulty of the assignments and the experience of the shopper. The experience part is related to the difficulty because the prestigious shopping assignments are given to the shoppers who have proved their mettle in the field of anonymous shoppers.


If you are thinking of joining this band of fortunate shoppers you will also have to get to mystery shopping providers . It is not as difficult as to get the real fairy godmother. If you have an internet connection you can easily browse for a shopping provider and get registered with it and then wait for the assignment to turn up. All that you will have to be careful of is no to fall a prey to the many wolves lurking out there. They are the fake company who do not have anymore existence beyond the website. But they have an account to devour your money that they want as registration fees in return of offering you so many lucrative shopping offers that you will get rich by the wink of an eye. You are intelligent enough to understand that such words hardly have anything solid behind them.


You should also be told that you will not get assignments from the moment you get registered to the mystery shopping providers . You must also understand that the novices are not pushed into the thick of things from the very beginning. This is harmful for both you and the company. No company who wants to do well in business would like to tarnish its reputation by sending an inexperienced person to do the job of and expert. So you will have to wait for the opportune moment. The initial assignments do not pay more but they are the best places of learning and if you can learn with patience, one day will come when the company will send you to missions which you might have even not dreamt of. For example, you might get to evaluate the services of a supper deluxe luxury hotel.


Finally it needs to be mentioned that the mystery shopping providers will not compel you to take up any assignment. Here you will have to choose the job from the list of assignments and you can do so according to your convenience.  But, once you choose one you will have to submit the job within the deadline. Any failure here can make a dent in your reputation and restrict your future chances in advancing as a special shopper.


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30 December, 200830 December, 2008 0 comments Self Storage Self Storage

Property management services are being increasingly hired by a lot of assets investors these days to keep their assets in a good condition so that they command good market value. There are a lot of ways in which assets managing firms extend their help to the owners and the tenants of assets.


Many assets managing firms are dedicated to their clients and they have an all day helpline to listen to the complaints of their clients. They listen to each and every client patiently and answer their queries. They respond very quickly to their telephone calls and offer satisfactory solutions to their stated problems. The property management services professionals record each and every communication of theirs in electronic databases or in files for any future reference.


Another very important task of the assets managing professionals is to collect the hiring charges and other payments from tenants on behalf of the owner and manage their property storage . This involves a lot of smaller tasks. The first amongst these is collection of the tenancy charges from the tenant every month. By doing this, they come to know the payment patterns of all the tenants. Using this information they identify the defaulters and take action against them. They also collect the assets maintaining charges from the owner. They also collect any other revenue from the owners or the tenants as the case maybe.


Another important task module of the property management services professionals is to find the asset, genuine buyers or tenants. They advertise for the asset in all leading newspapers. When prospective tenants respond, they interview them to find out if they are genuine. After that they ask them to fill in their personal details in application forms. These details are verified and only genuine tenants are short listed from which one is selected for occupying the asset. Before handing over the house for occupancy the assets managing professionals make a tenancy agreement on behalf of the owner. The tenant has to agree to all the terms and conditions laid down in the agreement in order to occupy the house. Property management services also include collection of security deposit and other deposits from the tenant before he occupies the house.


Apart from collection of payments the assets managing professional is also entrusted with the job of minutely observing the premises of the asset for defective parts. The parts that are in a bad shape are identified by the professional and reported about to the owner. The professional also suggests any improvements that need to be made to the asset to enhance its market value. He is expected to provide cost effective solutions to the owner. He is responsible for keeping the asset clean and hygienic.


Property management services include maintaining the finances for the assets. The assets managing professional has to first see to it that the asset commands a good market value and he also has to identify some profitable bids for the asset if it has to be sold. He has to formulate and draft out the agreements and contracts. If the owner wishes to sell his asset instead of hiring it out, he has to draft out the sale order. He is also responsible for paying out the invoices generated for the assets in a timely manner. He has to manage the bank account for the owner of the asset, identify and keep a track of all the credit and debit transactions of that account.


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