#154 - James Bonny of Bonnys Self Storage

James Bonny is the owner of Bonnys Self Storage Ltd. He's also the  Director at Bonny Developments Ltd and the Manager at Bonny Estates.   He is skilled in Negotiation, Sales, Management, New Business Development, Real Estate Development, Storage Solutions, Self Storage, Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Business Development, Account Management.   Bonnys Self Storage is a self-storage company with highly secure, dry, and clean storage units for domestic and business use. Bonnys' aim is to build a reputation for first-class customer service combined with clean modern facilities and high levels of security to give customers total peace of mind that their belongings are in safe hands.     On today's podcast: 00:00 - Dean thanks the sponsors of today’s episode, Willbox  06:08 - Getting to know James Bonny 08:40 - How James get into the self-storage industry 10:05 - The biggest changes he saw in the industry. 14:01 - How Covid19 affected James and his business 16:30 - About quotes 17:32 - Dean thanks the sponsors of today’s episode, Janus International Europe 18:45 - About Gumtree 20:27 - About offers 21:04 - Price displaying on the website 24:31 - Reviews 34:00 - The Key Performance Indicator he looks at 35:36 - Advice from James to Self Storage owners 37:40 - What did James expect this year for Self Storage industry 38:56 - Quick Fire Round - Five Questions for Fun 43:27 - Dean takes a moment to thank the final sponsor of today’s episode, StorageBox Marketing   Books Mentions: The Investors Guide to Growing Wealth in Self Storage: https://www.amazon.com/Investors-Guide-Growing-Wealth-Storage/dp/1735258806/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1617091660&refinements=p_27%3AAJ+Osborne&s=books&sr=1-1 Links Mentions: Bonnys Self Storage - https://bonnysstorage.co.uk/ James Bonny on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bonny-5625ba5a/ James Bonny on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jsbonny/   Thanks to our Sponsors! StorageBox Marketing Website: http://storageboxmarketing.com/ StorageBox Marketing Email: [email protected] StorageBox Marketing Contact: http://storageboxmarketing.com/contact-us/   Janus International Europe Ltd Website: www.janusintl.co.uk Janus International Europe Ltd Email: [email protected] Janus International Europe Ltd Contact: 020 8744944   Willbox Website: http://willbox.co.uk Willbox Email: [email protected] 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