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In the ever-evolving world of digital advertising, it can be easy to forget or misunderstand an industry term or acronym. Use our digital advertising glossary of terms to become an expert. Digital Advertising Glossary A/B Testing Also known as split testing, this is a method comparing two versions of an ad to see which performs […]

Self storage customers move quickly. Are you taking the necessary steps to meet their immediate need and effectively manage your property? You may have a hard and fast goal of reaching –  and keeping – 100 percent occupancy. If this is your focus, and you’ve reached stabilization of at least 85 percent, you’re missing a […]

The digital landscape has reshaped self storage consumer behavior. Marketers must reach a confident, capable, and connected force that is directly plugged into a world where they can get anything and everything on-demand. Today’s self storage customer moves quickly, and expects you to meet them with accurate facility information. One way to meet customer demand […]

In the early days of digital advertising, marketers relied on what little data they had to measure campaign performance: click-through-rate (CTR). For competitive industries like multifamily, low CTR could be mistaken as a warning sign of a slow leasing period, limited ad reach, and poor performance. However, it’s no longer so black and white. With […]

The ethos of modern marketing has changed. Consumers expect to be served and assisted by brands, but they’re also doing a lot of the leg work themselves. Over the last two years, searches for reviews on mobile devices have grown by more than 35 percent, and videos with “review” in the title had more than […]

As the data revolution continues to take shape, it’s no longer acceptable to spend on anything and everything just to see what works. We now have access to an enormous amount of real-time data, as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence-backed programming to analyze it. It’s time to start incorporating this data to make […]

G5’s Senior Living State of the Industry Report for the first half of 2018 is now available to download. This report offers a comprehensive overview of industry performance, market outlook, predictions, and challenges for the remainder of the year and 2019. The report also discusses how to blend emerging technologies with your existing marketing strategies, […]

The impressive increase in both supply and demand for self storage has transformed the marketplace. We’ve reviewed current self storage industry data to focus on the top ten market regions for 2018, based on population and employment growth. There has been significant development over the past two years, and we are beginning to see supply […]

Thanks to millennials and retiring baby boomers, demand is outpacing supply for multifamily rentals. Younger households continue to delay marriage and the average age of first time parents, currently 26.3 years, continues to be later in life. These major life events are often triggered when people purchase homes. As millennials wait for marriage and children, […]

If ever there was a time when the saying “the customer is always right” was true, it’s now. The digital landscape has fueled a new evolution of the face of consumerism: a confident, capable, and connected force that is directly plugged into a world where they can get anything and everything on-demand. And because of […]