Tips for Using Video in Your Marketing Effort
Videos are great for adding the “wow” factor to your rental store’s marketing efforts.
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Good Product Photography
When investigating a new product, what is the first thing that you notice?
Continue ReadingTips on How to Make a Great Internal Company Newsletter
Your boss has just tasked you with making a new quarterly newsletter for your rental company… Where do you start?
Continue ReadingMore Changes to the ANSI and CSA Standards You Need to Know About
ANSI and CSA standards for safe use and training were not updated for many years (prior to now, ANSI boom, scissor lift and manually propelled standards were last updated in 2006, and CSA standards go back even further).
Continue ReadingRamping Up: Handling Equipment Spikes in Small Markets
Contractor supply and rental house, Stan Houston Equipment Company, Inc. of Sioux Falls, S.D., has thrived in a small market area many large rental companies would not consider.
Continue ReadingThe Power of Data
Increased market competition and competitive rental rates are significant challenges for rental companies.
Continue ReadingTop Tips for Hosting Your VIP Customers
Hosting customers in person is a great way to strengthen your rental store’s relationship with them.
Continue ReadingRising Residual Values Will Take Your Business Higher
As a rental store owner, you are a savvy business person. You don’t want to just know how to make money on the equipment you have while you own it; you want to know how to make money on the equipment when you sell it too.
Continue ReadingKnow Why Your Rental Company Is Using Social Media
If you’re on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc., do you have a clear reason why your rental business is participating there or are you out there because “everybody else is doing it”?
Continue ReadingMarketing to Help Retain and Engage Existing Customers
Growing a business is not easy, it involves a lot of time, dedication and hard work.
Continue ReadingFour Tips for Using Printed Materials in Your Store’s Marketing Efforts
How often do you screen your emails?
Continue ReadingEquipment Depreciation 101
Equipment rental businesses purchase fixed assets, such as fleet equipment or company vehicles, to use in the course of their business activities.
Continue ReadingMarketing Your Rental Store Through Charitable Equipment Donations
People donate their time, money, and services to charity for various reasons.
Continue ReadingWhat Parts Mean for Your Business | Ask Me Anything Dec. 3rd-7th
A huge thank you to everyone that participated in this What Parts Mean for Your Business | Ask Me Anything event!
Continue ReadingService Minute: The Importance of Technician Training Programs
Training in the aerial industry is very important — a life is at stake each and every time someone gets into a piece of aerial equipment.
Continue ReadingPut Your Rental Store’s Strengths Front and Center
Think about the messages you might see on posters at a retail tire store.
Continue ReadingTips for Managing Marketing Efforts in Multiple Locations
One of the ways a growing rental company shows success is by expanding to new and different locations.
Continue ReadingLet Customers Be Your Best Spokespeople
You have some satisfied, even delighted, customers.
Continue ReadingIt’s All About the People
As we celebrated Genie turning 50 in 2016, a lot of people asked what our secret was; how have we succeeded in the aerial industry for over 50 years?
Continue ReadingWin-Win-Win Rental Relationships
Getting a healthy return on invested capital (ROIC) is a goal for rental companies, end users and manufacturers supplying the industry.
Continue ReadingRental Customers Want To Do More with Mobile
The first iPhone was introduced 10 years ago, which is why it’s so amazing to see how mobile devices (like smartphones) have changed the way much of the population lives and works.
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