Self storage paid ads management for the unit types you want rented
Paid ads for a storage facility are campaigns on Google Ads, Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) and Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), written for the unit types and towns you choose. We write the ads, build the landing page each click arrives on, watch which searches trigger them and report the calls and forms.
You set the budget, and you hold the account. We point the spend at one door at a time.
One finger, one door
An ad is a finger pointing down the corridor
A paid ad that says storage and nothing else leaves the visitor in the middle of the corridor, reading every door. We aim each ad group at one door: drive-up units, indoor units, climate-controlled units where you offer them, or a parking space for a vehicle, boat or camper. The ad names the door and the landing page opens on it.
Some searches that carry a storage word belong to other errands, such as bidders or people hunting for work. Campaigns are built with terms that keep those out, so the budget stays on people looking for a unit or a space. A person who types drive up storage units near me
or rv storage near me
is describing a door, and the ad group is named after it.
Where the ads sit in the larger plan is covered on the marketing page, and the budget you set is yours to change at any point.
Three platforms, added one after another
- Search ads
Google Ads
Text ads that answer a search with a landing page for the matching unit type. Details on Google Ads management for storage owners.
- Search ads
Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising)
A separate account with separate campaigns, built on the same door-by-door plan. See the page on Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) campaign work.
- Feed ads
Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram)
Ads placed in feeds rather than in answer to a typed search, aimed at the towns you serve. Read more on Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram) campaign work.
How each campaign group is set up
| Door the ad group serves | Landing page the click reaches | Yours to decide |
|---|---|---|
| Drive-up units | A page for drive-up units in the nearest town | Which size bands to push first |
| Indoor units | A page for indoor units that repeats the unit type in the headline | How you word the layout of the building |
| Climate-controlled units | A page naming the unit type as people type it | What the unit does, in your words |
| Vehicle, boat and camper parking | One page per kind of vehicle space | The kinds of space you offer |
| Small units | A page for the smaller size bands | How far from the facility the ads should reach |
Four doors on the way to a running campaign
Pick the first unit type
You tell us which door you want rented more. The first campaign serves that door and no other.
Write the ad and its page as a pair
The headline, the landing page and the form all name the same unit type and the same town, so the click and the page agree.
Begin on a single platform
The first campaign runs on one platform, in an account that belongs to you, with a card that you hold.
Look back, then add a door or a platform
We read the calls and forms against the ad or page that brought them, then add another unit type or another platform, one at a time.
Settled with you before an ad goes live
- The monthly ad budget you are comfortable setting.
- Towns the ads are meant to cover.
- The unit types you want rented more, in order.
- The platform account, opened under your name.
- The card the platform will bill.
- The wording on access, rules and unit features, approved by you.
- The person at the front office who answers the phone.
Every platform issues its own advertising rules, including rules for storage. The owner does that reading, and we write ads with those rules in view.
Beliefs about paid ads that cost owners money
Passed around the front officeA larger budget cures a landing page that does not match the ad.
What the corridor map showsThe page is the door the click arrives at. If it names a different unit type from the ad, extra budget only sends more visitors to the wrong door.
Passed around the front officeStarting on every platform at once is the complete way to begin.
What the corridor map showsEach platform has its own account and its own search terms. They go in singly, so each one can be studied before the next starts.
Passed around the front officeOnce the ad is clicked, the marketing is finished.
What the corridor map showsThe lock is the call or the form. The page has to carry the visitor to it, and the front office has to answer, which is your side of the work.
Ad plans priced by the number of platforms: one, two or three
Shared by all three ad plans
- Each ad account sits under your own login, with our team added as managers
- Ad copy, keyword lists and call counting are prepared and tested ahead of any click purchase
- Negative keywords hold back auction bidders, job seekers and moving-truck shoppers
- Your card pays each platform for clicks directly, so no click charge appears on our invoice
- Each month a summary sets ad spend against the calls and forms it generated
One platform
$895/mo
Google Ads, Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) or Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram): you choose the one we run.
Two platforms
$1,595/mo
Any two of Google Ads, Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) and Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), built and reported together.
Three platforms
$2,295/mo
Google Ads, Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising) and Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram) all running, with a single report across them.
Every plan renews month to month. To stop one, tell us before the next bill and the coming month never begins.
Questions about running ads for a storage facility
Where does ad management begin?
Which login owns the ad accounts?
Can ads run for a single unit type?
Will the ads bring a set number of calls?
Does a startup fee or a contract apply?
Name the door you want the ads to open
Tell us your towns and the unit type in the message box, and add a call slot if the CEO should ring you at a set time.
Which unit types should get the first doors?
List the unit types you want rented more, the towns your renters drive in from, and the offices and apartment communities that point people your way. Leave out tenant names and unit numbers.
Hang the lock with a phone call
Set up a call and we sketch the corridor together: the unit type that gets the first page, the towns that follow, and the plan that bears the weight.
The padlock clicking shut below the text is a drawing and not a prediction.