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Potential For Flooding in MN
Monday, March 14th, 2011
No one knows how much flooding to expect along the St. Croix River, but just in case, GO MINI’S is prepared to provide portable containers to anyone that is wanting to rent one to move their possessions to a safe area. We have 12’, 16’, and 20 footers, all 8’ wide X 8’ tall available on a first order basis. We cover Stillwater, Bayport, Lakeland, St. Croix Beach, St. Mary’s Point, and Afton. Our containers are waterproof and rodent-proof, mounted on 6” wheels with a translucent roof. For pricing please contact Dirk Stevens at 763-717-3738 or visit our website at www.gominis.com
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Owner Of Go Mini’s LLC In The National Marathon To Finish Breast Cancer
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Sheila Norris, owner and co-founder of Go Mini’s LLC, an international portable moving and storage company based in Jacksonville, Florida with 220 dealerships in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, will participate in this year’s 26.2 With Donna: The National Marathon To Finish Breast Cancer. The event, to be held on February 13, is the only marathon in the country in which all proceeds and donations go to breast cancer research and care for patients. The Mayo Clinic receives 70 percent and 30 percent goes to the Donna Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps financially struggling breast cancer patients. More information regarding the marathon can be found at www.breastcancermarathon.com
Sheila is a breast cancer survivor having aggressively fought the disease through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. This year she celebrates ten years of freedom from cancer. Sheila’s sisters Jorja and Margaret also had breast cancer. Jorja died at the age of 42 from Ovarian cancer.
“Everyone has been personally affected by breast cancer in some way,” Sheila’s husband and business partner, Bill, commented. “My wife, her sisters, many friends (not to mention countless mothers, sisters and daughters of friends) have all had breast cancer. I’ll be participating with Sheila in the half-marathon, which I have to admit is a bit of a challenge for me, but it is nothing compared to what these ladies have gone through. With this year’s event occurring the day before Valentine’s Day, I can’t think of a better way to show my love and support.”
Go Mini’s, the business founded by Sheila and Bill Norris in 2002, was recognized in the 2007 Inc. 500 listing as the 39th fastest growing privately held company, number 1 in the transportation sector. Go Mini’s portable storage and its mobile storage containers, that are Made In The USA, offer the very best quality portable storage units at an exceptional value for your moving and storage needs. Go to www.gominis.com to learn more and get a free moving and storage quote.
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Go Mini’s Business Opportunity, Dallas/Ft.Worth
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Each week Go Mini’s will feature an exclusive territory that is currently for sale. Some are existing dealerships with equipment while others are considered virgin territories. A leader in the portable storage industry Go Mini’s will provide as much information as possible to help the reader determine if it sometime worth pursuing. Go Mini’s feels these dealerships are a home run for the right entrepreneur to purchase.
This week we are featuring our Dallas/Ft.Worth, Texas areas. These and all of our exclusive territories have a one time fee determined by population. The fee entitles the owner to exclusive rights to that territory, extensive training, a comprehensive operations manual, on-going consultation, and access to annual conferences.
Dallas can be divided into two substantial dealership areas having more than 1.5 million population in each. Ft. Worth has the possibility of being three territories with almost 3 million in population or divided into two territories if desired.
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Go Mini’s Goes Mobile
Friday, February 5th, 2010
(March 1, 2009) There is nothing more frustrating to a consumer on the run than getting the runaround when trying to reach a retailer. After feeling their pain first-hand, Go Mini’s strived to make this process as easy as possible.
As Go Mini’s planned to upgrade its corporate Web site to make it easier for consumers to navigate its vast dealership base, the company uncovered an opportunity to streamline its telephone-based store locator. A hosted interactive voice-response solution now helps Go Mini’s speed up connections between consumers and its retailers via phone or the Web.
During the housing boom at the turn of this century, Jacksonville, Fla.-based portable-storage rental supplier Go Mini’s built its reputation by providing moving and packing supplies from portable-storage units and boxes to tape, tie-downs and locks. As the company grew to a network of 85 dealers that operate in 46 states, Canada and Mexico, Go Mini’s tried to make it as easy as possible for consumers to contact local stores.
Consumers visiting the corporate Web site could use a pull-down menu to choose a specific state and browse through a list of locations. After choosing the closest location, the site posted an address and phone number for the consumer to call.
Go Mini’s tried streamlining this three-step process by adding an “866” number that “could route calls directly to dealers based on the area code the caller was placing the call from,” said Dom Annunziata, director of sales and research, Go Mini’s. “The problem was that many were calling from cell phones that had different area codes than where they live.”
To make matters worse, Go Mini’s telecommunications provider supporting the service often could not coordinate the call with a local store and kicked back calls to corporate. Besides corporate complaining it was inundated with local calls, “local stores often received the wrong incoming calls,” he said.
In November, Annunziata began looking for alternatives. At the top of the list, Go Mini’s “wanted to use our toll-free number to support more streamlined store-locator functionality,” he reported.
IfByPhone, Skokie, Ill., helped the company achieve its goals. Go Mini’s added IfByPhone’s hosted application that allows callers to contact the closest store simply by inputting a ZIP code.
The project emerged just as Go Mini’s was redesigning its Web site to create a sense of uniformity across the company. As a result, the company was able to merge both projects.
In mid-February, the company re-launched www.GoMinis.com , which allows shoppers to drill down to individual sites for local storage. All locations feature the same corporate branding and marketing messages.
Simultaneously, the company launched its 866-Go-Minis toll-free number and integrated store locator.
Go Mini’s compiled all of the ZIP codes served within the 220 territories that the company covers and coordinated them with all dealer locations adopting the new Web site. All ZIP-code data is saved into IfByPhone’s database.
As callers dial 866-Go-Minis, they input a ZIP code and are directed to the closest dealer. IfByPhone’s call-tracking solution allows Go Mini’s to analyze routing of incoming calls.
The new Go Mini’s Web site, 866-Go-Minis line and store locator have been live less than one month, so it is still too early to report results. The company expects all new solutions to increase sales by approximately 20% initially, according to Annunziata.
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Go Mini’s Surpasses 200 Dealership Territories
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Announcing the 200th dealership sold in the US and Canada making Go Mini’s the fastest growing portable storage company in the industry.
Jacksonville, Florida based Go Mini’s announces the opening of new dealership territories in El Paso, Texas, Alamogordo and Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Montana. In just five short years, Go Mini’s has grown to 209 dealerships in 47 states and Canada. Just last month, Go Mini’s crossed the 200 dealership threshold with openings in Huntsville, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, and Charleston, West Virginia.
“We are very proud of our growth and are happy to expand our family of dealers. These additions, along with our established territories, will help significantly with our long range plans,” said Bill Norris, owner and founder of Go Mini’s. “We hope to continue growing to over 250 territories throughout North America by the end of this calendar year.”
Inc. Magazine Reveals Its 26th Annual List of America’s 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies Go Mini’s LLC Ranks No. 39 on the 2007 Inc. 500 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 2,591.5%
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