With Social Media Tools & a Purpose, Manhattan Mini Storage Promotes Storage as Fun and Necessary

July 6, 2009 - PRLog -- New York, NY - Add Manhattan Mini Storage, the local NY self storage guru, as another business that is now using a variety of social media tools to keep in touch with their customer base.

Most New Yorkers are used to seeing the Manhattan Mini Storage ads all over Manhattan from taxi's to telephone kiosks, to huge billboards. In fact, the Manhattan Mini Storage ads have already sparked quite a bit of online conversation and heated debates on various forms of social media, from copy & design blog posts to Flickr photos.

By using social media tools, Manhattan Mini Storage is now taking part in the conversation as an active participant.

Launching into social media, by using Facebook, Twitter and a new Mini Storage blog as well as other branded social profiles, provides another avenue for advertisement and customer growth. It's about more than promoting their space, or the lack of space in NY.
It's about making your life easier!

•Making room for a home office, a roommate, or a new addition to your family
•Finding a safe home for the things you can't live with, but can't live without
•Saving money by downsizing
•Organizing your home and your life

It's about having fun!
MMS is planning some fun contests where you can win free storage space. They'll want to see pictures of why you need some extra storage space and that much needed shoe closet. How about videos of exploding closets? Or, the most outdated article of clothing in NY? They want to inspire creativity and tap into what makes New York the most happening city in the world. For instance, through Flickr came the story of "Crazy Piano Guy" who uses Manhattan Mini Storage to store his eight pianos. It is stories like that that MMS would like to hear because even in the big apple, it is about the community and making those connections.

It's about making friends!
Reaching out to fellow Manhattanites and building a community is important to Manhattan Mini Storage! Like any business right now, they were swayed by the huge numbers of users flocking to Facebook and the growth rate of Twitter. MMS wants to keep in touch with customers on the customers' terms.

Between a Public Profile on Facebook, Twitter feed, and new Storage blog, they can keep customers updated with:
•Storage and clutter-busting tips - a topic they could go on for days about
• Services like their free Storage Taxi which makes visiting their "stuff" a lot easier
•Interior design tips and storage ideas
• Supplies like packing boxes of all sizes, tape and bubble wrap bags and rolls
•General community happenings in NY
•Conversations about what people actually DO store in there MMS facilities plus more ways to utilize their self storage rentals.

Manhattan Mini Storage is really an extension of their customer's homes. By interacting with the customers, Manhattan Mini Storage can not only assist people in finding new ways to use their space, but learn from the wide variety of new ways creative New Yorkers to find to fit their needs. After all, they are based in Manhattan, one of the most diverse and creative cities around. It only makes sense that New Yorkers have stretched the purposes of a mini storage facility to fit their own needs.

MMS has been serving Manhattanites for more than three decades. With all that real estate, it only makes sense that they join the throngs and make some space for themselves on the Web with some Internet viral marketing. In addition to Facebook, Twitter and their blog, Manhattan Mini Storage's social marketing list also includes pages on MySpace and YouTube.

ABOUT MMS: Whether you're moving, organizing, or just need more room, Manhattan Mini Storage is an affordable extension of your apartment. Clean, carpeted, bright, safe, and right around the corner, MMS is there to help make life simple. Moving and packing services, supplies delivered to your front door - they can take care of it all. No need to lift a finger. They'll even pick you up and drop you off at home whenever you like. It's that simple.

For more information on Manhattan Mini Storage, visit the following:

Homepage: http://www.manhattanministorage.com
Manhattan Mini Storage Blog: http://blog.manhattanministorage.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/pages/New-York-NY/...
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManhattanMini
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/manhattanministorage
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ManhattanMiniStorage

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Manhattan Mini Storage provides a full range of products and services to meet all moving and storage needs. From delivering boxes and moving supplies to packing you up and moving you into a private storage room, Manhattan Mini Storage does it all in NY.