Jan 16, 2020
Martin Bazeley is the owner of Barn-Store, an independent family-run household storage company.
Martin and his wife, Audrey, and their three children live in the farmhouse at Offwell Farm and therefore on hand to oversee the Barn Store site.
Martin also runs his own Suthwyk Ales business -- with barley grown on the farm. He supplies to pubs, restaurants, off-licenses and farmers’ markets. As well as to the newly opened real ale bottle shop and steam brewery museum, Southwick Brewhouse.
On today’s Podcast
02:17 - Getting to know Martin Bazeley
07:15 – How did Martin get into the Self Storage Industry
09:03 – Martin's #1 Superpower
11:40 – The biggest lesson he had learnt in his career
14:21 – About the Barn Store
16:14 – Barn Store franchise and offers
23.37 - How did Martin come across the franchising
24:59 - Criteria and checklist to becoming a franchisee
26:45 – What did Martin do to make Barn Store successful
29:28 – Know the reason behind Barn Store’s prices
35:06 - Where does Barn Storage advertise
40:57 - The Key Performance Indicators that Martin looks at for a Barn Storage
43:30 - A piece of advice from Martin to Self Storage Companies/Self Storage Owners
45:16 – One thing that Martin wishes he could’ve known when he started in the industry
46:41 - Where does Martin see himself in the next five years
48:04 – QuickFire Round - Five Question for fun
Books Mentioned:
Dam Busters:
The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating
Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943 by James
Holland - https://www.amazon.
Links Mention
Barn Store
Website - https://www.barn-store.co.