A one-year subscription to Messenger consists of 12 issues, delivered monthly, including annual editions of the industry’s highly anticipated Top Operators, Manager of the Year, and Facility of the Year volumes, plus a 13^th bonus edition of the Buyer’s Guide.

• Frequency
  Annual
• Publication
  Summer 2025
  (13^th issue of Messenger – Also sold individually)
• Target Audience
  U.S. self-storage facility managers, owners, managing partners, investors, developers, and property management executives
• Bonus Distribution
  Digital edition sent to 28,000+
• Digital Only
  $14.95
• Print Only
  $29.95
• Print + Digital
  $39.95
• For advertising inquiries click here.

Almanac topics include occupancy and rental rates, market supply and demand, industry ownership, property valuation, capitalization rates, and financing. Also included is facility data by state, top operators, market share, economics and demographic trends impacting self-storage, customer analysis, features desired by customers, effective marketing methods, and security trends, as well as RV and boat storage data, trends, and analysis.

This information is provided as a benchmark, a place to start exploring the development process. Topics include site selection, due diligence, site layout and unit mix, construction financing, building options, marketing prior to opening, insuring your investment, and security for new builds.

Do you want exclusive exposure for your business? You need a Vendor Spotlight! Our writers will interview you to create this two-page spread about your company, which includes photos and contact information. Vendor Spotlights appear in both the print and digital versions of Messenger. The digital article includes a link to your website. This exclusive marketing package also includes 1,000 reprints for marketing purposes.

Vendor Spotlights are also available in Self-Storage Now! and Self-Storage Canada.

The unique VERTIQUL platform expands the capabilities of the printed page which is limited to a static environment. By taking the elements of a print ad and allowing them to move dynamically, the user experience is greatly enhanced across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

Along with standard print design elements, here are just a few examples of “enhancements” that can be implemented. Please work directly with your sales rep to see if there is something else that uniquely fits your brand.

• Embedded video & audio
• Animation
• Photo carousels
• Paralax scrolling
• Multi-edge motion
• Unique specialty actions

Implemented as a high value digital brochure (marketing microsite) landing page for the advertiser, this page is optimized for SEO and lead generation or traffic handoff to the advertiser website. Because the page lives on the publisher branded digital site, the high engagement value of this domain and content becomes a valuable backlink to the advertiser’s domain and search elevation. Spotlights also provide advertisers an additional conversion button to double click-through results on all ads appearing in the issue.