{"id":583,"date":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=583"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:14:58","slug":"the-overlooked-benefits-of-an-operator-facing-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/the-overlooked-benefits-of-an-operator-facing-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overlooked Benefits of an Operator-Facing Mobile App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><\/p>\n<p>The self storage industry has seen an increased demand for tenant facing mobile-apps in recent years, which was only accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the benefits of mobile apps aren&rsquo;t limited to consumers, as operator-facing mobile apps are also important when it comes to improving customer service in several important ways.<\/p>\n<p>Customer-facing apps give tenants seamless access to your facility, but an operator-facing facing app is just as crucial for ensuring a frictionless on-site experience. By leveraging cloud-based technology, an operator-facing mobile app gives operators the ability to respond to requests in real-time, open gates or doors remotely, perform lock-checks from their mobile device, facilitate improved communication among employees and eliminate the potential for any after-hour fiascos.<\/p>\n<p>For example, let&rsquo;s say a facility&rsquo;s trash collection service is running behind schedule and arrives at the gate after regular business hours. The facility&rsquo;s operator receives a call from the trash collectors at the access control keypad during dinner. With the use of a mobile app, the operator can check his video feed and remotely open the gate from his smart phone. The trash collectors are immediately granted access to the dumpsters on-site, and the operator can continue to enjoy his dinner at home without having to return to the facility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ptisecurity.com\/improvingefficiencieswithanoperatorapp\/?utm_source=List%20Self-Storage%20Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=StorLogix%20Mobile&amp;utm_content=SLM%20Occurrences%20CTA\">Click here for more common instances in which an operator-facing mobile app enables self-storage operators to run their facilities more effectively. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>By implementing a mobile app that integrates with your facility&rsquo;s cloud-based access control software, operators can increase their ability to operate their facility more effectively. Operators who utilize mobile technology to remain continuously updated on a site&rsquo;s activity are able to benefit from mobile&rsquo;s continued growth. Learn more about the advantages of using an operator-facing mobile application at your facility by <a href=\"https:\/\/ptisecurity.com\/contact-sales-storlogix-mobile\/?utm_source=List%20Self-Storage%20Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=StorLogix%20Mobile&amp;utm_content=Contact%20Sales%20CTA\">speaking with a PTI Representative<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The self storage industry has seen an increased demand for tenant facing mobile-apps in recent years, which was only accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the benefits of mobile apps aren&rsquo;t limited to consumers, as operator-facing mobile apps are also important when it comes to improving customer service in several important ways. Customer-facing apps give tenants seamless access to your facility, but an operator-facing facing app is just as crucial for ensuring a frictionless on-site experience. By leveraging cloud-based technology, an operator-facing mobile app gives operators the ability to respond&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/2618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}