James has a Radio/Television/Film degree from the College of Communications at TCU. He began his career in 2000 by partnering with the prominent national television post production company Mad River Post, and opened the Dallas division. After 4 years of post-producing national television commercials, he exited the partnership and moved to Phoenix, AZ. Shortly after, he began another career path in Self-Storage as a real estate sales & leasing agent at The Rudel Company, Inc.
James recognized an unfilled niche in the self-storage industry and used his self-storage operations experience to establish himself in the Arizona market as a local web design and development resource for operators and the Arizona Self Storage Association. Currently the Chair of the Technology Committee for AZSA, he helped guide the development committee for AZSA’s auction listing website and will be updating the association’s website and integrating a new Content Management System this summer in an effort to help AZSA become more efficient in its communications and more informative.
James’ web development company, Barking Tuna, specializes in small business websites predominantly those that operate in defined markets and sub-markets and he offers, among other things, services in web design, web development, marketing material production, and search engine optimization for self-storage facilities. He recently co-developed and launched www.findselfstorageauctions.com with Richard Marmor (AZSA Legislative Chair and Board Member), which is based on the same concept as the AZSA Auction website.
Contact James Appleton at Barking Tuna Web Design: james@barkingtuna.com | O: 602-266-5662 | M: 602-616-6531