Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land !! Jack Hartsoe’s Group – Sparrow Heart out of Texas has registered for the Crossover EXPO. Jack is a long time friend of the Pawn Industry who has worked with many organizations over the years and served on the Board of Directors for the NPA for quite sometime as…
Jerry Whitehead
Pawn Shop Event Attendees
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land !! We at the Crossover EXPO are proud to announce that for any of you who may be bringing your children, or want to be kids yourself, we have a Disney Discount Program available exclusively for our EXPO attendees. Once again dates for our EVENT – Crossover EXPO are…
Zero Fee Credit Card Services & Customer Loyalty Program
Zero Fee Credit Card Services & Customer Loyalty Program This year the Crossover EXPO is proud to introduce another one of our vendor sponsors, Mr. Michael Kaplan with SecuraBull. Michael will be introducing two pieces at this years event during his presentation on Saturday the 23d. One of his pieces will be on the Zero…
Crossover EXPO – ANYONE WELCOME PAWN Trade Show
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawn Land !Crossover EXPO is open for Business!!PCG and the Crossover EXPO folks are here to WELCOME ANYONE who wishes to attend our events. The event is open to anyone 18 or older, has a valid ID, is in the business, want’s to be in the business, or for businesses or…
PCG – Key Performance Indicators – Crossover EXPO
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland and more! PCG is proud to announce as an addendum to our “Best Practices” piece we will be speaking about at this years Crossover EXPO, we are also going to do a piece of the Key Performance Indicators and the expanded views on Financial Metrics. This presentation will be…
PCG – “Best Practices” Presentation Crossover EXPO
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland! PCG is proud to announce that we will be doing a “Crossover EXPO ONLY” presentation of our newest “Best Practices” technique presentation at this years Crossover EXPO. PCG has a world-wide client base, and on behalf of myself “Jerry Whitehead” I have had a lifetime of activity in the Pawn…
Brad Huisken – Crossover EXPO 2017 – “Give them Help not HELL”
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland! Brad Huisken will be returning to the Crossover EXPO again this year in Orlando. This years piece is a new rendition that Brad has been working on and will be on an early preview for this years EXPO in Orlando. Brad has been serving the pawn industry for a very…
CPA – Pawn Specific TAX specialist to Speak at Crossover EXPO
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland, I am happy to inform all of you that a long term associate of PCG’s will be speaking again this year at the Annual Crossover EXPO in Orlando. Woody Mathews is a TAX specialist, and today works with several dozen PCG clients in the Pawn World and has become one…
Crossover EXPO 2017 – Registration LINKS are OPEN
2017 CROSSOVER EXPO – September – 22ND – 25TH GAYLORD RESORT KISSIMMEE FLORIDA The 2nd Annual Crossover EXPO is just around the corner and I am proud to announce our initial CVENT digital registration site is up and running. Just follow the link below and it will take you right to the CVENT site…
Jack Brown from Mid-States Presents at Crossover EXPO 2017
This year the Crossover EXPO, L.L.C. (September 22nd – 25th 2017) team is proud to present Jack Brown again this year, his presentation takes you inside the processes behind the scenes when it comes to processing your precious metals and diamonds. This is a DO NOT MISS opportunity to witness the processes up close and…
Crossover EXPO adds Chronofy as Presenter and Industry Partner
Ladies and Gentleman, We are proud to announce that we have just added Chronofy to our line up of presenters for our upcoming event and trade show in Orlando this September. We have also created an industry partner relationship with Chronofy as well. Chronofy is what appears to be the Industry leader with property identifying,…
More Updates on the Crossover EXPO 2017
Ladies and Gentleman, This years event promises to be like no other event that goes on in the Pawn or AFS industries. We strive to bring the best of the best of various industry leaders and respected professionals in their fields to deliver the latest information that can benefit your businesses for a lifetime. The…
2017 Crossover EXPO UPDATE
Ladies and Gentleman, The 2017 Crossover EXPO is coming up in September, the 22nd – 25th again at the Gaylord Hotel in Orlando Florida. This year we are using CVENT to complete our online digital registration process for this years event. Our CVENT site should be online and live by June 15th at the latest.…
2017 PCG Pawn Peer Focus Groups
Are you as a business owner or management interested in taking part of a revolutionary game-changing way to enhance your business acumen, the performance of your operation(s) and make more money while developing close, lifelong friends and relationships with others in your industry while studying their business models as well as yours up close and…
PCG Pawn Peer Focus Groups
PCG Pawn Peer Focus Groups This year at our CROSSOVER EXPO in Orlando we introduced a segment on PCG’s exclusive Pawn Peer Focus Groups – We are providing the requested information many of you have been seeking. Are you interested in taking part of the most revolutionary game-changing way to enhance your business acumen, your…
UPDATES FOR THE CROSSOVER EXPO
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Fellow Pawn Fans and More We are still accepting registrations for the event even up to and at the show, so register today to get on the list and in the show!! A $199 investment gets you all the presentations,…
CROSSOVER EXPO – HOTEL SOLD OUT MONDAY MAY 9TH
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Fellow Pawn Fans and More We are fast approaching one of the BEST educational and trade-show programs held anywhere in the world today. The CROSSOVER EXPO this year is shaping up very nicely with over 15 high level educational seminars…
CROSSOVER EXPO Presenter Schedule
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Fellow Pawn Fans and More We are fast approaching one of the BEST educational and trade-show programs held anywhere in the world today. The CROSSOVER EXPO this year is shaping up very nicely with over 15 high level educational seminars…
CROSSOVER EXPO UPDATES MAY 9TH – 12TH
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Fellow Pawn Fans and More We are fast approaching one of the BEST educational programs held anywhere in the world today. The CROSSOVER EXPO this year is shaping up very nicely with over 15 high level educational seminars being presented…
CROSSOVER EXPO PRESENTER BIO’S & UPDATES
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Fellow Pawn Fans and More NOWHERE ELSE IN THE USA OR ANY COUNTRY PCG HAS A PRESENCE IN ARE WE SEEING SUCH AN EPIC LINE UP OF PROFESSIONALS PRESENTING SUCH A DIVERSE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER. Our businesses are challenged…
CROSSOVER EXPO – VENDOR & SPONSOR UPDATES
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Ladies and Gentleman, Come and witness THE most EDUCATIONAL Trade Show of it’s kind in the USA today! $199 gets you all of the following: We have assembled a list of presenters and topic matter that will educate, stimulate, and…
Updates for the CROSSOVER EXPO ORLANDO MAY 9TH – 12TH 2016
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO – ORLANDO FLORIDA Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Ladies and Gentleman, We are less than two months out now on the CROSSOVER EXPO coming up May 9th – 12 in Orlando Florida. We have been very busy behind the scenes to make this production one of the most…
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO MAY 9TH – 12TH ORLANDO FLORIDA
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO Conference & Trade Show May 9th through May 12th Today the Pawn industry and others are being challenged on every front from the banking sector, legislation, the economic changes and challenges, the decline of the gold revenues, the increased competition from well-funded super groups to the Internet and much more. Come see…
2016 CROSSOVER EXPO May 9th – 12th Gaylord Hotel Orlando Florida
Fellow Pawnbrokers & Fans, The Pawn Shop Consulting Group is happy to announce that this years “Crossover Expo 2016” is going to be jointly hosted with the Florida Pawnbrokers Association. PCG and the FPA are working together to bring a…
2016 Vendor – PCG Symposium & Conference Trade Show INFO
Information for our Vendor Supporters for our upcoming 2016 Symposium Conference & Trade Show in Orlando Florida May 9th – 12th 2016 What types of Product and Services will be offered to our participants PCG is expanding our shows to include a wider range of participants and industries in an effort to combine our efforts…
2016 PCG Symposium Conference & Trade Show May 9th – 12th
2016 PCG Symposium Conference & Trade Show PCG’s Symposium Concepts and productions intend to deliver up some of the most optimal full-service educational trade shows being provided in the pawn space and in other related industries to date. It is our desire to enhance the overall experience for the attendees as well as our vendor…
PCG Announces Trade-show Production for 2016 and Beyond
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Over the past decade PCG has created a number of educational programs and formats to enhance the capabilities of business owner’s along with management personnel through our active collaboration, and participation along with networking with many colleagues and various providers in the Pawn space today. Some of the programs we have…
PCG Recaps 2014 and Beyond
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! As we quickly approach the ending of yet another year, I wanted to take this opportunity to give praise and thanks for yet another very blessed one for PCG and our growing global client base. Recently my son, Justin Whitehead graduated from college this year with honor grades that exceeded…
PCG adds Brian Garrett of Tom’s Pawn on as staff Consultant
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG is Proud to announce that we have officially inducted another well rounded Pawn professional into the PCG arena’ of Consultants. We have added Brian Garrett out of Clute Texas of Tom’s Pawn to the arsenal of Pawn Pro’s to our collective of professionals in our corral. Brian has grown…
PCG Focus Groups Gather in Dallas Texas
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG’s Now Legendary Focus Groups finishes up our 2014 Calendar year and Fall Meeting in Dallas Texas with visits to two of our beloved members stores. First up was the Uncle Dan’s Team with visits to 4 of their 6 stores along with operational critiques and feedback with their management…
PCG Speaks at 2014 Southeast Pawn Tradeshow in Greenville SC Sept 5th – 7th
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG Speaking at the 2014 Southeast Regional Tradeshow & Convention Its official PCG will be presenting again at the Southeast show coming up this month in Greenville South Carolina. We will be presenting one of our high-level interactive workshops focused on current industry trends and best practices as witnessed and…
Pawn Drama Continues
Pawn – Banks – Government Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG Followers, As a 2nd generation pawnbroker with more than 40 years in the space, I remain amazed of how much the industry has transformed and come into the mainstream. Being out there in the public’s eye like no time in our history has good…
PCG’s Ft. Worth Work-Shop – Over Subscribed
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Tentative Schedule for PCG Work-ShopFt. Worth – Texas, August 23rd – 25th 2014 The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel200 Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76102Phone:(817) 870-1000Hotel class: 4 stars PCG is proud to bring together the next generation in training and network formats through our famed work-shop series that we…
System Saver Software to the RESCUE
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland! Do you deal in Laptops, Computers, Android Devices, Ipads and other Digital Media Devices? Do you not deal in these devices for your operations? Did you know that if you sell a device that contains private information, unlicensed software and illegal downloads, pornography or other that you can be held…
PCG introduces NXT Technology Solutions
Ladies and Gentleman in Pawnland! PCG has partnered up with a great technology company that is providing a very simple to use application that allows greater ease of listing inventory online. NXT Technology Solutions out of Dallas Texas is a software company specializing in online classified marketing with more than 7 years in the space.…
PCG Ft. Worth Work-Shop Updates August 23rd – 25th 2014
Updates for the PCG “Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series” Dates are August 23rd – 25th PCG is on track with our line-up of all new high-line educational practices and programs that pawnbrokers operating at any levels can establish many useful takeaways. These workshops provide real “hands on” experiences with a wide range of industry…
PCG Updates – Work-Shop Series Ft. Worth Texas August 2014
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Updates for THE “Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series” Dates for our first roll out this season will be August 23rd – 25th in Ft. Worth Texas. PCG Cowtown (Ft. Worth Texas) Work-Shop We have selected the 4-Diamond – Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Downtown Ft. Worth to host our first…
PCG Institutes Comprehensive Pawn Shop Management Program
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG remains in a unique position to collaborate with hundreds of operators around the world today through our active client activities along with our many esteemed colleagues and family members in our industry. This collaboration does place us in a position to constantly be sourcing for “best practices” and to…
Updates – PCG Strategic Operational Enhancement Work-Shop Series
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Updates for THE “Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series” Dates for our first roll out this season will be August 23rd – 25th in Ft. Worth Texas. This industry has changed more in the past 30 years than in its prior 3000 years of existence. The one constant that we…
“PCG Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series”
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG Announces THE “Strategic Operational Enhancement Work Shop Series” Dates are August 23rd – 25th PCG is back on track with our line-up of all new high-line educational practices and programs that pawnbrokers operating on any level will enjoy with SIGNIFICANT takeaways offered at the upcoming work-shop series of 2014…
PCG Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! PCG has just returned from New Orleans recently where we attended the Dixie Pawnbrokers Convention. http://www.dixieconvention.org/ On behalf of the event organizers and the various associations represented, thank you all for your heartfelt efforts to deliver up but yet another wonderful show and production. This show was extremely fruitful for…
PCG Discussion “Online Lenders” & the newly created “Consumer Finance Protection Bureau”
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! There are several interesting subjects I would like to discuss on today’s important updates and also to thank all of our subscribers for their diligence and continued support of PCG’ programs and efforts to inform – improve and enlighten our industry. As an active vendor member of the California Pawnbrokers…
PCG returns from Cambodia, Philippines, New Zealand & Maui – PCG Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! What an incredible journey PCG has been blessed with early on in this year of 2014. Most recently we finished up our tour of duty on the other side of the world with client stops in Cambodia, Philippines, New Zealand and Maui We worked with a number of very exciting…
This is a Customer Relationship Business
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I wanted to take this time to share some thoughts we have about our industry and some that we have shared recently with a number of our colleagues and various PCG family members and believe to be our core operational mantras. So much has changed over the past 30 years…
Happy Holiday Season
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! AS we prepare for the holiday season I wanted to share our wish-list for all of our fans, clients, family members and colleagues. PCG has experienced some extraordinary growth over the last 10 years and it is no small order to the great support and gratitude we have received in…
Snap Shot of PCG Client Results
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I have been involved in some lengthy chat on one of the pawn forums recently about various debates over the success and failures of some of the types of productivity systems and bottom line commission programs we have been introducing for decades. In short, we wanted to feature one of…
PCG 2013 Highlights and Beyond
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I hope that all of our friends and family out here in Pawnland are having a great 2013 and a blessed Thanksgiving Week for those of you in the USA! On behalf of PCG I wanted to take this time to share in the blessings PCG has experienced with another…
Updates from the Pawn Shop Consulting Group
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I thought I would take this time to provide some updates on what PCG has been up to. It has been a while since our last post and is due primarily to the fact we just have not stopped moving. NPA – UK Conference in London Most recently PCG was…
PCG “Changing Environment Management Camp Series” May 26th – 28th – Ft. Worth Texas
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Folks we are moving forward with our next “Changing Environment Management Camp” this year. We will be in Ft. Worth Texas at the Omni Hotel in downtown Cowtown (Ft. Worth Texas) May 26th – 28th. This event is like NO other event PCG has done to date Many of you…
PCG Heads to London in October to visit the NPA UK & PCG Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Its official sports fans – PCG has been invited to set up and present our products and services this year in London at the annual National Pawnbrokers Association’s UK Convention and Trade-show. This year’s event will be hosted at the Park Plaza Riverbank London Hotel overlooking the famed Thames River…
2013 Pawn Symposium & Conference Nov 11th – 17th Maui Hawaii
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I hope that all of our friends and family out here in Pawnland had a great 2012! Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! The 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference that was held at the Ritz Carlton in the Cayman Islands and was denoted as an Epic event. IN an attempt…
PCG 2013 Updates for Managing Change Conferences & Pawn Symposium
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I hope that all of our friends and family out here in Pawnland had a great 2012! Pawn Shop Consulting Group is proud to announce our official line up of activities for 2013 which promises to be our most exciting year of game changing events and conferences thus far. For…
Happy Holidays from Pawn Shop Consulting Group
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I wanted to begin this blog by first wishing each and every one of you the very best of the Holiday Season and hope that all of you continue to enjoy your health, blessings, families and opportunities that exist all around us today. Lord knows the Pawn Industry has been…
Managing Change Development Camp – Part V – November 26th – 28th
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Managing Change & Leadership Development – Part V – November 26th – 28th I believe that all of us can conclude the current environment that many of us operate under here in the USA and many parts of the world we do business in around us is rapidly changing. As…
PCG Focus Group Update – PCG Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It is great to be providing this update on our recent and upcoming activities. I have to begin by thanking our followers both here on our web pages and social media fronts and also through active participation in our game-changing programs that we have been introducing to the industry by…
Updates for the 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference
Updates for the 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference Symposium – SOLD OUT Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It is with great pleasure that I get to announce the fact that the 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference IS officially over sold. We have once again thru the generous support of our friends and family…
David Johns Presents – Managing Change at PCG Executive Leadership Camp August 8th – 10th
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to report that we have David Johns the former Human Resource director Cash America and co-founder of Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn will be providing a rare opportunity at our upcoming Leadership Camp in Orlando, August 8th – 10th. The topic of his portion of our program…
Updated Schedule of Activities for the 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference
“PAWN SYMPOSIUM AND CONFERENCE” Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have updated information for this year’s upcoming 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference scheduled for September 9th – 14th at the Historic 5 Star – Ritz Carlton Hotel in Georgetown Cayman Islands on 7-mile beach. Here is a link with some information on the Ritz…
Updates for Executive Leadership Camp Series 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland !! With the busy summer schedule of many of our clients and followers, we had to re-schedule the 4th Leadership Camp Series this month. With the 4th of July and the big NPA show this month, it was a bit much for many of our followers. We have re-scheduled this…
Executive Leadership Camp Series Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to report how a number of activities are going for Pawn Shop Consulting Group and our continued plans to further educate and stimulate the Pawn Industry as we know it today. For starters, we have our next Executive Leadership Camp IV currently underway. This camp like the…
Info on Executive Leadership Camp IV – July 8th – 10th 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We are making plans for our upcoming 4th Executive Leadership Camp Program this year. We will be hosting the event again at the Hyatt Regency Airport location in Orlando Florida from July the 8th – 10th. This is our 4th part in this 7 part series we have scheduled…
David Barker PhD – To Speak at 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It is with great honor that I get to introduce Dr. David Barker who will be speaking at this years annual event down in the Cayman Islands. In our endeavor to continuously offer up world class services and educational formats, we have added but yet another do not want to…
PCG – 3rd Executive Leadership Camp Completed
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to report that we just recently completed the 3rd part of our 7 part Executive Leadership Series that we are putting on this year. This event was just hosted at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando Florida and was attended by a number of industry notables. The Leadership Camp…
Historical Pawn Peer Focus Group Meeting Gone Down
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! As I prepare to get on a plane and fly out of Los Angeles, I am happy to report that the industry’s First Peer Focus Groups meeting has just gone down and history has been made in the Pawn Industry. We have multiple countries and a wide array of members…
Pawn Industry’s FIRST Peer Group Meeting
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! At long last the industry’s FIRST Pawn Peer Group Meeting is about to go down. We are gathering in Los Angeles this week to the set in motion an historic moment for our Industry. The Pawnshop Consulting Group is delivering up yet another first for our beloved industry with the…
PCG’s – Executive Leadership Camp III May 14th – 16th
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have the following updates for our upcoming camp in May. We will be at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport Location @ 9300 Jeff Fuqua Blvd Orlando, FL 32827 407-825-1234 This upcoming camp promises to be unlike any of the others we have had up to this date. Camp…
PCG Dates for Executive Leadership Camp III May 14 – 16th
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have our 3rd Executive Leadership Camp coming up and we are filling up FAST! For those of you who have attended our last camp or camps, this one also promises to be one of our high-lights this year out of the 7 book reviews we will be doing. This…
Former Human Resource Director for Cash America – David Johns joins PCG Family of Consultants
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It give me great pleasure to formally announce that David Johns has officially joined the Pawn Shop Consulting Group’s exclusive list of Consultants and is providing a very high level of Human Resource expertise to our growing Global Community. Mr. Johns has had an extensive history in our industry and…
2012 Dates for ALL for of the Executive Leadership Camps – Info on the Camps
From the desk of Jerry Whitehead Monday, March 12, 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to report that we have our second Executive Leadership Camp coming up this week in Orlando Florida. We have a very interesting agenda at this camp along with a superb book – review as done by John…
Updates for First Industry Focus Groups
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We officially sold out the worlds First Industry Peer Focus Groups and I wanted to take this time to share what we will be doing on our first one coming up. We are officially taking names now for another less than 5 store groups, if your interested in joining one,…
2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have updated information for this year’s upcoming 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference scheduled for September 9th – 14th at the Historic 5 Star – Ritz Carlton Hotel in Georgetown Cayman Islands on 7-mile beach. Here is a link with some information on the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman Location:…
2012 Pawn Symposium & Conference – Ritz Carlton Cayman Islands
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We are pleased to announce that the 5-star Ritz Carlton in the Cayman Islands in Georgetown on the world famous 7-mile beach IS the place for our 2012 Pawn Symposium & Conference. All of our attendees and all the souls and countless members on our team last year loved the…
PCG Announces Dates for 2012 Pawn Symposium & Conference
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland ! We have tentatively established our dates for the Historical Pawn Symposium for 2012. Our dates are September 10 – 14, Georgetown Cayman Islands – Ritz Carlton 5 – star Hotel on the world famous Seven Mile Beach. This event promises to be unlike any other event in the history…
PCG’s Leadership Camp Updates
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland!! It brings me great pleasure to share with all of you some of the feedback we recently experienced at our Executive Leadership Camp that we just hosted this past January up in Orlando Florida. A word that I used a few times at our Pawn Symposium sized this event up…
PCG Announces Dates for second 2012 Pawn Leadership Camp
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to announce we have established our dates for our second Executive Leadership Camp for 2012. The dates for this event will be March 14th – 16th and will be hosted at the same property we are hosting the January Camp and that will be at the Orlando…
Aloha from Oahu Hawaii!
Aloha friends in Pawnland! It is with joy and relief I bring this little tid bit from the islands to all of our friends, family and followers. This past weekend myself and a number of other well known pawn folks have been celebrating over on Oahu. We brought in the New Year in big style,…
Leadership Camp Schedule Set for January 2012 Meeting
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have a preliminary schedule for our upcoming Leadership Camp slated for January 25th – 27th in Orlando Florida at the Marriott Airport Location. The Leadership Camps are one of the many new products and services that Pawnshop Consulting Group is rolling out in the upcoming year. Our initial camp…
Leadership Camps and First Focus Group – SOLD OUT IN 24 HOURS
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am very happy to report that the first two of our newest programs, the Leadership Camp and the first TRUE Industry Pawn Focus Group are sold out. Both of these up coming events were completely committed and filled within 24 hours or our initial news releases concerning these two…
Perfection Has It’s Price
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It is with joy I write this post today here from Lima Peru, where we are laying the ground work for our first store operations in Peru. Pawnshop Consulting Group is teaming up with one of our Mexican partners to open up the first of at least a dozen stores…
PCG, Inc and ButterMilk Media – Jackson MS
It’s been a busy time since we partnered up (or rather created a Joint Venture) with ButterMilk Media in Mid-June for our new Website Design, Social Media Integration offerings and more! We were also extremely pleased that the International Pawn Symposium worked out so well – but it took up a lot of time in…
Executive Leadership Camp Dates set for January 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland!! I am happy to announce that we have some tentative dates for our first Executive Leadership Camps or “Book Camps” on the calendar for 2012. For those of you who were fortunate enough to attend our historic Pawn Symposium earlier this year we are launching our Executive Leadership Camps. These…
Understanding Modern Monetary Theory
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Enjoy this read, it is a real education in the world of our FIAT currency and more, hope you enjoy the read – Jerry Whitehead Understanding Modern Monetary Theory, part one Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/20/2010 – 12:42 The purpose for this set of two flyers is to describe…
Web Sites and Social Media Presence
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It gives me great to pleasure to introduce to all of you a couple of our newest web sites that we have developed for a couple of our clients. As many of you know, Pawnshop Consulting Group and ButterMilk Media are a combined JV interest of the Pawnshop Consulting Group’s…
Pawn Stocks Rise Faster than Pawn Stars Ratings!
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Here is another interesting piece I pulled off the wire today. I agree with most of what the article has to say, with the exception about the NPA’s whole hearted support for Pawn Stars. I do concur the program has been benefical for our industry, but having mystery shopped the…
Updates for the International Pawn Symposium & Conference 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am happy to report that our first International Pawn Symposium that recently went down in Naples Florida was such a huge success that we are well on down the road with plans for our next historic production already. This year’s event was attended by guest and clients from more…
Life Lessons from Steve Jobs
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! It is with great sadness that I bring you the following post. AS most of you know by now, Steve Jobs founder of Apple has passed away at age 56. It certainly appears that there has never been a more iconic man in all of modern history as Steve Jobs…
High End Pawn Lending Business?
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Another interesting piece focusing on the HIGH END lending platforms that are available and developing in our industry world wide. I have many clients that have been pushing for the high ticket loan goods and consumers. Our stores that operate outside the United States in the Caribbean have had strong…
Pawntique – another online lender is amongst us?
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Well it seems that with the recent successful rebranding and launch of PawnGo – The Internet Lending model is growing legs. As a consultant I can tell you I have had a least 50+ inquiries in the past 3 years for folks looking to do just that. PawnGo’s operational model…
Cash America will spin off online loan operation
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Another interesting article depicting the overall movment by at least two of the major public companies to further isolate their market capitalization rates against the ever increasing volatile and dangerous payday industry. Hope you all enjoy the read !! Jerry Whitehead Cash America will spin off online loan operation Posted…
Is a Central Bank Necessary?
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I found a very interesting read this morning while playing catch up from our Symposium and my weekly travels around the Caribbean. This article poses some very interesting thought provoking issues that should be looked at. I hope you enjoy the read and we should be getting back to our…
Historical International Pawn Symposium has Gone Down!
Full House will ALL of THEIR Attention! Nick Fulton, Nancy Prochaska, Kevin Prochaska, Gary Wasserman Dinner show and guests! Distinguished Colleagues! Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am proud to announce that our FIRST annual International Pawn Symposium and Conference has just been completed. We hosted our event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Naples…
International Pawn Symposium IS Here!
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I am proud to announce that I am officially out of here heading to Naples Florida to set up and begin the process to produce the worlds first International Pawn Symposium and Conference. Our event is going down next week at the Ritz Carlton hotel on the beach in Naples…
Our Economic Future: From Best to Worst Case
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Hope you enjoy this read as much as I did. It certainly explores many what if scenario’s that are existent in our great world today. Stay tuned for more and we will do our best to keep em’ coming! Jerry Whitehead Our Economic Future: From Best to Worst Case Doug…
Nationalizing the Gold?
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! I found a very interesting piece on the wire today and should be of a major concern to the world. It is my belief that with the further deterioration of the US Economy, the Dollar and the Global Economy mixed, we are indeed heading into a world of peril. I…
Historic Pawn Symposium IS SOLD OUT!
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! We have finally arrived at that moment in time when we can proudly say that our Epic event that is coming up in September at the Ritz Carlton on the beach in Naples is officially SOLD OUT! We had no idea how big the demand was going to be for…
Most Stylish Pawnbroker In Town
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Found this wonderful article of the net and wanted to share it with you. I have had the pleasure of meeting Lauren and also working with her father on a consulting level. They run a very nice business up in the fine state of NY and this is a wonderful…
A Political RANT by Jerry Whitehead
Ladies and Gentlemen in Pawnland! Today, Monday the 8th of August represents but yet another turning point in our country’s global power and position. Over the weekend the overall credit rating of the United States was reduced from it’s AAA standing to a AA standing. IN as much as this may not seem like a…
Pawning Rolexes to make payroll
Pawning Rolexes to make payroll By Catherine Clifford August 2, 2011: 3:07 PM ET A Pawngo employee checking a watch to ensure its authenticity. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Squeezed by tight credit and tempted by record high gold prices, small business owners are finding an alternative to the bank: the pawn shop. More than half…
Oldest form of Lending for Bad Times or Good Times?
Ladies and Gentelmen in Pawnland! Here is another interesting read we pulled off the wire today. Hope you enjoy the read, because the ride in our business is just really starting to get FUN! I think it is interesting to denote that in lieu of the not recent downturn in our economy and the financial…
Gold Decline Prompted By Selling To Meet Margin Calls Elsewhere – Uptrend Still Seen As Intact
Ladies and Gentlemena in Pawnland!Hold onto your shorts, we are once again on a wild ride as the Global Financial Markets begin to illustrate their fundamental overall weaknesses. The unstainable DEBT crisis by the United States coupled with a Congress that is equally as inept, we indeed are in a continuation of the economic crisis. We…
