.......That Is Up To You! How you spend the money you make this holiday season will dictate your future success. The average pawnshop is leaving tens of thousands of dollars on the table per location and we at Devoted Pawn Consulting believe that this does not have to happen. In Fact, we can show you how to [...]
Devoted Pawn Consulting has taken up root in the great Sunshine state of Florida and without a doubt is becoming known as one of the fastest growing pawnshop consulting companies in the world. In fact, we do so much consulting for pawnshops and jewelry stores that we had to get a satellite office in Florida [...]
It always amazes us with as many pawn conventions we have attended, exhibited and presented at and with the hundreds of clients that we have served in this industry when we get asked “who are you guys", "who is Vernon Stading", or "what experience do you really have in this industry”. Vernon's personal favorite questions [...]
Everyone can admit that the pawn industry has changed. But have you changed what is expected from your pawn consultant? At Devoted Pawn Consulting, Vernon and his team have been working hard and paving the way for change in this profession because it is much needed. It has not been easy because change is hard, [...]
Custom Pawnshop Marketing & Advertising Plans Having a great marketing and advertising plan is one of the biggest things that we help clients achieve. Because this is true, we not only offer this as a standalone service but have perfected how to grow your pawn balance and retail sales spending little or no money to [...]
Did You Know Did you know that 95% of our clients had hired pawn consultants or "coaches" before hiring us. In fact, 37% of them had hired more than one to help their business! And yet, our average clients still see increases of 20-30% or more in retail sales, pawn balance and service charges collected! [...]
We Don't Need Kickbacks to Be Successful When we first began consulting full time, we were told over and over again from others that tried to do it “you will never be able to make it in this business if you aren’t willing to make your clients dependent on your services”. Likewise, I often hear [...]
The inevitable time of the year has come. Tax returns were released, and our customers came and redeems their pawns in droves. It is part of the cycle of life in the pawn industry. It leaves us cash rich this time of the year but usually down in pawn balance and service charges which means [...]
Trust Can Be Broken Easily Trust is one of the hardest things to come by and sadly far too often it is the one thing that gets broken easily in business. But when that trust is shattered by key people in your business or organization, the loss of trust hits home on a much more [...]
When meeting with new pawnbrokers for the first time I get met with one of two initial reactions. The first one is “I don’t need a pawn consultant, because we are doing fine”. The second one is “I have hired one (or many) other pawn consultants in the past so I don’t need you”. Usually [...]
