Data Age Welcomes Game X Change To PawnMaster Nation

As the global leader, most widely used, recognized, and most reliable software firm supplying...

Marketing Matters

Marketing. I could write that word in hieroglyphics and we would probably be as close to...

Leadership In Times Of Crisis

Over the years, the word “leadership” has frequently been used as more of a buzzword. Don't get me...

In the Pawn Shop: General VS. Specialty Stores

I’ve been asked many times, “Why do you carry all this stuff in your store”? I know they’re...

Data Age eCommerce Clients Surpass $45 Million In Online Sales

Data Age Business Systems, developer of the industry’s leading pawn management software...

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Leveraging For Success

Leveraging For Success

Growing up in the 80s and being around pawn shops my entire life, I was surrounded by the stigma that the pawn world was ruled by men, and women-owned shops were very rare. Also prevalent was the mentality that the shop will just run and grow by itself. Many of the...

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The Ins and Outs of the Diamond Recovery Process

The Ins and Outs of the Diamond Recovery Process

The process of diamond and gemstone recovery from karat gold jewelry scrap is far more complex and time consuming than a direct melt and assay recovery. Jewelry that contains recoverable diamond and gemstone melee will always yield a much higher value, as long as the...

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Behind the Counter: Hire, Train, and Retain

Behind the Counter: Hire, Train, and Retain

Hiring new staff members for your store can be challenging; believe me, I know. But there's more to just bringing the right candidates into your shop, you need to know how to retain them while helping them to gain confidence in our fast-paced (and at times stressful)...

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Digital Marketing 101: What Small Businesses Need to Know

Digital Marketing 101: What Small Businesses Need to Know

Small business owners know digital marketing is no longer secondary to traditional print marketing and advertising and is a great way for them to get more bang for their marketing bucks. (In fact, 95% of small businesses plan to increase spending on digital marketing...

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2019 Economic And Consumer Outlook

2019 Economic And Consumer Outlook

The overarching theme of retail consumers in 2019 is high expectations. Higher consumer confidence, higher wages, innovative startups and emerging technology all contribute to unrelentingly high standards. But, for all of those same reasons small businesses are in a...

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Biz Smarts: Are you making your employees smaller than they are?

Biz Smarts: Are you making your employees smaller than they are?

I took part in a working group discussion as part of Seth Godin’s recent altMBA course. One of the participants was the founder and owner of a successful and still rapidly growing skin care company — I’ll call her Jane. Jane said something that struck me. She realized...

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How We Reached 14,000 Local People for $3 on Facebook

How We Reached 14,000 Local People for $3 on Facebook

Steven Sinatra is a second-generation pawnbroker who, along with his father, runs World Pawn Exchange in North Bend, Oregon, where he is GIA jewelry professional and managing partner. As someone who grew up during the technology boom of the mid-90s, Steven has a...

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Data Age eCommerce Clients Top $25 Million in Online Sales

Data Age eCommerce Clients Top $25 Million in Online Sales

Data Age Business Systems, the developers of PawnMaster, the industry-leading pawn shop management software, are excited to announce a landmark eCommerce occasion. Using the integrated eCommerce listing tool e4o, PawnMaster users have sold over twenty-five million...

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Why Text Messaging?

Why Text Messaging?

Text messaging – We all do it, multiple times a day, every day. There’s a reason text messaging is the number one form of mobile communication in the world. It’s fast, it’s easy, everyone does it. In fact, over 26 billion texts are sent each day in America alone. But...

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Redefining Cloud Technology: PawnMaster Ignite

Redefining Cloud Technology: PawnMaster Ignite

For over 30 years, PawnMaster has been known for our world-class service in every aspect pertaining to supplying the collateral loan and buy/sell industry with state-of-the-art software. Whenever we roll out a new program, service, or support model, we do so with only...

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