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, please contact us directly!

For our current members, here is the info relating to their first retreat coming up:

We would like to thank all of you that have signed up to become part of the Pawn Industry’s first of kind Peer Groups. Many of you saw our program description this past year at our Pawn Symposium down in Naples Florida and at long last we are moving forward with our program.

We have the dates of April 25^th – 28^th established for our first official Peer Group Meeting. We will be meeting in Los Angeles for our first go round and we have selected the following property for our gathering.

Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club – 260 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277

310-379-8481

Here is a link with some additional information on the property:

Portofino Hotel INFO LINK

The resort is offering us standard rooms at $155 per night. We will have other room options available for those of you who may be seeking suite upgrades or other, additional information out quickly.

Our tentative schedule is as follows:

• April 25^th – Attendees arrive – check in
• April 26^th– King Pawn Store Tours LA – Sam Shockett
  • Group breakfast at 8:00 AM
  • Tour Bus 9:00 AM Depart – All Day OUT
  • Group Social – Cocktails / Dinner
• April 27^th – Group Breakfast 8:00 – 9:00 AM
  • Meetings begin
  • Luncheon Noon – 1:00PM
  • Meetings continue – 5:00 PM Adjourn
  • Cocktail Social / Dinner IN/OUT TBD
• April 28^th – Group Breakfast 8:00 – 9:00 AM
  • Meetings Resume
  • Luncheon Noon – 1:00PM
  • Meetings Continue – 5:00 PM Adjourn
  • Adjourn / Wrap up /  Socials or Dinner TBD

Folks this is our tentative agenda and our first Peer Groups meetings which promise to be very exciting. For starters we will be doing an initial case study and examination of Sam’s stores. His large operation in LA generates more than 1000+ loan transactions per day and is one of the largest operations in the world today of its kind and is certainly one of the largest in the United States. Sam has several stores that we will visit and all of this will be wrapped up with a special evening out on day one.

Our second day will be setting the tone and the agenda for our Peer Groups. This will be the time that our attendees with our guidance will set our agendas, cover our ground rules and membership participation and establish our next members store locations and dates for our second meeting of the year.

Our third day will focus on various Pawnshop Operational formats and will lead into the types of information and programs we can create for our Peer Groups.

All N’ all it promises to be a very unique opportunity to work with fellow non-competitive peers in our industry and to share all of the wealth of knowledge, skills, mistakes we have made and tour live operations around the country and more.

We will be covering our by-laws, do’s and don’ts and much more at our initial meeting in Los Angeles.

Pawnshop Consulting Group will take care of all of your hotel bookings and arrangements, members will pay their own hotel expenses and travel related fees to attend the events. Members will be billed for their hotel rooms in advance prior to our meetings as well.

As part of the participation, our production costs will be equally divided by the number of members and or participants present and billed at time of our events. We will have common shared expenses such as the meals, transportation arrangements for our tours and travel related expenses for the event producers and or any special guests or other event promotional related expenses that could arise.

Membership Fees cover each organization of the Peer Groups. Organizations can bring two or more people to the functions with no more than 3. Each organization will have to pay for their meal and or shared function costs as a pro-rata of the total number of attendees plus their own hotel rooms or other.

If you plan on bringing others to the meets, please provide us with the complete names, positions, contact info and email addresses for each additional – limit 3 per organization please.

Please specify the room types you would like, how many rooms you will require as well as: king – queen – twin beds – ocean view – suite or other. We can begin to make all of your room reservations ASAP and make preparations. Additional pricing info out soon for the suite upgrades and other, please stay tuned.

We will be sending some additional information requests within 3 weeks of our event for the financial disclosures and more.

Please get your financial commitments in the mail ASAP to us and let us know your attendance numbers and room requests ASAP.

Look forward to seeing you all in Los Angeles and let’s Rock the Pawn World some more!

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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We have updated information for this year’s upcoming 2012 International Pawn Symposium & Conference scheduled for September 9^th – 14^th 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:

Ritz Carlton – Cayman Islands

We have added two more night stays for a total of 6 nights for this year’s event so that we may all take in some of the many excellent group social functions we are planning for this Historic Event and to enjoy the glamour and beauty of the Cayman Islands themselves.

Moving forward with some of the feedback we received last year in Naples we have shortened up several of our days just a bit so that we can ALL have planned social or family functions together or individually to partake in many of the island hospitalities that are offered.

The Cayman Islands offer WORLD CLASS activities unparalleled anywhere else in the world today. The Caymans’ have been long known as one of the top 10 diving locations on the Planet today as well as providing excellent deep sea fishing grounds and a variety of ocean and marine activities suited for just about any age or ability level.

Here is a link with some information on Cayman Island activities:

Cayman Island INFO

We are also billing this year’s event as “Family” friendly!

Children will be welcome and we will have several of our social functions geared around good ol’ fashioned family fun. We are looking at sand-castle building competitions on the beach, sea turtle aquarium visits, dolphin swims, snorkeling, diving, swimming with the stingrays, submarine dives, fishing, golfing and more. We will have a host of options that will fit just about any of our attendees’ desires traveling from around the world to attend our event this year.

This year’s event promises once again to be unlike any other event of its kind in the  Pawn Industry today. We will be mixing and mingling with some of the best and brightest minds this industry has produced along with some other skilled and knowledgeable folks that will be interacting and presenting even a wider array of subject material for our consumption.

We have assembled a variety of packages to accommodate just about anyone wishing to attend.

Our Attendee packages include ALL nightly room charges, ALL the meals, ALL the cocktail socials and ALL of the functions at the property itself.

All you need to do is get yourself to the Islands and we will take it from there!

Remember to get your PASSPORTS IN ORDER!

Specifics for our hotel packages and arrangements with the Ritz are as follows:

• $4200 1^st Attendee Standard room – 6 nights – all meals and all functions included
  • These are standard rooms – king, queen or twin bed options available pool or garden view rooms

• $2600 2^nd Attendee shared room – 6 nights – all meals and attendance to ALL functions – Spouses or significant others who wish to attend our Seminars would be included in this category

• $1650 Spouses or Significant others staying in same room w/registered attendee – Includes all meals, cocktail socials, no attendance to seminars

• $5200 1^st Attendee OCEAN view room – 6 nights – all meals and all functions included
  • There are a limited number of these rooms available please RSVP ASAP if you would like to have one of these rooms – king, queen or twin bed options available

• $1000 Per child fee, staying in same room with Paid Attendee(s), includes all meals and attendance to any of our organized social functions (fee does NOT apply if children are not attending meal functions)

        *  $1800 Additional Standard room – pool or garden view, king, queen or twin bed set up – 6-nights – For children or other guests requiring additional rooms – Rooms ONLY

Tentative Schedule is as follows:

Sunday September 9^th 2012

Attendees arrive and UNPACK, UNWIND and RELAX on the BEACH!

• Informal Cocktail Social on the Beach at Sunset

Monday September 10^th 2012

• ALL DAY – Group Organized Deep Sea Fishing, Diving, Golfing, Submarine, Snorkeling, Stingray Dive/Snorkel, Sea Turtle Sanctuary/Aquarium, Spa Treatments and more
• 5:00 – 7:00 PM – Attendee Registration and Credentials
• 7:00 – 9:00 PM – Welcoming Cocktail Reception – Room – Seven Mile Beach South

Tuesday September 11^th 2012

• 7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast Served – Ballroom Terrace
• 8:30 – 9:00 AM – Jerry Whitehead – Opening Remarks – Symposium Agenda, Format and Whitehead vision for the Industry Today
• 9:00 – 9:15 AM – Intermission
• 9:15 – 11:00 AM – John Thedford – “Over Managed and Under Cultured” How to run the Leadership Deficit
• 11:00 – 11:30 AM – Feedback Session
• 11:30 – 1:00 PM – Intermission  – Luncheon – Ballroom Terrace
• 1:00  – 2:30 PM – David Johns – How to Create Contests to Build Profits & Goal Attainments in the Operations
• 2:30 – 3:00 PM – Feedback Session
• 3:00 – 4:00 PM – Jordan TaBach Banks – Beverly Jewelry & Loan – How to procure and obtain high value loans and customers
• 4:00 – 4: 15 PM Intermission
• 4:15 – 5:00 PM  David Johns – Performance Evaluations to Drive Profits and Productivity in the Operations
• 5:00 PM Adjourn – Sand Castle Building Contests Beach – Kids invited

Wednesday September 12^th 2012

• 7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast Served
• 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Jennifer Kanistras – Loss Prevention Techniques in the Operations – The how why and what to look for
• 10:30 – 11:00 AM – Feedback Session
• 11:00 – 11:15 AM – Intermission
• 11:15 – 12:15 PM – Roberto Doering – Technology Utilization for monitoring customer behavior, loss prevention, maximizing efficiencies in the Operations
• 12:15 – 1:30 PM – Intermission / Luncheon – Ballroom Terrace
• 1:30 – 1:45 PM – Intermission
• 1:45 – 3:00 PM – David Hurst – Argentum Refinery – Descriptive of the offshore refinery – the principles of a CO-Operative profit sharing operation – processes and more
• 3:00 PM – Adjourn – Argentum Tours & Group Social Activities

Thursday September 13^th 2012      

• 7:30  – 8:30 AM – Breakfast Served
• 8:30  – 8:45 AM – Intermission
• 8:45 – 9:45 AM – Neil Johnson – Fund Manager – Lombardy Fund – Benefits to offshore banking, tax free, duty free zones, logistics and more 
• 9:45  – 10:00 AM – Intermission
• 10:00 – 11:30 AM – Brad Huisken – Pawnbroker Certification Program
• 11:30 – 1:00 PM – Intermission / Luncheon – Ballroom Terrace
• 1:00 – 3:00 PM – ButterMilk Media / Justin Whitehead – Total Online Presence – latest trends and developments with Social Media
• 3:00 – 3:15 PM – Intermission
• 3:15 – 4:00 PM – Sponsor Presentation – Special
• 4:00 – 5:00 PM – Jerry Whitehead – Status of Industry today – Global Trending – informational and more
• 5:00 – 6:00 PM Cocktail Social
• 6:00 – 9:00 PM Group Dinner – North Sound Pool

Friday September 14^th 2012

• 7:30  – 8:30 AM – Breakfast Served
• 8:30  – 10:30 AM –   Kevin Prochaska – How to create and establish Financial Goals and Benchmarks for your operations
• 10:30 – 11:00 AM – Feedback Session
• 11:00 – 11:15 AM – Intermission
• 11:15 – 12:15 PM – Sponsor Presentation – Special
• 12:15 – 1:30 PM – Intermission / Luncheon – Ballroom Terrace
• 1:30 – 2:30 PM – Jerry Whitehead – Symposium Agenda Wrap Up – Feedback Session – Symposium Analysis w/Group
• 3:00 PM – Adjourn – Social Functions – Group Out
• Group out – Lighthouse Restaurant / Other?

Pawnshop Consulting Group is PROUD to continue to deliver up WORLD CLASS events for our beloved industry and for those who wish to actively participate and be part of the new revolution that exists for the Modern Industry of today.

In regards to our events Pawnshop Consulting Group functions all seem to SELL OUT  and as such we are recommending that you get your requests on the list as soon as possible, we are already past the halfway point for attendees based on our early registration to this past years event attendees.

Due to our active feedback sessions with our many presenters and speakers space has to be EXTREMELY LIMITED for these events so that ALL of our attendees are able to maximize the benefits of ALL of the live interaction with the community present at our functions.

We strive to bring the best of the best to present their views and real life experiences in our industry and more for the betterment of ALL.

Pawnshop Consulting Group continues to strive to bring our industry leaders together with fellow pawnbrokers in arms from around the world. These functions allow us to socialize and network with our brothers and sisters in the most luxurious and relaxed environments we can find and produce anywhere in the world today.

Don’t miss out, be part of this historical International Event going on in the Caymans Islands this year!

To add your name or organization to our list – feel to contact us directly to reserve your space(s). SPACE IS LIMITED

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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 service, ambiance, food and excellence in production by the staff of the Ritz Properties which are unequaled anywhere in the world. Because of these factors and more, Pawnshop Consulting Group has selected the Ritz Carlton once again as our host property this year and in the Cayman Islands!

We are planning on providing a wider array of social functions and activities to take our select high-level attendees and adorn them not only in the wealth of knowledge to be shared at these events, but also in the luxurious environments provided by the Ritz properties and more importantly as to be experienced in the Cayman Islands themselves.

The Cayman Islands is also the home office areas for our CashWiz division that operates stores throughout the Caribbean today and is also home to Argentum our newest Gold Refinery currently under construction.

The Caymans present world class opportunities in the snorkeling, diving, deep sea fishing, golfing, submarine reef dives, deep sub dives and much more.

This event promises to be unlike ANY event ever produced for our beloved industry in history!

Here is a link on the Ritz Carlton in the Cayman Islands, have a look it’s a world class resort property right on the most beautiful beaches in the Cayman Islands.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/GrandCayman/PhotoGallery.htm

Our dates are September 10 – 14th in Georgetown Cayman Islands and we will have a definitive schedule along with our pricing structures out very soon.

We have very limited space availability for these world class engagements, we are recommending that you reserve your spots AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

We have invited our previous years attendees as a first come first serve and have most all of their commitments as of now since our first official news release about this years exciting event and email blast directly to last years attendees.

The 2011 event was SOLD OUT as point in mention and due to the extreme nature of these events, attendance has to be limited.  

We have a limited number of spaces available while they last for those who wish to invest their time and money into a high-level work shop Pawn Industry Symposium along with all the networking and social opportunities that arise from these events.

More information coming soon !

Sincerely,

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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 of the pawn world and is a MUST see program.

For those of you who were fortunate to participate in the Pawnshop Consulting Groups Symposium last year at the Ritz Carlton in Naples Florida, you know what is in store for us this year!

For those of you who were not fortunate enough to attend last years, you have another opportunity to come mix and mingle with some of the best and brightest minds the industry has ever seen in a luxurious five star hotel on a world famous beach in the Cayman Islands.

Participation in these groups has to be limited for maximum benefit for our attendees. We are suggesting that if any of you would like to attend, you should contact us immediately to get on our lists.

Attendees from last years event have first privalages for our limited attendance events, post their confirmations and commitments we will take on a limited number of new attendees for this years event.

GET YOUR PASSPORTS IN ORDER NOW!

Grand Cayman is another country and a valid Passport IS required to gain entry there and back in the USA.

Our initial line up of speakers and presentations is as follows:

* John Thedford – Founder of Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn – Piece on “Over managed and Under Cultured” how to run the Leadership Deficit

* David Johns – Former Human Resource Director for Sears & Roebuck, Cash America International, Value Pawn and LaFamilia – More on high level aspects of the Human Resource Challenges for our Industry

* Kevin Prochaska – CEO Lombard Financial – Insta Cash Pawn out of Texas – How to create and establish Financial Goals and benchmarks in your operations

* Jordan TaBach Banks – Owner – Beverly Jewelry & Loan – How to procure the HIGH END Specialty Boutique lending business and trade

* David Hurst – Argentum Refinery – Presentation on the new refinery in Georgetown, explanation of the Co-operative format for this refinery, a comprehensive game changer for the processing of precious metals

* Neil Johnson – Fund Manager for the Lombardi Fund Cayman Islands – Topics to include the benefits and processes of offshore banking in duty free and tax free trade zones

* Jennifer Kanistras – Former Loss Prevention Analyst for Cash America International and Value Pawn – A Comprehensive program on loss prevention and analysis

* Brad Huisken – Founder of IAS Training – Introduction to a comprehensive Pawnbroker Management Certification Program

* Steve Moore - ButterMilk Media – Much more on Social Media and where it is at today

* Justin Whitehead – Student – Social Media and practical applications for obtaining today’s generation and more

* Jerry Whitehead – CEO of Pawnshop Consulting Group Inc. – Status of industry today, global trending, financial benchmarks and much more

And we will have a few surprise guest speakers and presenters along with a host of fun and exciting group social functions. ON our list for this year for social activities we are looking at:

* snorkeling with the stingrays

* submarine rides off the reef

* diving/snorkeling reef adventures

* deep sea fishing

* sand castle building contests – kids included

* golfing

And other activities that are in the works!

This is our preliminary news release there will be more following over the next few weeks, be sure to email and contact us immediately if you would like to be included in yet another world class event production from the Pawnshop Consulting Group!

Stay Tuned !!

Sincerely,

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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 real well, and the word is WOW!

Our attendees were provided some of the most up to date input from a variety of presenters on a wide array of topics that included:

* The high-end watch trade as presented by Jack Hartsoe and Rob Chramosta

* Loss Prevention techniques and information as presented by Jennifer Kanistras a former loss prevention specialist from Cash America and Value Pawn

* Financial Benchmarking and Metrics as presented by Jerry Whitehead

* Employee Selectivity and Productivity enhancing techniques as presented by David Johns the former Human Resource Director for Sears, Cash America, Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn

* Managerial Certification Program as presented by Brad Huisken founder of IAS Training

All of this was followed up with our book camp session on day 2. This is a program that the founders of the highly successful Pawn Companies’ Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn, John Thedford and David Johns have been developing over the past couple of decades. This is an extremely inter active program in which participants are assigned chapters in each of the books that are presented in this 8 part series and they have to elaborate on their out takes from the readings and how they can apply the principles and or techniques described in these highly motivational reads into their daily operations.

This event is very structured and brings in the wide perspectives and views from operators from many different operational environments.

All of our guest presenters for the Book Camp provided a wonderful introspect as to how they could apply the principles studied directly into their operations while being moderated by John Thedford and David Johns.

The feedback we have received has by far exceeded our expectations along with the continued commorodary and networking that develops from these gatherings, priceless!

Here is what one of our presenters and attendees had to say about the event:

From Rachel Wilen – Gem Pawnbrokers NY

I had a great experience at the leadership camp,  although I’m sad to
give up any hopes I had for a second career as an inspirational speaker.

I will send you a picture of the leader board that we have put up. Let the games
begin.

The information you, Jerry and David provided to everyone at the conference
is not only inspirational, but has changed my whole corporate plan. I have
a new fire for this business that I haven’t felt for a long time.

Rachel Wilen
Gem Financial Services

Plans are underway for our second Executive Leadership Camp, we will be at the Marriott Airport Orlando location again - dates are March 14th – 16th.  The book we have selected for the book camp portion of this camp is “First Break all the Rules” written by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman two of the principals from the Gallup Organization. This work is a combination of their research from thousands of organizations around the world and what it takes to be the best of the best. This piece promises to be one of our highlights of this 8 part series and is an absolute must for those seeking refined input and techniques to model your operational approaches after.

We already have this group more than halfway filled, if you have any interest in attending the next session of our 8 part series do not hesitate to contact us immediately.

If your unable to attend this event please contact us directly to get on our lists for the next round of dates for our ongoing series.

Space is extremely limited do to the interactive nature that is designed into our programs.

We look forward to a bright and prosperous future for all our beloved friends, family and fellow brothers and sisters in Pawnland!

Sincerely,

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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 14^th – 16^th and will be hosted at the same property we are hosting the January Camp and that will be at the Orlando Marriott Airport Location.

Spaces are extremely limited to these events and sell out quickly.

We encourage all interested parties to get on the list as quickly as possible.

For a recap, here is what the programs are about and can benefit any level of operator.

These are the Leadership and Book Camp type retreats that the founders of the highly successful companies, Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn - John Thedford and David Johns have been perfecting over the past couple of decades in their operational worlds. 

These concepts were shared at our Symposium this past year down in Naples Florida and will be blended in with other operational insights and more from the Pawnshop Consulting Group as well.

This camp’s book focus will be “First Break All the Rules” one of the most exciting books in this 8 part series we will be conducting this year.  

Here is some info on the book and the authors:

The greatest managers in the world seem to have little in common. They differ in sex, age, and race. They employ vastly different styles and focus on different goals. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They do not hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They do not believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They do not try to help people overcome their weaknesses. They consistently disregard the golden rule. And, yes, they even play favorites. This amazing book explains why.

Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman of the Gallup Organization present the remarkable findings of their massive in-depth study of great managers across a wide variety of situations. Some were in leadership positions. Others were front-line supervisors. Some were in Fortune 500 companies; others were key players in small, entrepreneurial companies. Whatever their situations, the managers who ultimately became the focus of Gallup’s research were invariably those who excelled at turning each employee’s talent into performance.

In today’s tight labor markets, companies compete to find and keep the best employees, using pay, benefits, promotions, and training. But these well-intentioned efforts often miss the mark. The front-line manager is the key to attracting and retaining talented employees. No matter how generous its pay or how renowned its training, the company that lacks great front-line managers will suffer.

Buckingham and Coffman explain how the best managers select an employee for talent rather than for skills or experience; how they set expectations for him or her — they define the right outcomes rather than the right steps; how they motivate people — they build on each person’s unique strengths rather than trying to fix his weaknesses; and, finally, how great managers develop people — they find the right fit for each person, not the next rung on the ladder. And perhaps most important, this research — which initially generated thousands of different survey questions on the subject of employee opinion — finally produced the twelve simple questions that work to distinguish the strongest departments of a company from all the rest. This book is the first to present this essential measuring stick and to prove the link between employee opinions and productivity, profit, customer satisfaction, and the rate of turnover.

There are vital performance and career lessons here for managers at every level, and, best of all, the book shows you how to apply them to your own situation.

The event pricing includes 3 nights at the target property, two full days of workshops with the masters and other invited guests, breakfast and lunch for two of the days and participation in all of the functions themselves.  

Package price for these events are running at $2250 per attendee per room, additional attendees sharing initial room or staying off property are billed at $2050 per attendee.

We will be hosting our event once again at the:

Orlando JW Marriott Airport Location

We are recommending that you RSVP as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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, one of my pawn buddies from the Carolina’s celebrated his 50th Birthday in Hawaii and what better way to do it? We even had a private VIP area set up, pool side, next to the ocean at the World Famous Rumfire hangout on Waikiki Beach New Years eve .. it was definately off the chain as they say.

Some of our fellow pawn friends from New Zealand arrived today and will be heading over to Maui from here about the same time I am, back to my ol’ homeland of some years back, so it works out all good as they say here in the islands.

2012 promises to be a wonderful year for all of us, from our perspective we are looking at rolling out a whole suite of continuously developed products and services.

Stay tuned for more new dates for our Focus Group and Leadership Groups, we did sell out our first groups in about 24 hours, much more to come and we will have some news soon on the PCG 2012 Pawn Symposium & Conference that will be in the Cayman Islands in late 2012.

Aloha Nui Loa and Mahalo !!

 Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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We have a preliminary schedule for our upcoming Leadership Camp slated for January 25^th – 27^th 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 was sold out in 24 hours of our initial news release I might add, stay tuned more dates for future camps are in the works as well as our long awaited Industry Peer Focus Groups.

For Camp I in January we have a great line up presenters and information that will be shared along with the highly acclaimed book review process as created by the founders of Value Pawn and LaFamilia Pawn, Mr. John Thedford and David Johns.

These events promise to be like nothing offered in our industry before and are truly a one of kind experience to mix, mingle and further the educational experiences within our industry today with some of the best and brightest minds in our sector.

Tentative schedule is as follows:

January 25, 2011                                           Arrival & Check In

January 26, 2011                                           Conference Convenes

8:00AM – 9AM                                   Breakfast

9:00AM – 9:30AM                            Opening Remarks/Introductions

Jerry Whitehead & John Thedford

9:30AM – 11:30AM                          Watch/Timepiece Training

Jack Hartsoe & Rob Chramosta

11:30AM – 12:30PM             Lunch

(Location)

12:45PM – 1:45PM                           Financial Overview

Jerry Whitehead & John Thedford

1:45PM – 3:00PM                             Audit/Loss Prevention/Security

Jennifer Kanistris

3:00PM – 4:30PM         Selection & Management of Top Performers

David Johns

4:45PM – 6:30PM                              Certified Professional Pawnbroker Program

Brad Huisken – IAS

January 27, 2011                                           Leadership Development

9:00AM – Noon                                    Book Review & Presentations

Noon to 1:00PM Lunch

1:00PM – 5:00PM                                 Book Review & Presentations

John Thedford & David Johns

Wrap UP – Jerry Whitehead

ON behalf of the Pawnshop Consulting Group I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank all of our family, friends, fans and supporters for yet another record year for our Company. We have been so blessed to work with so many wonderful families and organizations all over the world and we really DO appreciate the opportunities they provide.

We hope that the blessings continue for all of you and also wish the Happiest of the Holiday Season for our clan along with a very big Merry Christmas!

I am off to Peru today and then unfortunately I will be in Hawaii for a  number of weeks for some fun in the water and a little bit of work with Big Rich over in Maui.

Aloha and Mahalo!

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

www.pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

www.pawnsymposium.com

jerry@pawnshopconsultinggroup.com

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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 new products that we are rolling out.

We are working on creating more schedules for both products, I just wanted to take this time to outline how our Pawn Focus Groups work and what is involved with them. For those of you who were not fortunate enough to attend our most recent Historical Pawn Symposium down in Naples Florida, here is the details of what our Focus Groups are all about.

We are working on some additional dates for new groups as I type!

Pawn Industry Focus Groups:

What is a Peer Focus Group?

• • Modeled after a successful program started over 70 years ago in the automobile industry
  • 12 – 15 non-competing pawnshop businesses meeting twice a year
  • Explore industry specific issues that face other group members
  • Tap into a network of industry experts and profitable colleagues and get answers on improving performance

What does a Peer Focus Group do when they meet?

• • Discuss each other’s operations in detail
  • Analyze each other’s businesses
  • Identify ways to maximize profits
  • Put together a plan to stay ahead of the competition

What are the Benefits of a Peer Focus Group?

• •  Increase your profits
  •  Associate with other successful pawnshop businesses
  •  Share best practices and marketing techniques
  •  Set goals and be accountable for your goals
  • Compare financial results and metrics
  • Compare your operation with the industry’s best 

Who are the members?

• • Committed, motivated pawnshop owners and senior managers
  • Action-oriented business people who want to constantly improve
  • Those who are willing to seek out and obtain outside input
  • Those who expect an Return On Investment (ROI) from their time and monetary investment

Meeting Format

• • 2-3 days twice per year
  • Location determined by the members
  • Often in a member’s city to enable member evaluation
  • Education
  • Best practices – operations and marketing
  • Goal setting
  • Financial composites

Financial Metrics Analysis

• • Compare key financial results to other members’ financials
  • Measure P&L and Balance Sheet performance
  • Track key financial and operational metrics
  • Measure against your financial goals
  • Determine areas to improve profitability

Groups consist of 12 to 15 member companies

• Non-competitors in the same marketplace
• Consider break out by volume and number of locations
• First meetings planned for April and May of 2012

Pawnshop Peer Focus Group Meetings

• • Facilitated by:
    • Jerry Whitehead, Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.
    • Wayne McMahon, PROFITsystems, Inc.
  • PROFITsystems, Inc.
    • Peer Focus Groups for retailers since 1993, financial and business consulting services
  • Pawnshop Consulting Group
    • Most comprehensive consulting and support services in the pawnshop industry

Investment

• • $5000 per year plus share of common meeting expenses
  • Peer Focus Group Members say that one new idea per meeting covers the cost and provides a great return on investment

There are three kinds of people in this world:

• • Those that MAKE IT HAPPEN
  • Those that LET IT HAPPEN
  • And those who wonder WHAT HAPPENED

If you would like to be considered for our next focus group, feel free to contact me directly and we will see if we can get you on the list!

Sincerely –

Jerry Whitehead

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954-540-3697

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I am happy to report that the Pawnshop Consulting Group continues our commitment to delivering up high level materials and events to continue to propel the industry into the future.

We are officially rolling out our highly anticipated Industry Peer Focus Groups. We outlined the concepts for these groups recently at our historical Pawn Symposium held earlier this year over in Naples Florida at the Ritz Carlton.

We are organizing two groups currently and they will be divided up into operators of less than 5 stores or greater than 5 stores initially for our first two groups.

For group I, our event is going to be in Los Angeles this coming year April 23^rd – 27^th.

Our case study will be King’s Pawn, founded by Sam Shockett in Los Angeles. This particular group promises to be like no other, Mr. Shockett runs one of the single largest operations in the world today, and we will have an opportunity to examine and critique the operation up close and up front while going thru our group formats for our high level industry Focus Groups.

These groups will be limited to no more than 12 members, they can not be competing members in any market and there is a host of other rules and regulations to abide by to be in the Focus Groups themselves. Our bylaws will be posting up soon and we are already taking on sign ups for the groups.

We already have sign ups for Group I and it is coming to a close very quickly!

Here is some info on the Groups:

Pawnshop Consulting Group Inc. is proud to announce that we are launching our much anticipated Pawnshop Peer Focus Groups. These are the first organized groups at this level in the history of the industry.

What would happen if your business was infused with fresh ideas?

Innovation can be incremental and evolutionary, or radical and revolutionary. For Innovation to occur, it is sometimes necessary for people to change the decisions they make and the processes they use.

The great news is that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There’s a good chance that the business dilemma you’re facing today has already been solved by someone else. Networking and resource sharing are the most practical, economical, and entertaining ways to increase profits and attain personal success.

The Pawnshop Consulting Group is bringing together decades of proven methodologies, systems, and people to further assist in the high line fine tuning of our operational worlds. We will also explore the outer boundaries of what is possible if we put our minds together.

We would like to invite you to become a member of the Pawnshop industry’s first true focus groups. The Pawnshop Peer Focus Groups will be comprised exclusively of highly motivated Pawnshop owners and/or management personnel who will meet twice a year in locations decided on by the group members. To ensure that members get the most out of this experience, groups will be made up of organizations of similar size and operational levels. At the meetings, members will discuss common goals and challenges, share best practices, and participate in financial analysis and benchmarking as well as tour and critique various operations.

Due to the extreme networking and close relationship-building potential of the groups, we must limit their sizes and availability. If you are interested in participating with these groups, we recommend getting on the lists ASAP. Events organized by Pawnshop Consulting Group sell out quickly, so don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

Group 1 – April 23-27, 2012 – Los Angeles California

Group 2 – May (to be determined) 2012

Are you ready to join the elite members of these innovative groups?

Jerry Whitehead

President

Pawnshop Consulting Group, Inc.

954.540.3697

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