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Rent-to-own News - RentDirect Masters Mentor Summit Opens

June 20, 2011

The second annual RentDirect Masters Mentor Summit kicks off June 21-23 at Nationwide's multi-million dollar Prime Media! Communications Center in Kennesaw, Georgia where around 50 rent to own owners and managers will glean highly specialized insights on the finer points of managing and training a winning team and building a winning company.

 

RTO Training experts will be on hand for the three day event which will provide dealers with a tool-belt for implementing a turnkey "real world" management system that is easy to implement.

 

"A lot of times we see second and third generation guys trying to figure out how to hand off their business to their children," said Steve Bryant with Nationwide Prime Media, "and they need to create and codify a predictable system they can pass down as simply as possible. We give them to tools to do that."

 

Tuesday June 21:
1:00 - 2:30 Introduction and program overview.
2:30 - 4:00 Group breakouts to discuss current training practices and to exchange ideas.
4:00 - 6:00 Nationwide Presents, Steve Bryant's Excellence dba YOU! Assignments for Wed. sessions.
6:00 - 6:30 Hotel check-in
7:00 - 9:00 Group Dinner
9:00- Group relaxation

Wednesday June 22:

9:00-12:30 Nationwide Presents Steve Bryant's OpTEAMization Team Leadership Series.
12:30 Working Lunch at Prime Media!
1:30 Creative content design session for all new program RealationShops Converting iShoppers into iCustomers.
3:00 Guest RTO Industry Guest Speaker.
5:30 Dinner and Group Entertainment.

Thursday June 23:

9:00-11:00 Nationwide Presents Steve Bryant's MASTERS MethodHigh Integrity Relationship Selling.
11:00 - 12:00 Becoming a MASTERS Mentor, train-the-trainer tips and strategies.
12:00 Lunch at PrimeMedia!
1:00 Shuttles to Airport begin.  If possible flights home should be booked for 3:30 pm or later.
 

 

 

 

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A New Rent-to-Own Experience

by Neil Ferguson

Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers

 

Who Is Your Competition?

by Bill Keese

In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.

 

A Review of Online Customer Complaints

by Ed Winn III

While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.

 

Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII

by Kristen Card

Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.

 

 

Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.

 

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