Summa’s Sales Spotlight: “Hey Bob…”

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In sales, you have an opportunity to bring on new business through leads generated by marketing and demand generation programs. You also have the chance to sell to existing clients. When we call down on clients we are not using the same tools we use to close new business.

 

“Hey Bob” how is it going how is business?” As with any conversation – think about your audience.

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Cloud Computing 101

True Cloud, Hosted, and Co-location Services Defined

Just because you can access information online doesn’t mean that information lives in the cloud. If your technology provider claims to be cloud-based but isn’t, you could be facing threats such as slow server speed, high costs of the infrastructure being passed on to you, downtime, or the ultimate nightmare – complete catastrophic data loss.

Our goal is to explain the difference in technology between true cloud computing as opposed to other means of server management.  (more…)

Why is Agile Methodology Important in Software Development?

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Over the years Data Age has always been known as the technology leader in the pawn industry.  We invest a lot of time and resources to ensure every aspect of our clients’ business technologies are in place, updated, compliant, evolving and well-supported. We don’t rush our products to market to be able to capitalize on buzz words because this can be very costly to the end user and our first priority is putting our customers in a position for success. Having the right people and right processes ensures our company stability, and in turn, it ensures our clients’ investments are stable and profitable.

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Why Cloud? Why Now?

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Over the years, Data Age, with its PawnMaster product, has accepted and embraced the mantle of leadership in this industry when it comes to technology. As the number one software provider and most widely used software in the industry, it has and will always be our responsibility to keep the industry informed and educated to any technology shift or trends. With nearly 3,000 active clients, we have built a very stable, accurate, and highly effective software, which is extremely easy to use. Having tens of thousands of end-users in front of our software every day, we have been able to take ideas and suggestions and included them in new software builds. In addition to having world-class customer support, we have the absolute best software development team in this space, which can allow us to make enhancements very rapidly.

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Data Age Business Systems Launches the First True Cloud Software Solution to the Pawn Industry

PawnMaster, the world’s top-selling pawn management software will launch PawnMaster Ignite

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Clearwater, Fla. – (May 23, 2016) – Data Age Business Systems, the developers of PawnMaster, the leading pawn shop software, announced today that they will be launching the industry’s first true cloud solution called The company prides itself on providing stable software solutions in a volatile industry. Large pawn shops and small pawn shops alike will benefit from the scalability and usability of the new platform. The product will be backed by Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure.PawnMaster Ignite.  (more…)

Agile Development Makes PawnMaster Work for You

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At Data Age, we approach software development as an Agile management methodology. The PawnMaster, CheckMaster, and Buy/Sell Plus product lines have continuous development cycles throughout their life spans. There are several reasons for this such as compliance updates, new feature enhancements, and system performance maintenance to name a few.
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“No Regrets”

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Seven years ago I shared something with my then 12 year old daughter that my Dad said to me about my life when I was a kid growing up in Eastern Ohio.  He told me not to live my life with any regrets.  I remember that it was such a shock to me because he was typically a quiet guy that really taught me by his actions not his words.  I shared this with my daughter as she was entering her teenage years and shortly thereafter into high school.  I preached this to her in every aspect of her life such as her faith, family, education and athletics.  I’m sure she was tired of hearing this, especially as a teenager, but I believe life is too short not to give what you have every day and enjoy the results of all your hard work. (more…)

Summa’s Sales Spotlight: Go Out on a Limb – Make Them Remember You

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No matter what you do, you have to stand out.  As you work with your prospects, leave a lasting impression on them because they will identify you by this. Provide an experience your clients will remember fondly. The goal is for them to look forward to your next call. This is what we call rapport. Rapport is a means to an end. The end result has to be securing trust and belief in your client. Knowing what they are saying to you is honest and real. This will help you validate your sales efforts.

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