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The RTO Show Podcast is the podcast for the rent-to-own industry, hosted by Pete Shau, an industry insider with more than 20 years of experience in RTO operations, sales, leadership, marketing, and store growth.
Each episode brings candid conversations, practical insights, and real stories from the people shaping the RTO community, including operators, vendors, association leaders, store teams, industry veterans, and innovators helping move rent-to-own forward.
Pete’s conversations are built for seasoned veterans, newcomers, owners, managers, vendors, and anyone who wants to learn from the shared experiences, hard-earned lessons, and fresh perspectives inside the rent-to-own industry.
From lead generation, lead management, customer behavior, store traffic, door swings, sales process, collections, training, recruitment, and leadership development to technology, CRM integration, mobile-first shopping, Google ranking, Facebook ads, video marketing, advocacy, APRO, TRIB Group, RTO World, LegCon, and the future of the rent-to-own business model, The RTO Show helps listeners understand what is really happening in RTO.
If you work in RTO, serve the RTO industry, or want to better understand the people, challenges, trends, and opportunities behind rent-to-own, The RTO Show Podcast is your insider’s guide to the industry’s pulse.
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How To Make Your Grand Opening Pay Off Big!
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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What If Training Is Really About Trust
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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AI Is Rewriting Rent-to-Own Marketing Now
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Great Rent To Own Stores Are Built On Relationships
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Verify First, Chase Less: How DataTrue Helps RTO Dealers Make Smarter Deals with Dan Jobrack
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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You Know What to Do, So Why Aren't You Doing It? John Preston on Decision Paralysis
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Legacy Of Service: The History Behind the Kirk Kaye Volunteer Award
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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The Seven Principles That Make Sales Easier
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Jeff Smith: From Recovery To RTO Leadership
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Why RTO Still Wins Today
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Fix Customer Service Before It Costs You
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Inside the Legal Side of Rent-to-Own Sheds
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Should AI Be Your Next New Hire
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May 25, 2026 |
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Building Beyond RTO: Mark Connelly on Expansion Done Right
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May 18, 2026 |
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The Future of RTO Buying, AI, and Omnichannel Retail with AMPTAB
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May 11, 2026 |
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How Lauren Talicska and APRO’s LedgeCon 2026 Are Shaping the Future of Rent to Own
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May 04, 2026 |
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Inside LegCon 2026: How APRO Is Protecting the Future of Rent to Own
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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How RNR Tire Express Builds Better Shops Through Training, Service, and Leadership
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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RTO Legend: Honoring Ernie Lewallen’s Legacy in the Rent To Own Industry
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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David David’s Leadership Lessons for Rent To Own Operators and Entrepreneurs
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Family, Advocacy, and Leadership in Rent to Own with John Cleek Jr.
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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How Kevin Silvers Built Relationships Across the Rent to Own Industry
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Darrell Tissot’s Rent to Own Legacy and the Future of Customer First Leadership
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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How Mike Strong Built a 44 Year Rent to Own Legacy in Small Town America
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Gary Ferriman on Building Trust, Customer Loyalty, and Long Term Growth in Rent to Own
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Trooper Earle on RTO Franchising, Leadership, and Building a Successful Rent to Own Business
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Clover’s Certified Refurbished Strategy for Rent to Own Dealers and Consumers
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Michael Bennett on Leadership, Rent to Own Growth, and the Future of the RTO Industry
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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How AI Search, Advocacy, and Industry Leadership Are Changing Rent to Own Forever
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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How APRO Built the Modern Rent to Own Industry with Ed Winn
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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RTO Legend Bill Keese: How A Lobbyist, A Judge, And Grit Kept An Industry Alive
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Bill French on Building the Rent-To-Own Industry From the Ground Up
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Leading Multi-Unit Teams Through Change with Sean Knupp
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Chris Korst Explains Rent-To-Own Advocacy, CFPB Risks, and the Future of RTO
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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A Former General Counsel Brad Dennison Explains Why Rent-To-Own Is A Lease, Not Credit
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Wake for Warriors: Healing Veterans Through Water and Brotherhood
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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How Kevin Quinn Helped Build and Protect the Rent to Own Industry
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Building a Rent to Own Empire | Larry Carrico on Leadership, Training, and Industry Evolution
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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The Future of Small Business Healthcare with StretchDollar CEO Marshall Darr
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The Reverend of RTO | Larry Sutton’s Entrepreneurial Journey from Champion to RNR Tire Express
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Behind the Scenes of RTO Video Magic with EssToo Creative
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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John Blair on the History of TRIB, APRO, and the Growth of the Rent to Own Industry
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Building a High Growth Rent to Own Business with Wayland Russell
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Dennis Shields on Vendor Relationships, Buying Power, and the Future of RTO
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Black Friday Strategy, Family Legacy, and Customer Loyalty in Rent to Own with Ben Leach
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How Dan Fisher Built One of the Best Cultures in Rent to Own
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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From Small Markets To 50 Stores: How Shannon & Cynthia Strunk Shaped RTO
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Building A Debt-Free Rent-To-Own Empire With Family, Grit, And Community with Kathy Windsor
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How A Family’s Grit Built A Consumer-First Rent-To-Own Company with Lyn Leach
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Show Your Face, Adjust Your Sound, And Watch Store Traffic Climb
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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From Bonus Depreciation to Buyouts: How RG & Co. Navigate Taxes, Valuations, and Cash Flow in Rent-to-Own
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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How Introverted Employees Can Succeed in Rent to Own Sales with Angelica Felix-Damas
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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From Cleats to Clipboards: Building Effective Leaders in Rent-to-Own
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Why Most Business Owners Stay Stuck and How 40 Flushes Changes That | John Preston
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Why Modern POS Systems Matter for Rent to Own Business Growth
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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From Job to Career: The Hidden Power of Industry Connection with APRO CEO Charles Smitherman
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Inside Franchise Growth, Acquisitions, and Multi Unit Expansion in RTO with Mitchell Lee
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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RTO World 2025 Live from Omaha | Aaron’s, APRO, and the Future of Rent to Own
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Franchise Leadership, Customer Experience, and Growth Strategies with RNR Tire Express CEO Adam Sutton
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Atlog's AI Powered Customer Service for RTO Business Growth
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Building Customer Loyalty: From First Hello to Final Payment with Jason Winters
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Are You Still Selling Like It's 2019!? Here's how you Fix it!
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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From Glass to Gold: How Leonard Alonzo Transformed Rent-to-Own
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Stop Chasing Ghosts: How to Bring Fresh Blood to Your RTO Store
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May 26, 2025 |
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Retire With Your Name on the Building: Gary Ferriman's Showplace Story
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May 19, 2025 |
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From Store Managers to Capitol Hill: Why Your Voice Matters
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May 05, 2025 |
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40 Years of Fighting for an Industry: Ed Winn's RTO Legacy
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Rent-to-Own Revolution: Ken Butler's Industry-Changing Journey
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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From Basic to Beautiful: Heath Perkins on Elevating RTO with Quality Rugs
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Inside Ashley Furniture’s Strategy for Rent To Own Success and Retail Expansion with Mike Kays
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Nav-Air's Streaming Success in a Rent-to-Own World
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Part 6: How AI Can Transform Rent To Own Operations and Store Management
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Part 5: How AI Helps Rent To Own Dealers Understand and Serve Customers Better
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Part 4: AI Marketing Strategies for Customer Growth and Higher Sales
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Part 3: How AI Is Transforming Rent To Own Sales, Training, and Productivity
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Part 2: What's Already Working with AI? Retail, Marketing, Customer Service, and Business Automation Explained
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Part 1: ChatGPT, Claude, and AI Tools Explained for the Rent-to-Own Industry
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Rethinking the Rent-to-Own Experience with Brandon Jin of Living Essentials
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Flipping the Script: Host Pete Shau's Journey in the Rent-to-Own Industry
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Opening an RTO Store? What Every Operator Needs to Know About Business Funding w/ Thomas Murphy of Capital Concierges
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Where Is Wondersign? The Real Story Behind One of Rent to Own's Biggest Technology Successes w/ Kaspar Fopp CEO
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Maximizing Digital Advertising Success in the RTO Industry w/ Ryan Krass of Wowbrands
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Inside RTO World 2024: APRO CEO Charles Smitherman on the Future of Rent to Own
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Innovative Video Marketing Strategies w/ Justin Burns at RTO World 2024
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Adapting to Retail Challenges w/ Jennifer Harrod at RTO World 2024
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Mastering Social Media Marketing w/ Chad Fosdick & Jeraud Norman at RTO World 2024
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Navigating Economic Turmoil in RTO w/ Jason Winters
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Shop Talk w/Brad Denison at Benefit Marketing Solutions
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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A New York State of Mind just might be the end of RTO in that state
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The Omnipresence of Cleek's Home Furnishings w/ "Tiger" John Cleek Jr.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Overcoming Obstacles w/ Karen Martin
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May 21, 2024 |
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How to create success from single store ownership
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May 06, 2024 |
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Opening your own RTO location w/ Leroy Steen
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May 01, 2024 |
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Vendor Spotlight: Nektova w/ Brian Rosen
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Digital Conversations w/ Jeraud Norman
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Sales vs Marketing w/ Andrew Hajduk
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The benefits of a RTO War Room w/ Joe Milligan
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The importance of celebrating small wins
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Collections Fundamentals with James Harvey
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Esquire Advertising's Game Changing Marketing software w/Adam Ball
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The new way to view HR in todays world w/ Katie Marie Meyer
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Why analyzing your advertising data matters! w/Jeraud Norman
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Just one Store, Just one Shot w/Jamison's Rentals
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Build your Brand W/ Andrew Hajduk
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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It Starts with the Manager w/Jason Winters
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Proper Pricing w/guest host Jason Winters
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Bridging the Gap w/ Mike Skehan
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Reading the future from the past w/ Dan Companion
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Staying Hungry w/Josh Ciesicki
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Be the best at your Marketing Management with Jess Mahon
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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How to develope Rent to Own leaders for success (Part 2 of 2)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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How to develope Rent to Own leaders for success (Part 1 of 2)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The Majik to Creating Sales Leaders
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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APRO's review of RTO World 2023 - What you missed!
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Staying relevant in an Age of Adaptability
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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How to Stay Ahead of the Curve!
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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APRO's RTO World Conference 2023 invades San Antonio, TX
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Paul Metivier on being the FRDA President & VP of Impact RTO Holdings
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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RTO2 the new automated collections superpower?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Vendor Spotlight: Dialectic has the Goods
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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How Pawn & RTO Under the Same roof Works
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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How does TRIB really work and why you need it
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Shop the competition before its too late!
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Man Down
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May 08, 2023 |
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Retention Interviews: Holding on to Employees
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Why you need a Monday Morning Mind Set
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Why you should role play with your Sales Team
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Meeting of the Minds - What TRIB is doing to the RTO business
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Make the most from Tax refunds
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Leadership, Collections & Culture: Winning in RTO
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Why the Las Vegas Winter Furniture Market Matters
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Structure and Creativity the 1 - 2 punch for success!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Overcoming our failures
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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How to Close the Sale!
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Why Your Goals Aren't Working
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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In Hindsight... let's review
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Being real is a Superpower
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Want true Success - How to train your team successfully
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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How YOU can stand out from the RTO Crowd!
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Realizing Your Sweet Spot can hold you back
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Black Friday's here - Make it count!
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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How to turn slow days into GO days!
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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What makes the best drivers in Rent to Own
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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New as a GM?! Here's what you need to know!
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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How to leverage Social Media Marketing in Rent to Own
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Interviewing 101: Tips and questions to land the best candidates in Rent to Own
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The long work week effect on family life - The time away from home
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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7 tips to grow your customer base today!
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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"To Retain or to Replace" Why bad hires are costing your store thousands!
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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How removing mental limitations from your growth potential can affect your success
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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"Hello Indy!" APRO's RTO World Convention 2022 Recap - What Really Happened!?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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RTO 101 - The breakdown of the rental agreement - How it works!
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Pilot - Who are we? The story behind the RTO show
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Aug 31, 2022 |