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		<title>Choosing Tools that Can Help You Attain Your Insurance Sales Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re choosing from the vast selection of agency automation tools, you only have to focus on the ones that can help you reach your business goals. You need a tool that will help you manage your insurance leads so that you know exactly what step they’re in with the process of getting coverage. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you’re choosing from the vast selection of agency automation tools, you only have to focus on the ones that can help you reach your business goals.  You need a tool that will help you manage your insurance leads so that you know exactly what step they’re in with the process of getting coverage.  You also need tools that can help you keep in touch with your clients, prospects and even leads who seem to have turned cold.  A tool that helps you keep your agency open and ready for business any time of day is also important.</p>
<p>Basically, you need tools like a leads management system, an autoresponder and a quote engine.  With the leads management system, you’ll never be lost about what marketing strategy to do next to your insurance sales leads.  If you’re in the process of resuscitating them for example, you rely on your email marketing campaign to rekindle the interest of your prospects and leads.  This is also where your autoresponder has a hand.  It’s the tool you’re going to use to send emails to your prospects and clients automatically.  If someone requests a quote from your quote engine for example, your autoresponder will send them a welcome email that will help you keep your agency in front of your prospects right away.</p>
<p>Your quote engine will also work for you even if you’re asleep or while you’re handling other matters with other clients.  When someone who’s actively looking for insurance wants to learn more about insurance and the policies that you offer, they can simply make use of your quote engine.  They get the information they need during their insurance shopping process.  </p>
<p>Indeed, there are many tools available in the market that helps you do business in the insurance industry.  If you focus on what your goals are, you can pick the most useful tools.</p>
<p>If you join us today, you will have a wide selection of the tools that you need to make it big in the insurance business. On top of that, you’ll have a great source of high quality leads. So sign up now!</p>
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		<title>Selling to Insurance Leads from Home – Make Your Job Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling to insurance leads is a great way to make money from home and every insurance agent knows it. You have the flexibility to work in a space where you’re actually comfortable, you can spend time with your family and to top it off, you don’t have to worry too much about what you’re going [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Selling to insurance leads is a great way to make money from home and every insurance agent knows it. You have the flexibility to work in a space where you’re actually comfortable, you can spend time with your family and to top it off, you don’t have to worry too much about what you’re going to be wearing the following day. Working from home certainly has its advantages but for insurance agents who are just starting out on this new road, there are a couple of things you can do to make the transition easier.</p>
<p>1.	Talk to your family – Whether these are your kids, your spouse, your parents, make sure you talk to them about the restrictions that come with working from home. The tendency of most people is to talk to you just because you’re there. But at the end of the day, that’s why you don’t get anything done. Make sure they understand that just because you’re an insurance agent working from home, it doesn’t mean you’re also part home-help.</p>
<p>2.	Set up a mini office – It doesn’t have to be a huge den, just a small area where you can sit and work. When talking to insurance sales leads, you have to sound professional and have to be heard. Make sure you are in a location where the rest of the noise in the house isn’t heard by your leads otherwise they are less likely to respect you.</p>
<p>3.	Set a goal for yourself – You’re an insurance agent and as such your success is measured by the number of insurance sales you make. Even if you weren’t looking at quotas, as a business owner you would be. Push yourself to remember that and don’t forget your goals.</p>
<p>4.	Minimize distractions – You may be able to function with a radio but not with a video game. Make sure your distractions are minimal so that you can place your focus on what you need to &#8211; your insurance leads.</p>
<p>Nothing is better than the satisfaction of being able to own your own business, make good money and have time for the family. Make sure you are making the most out of your time by getting high our quality insurance leads and maximizing your home set up. And you can purchase those leads from us, sign up now!</p>
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		<title>Creating Your List of Insurance Leads Correctly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance leads are just like any potential buyer in any market. They want to buy the best products they can in order to get the most value. This means that just like regular customers, they will have criteria of items they’ll want to make sure they can get in order to purchase a product, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insurance leads are just like any potential buyer in any market. They want to buy the best products they can in order to get the most value. This means that just like regular customers, they will have criteria of items they’ll want to make sure they can get in order to purchase a product, which in this case is your insurance plan. </p>
<p>One of the items a lot of insurance agents forget when creating insurance plan is their email marketing tactics. Email marketing is a huge part of the insurance business. Traditionally, insurance agents relied mostly on older forms of communication such as letters and cards in order to get their leads to sit up and take notice. With the advent of the internet, you no longer have the luxury to do that and consequently you now have to rely on email communication and other forms of electronic communication.</p>
<p>An essential when it comes to email communication is the ability to provide the right email to the right insurance sales leads. Some leads will want information on items such as insurance plans for seniors for example, while others will look for health insurance for their families. Whatever the case, it’s important for you as an insurance agent to be able to segregate these prospects into categories that they should be in so that you can send them the right emails.</p>
<p>Mailing lists are the simplest and most common way of creating these categories. You should be able to filter your list of leads by age, gender and ultimately by insurance plan. At the same time, you should have a way of filtering them by insurance plans that they are likely to buy and therefore getting them the right information at the time they need it. Mailing lists should allow you to also send emails by schedule as this will allow you to get some of the administrative tasks off your plate and get you focused on the actual task at hand.</p>
<p>Don’t let your competition steal your leads just because they have a system in place that you could just as easily implement. Make sure you make the effort to get to your leads quickly and easily. High quality insurance leads will also cut the time and effort you need, so make sure you get insurance leads from us now!</p>
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		<title>Insurance Sales: Promoting Your Agency Effectively</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to schedule promotions for your agency every once in a while. You can participate in the upcoming trade show or you can give out promotional products handy so that you can pass the word around town about your agency. Although this form of advertising has its limits, you never know where the products [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have to schedule promotions for your agency every once in a while.  You can participate in the upcoming trade show or you can give out promotional products handy so that you can pass the word around town about your agency.  Although this form of advertising has its limits, you never know where the products you give out are going to end up and you’ll find insurance leads in the unlikeliest places.</p>
<p>That said, you have to get things like pens, note pads, shirts and the like to print your agency contact information on.  The more these things are used, the stronger an impression you’ll make to possible prospects.  Think about handing some people a nice T-shirt.  It can have something about insurance on the front and your contact information at the back.  When people wear these shirts and go out of their home, you’re already advertising.  There’s no telling where the message about your agency will go and soon you might be getting a call from across the state from health insurance leads who want to get coverage.</p>
<p>Besides your contact information, there’s an even bigger message that you send out when you use promotional high quality items.  If the products are made with the best materials and, you also give your company a good impression.  Medical leads will understand that if you take the time and effort to hand out promotional items like these, you’ll also give them the impression that you’ll take the time and effort to assist them on getting insurance information and help them out in signing an app for the best policy.  You kill two birds with one stone when you utilize promotional items.</p>
<p>In the next trade fair, make sure that you have a lot of these goods in your booth to give out.  You can also use these things as gifts for your most loyal of clients.  In either situation, you accomplish advertising for your agency.  High quality leads can be found in many places.  You can find them yourself through the use of great insurance marketing tactics.  With your added reputation, you’ll quickly get to a sale.</p>
<p>Together with your own marketing plans, get steady supply of high quality leads when you sign up today.</p>
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		<title>The Cross Sell Dilemma &#8211; Should I Offer More than One Plan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the Avon lady who used to go around from house to house selling products? Or perhaps you remember the insurance salesman who used to go from house to house selling insurance plans? To your insurance leads, that salesman or Avon lady should be you. You have a certain number of products but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you remember the Avon lady who used to go around from house to house selling products? Or perhaps you remember the insurance salesman who used to go from house to house selling insurance plans? To your insurance leads, that salesman or Avon lady should be you. You have a certain number of products but not enough products for you not to be able to go from house to house.</p>
<p>Let’s expound on that explanation a little further. Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re a brand new agent who offers plans to health insurance leads. These medical insurance leads need plans that will help them with medication and hospital coverage. Now let&#8217;s say you have these types of plans, which is all well and good but what about if they need a life insurance plan because they have kids on the way.  Since you only concentrate on health plans, you don&#8217;t have the service to offer. There goes one source of income down the drain. </p>
<p>Let me give you another scenario. Let&#8217;s say the insurance leads you turn away happen to find a fellow agent who not only sell health insurance plans but also sells the life insurance plans that they can&#8217;t get from you. Do you think they would prefer to talk to one agent or two for their insurance needs?</p>
<p>Those two scenarios are basic everyday scenarios and yet there are still insurance agents who decide to sell only one type of product. Why? Because it&#8217;s easy and not hard to manage! You have a specific clientele to talk to and that&#8217;s it. But consider again the examples above and think about the leads you are likely to lose. Remember that people are animals of convenience and they will usually choose an option that prevents them from having to worry about more than one option.</p>
<p>Ultimately, the decision is yours. But before you decide, consider your options and what you&#8217;ll be foregoing because of your choice. That should allow you to make a proper, informed decision.</p>
<p>Looking for health and life leads? Sign up now and increase your chance of closing more sales through our high quality insurance leads.</p>
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		<title>Common Mistakes You Should Avoid With Your Insurance Leads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling insurance is a great career. You can make enough money not only buy yourself all the things you want but also provide for your family’s needs. A lot of people become insurance agents with the end goal in mind, making a lot of good money. Think about it for a moment though, a lot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Selling insurance is a great career. You can make enough money not only buy yourself all the things you want but also provide for your family’s needs. A lot of people become insurance agents with the end goal in mind, making a lot of good money. Think about it for a moment though, a lot of people make good money in insurance but at the same time a lot of people don’t. The question is why don’t those people sell as well as they should? Some people seem like natural sellers and yet they can’t seem to close what seems to be a straight forward deal. What is it that they or maybe you are doing wrong?</p>
<p>The first mistake is pretty simple, not building trust. It may seem like you have your own script and it sounds good to you but the biggest mistake you might be making is not building trust. Trust builds confidence and confidence is a good way to a sale. If you want your insurance leads to become clients, you have to build their trust.</p>
<p>The second mistake is not telling your health insurance leads what they need to look for or how. People prefer to be educated. It’s natural for us to be curious and to find out what makes the world go round. A big part of this is looking online for answers. A lot of agents don’t go beyond their comfort zone and tell insurance shoppers what they should be looking for. Education is the key to a better future and should not just be sales targeted but also objective. </p>
<p>The third and most costly mistake is giving up on a lead. Let’s be honest, a lot of us have done it before. You talk to a lead that seemed uninterested and you decide to give up – right away. You mark the lead as closed or dead and that’s the end of the story. Unfortunately good sales agents will know better and continue to try to sell to that insurance lead &#8211; even if they’ve turned cold as ice.</p>
<p>For more useful information on targeting leads, click on the sign up now button and give a shot at our high quality insurance leads.</p>
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		<title>How Can You Submit More Apps and Bring in More Commissions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the state of the economy in the recent years, it isn’t a surprise that a lot of employees take health insurance into consideration when choosing among potential employers. Health costs are rising and because other costs are too many, employees want to make sure they have the leverage of a good health plan &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given the state of the economy in the recent years, it isn’t a surprise that a lot of employees take health insurance into consideration when choosing among potential employers. Health costs are rising and because other costs are too many, employees want to make sure they have the leverage of a good health plan &#8211; at the least. Employers know this and in order to ensure they are getting the right people to join their organization, they will make sure the benefits they provide are good.</p>
<p>What this means for you is that there are a wealth of medical insurance leads out there who are looking for good group plans. Many of these employers make it a point to look for good quotes online and that obviously opens up doors for you. In some cases, you have employer prospects that have been around for a while and have been offered numerous group plans. On the other hand, you also have leads who are new business owners or owners who have been around for a while but haven’t really looked into group insurance &#8211; whatever the case, these health insurance leads are going to provide you good commission if you can close the sale.</p>
<p>But before you dig down into your pockets, you need to check out the quality of leads you are purchasing. The leads provider that you should be working with should practice the principle of filtering. This means you can filter the type of leads you want to receive which puts you to focus on leads that you find easier to close like geographical location, gender or insurability. </p>
<p>Remember that leads are best when they are hot so you better initiate contact right away since they lose interest by the minute. In fact, studies show that half of your lead’s interest wanes down about a half in just an hour. Always put leads’ need to providers who send the leads to you in real time. Also, you have to remember that insurance leads can be a hard sell because of competition. Find one that doesn’t sell their shared leads more than five times. </p>
<p>If you are interested in getting the leads that can lead to a sale, we can provide you a multitude of options and information &#8211; all you have to do is sign up now!</p>
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		<title>Establishing Indispensability with Your Current Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s always easier to keep current clients than earning a new one. Your relationship with your clients doesn’t end after they turn into paying customers.  Signing an app on a policy that you think best suits them isn’t the end.  You can still continue to nurture the relationship and you can still get something out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s always easier to keep current clients than earning a new one. Your relationship with your clients doesn’t end after they turn into paying customers.  Signing an app on a policy that you think best suits them isn’t the end.  You can still continue to nurture the relationship and you can still get something out of it.  Clients are likely to bail out on you when higher premiums looms in the horizon on their anniversary date but you can still keep them by being indispensable.</p>
<p>If you’re thinking about how you can be this person, you have a myriad of ways to keep your clients happy and always hand you their insurance needs. You might not have control over their rising premiums but you have the power to keep them informed of the changes and the new policies that they qualify for that wouldn’t cost them as much when they stay with the same policy.  Rather than lose your clients to another agent when premiums start to rise, you can be the one to find an alternative for them.  With a long and established relationship with your health insurance leads, it’s not too difficult for them to trust you once again.</p>
<p>Even if clients have already bought a policy or two from you, you can still send them a monthly newsletter like updates about the insurance world.  You can also have a blog on your site for them to be minutely apprised what’s going on with insurance.  Whenever there’s a plan that fits them, you can always take the reins of telling them about it and tell them they have the option to transfer to that policy. Being indispensable means you’d be the first and last person they’ll think of whenever a need for insurance arises.</p>
<p>It would take so much work if you always had to work on new prospects and foster new relationships with your insurance marketing.  Keep in mind that if only you were able to keep a quarter of your current clients every year, you’ll never have the need for a new leads in 5 to 6 years.</p>
<p>Finding it hard to close most of your leads? Sign up now and let our high quality leads increase the number of your sales.</p>
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		<title>How Much Revenue are You Losing Each Month for Not Touching Base with Cold Leads?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to loose track of your cold insurance leads. When new and hot leads keeps pouring in, you’ll be busy on the phones following up and leading them to sign the apps. While you’re raking up sales, you’re loosing potential clients as well. And if you are buying your insurance sales leads, it means [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s easy to loose track of your cold insurance leads. When new and hot leads keeps pouring in, you’ll be busy on the phones following up and leading them to sign the apps. While you’re raking up sales, you’re loosing potential clients as well. And if you are buying your insurance sales leads, it means you are losing revenue – lots of it. So if you already came to a point where you can no longer keep track of your prospects, you’ve got to bring technology to your side.  You need autoresponder that you can count on to continuously market to your leads even if you are doing something else.</p>
<p>Autoresponder gave multi-tasking a whole different meaning. With just minimal work, you are always in the face of your cold prospects. Remember that leads have different decision patterns. Some just needs 2 days but most would need longer time – enough to forget about them and throw them out on your garbage bin.</p>
<p>Although autoresponders makes your follow-ups a walk in the park, there is a very important factor that you need to undergo to make it really effective – the content. Making your emails personalized gives your leads the impression that you are actually talking to them.  You have to carefully craft an email that touches on their emotions – meaning their needs. Make a separate content for each of your niche – health insurance leads, life insurance leads, Medicare leads etc.</p>
<p>A twice a month marketing email and a once a month follow up for six months to a year may just be the right number of times &#8211; regularly in front of them but not too pushy. Also, make it a habit to send updated proposals. New offers can awaken their interest and bring them back to where they once before – hot leads.</p>
<p>You’ll definitely not sell each lead in your hands, but there are always new ways to increase your closing ratio. It can come from technology or from your increased selling prowess. Bottom line, you’ve got to be always on the look out for stuffs that would keep you at par or even surpass the best in the business.</p>
<p>Looking for ways to increase your sales success ratio? Sign up today and get the chance to pursue our high quality leads that are never incentivized and are highly interested to talk about their insurance needs.</p>
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		<title>The Real Deal about Exclusive Insurance Leads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Viel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many classes of insurance leads that you can purchase from your leads generation company.  There are shared leads, there are semi-exclusive ones and you can also get exclusive insurance sales and insurance sales leads.  With these leads varying in price, the question is, would you really attain more success with selling insurance if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many classes of insurance leads that you can purchase from your leads generation company.  There are shared leads, there are semi-exclusive ones and you can also get exclusive insurance sales<strong> </strong>and insurance sales leads.  With these leads varying in price, the question is, would you really attain more success with selling insurance if you concentrated on exclusive leads?  As with anything in the world, you have pros and you have cons.</p>
<p>With exclusive leads, you’re assured of being the only insurance agent to have the information about a certain lead from a leads generation company.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean that you won&#8217;t have any competitors.  The leads you get can always keep looking around for other agents who can give them the most cost-effective insurance policy so there is still a big chance that you’ll be sharing a particular lead’s information with other agents. However, it’s more likely that you will be the first agent to give them a call &#8211; which means you don’t have to deal with the annoyance factor that they’ve already been contacted by 10 other agents within the day.</p>
<p>Obviously, exclusive leads can bring you higher contact ratio which is equivalent to higher close ratio, considering that you do everything right.  But no matter how exclusive your leads are if you don’t establish contact the second you receive them, they won&#8217;t be waiting for you.  Always keep in mind that other agents are lurking around and could act fast in getting in touch with them even if the leads are just after insurance information.</p>
<p>Hard core selling is out and subtle marketing techniques are in. Provide your health insurance leads with the best choices.  You’re there to educate your leads first and you’re also there to provide them with guidance and support in making the choice for the best plan. If you work quickly enough and already have an insurance plan proposal at the first call, you can also be looking at a lead that will sign an application at the end of the call.  You only need to outline one proposal that would best suit their needs and they can be ready to sign an app with you.</p>
<p>If you want to know more about managing medical insurance leads, shared or exclusive, sign up here today and you’ll have a vast store of advice and selling techniques that’s a sure fire to rake in more sales.</p>
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