Agency Nation

When you're in a room full of 100 insurance agents wanting to do digital marketing, they ask a lot of questions. Which is what they should be doing. Some of those questions might be the same thing you're struggling with in your agency. This is a spec...
Posted: Feb 28, 2018

One thing's for sure, it's probably not enough. There's definitely nothing wrong with obsessing over finding new clients, but it's also alright to want to get rid of some. Sometimes it just doesn't workout, it's no ones fault, there's just a better i...
Posted: Feb 27, 2018

If you're not, you just might be a fancy order taker. This is definitely the thing we like to call ourselves the most but the first thing we throw out the window. True "risk management involves actually making recommendations that might not always wo...
Posted: Feb 26, 2018

It's the one thing that destroys agency's and even families more than anything. You would think after all this time we would have figured this out by now. Not owning your life's work can really stand in the way of wanting to do it. What if there was...
Posted: Feb 23, 2018

No matter who you are or what you do, this question will always try to get the best of you. The secret is, it never is. Getting yourself to a place where good enough gets out the door is the only way to win. The judgement you're afraid of rarely happ...
Posted: Feb 22, 2018

Connecting online consumers to real agents, in real time crushes the competition. A hospitality business focus on person to person connections and their soul defined concerned for the happiness of the people they serve. Insurance companies should con...
Posted: Feb 21, 2018

Is really a lot more specific than you think. Delivering more information to a potential client is great. Letting them see your face, when it's convenient for them is even better. But, reaching a nirvana like state with video marketing and video prop...
Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Or are they just hoping you'll eat up their flavor of the week because you're starving? It's possible it's been a long time since a marketing rep from one of your companies showed up and asked you what kind of business you wanted to write. For too lo...
Posted: Feb 18, 2018

We just need to give the good ideas more money and the freedom to work. It's not rocket science, sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is get out of the way. Get out of the way of innovation, ingenuity and an overall desire to reject the statu...
Posted: Feb 16, 2018

If you're not sure then you've got a big problem. Because the worst thing you can do is nothing and refuse to decide who should be listening. The crazy thing is that it's not always who you think it is. But taking the time to figure it out how to rel...
Posted: Feb 15, 2018