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The Top 8 Mistakes in Hiring

The average cost to hire is estimated at over $4K. When you make one of these hiring mistakes you could ... more

Posted: Nov 18, 2020

Tell Stories That Connect with Your Customers

Define your brand in terms of your customers' stories and values to address the distrust and reputational issues that follow ... more

Posted: Nov 15, 2020

How to Use Influencer Marketing to Elevate your Agency

In industries like retail, brand marketers pay big money for celebrities and social media stars to advertise their products. But ... more

Posted: Nov 12, 2020

The Age of Millennials Is Over. What’s Next?

They are coming. Curious who they are? Keep reading because you’re about to find out ... more

Posted: Nov 11, 2020

Diversity and Inclusion: Moving In and Building Up

Many Diversity and Inclusion programs fall short of their goals. Often, the problem is a lack of commitment to the ... more

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Scratch It…Submitting to the Process

When you see people on the mountain top, they didn't just fall there. I will walk you through my journey ... more

Posted: Nov 08, 2020

15 Post Ideas to Improve Your Social Media-Part 2

Part two of this article shares seven post ideas to stimulate creativity and show that creating quality posts is easier ... more

Posted: Nov 05, 2020

Adapting to a Virtual Agency Environment

Working from home has scattered our insurance workforce, creating entirely new ways to work and communicate ... more

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

5 Best Practices to Help You Get Started with Google Ads

Using Google Ads to grow your insurance agency is a proven strategy. However, not many have mastered this marketing tactic ... more

Posted: Nov 02, 2020

Does every agency need a Chief Technology Officer?

Does every agency need a Chief Technology Officer? For our agency the answer was yes ... more

Posted: Nov 01, 2020

The Evolving Risk Landscape for the Legal Community

Law offices are being targeted by cybercriminals. Learn about the tactics, techniques and procedures hackers are using and how to ... more

Posted: Oct 29, 2020

Six Steps to a Stronger Social Media Presence

A robust social media plan can go a long way for your business--here are a few ways to keep your ... more

Posted: Oct 27, 2020

How to Use Data to Improve The Customer Experience

The best new kinds of data are the ones that help you manage your business more effectively ... more

Posted: Oct 26, 2020

Knowledge Management 101

Ted Taveras explains how to protect your business' most valuable intellectual property -- the knowledge in your team's heads -- ... more

Posted: Oct 25, 2020

The Hidden Power of Lists

Leaders who incorporate lists know that they can be helpful in decision making, problem solving, building relationships, and lowering anxiety ... more

Posted: Oct 20, 2020

Grow Your Business with a Strong Retention Strategy

Data shows you may not be doing enough to keep your clients with your agency. Find out how you can ... more

Posted: Oct 19, 2020

15 Social Media Posts to Improve your Performance – Part 1

Improve your social media performance with post ideas and examples from agents who are leading the way ... more

Posted: Oct 18, 2020

Leaders are Leading and Creating the Future of Insurance Distribution

A distribution strategy and ecosystem are foundational to bring together a range of distribution and digital capabilities ... more

Posted: Oct 15, 2020

Why Our Agency Recruited Someone from Silicon Valley to be Our CTO

“How does an independent agency keep up with the myriad of technology solutions that are constantly presented to us, and ... more

Posted: Oct 14, 2020

Reflections on InsurTech and the Pandemic

The InsurTech movement has been a catalyst for change in the industry. Now the events of 2020 have resulted in ... more

Posted: Oct 14, 2020

The Rules Still Apply

Join Kat Ternes and Lauren Bailey on The Rules Still Apply's first episode ... more

Posted: Oct 13, 2020

30 Questions You Need To Ask if You Are in Sales

Sales cycles can certainly be up and down. These 30 questions will give you some ideas and strategies to help ... more

Posted: Oct 11, 2020

Digital Future of Insurance Emerges out of the Pandemic Fog

Several discernable patterns are emerging out of the fog of the pandemic and together they provide a fairly well-defined view ... more

Posted: Oct 09, 2020

8 Mistakes Killing Growth in Your Agency

There are eight mistakes in your way to a bigger and brighter future. If you can transform them, you'll turn ... more

Posted: Oct 08, 2020

The Long Shot- How our agency recruited someone from Silicon Valley to be our CTO

There came the long shot idea we hoped would help us navigate the web of technology solutions and move the ... more

Posted: Oct 07, 2020