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Time to put away the beach toys and put on your coat because fall is upon us.  School is back in session, and the nights are getting longer. If you missed the opportunity to advertise for Back-to-School or the end-of-summer, fear not. We put together 7 great marketing tips to help jumpstart and power up your business through the coming season.

Topics: marketing, insurance marketing, insurance leads, insurance specialist, insurance marketing group, insurance market, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing organization, insurance marketing ideas, tips

September is in the air, and as that breeze picks up and we bid our fond farewells to summer of 2018, we also say hello to new beginnings.  For everyone, it’s time to get back to business, and this includes agency owners.  I don't have any kids, however when I see those school buses pick up those eager little minds I get excited... why, you might ask?  Because that's my sign it's back-to-school season and that agency owners and  parents are kicking it into high gear as we approach the end of the year!  

Topics: insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, quality insurance leads, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing organization, insurance marketing ideas, insurance marketing agencies, tips

The insurance sales and marketing landscape has changed dramatically over the past 5-10 years. As people become increasingly reliant on the Internet to research the products and services that can address their needs, inbound sales has developed into a crucial aspect of any successful agency's success.  

In many ways, inbound sales calls/leads offer you with significant advantages compared with outbound sales leads generated by strategies such as “cold calling.” In particular, you are benefiting from the fact that these people made the effort to contact you.  As a result, it is likely that these individuals already have some degree of interest in the services or products you provide.

Topics: Increase close rate, ROI, insurance marketing, insurance leads, insurance specialist, insurance marketing group, insurance market, insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, quality insurance leads, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing organization, insurance marketing ideas, insurance marketing agencies, tips

Many times when we are working with clients, we hear that they are upset with their close rate.  Instantly they get flashbacks to a bad vendor, or money wasted, and it gets to the best of agents.  The good thing with inbound call programs, like ours, is that you have a TCPA compliant call recording which can be used for quality assurance and training in your agency.

Topics: insurance leads, insurance market, insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, quality insurance leads, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing organization, insurance marketing ideas, insurance marketing agencies, tips, referrals

One of the biggest questions we get asked, as most lead vendors often do, is what should agents know about lead generation.  We put together our 4 tips you should know about insurance lead generation, and how it's not always what you think!

Topics: insurance leads, insurance specialist, insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing ideas, insurance marketing agencies, tips

Every insurance professional comes to the conclusion at some point, usually when you're doing working through your existing network, that your marketing could and should include some form of insurane lead services.  Insurance leads have been around for a while now, however the method in which they are acquired has developed dramatically since the advent of mailers.

Topics: Insider, Increase close rate, ROI, marketing, insurance marketing, follow up, insurance agent, insurance leads, insurance specialist, insurance marketing group, insurance broker, insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, quality insurance leads, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing agencies, tips

Want to be successful in inbound sales?

Topics: Increase close rate, insurance marketing, insurance leads, insurance market, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing agencies, tips

We strive to provide agents with tips on how to help bring their agency to the next level.  A lot of agents think sales and customer service are two separate aspects of running an insurance agency. However, I think great customer service IS a sales strategy.

Topics: Increase close rate, ROI, follow up, insurance agent, insurance specialist, insurance market, insurance consultant, insurance marketing ideas, tips

Summer is traditionally a difficult time to generate new sales.  Kids are out of school, summer trips to your favorite destination, or even just potential clients on vacation, or playing catch-up from when they were on vacation.

Topics: Insider, Increase close rate, ROI, marketing, insurance marketing, insurance specialist, insurance marketing group, insurance marketing ideas, tips

We live in the age of instant gratification and consumers often don’t give you a chance to explain the value you think you can provide. They are too busy, and have too little faith in the hordes of producers and companies that reach out to them on a daily basis. Unfortunately, they have learned through experience that these knee-jerk objections are the best defense against people wasting their time. This forces agency owners and producers to be more assertive and persistent.  Even when you are using an inbound marketing solution like Avenge Digital, you will deal with objections.  That's just the part of any business but the vast majority of the time what happens is a knee-jerk reaction from busy people who don’t yet see the value in working with you. That's not a reflection of you!  Nearly all objections at the prospecting phase of the sales and quoting process fit into one of two categories either they don’t understand the value & are too busy to think about it, or they are not ready for a buying conversation. Also broken down very simply: "Time or Money"

Topics: Insider, Increase close rate, ROI, insurance marketing, follow up, insurance agent, insurance specialist, insurance marketing group, insurance consultant, marketing ideas for insurance brokers, insurance marketing systems, insurance marketing organization, insurance marketing ideas, insurance marketing agencies, tips