To succeed, insurance agents need to use every tool at their disposal. These days, this includes LinkedIn. The social network for professionals boasts more than 645 million users worldwide. That’s a lot of networking opportunities that you do not want to miss out on....
A CareerBuilder survey found that 78 percent of U.S. workers are living paycheck to paycheck. If you’re like most Americans, you don’t have much in the way of savings, but you might have a significant amount of debt. To get ahead, you need to earn more. It might sound...
It's about time folks stopped imagining them as kids. Today's youngest millennials are well into their careers, while the oldest are closing in on their forties. So, how have they changed since young adulthood? How has their role in society evolved – and what does it...
It's no secret that younger consumers use the Internet to inform their buying decisions. However, what comes next may surprise you. Since 2015, the number of those who chose their financial professional through a social media platform such as LinkedIn or Facebook has...
Business owners know how much hard work goes into keeping a business afloat. They work hard every day, but they can’t do everything themselves. As their business grows, they need to take on more employees, and they depend on them to do their jobs. Life, however, can...
You don’t want to annoy a good client. You’re afraid of seeming pushy. You’ve already got a lot to do. Do these excuses sound familiar? It’s easy to come up with reasons to avoid cross-selling – but none of these excuses change the basic truth. Cross-selling can be...
Do you have what it takes to succeed in insurance marketing? Being a topnotch agent is getting harder than ever. According to the Salespeople Perceptions and Top Performance Study 2018, 61 percent of salespeople said that sales had gotten harder over the last five...
While you can’t expect every prospect to sign on the dotted line, you should be doing everything in your power to make this outcome as likely as possible. You can’t control everything, but you can prime your disability insurance proposals for success. Here’s how. #1:...
To reach clients in 2019, you have to be where they are – the internet. According to Pew Research Center, 45 percent of U.S. adults say they go online several times a day, while 28 percent report being on the internet almost constantly. People turn to the internet for...
Let’s try some word association. If you hear the word summer, what comes to mind? Vacation, possibly. Beaches, maybe. Probably not work or sales goals. Summer is associated with long, lazy days and weekend getaways, but the end of the year will be here before you know...
