​When’s the last time you made a bad purchase for your business?

Don’t lie.

For me it was just last week.

Last Wednesday I found out a service I used on one of my websites (not this site) had been sending my visitors to a different website against their will.

I felt angry. I felt betrayed. I felt dumb.

I also felt poor because the lost traffic over several months cost me a lot of money!

​In this 15th edition of Insurance Marketing with John Carroll John discusses more great ways to boost referrals within your insurance agency.

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Listen to this episode to find out:

• The mindset your salespeople need to boost referrals.
• How to effectively ask for referrals in your email signature.
• How to remove all the risk customers feel about referring your agency.
• How to use social media to encourage referrals on Facebook.

​Online reviews are a huge part of your agency’s visibility.

They’re becoming more important every day based on consumer shopping behavior, social media, and search engine optimization factors.

On top of that, building online reviews is a totally underutilized strategy for insurance agents!

If you don’t believe online reviews are a HUGE opportunity for your agency it’s time to pull your head out of your a** the sand.

In the past week I bought a pair of sneakers, an e-book, and a rice cooker all based user reviews and I’m not alone.