Category: Agency Management

28 Ways to Get More Insurance Agency Facebook Fans & Followers

5/3/2021

“John – How can I get more Facebook likes?”

I get this question every day so I’m willing to bet you’ve probably asked it yourself.

Am I right?

I usually answer by explaining how it’s not the number of fans but the engagement of fans that really matters.

That’s still true, but you know what?

When you have a lot of Facebook followers:

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19 Reasons to Contact Your New Insurance Clients

3/8/2021

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This article is going to disappoint three insurance agents.

That’s because three different agents in the past three weeks asked me for an email template to follow-up with new customers.

And I’m not going to do it.

I was actually going to when I realized I couldn’t make one email (or phone script, letter, etc.) that fit every agency’s unique needs.

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The Insurance Agency First Impression Checklist

11/2/2020

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Insurance agents are blind.

Don’t worry, it’s not just you.

Compared to someone experiencing it for the first time, we’re all blind to our environment.

I’m sure you notice when things in your agency change, but when was the last time you looked at your agency through the eyes of someone experiencing it for the first time?

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14 Baby Steps to Insurance Agency Greatness

9/7/2020

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Baby steps.

If you’ve seen “What About Bob?” you know what I’m talking about.

It might be just a movie, but I still think Dr. Leo Marvin was on to something. Baby steps are important for anyone trying to make a change, including insurance agents like you.

I’ve seen a lot of agents attempt major improvements in their agency only to fall flat. You and your staff are creatures of habit and when new habits require too much change from current ones – it won’t last.

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How to Create the Perfect Insurance Agency Logo

8/3/2020

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Friday is guest post day at InsuranceSplash and today’s guest is Avery Manko from The Manko Company.

Do you have a great logo?

I’d be willing to bet that a lot of insurance agents would say that a great insurance logo needs to be “creative” and “memorable”.

While these criteria are true, having a creative and memorable logo for your agency doesn’t mean that it will look great when it’s reproduced on a printed item.

A logo that prints well will enhance your agency’s brand while a logo that does not print well is practically worthless and may hurt your brand.

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10 Tips for Insurance Agents to Improve the Claims Experience

4/6/2020

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I used to be an insurance claim adjuster.

There… I admitted it.

I was young and I needed the money.

I adjusted claims before moving into sales and though it was only a few years I learned a lot.

The divide between agents and claims always bothered me. I understand there are good reasons to separate them, but can’t we work together for a better overall customer experience?

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31 Ways to Make Your Insurance Agency the Happiest Place on Earth

1/6/2020

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For my first job out of college I sold long-distance phone service door-to-door.

I marched under the hot Albuquerque sun cold-calling on 50-100 businesses a day who couldn’t care less about long-distance and didn’t hesitate to tell me.

I wore Underarmour shirts so I wouldn’t sweat through my suit while driving to my territory in an AC-deprived ’95 Ford Aspire.

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21 Ways to Use Signs In Your Agency to Sell More Insurance

12/2/2019

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I’d like to introduce you to one of the most effective, affordable, and versatile tools in your insurance agency marketing arsenal:

The clear plastic sign.

(It’s also one of the most overlooked tools)

Clear plastic signs can convert any old piece of paper into a marketing message that automatically speaks to everyone who walks in your door!

You can get them online for under 10 bucks or maybe even cheaper over at your office supply store. To save further still, you can get mesh banners – which are a little flimsier, but still much better than no advertising at all!

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Insurance Agency Customer Service – 22 Little Things That Are Huge!

11/4/2019

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A lot of agents think sales and customer service are two separate aspects of running an insurance agency.

I don’t – I think great customer service is a sales strategy.

If your entire book of business is thrilled to do business with you, loves interacting with your agency and feels appreciated as a customer you won’t need to prospect – you’d have a sales force of customers doing it for you!

The difference between giving an amazing customer experience and a horrible one is usually just a few little things here and there that aren’t too hard if you establish processes in your agency to follow through with them.

Here are 22 little things you can do to improve your insurance agency’s customer service. (I saved the most important one for last.)

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24+ Essential iPhone Apps for Insurance Agents

10/7/2019

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Insurance Information Apps for Insurance Agents

Kelly Blue Book

There’s probably a lot of ways to use this app on the job, but one instance where it really comes in handy is when you’re trying to help a client decide whether to purchase collision and comprehensive coverage. Faster than you could do on kbb.com, this app will give you a value for any car super fast. Bonus tip: take a screenshot of your client’s car value in this app by clicking the home and power buttons at the same time. Then go to your photos and you can email it to them directly.

Life Foundation

This life insurance needs calculator from the Life Foundation is a great resource for helping a client determine how much they really need to keep their family afloat. There’s nothing here you haven’t seen before, but it’s a good tool from a great organization. Bonus Tip: Recommend this app to a prospective client before meeting with them – it might put them in the right mindset going into the meeting and you don’t have to worry about them being pitched another company’s policy from the app.

Insurance Journal

Not too many bells and whistles with this app, but as one of the largest and most long-standing news publishers in the insurance industry, Insurance Journal is a great resource. I personally use RSS feeds and Twitter to get information from Insurance Journal and I don’t use this app, but it seems to be pretty simple. It’s basically just news feeds, but I like the way they break down information into regions – since there’s already so much information on IJ it’s helpful to narrow it down in this way.

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28 Ways to Get More Insurance Agency Facebook Fans & Followers

19 Reasons to Contact Your New Insurance Clients

The Insurance Agency First Impression Checklist

14 Baby Steps to Insurance Agency Greatness

How to Create the Perfect Insurance Agency Logo

10 Tips for Insurance Agents to Improve the Claims Experience

31 Ways to Make Your Insurance Agency the Happiest Place on Earth

21 Ways to Use Signs In Your Agency to Sell More Insurance

Insurance Agency Customer Service – 22 Little Things That Are Huge!

24+ Essential iPhone Apps for Insurance Agents

Insurance Information Apps for Insurance Agents

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