​I don’t like networking events.

I don’t like the fake smiles, cheesy jokes, overbearing personalities, awkward conversations, and unsolicited advice.

And of course I can’t stand the sales pitches for crap I will never ever buy.

On the bright side… sometimes there’s alcohol.

Although I’m a die-hard internet marketing guy I know these two things as fact:

​I like marketing you never have to think about that happens automatically.

Don’t you?

Your email signature another great opportunity for automated marketing.

If you don’t already know, an email signature is a message that your email system automatically adds to the bottom of every email you send.

​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.

​Video marketing is a huge opportunity for every insurance agent to be more successful?

Why?

Video Marketing is Efficient.

You can record one perfect message for clients and prospects to be delivered 1000s of times, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

I love mistakes.

Okay, love is a strong word… but mistakes make me smarter so I choose to embrace them.

Fortunately my wife reminds me to embrace them several times a day.

Insurance agents make two types of internet marketing mistakes:

1. Internet Marketing Errors of Omission – Failing to do something that can help your agency’s online presence.
2. Internet Marketing Errors of Commission – Going out of your way to hurt your agency’s online presence.

​Hello, It’s John from InsuranceSplash.

And I’m very excited to announce the launch of my latest free marketing tool for insurance agents.

Thought it’d be good to announce it and provide some answers about how it works here on the blog.

Just Wanna Go Try It? Click Here

It’s a free online tool that asks questions about your current agency marketing strategy and generates a custom PDF report with ideas, suggestions, and action plans specific to your needs.

I call it the Insurance Agency Marketing Analysis.

Click Here to Get Yours

​Do you have any resolutions this year?

Planning to lose weight, quit smoking, or drink less?

How about professionally?

It’s too late to make any changes to last year’s results, but now is a great time to make a decision to start a new habit or process to help your insurance agency be more successful next year.

I’m issuing you a challenge right now:

Choose ONE idea from this list (there’s 24!) and decide today to follow through with it next year.

Symbolic or not, there’s no better time to turn the page and start something new.

Here’s 24 ways to be a better insurance agent this year. Choose one.

The average American spends 50.2 minutes commuting back and forth to work every day. (Source: U.S. Census)

If your commute is typical you’ll waste:

• 4 hours, 11 minutes next week.
• 18 hours, 8 minutes next month. 
• 9 full days, 1 hour, 32 minutes next year!

There’s many things to do while driving (I see them all here in Miami).