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The hardest part of becoming an insurance agent is motivating yourself to go for it. It only takes a few weeks to acquire a license.
Maintaining relationships will keep you busy during the life cycle of a customer-agent relationship. Here are some other tips to ensure insurance renewals.
When you buy leads, you have a choice in your investment, and the price is usually reflective of the quality of the leads you buy rather than volume.
You cannot sell insurance right before, during and after a storm, but have you analyzed your selling opportunities within these cracks of time?
If you’re looking to buy an agency, you’ve come to the right place. You’re probably asking yourself, Should I buy an insurance book of business?
When you really establish rapport with a client, it’s not awkward to be upfront and ask for more business. “Hey, I’d really appreciate some referrals too. Would be happy to help your friends and family out.” When you mean it, it works.
Be polished and prepared, especially if you’re a talker. Too much fluff and not enough substance is a turn off to potential insurance shoppers. shoppers.
Expect to do more than set goals and buy leads. Your account will be a living and breathing thing, which needs attention and adjusting along the way for best results.
SmartFinancial’s emphasis is on the relationship between agent and account manager and how to increase agents sales each month. Our leads are shared by fewer agents than most of the competition’s leads. We also offer a generous refund and credit policy.
If you’re an agent who excels at face-to-face sales, this news is epic because you can start working your magic in person again. If you’ve been successful working around social distancing, there are still a few resolutions you may consider making.
"25 questions qualifies a lead; it's legit. SmartFinancial gives me a fighting chance, and that’s all I need. It’s a good return on my investment.”
“SmartFinancial has done exactly what I wanted,” Powell raves. “They’ve put people in front of me, and I close the deals.”
“I like to use SmartFinancial over other lead sources because they share leads with fewer agents,” Pereyra explains.
“I like that the customers are transferred to me by SmartFinancial,” Jasmine says. “It’s easier to make them feel comfortable with the quoting process."
“SmartFinancial has better quality leads than my other vendors,” Seidl says. "My goal is to add value for my clients so they will stay with me.”
“SmartFinancial leads seemed like they were better than the others but I was still like, How do I close them? I learned that you just have to dial, dial, dial. You’ve got to keep following up with the lead and talk past their rebuttals."
"Never throw out a lead. You need to have multiple touches before you dismiss the lead, which means you pipeline it. Continue to work that lead down the line. Data is extremely valuable. Don’t ever let that data go. You paid a lot of money. Don’t waste it."
"My entire team is comfortable with the live calls from SmartFinancial, which have really helped us grow the business. These calls have gotten us up and running.”
“I’ve had the greatest experience working with my account manager at SmartFinancial,” Williams says. “She really helped me establish the right way to engage after a live transfer, and it’s made a big difference.”
"For the month of November, I made $3,000 from leads because I bought fewer leads. In October, I made $15,000 because I bought more calls.”
Did you know that 48% of salespeople never follow up with a prospect? Its true! Check out our list of surprising stats of how salespeople typically follow up with a lead.
Ever wonder how many times it takes to successfully reach a lead or the best time of the day to make contact? Check out our list of lead conversion statistics.
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