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by ericusn
Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:04 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Fiduciary Education Classes ROCK!
Replies: 1
Views: 1980

Re: Fiduciary Education Classes ROCK!

Thanks for the info. Can you give the source for the online class?
by ericusn
Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:30 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: What is the value of qualified set Commercial Appointments
Replies: 28
Views: 19361

Re: What is the value of qualified set Commercial Appointments

My experience with professional lead/appointment generating vendors has been uniformly bad. All the other agency owners I have talked to report similar results. The close rate is poor. I and others I have talked to have had better luck with hiring an inhouse telemarketer. I pay mine $100 an appt. I ...
by ericusn
Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:09 am
Forum: Opinions
Topic: have any marketing ideas for a new guy?
Replies: 22
Views: 22175

"Your not going to like my answer. Get a target market, buy a list from a lead service like salesgenie.com that fits your target market and get on the phone. I wish there was an easier way to get started but there isn't." Volstrike is right, there is no easy way. The lead and appoinment ge...
by ericusn
Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:29 pm
Forum: Opinions
Topic: Respect Your Prospects
Replies: 39
Views: 22596

Cold calling

I don't like cold calling and I never have but it works. In 3.5 years I've gone from nothing to a 4M book and I just started my own agency this month. 90% of my business has come from cold calling and I still do it.
My advice to anybody getting started in this business is: pick up the darn phone!
by ericusn
Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:01 pm
Forum: Hard-to-Place Accounts
Topic: Admitted market for logging in TX ???
Replies: 4
Views: 4718

Try Lumberman's or Indians Lumberman's. They are two different companies. I beleive you can write directly with either. Check out their websites.