Build and Automate Your Agency Online

Street Savvy · 07-01-2009, 12:51 PM

I read this book word for word and I believe the information is invaluable for brokers to stay with latest techniques and technologies in selling on-line and using the Internet. Why are you critical of another peer willing to share and get paid from his efforts? Keep it positive brother!

djs · 07-01-2009, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Street Savvy

I read this book word for word and I believe the information is invaluable for brokers to stay with latest techniques and technologies in selling on-line and using the Internet. Why are you critical of another peer willing to share and get paid from his efforts? Keep it positive brother!

I like reading books that help me grow as a person and as an agent. That isn't the issue.

The issue is this is not the place to come and spam the people on the forum with these offers. There is a proper mechanism here for that, the rules are posted. Follow them, nobody will care. People will still discuss the offer, and not necessarily in the best light.

One of the things about experienced agents (those with more experience then me) is they have done it, they have tried things that work and that don't work. Everyone has at one time or another bought into a book, a system, a lead source, whatever, that was supposedly the greatest thing.

Truth is, few of these pan out. If you read a book from someone who has an established credability, it may not fit for you, but it is still valid information. If you don't know who the person is, you question why he would know something you don't.

One of the things they teach you in insurance selling school is to build up your credability with the prospect. The website for this ebook bypasses this basic rule. There is nothing to really illustrate how he is more successful than me and why I should pay him money to be more like him. When this basic rule is missed, everything else is suspect.

Dan

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-01-2009, 01:37 PM

Dan hit it right on the head. Also...there is better information provided free on this site than 10 of his EBooks will ever provide.

Sure, there's the usual sarcasm, goat talk and silliness. But wade through that fun stuff and you'll never put "this" book down.

Webgoatmonitor was used in this post.

bill3173 · 07-01-2009, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by CHUMPS FROM OXFORD

Dan hit it right on the head. Also...there is better information provided free on this site than 10 of his EBooks will ever provide.

Sure, there's the usual sarcasm, goat talk and silliness. But wade through that fun stuff and you'll never put "this" book down.

Webgoatmonitor was used in this post.

Is the term "goat talk" being used euphemistically? or a reference to the talk about actual goats in a sexual and non-sexual way by certain members.

the mayor · 07-01-2009, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by bill3173

Is the term "goat talk" being used euphemistically? or a reference to the talk about actual goats in a sexual and non-sexual way by certain members.

Finally, this thread starts to get interesting!
How many of you would pay for an E-book on goats?

arnguy · 07-01-2009, 04:28 PM

I think Frank Stastny would. On second thought, he could probably write one!

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-01-2009, 04:39 PM

Bill...I'm sorry. That was a slip. I meant "boat" not goat.

And Mr. Mayor...although I would not pay anything for an EBook on goats, I believe that there are goats in Michael Jackson's mansion.

the mayor · 07-01-2009, 04:51 PM

Chumps...was that a Freudian slip?

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-01-2009, 06:26 PM

I hope not!

djs · 07-01-2009, 06:29 PM

Why did Freudian slip? Where is PPL when you need him! Sounds like a lawsuit to me! Time for another 'scarry' letter.

Street Savvy · 07-02-2009, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Dave020

Yup, that would be the place! Glad to see it's still there.

So many nights with $2 pitchers of Busch Beer LOL!

Almost 1,500 posts on this forum eh Dave? Sounds like Ashton getting 1,000,000 on twitter. wow. Lot's of money made I'm sure, tell me how you do it! I talked to the Anthem RSM and the BSC rsm and they tell me that your a "D" broker. What's that mean? Dynamic? Please share as you always do. thanks, SS
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Originally Posted by CHUMPS FROM OXFORD

I hope not!

You are chumps, spending time to reach the fantasy of posting 5,000 comments instead of selling? C'mon! No wonder professionals leave as soon as reading this dribble you guys write. It's fun to watch the comments coming back though. So predictable.
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Originally Posted by djs

I like reading books that help me grow as a person and as an agent. That isn't the issue.

The issue is this is not the place to come and spam the people on the forum with these offers. There is a proper mechanism here for that, the rules are posted. Follow them, nobody will care. People will still discuss the offer, and not necessarily in the best light.

One of the things about experienced agents (those with more experience then me) is they have done it, they have tried things that work and that don't work. Everyone has at one time or another bought into a book, a system, a lead source, whatever, that was supposedly the greatest thing.

Truth is, few of these pan out. If you read a book from someone who has an established credability, it may not fit for you, but it is still valid information. If you don't know who the person is, you question why he would know something you don't.

One of the things they teach you in insurance selling school is to build up your credability with the prospect. The website for this ebook bypasses this basic rule. There is nothing to really illustrate how he is more successful than me and why I should pay him money to be more like him. When this basic rule is missed, everything else is suspect.

Dan

It sounds good Dan what you wrote, read the book, click on the links and then respond with more intelligence or better said knowledge. SS

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-02-2009, 09:18 AM

"No wonder professionals leave as soon as reading this dribble you guys write"

Street...You're throwing spitballs at a battleship. And by the way...the word is "drivel" not dribble.

You dribble a ball. Drivel is to talk idiotically or childishly.

Dave020 · 07-02-2009, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Street Savvy

Almost 1,500 posts on this forum eh Dave? Sounds like Ashton getting 1,000,000 on twitter. wow. Lot's of money made I'm sure, tell me how you do it! I talked to the Anthem RSM and the BSC rsm and they tell me that your a "D" broker. What's that mean? Dynamic? Please share as you always do. thanks, SS

I have no idea what that means, however I will find out today. If I assume it means a relation to production, they need to be reminded that HIPAA production is not credited towards any production numbers with either of these carriers and does not show up on any monthy production report. If I do 60 a month and 50 of them are HIPAA, by each carriers standards, I am a 10 a month producer. It's not a fair guage but that is just the way it works.

According to the guideline on this forum, I average 1.64 posts per day. Not much really. 1500 in 2 1/2 years is not much considering others.

Also, who are your RSMs so that I might speak to them directly or have my RSMs speak to them. You can PM their names to me so as not to post on the board and I will follow up and explain to them how overall production does not include my HIPAA production, which accounts for over 90% of my monthly production.
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Since you can't PM, you can e-mail them to me. My contact information is on my web site.

somarco · 07-02-2009, 10:10 AM

Helluva first impression, streetsavvy.

The folks you have attacked so far are people you could probably learn the most from. Especially in areas of civility.

If Dave is a D broker then I want to be one too. He is a class act in my book and a helluva nice guy.

bill3173 · 07-02-2009, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by somarco

Helluva first impression, streetsavvy.

The folks you have attacked so far are people you could probably learn the most from. Especially in areas of civility.

If Dave is a D broker then I want to be one too. He is a class act in my book and a helluva nice guy.

Nothing against Dave, but if you keep kissing his ass, I'm gonna throw up.

somarco · 07-02-2009, 10:35 AM

You would do the same for me, Bill . . .

You would, wouldn't you?

bill3173 · 07-02-2009, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by somarco

You would do the same for me, Bill . . .

You would, wouldn't you?

Only if there was a promotion involved...no, no, not even then, that's why I left industry.

I tell you what, explain canned peaches, I mean peachcare to me and I'll consider it.

moonlightandmargaritas · 07-02-2009, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by bill3173

Nothing against Dave, but if you keep kissing his ass, I'm gonna throw up.

[COLOR=blue]Suggesting a man-crush?[/COLOR]

Originally Posted by bill3173

I tell you what, explain canned peaches, I mean peachcare to me and I'll consider it.

[COLOR=blue]While I don't live in Georgia, I do have intimate knowledge of the "fuzzy peach". I prefer them juicy...and not too "fuzzy".[/COLOR]

the mayor · 07-02-2009, 11:15 AM

M&M,
Thanks for getting this thread back on track! Tell us more about those juicey fuzzy peaches...and how they can build and automate my agency!

Dave020 · 07-02-2009, 11:18 AM

One final note, it should be pointed out that if the production status is based on commission, HIPAA plans pay only a fraction of the commission that underwritten plans pay, with some carriers as low as 10%.

I am not about money, riches or any of that. I work very hard to provide insurance to people other agents and underwriters reject. If I have to do 4-5x the volume (at least) just to be at the same level, that is a choice I have made. It takes a long time and a lot of work to do that, it's a slow build.

Were my earnings adjusted to a calculation correspondent to the commissions on underwritten coverage, I would probably be a C producer.

I am fine with that. I help people and earn a fair living doing it.

I appreciate the support of certain members of the forum. Those who know me can contact me any time. At this time I think it best to leave this thread and move on.

In closing,

-I have never claimed to be rich or wealthy (in monetary terms)
-I have never claimed to be a big producer
-I have no product nor service to sell or charge for and never have had