Community Marketing Tips for Independent Insurance Agencies

Community Marketing

Independent agencies and brokers rely on sales to survive. Without sales, an agency will lack customers, lose revenue, and have no future. If sales represent the vehicle driving the success of your independent agency, then marketing, specifically community marketing, is that vehicle’s fuel. Community marketing is essential to any independent insurance agency or insurance broker’s … Read more

IA Moving Checklist

Moving independent agency new location

So you’ve decided to relocate your agency which means you are primed for big revamp, and I’m not just talking about redecorating your office. Whatever the reason may be, moving presents a great marketing opportunity to expand your prospecting and connect with current and past clients. Moving is stressful, but your marketing shouldn’t be which … Read more

Bootstrap Marketing for IAs

Bootstrap marketing techniques

You’ve heard by now the importance of investing in marketing for your agency, but 1) who has the time to launch several successful marketing campaigns and 2) where would you find the money to pay for them? The good news is that it doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg to build … Read more

Symbiosis: Referrals & Your Agency

an agency building symbiotic business strategies

To anyone who hears the word ‘symbiosis’ and is immediate transported back to high school biology, I apologize. It’s important to understanding that symbiosis doesn’t just refer to biological relationships, but also inorganic entities like your agency and your referral sources. Adopting a symbiotic business strategy can boost your agency’s visibility and prominence in the … Read more

How To Compete Against Insurance Giants

A happy businessman with boxing gloves on arms raised in victory stands near a giant male leg fallen down.

If you asked the average American what insurance companies they know, many of them would be able to mention the GEICO lizard, Peyton Manning with Nationwide, or even JK Simmons telling you that Farmer’s “has seen a thing or two.” These industry giants spend billions each year on their advertisements in an attempt to make … Read more