Tuesday, January 25, 2011

I sell life,dental, cancer insurance, where are good locations to leave my business cards!?

Thanks
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Leaving your card in different places is great. However, your business card is not going to sell the policies for you. You will need to go out and network. I suggest that you join a BNI Group in your area (Business Network International or http://www.bni.com/ ) to start networking and getting qualified referrals. If you don't have one of these in your area or there isn't one with a life insurance agent position available, then go as a visitor to a few of them to gain some experience and start your own. Also become active at your local chamber of commerce, consider joining and becoming active at some local charity/volunteer organizations. Consider using seminars or workshops maybe teaming up with a Property & Casualty Insurance Agent and/or an accountant--offer a free workshop on starting your own business & what pitfalls to avoid in terms of taxes and insurance. Make sure that you have good information to give out to people at the workshop that is not necessarily solely on insurance--resources like how to obtain different types of business licenses, who to contact at different city/state government offices, etc.--give your attendees value and they will not only come to your workshop but also consider you first as a resource and therefore someone that they would be willing to buy insurance from. Also consider going to visit Property & Casualty Agents for leads--you might consider getting them licensed in Life so that you can give them a small portion of commission for each referral or see if you can work out a small gift card for each lead (check your state law as to how you can do it so that it is within the law). Visit Commercial Loan Officers either at banks or other financial institutions for referrals for Key Man Life Insurance--i.e. when the banks grant the financing the client will usually be required to obtain this insurance as a condition of the loan. Visit real estate agents for referrals for life insurance for new home buyers. If you want to be successful, you will need to engage your imagination and your passion to network and make the connections that will lead to a never ending source of referrals. I hope this helps. Good Luck!
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