Procrastination is the greatest labor-saving device ever invented. Agency owners look at various changes they can make in their agency and say, 'This is a great idea and I’ll implement it as soon as I can get around to it.' In this document, Jack Fries suggests that you eliminate the talk and resolve to take action in the New Year — and watch your profits grow.

NICHE MARKETING: ATTRACTING ASSOCIATIONS GOING CAPTIVE by Raymond T. King, Jr. The letter below recently was received from the executive director of a trade assoc...

NO EXCEPTIONS by Grace Bauer 'Harm me once, shame on you. Harm me twice, shame on me.' In other words, we should learn from our mistakes. Better still, learn before you ever make...

NURTURING CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS by Jack Burke I opened the book Relationship Aspect Marketing with some statistics that have withstood the test of time in relation to why businesses lose t...

Hello (PROSPECT NAME), this is (PRODUCER NAME) from the (ABC AGENCY). Do you have a moment?

OFFER TO REVIEW PRESENT INSURANCE Dear (Customer Name): It took a lot of hard work to buy your home. If you're like the average American in pursuit of a dream home, you spent evenings and weekends ...

OFFICE BUILDINGS - 'WE KNOW WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE' AN OFFICE IS NOT A HOME Dear (Customer Name): You may not consider your office building a home, but many people spend nearly as much tim...

In the next few years, you'll probably be devoting more time and resources to Life and Health insurance products - that is, if you're at all like the estimated 2,000 independent agents who participated in the "Future One Agency Universe Study."

The study shows that independent agents are increasingly aware of the need to be full-service insurance providers. Agents who have traditionally focused on Property/Casualty insurance see the need to expand more aggressively into Life and other types of insurance products. In fact, slightly more than half the agencies surveyed said that over the next three years, they'll devote a higher proportion of agency resources to Life and Health products.

ONE SOURCE WAREHOUSE STOCKS ONLY DRUG-FREE EMPLOYEES WORKING PARTNERS One Source Warehouse is a wholesale auto parts company in Houston, Texas, owned and operated by the Albee family. The Albees...

O'NEAL, DELHOMME, TOMS, AND DELAHOUSSAYE A GOOD FIT ! by Mike Manes This is the second in a series of articles by Mike Manes on managing organizations and leading people. The fir...