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... However, another new sales producer may be asked to take over an existing book of business. The duties might include servicing and rounding out existing accounts and following up on referrals from them. According to the Greenbergs, the type of salesperson who will succeed in each of those three jobs is very different. THE SALES PROFILE In general, the successful salesperson possesses the personality traits of empathy, ego drive, service motivation, and ego strength. (These are the terms used by the Greenbergs, but the traits are consistent according to many experts on sales personalities. Some refer to ego drive combined with ego strength as self-confidence.) The Greenbergs write that empathy is the single basic ingredient common to all good salespeople. However, they add that empathy is not enough. The successful salesperson is ... plus empathy and ego strength. The Greenbergs warn that this animal is hard to find. But the candidate who has all of those qualities has management potential. WHERE TO LOOK Where do you find this ego-driven, empathetic, service-oriented person? She may be answering the telephone at the front desk. Or he might be your best friend's son. Or she might be the principal of the local high school. The insurance agency manager should not overlook any candidate who has the basic personality characteristics of a salesperson, according to the experts. The search should begin in-house. Many bored CSRs and restless underwriters have the characteristics necessary to become good producers. A competitor's staff is another source of new sales talent. But the Greenbergs say that the agency manager should consider the competitor's CSR for the same reasons ...
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...example, is anyone in your agency driving a hybrid yet?
Idea #3: Brand your... college scholarships to local high schools. Most high schools schedule award days at the end of...
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... x No Thanks Loading.. Using Planning Models To Drive The Bottom Line 4/30/2013 by CompleteMarkets Editor , David Stambaugh This content has not been rated yet. In a complex and fluid business environment, this planning outline can help move your agency in the right direction. "I'm farming as hard as I can but I know I'm not farming as smart as I can." George Nordhaus often makes this statement while discussing how agencies and companies work (or don't work) . Why are doing things better, faster, and less expensively than the competition so difficult? There's no easy answer to that question, but here are some things we know. Huge re-engineering efforts fail about 70% of the time. Most large system development projects take longer, cost more, and ... and services An outline of your distribution (sales delivery) system A definition of the customer service functions that the carrier will do and those that your agency will do A financial model of your business CREATING THE IDEAL OPERATING MODEL "Most planners ride into the future facing the past. It's like trying to drive a train from its caboose." Russell Ackoff, Professor emeritus of Systems Sciences, Wharton School Virtually all technology applications, total quality management processes, and re-engineering processes try to improve by working away from the current state, rather than working toward a desired state. Although this approach works, the concepts offered by Akcoff are far more effective. Rather than trying to solve problems or improve processes, let's create an ideal operating model. "To unleash the power of the new technologies, ...
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... companies spend time and effort consciously influencing the way they are perceived by customers, prospects, bankers and stockholders. 6. MAKE YOUR OFFERS OUTSTANDING: Customers are cautious and do not like to be lured into a mistake. Offers that provide reassurance work best. Try it for 30 days..free. We won't deposit your credit card slip for a month. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Take the car for the weekend and drive it all you want. The goal is to overcome the customer's initial reticence. 7. BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME: Why didn't I think of you last week when we bought the new.. ' Some salespeople simply shrug off such comments. Oh, well. I can't be in the right place every time. They deny the sales representative's primary goal of being in front of ... ask this question about the company newsletter. A highly creative approach costs more but improves your chances of getting noticed. 4. FOCUS ON WHAT CUSTOMERS CARE ABOUT: After listening to the admissions director talk about what should be shown in the school's new recruiting video, the marketing consultant asked, Is this what parents and prospective students are interested in knowing? ' Confidence sank until somebody proposed that the school ask student tour guides what parents and high school seniors ask them when they visit the campus. Whether creating an ad, a brochure, or a sales presentation, knowing what the customer wants, needs and expects is what works. 5. TELL CUSTOMERS HOW TO THINK ABOUT YOUR COMPANY: We reach conclusions by making comparisons. If you don't let customers and prospects know why it is in ...
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... are no trees except for those that formed the fence row. The one exception is my friend's lot. It has literally dozens of trees. The original builder had the vision to plant these trees and my friend and his spouse had the vision and discipline to maintain them when they really were out of place in the subdivision. His yard is different in a subdivision built on sameness. As you drive down this road you see houses that vary in price from $100,000 to to-$500,000. Before the addition my friend's home would probably would've been appraised in at the bottom third of those in the area. When the addition is complete, his will be the benchmark. What he bought originally was an average house with great potential (a dream) . What ... feet in front of me. It was a peaceful and a simple life. This is why we live here and enjoy, no love, the life we have. After a morning together, we captured our best ideas over lunch and then further refined them for the next two days via e-mail. Great stuff — but would it work? . Could these best ideas from Wall Street, Wharton School of Business, and the ivory towers of academia be converted to a practical, and actionable plan to meet the challenges faced by my friend and his small little company here in the backwaters of Louisiana? If these ideas could be utilized (and I'm sure they could) would this be the best way to lead and manage into the future? The truth of his and every other organization is ...
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... you aren’t unintentionally driving people away. Emily Huling, CIC...
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...far the most successful method of driving prospects away. They don’t want to d...
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... on. Do your best to get a grasp on how turnover is affecting your profits. Once you have a benchmark, you can then determine whether or not your strategies are producing the desired results. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS Do you remember Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs from your high school or college introductory psychology classes? Maslow's theory states that depending on a person's socioeconomic status, they have different motivational drives. In ascending order these drives are: survival, acceptance, growth, and self-actualization. For example, the low-wage earner is focused on economic survival, while the high-earning executive is focused on self-actualization. While there are motivating factors that resonate throughout the different socioeconomic levels, a one-strategy-fits-all approach probably won't work. I asked one particularly insightful CEO how he deals with his minimum-wage employees. He said ... , the cost of spending time and money recruiting new employee, the cost of orientation and training - the list goes on. Do your best to get a grasp on how turnover is affecting your profits. Once you have a benchmark, you can then determine whether or not your strategies are producing the desired results. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS Do you remember Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs from your high school or college introductory psychology classes? Maslow's theory states that depending on a person's socioeconomic status, they have different motivational drives. In ascending order these drives are: survival, acceptance, growth, and self-actualization. For example, the low-wage earner is focused on economic survival, while the high-earning executive is focused on self-actualization. While there are motivating factors that resonate throughout the different socioeconomic levels, a ...