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... way of marketing is taking hold. Service industries need to be prepared to work and serve in this environment-or else be left out in the cold. THE FUTURE What changes will the Internet bring for agencies? Notice the changing landscape in the other high-end sales industries: Real estate agents need a Web presence now that people can view houses and decide which ones they want to see before they call. Radical changes are sure to come. Car manufacturers have Web sites that allow prospective customers to "shop"- view the cars, ... the available options, look up trade-in values, and estimate their payments-before deciding where and what to test drive or buy. Stock brokers are finding that online stock purchasing is the fastest-growing segment of the financial industry. Should insurance be different? Consider this: Clients used to find someone to answer questions about insurance through the phone book. Today clients can find the information they need on the Internet. Smart agencies will be there to answer their questions-and write their business. The Yellow Pages has lost value and identity in recent few years ... market forces sweeping through the industry and society. One of the most important opportunity areas is the Internet. The potential for Internet growth is enormous. Unfortunately, many in the industry are fearful and confused about the Internet. Someone who wasn't is Gordon Harden, an agent in Ownings Mills, MD. Gordon is a leading expert on Internet insurance marketing. He realized early on that computers would play an increasingly powerful part in day-to-day agency operations. He saw the need to change his agency's direction in response to the shift in the ...

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... /Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Success Story Marketing 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM by Al Diamond , CompleteMarkets Editor This content has not been rated yet. Last week, I got a notice from my real estate broker announcing that she had just sold another house in my neighborhood. Then I realized that I was assuming that she was my agent. In fact, I purchased my house from her more than 20 years ago, and we'd had no contact since then ... So why did I consider her my real estate agent? Because every month or two, I get one of these little notices, complete with a picture of a house and its address, with a big SOLD stamp diagonally across the picture. Every time I get such a marketing piece, I wonder what the sale price was. But so far, I'm not curious enough to call the broker because I know that's akin to an invitation to sell my house. This marketing effort, conducted every time a house sells in my ... , has really been effective. First, I personally identify with this agent, even though many brokers are active in the area. Second, she consistently shows me success stories. When I'm ready to sell my home, my guess is that I'll be calling her! A success story marketing program also works well in the insurance business. In Personal Lines, you can solicit a new clients' approval to use them as a reference for their neighbors. You'd be surprised at the high percentage of people who are flattered by the ...

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... one of the following SIC's, regardless of the number of employees: MAJOR GROUP TITLE Retail Trade 55 Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service Stations 56 Apparel and Accessory Stores 57 Furniture, Home Furnishings and Equipment Stores 58 Eating and Drinking Places 59 Miscellaneous Retail Finance, Insurance and Real Estate 60 Banking 61 Credit Agencies other than Banks 62 Security and Commodity Brokers, and Services 63 Insurance 64 Insurance Agents, Brokers and Services 65 Real Estate 67 Holding and other Investment Offices Services 72 Personal Services 73 Business Services 78 Motion Pictures 81 Legal Services 82 ... Services 83 Social Services 84 Museums, Botanical and Zoological Gardens 86 Membership Organizations 87 Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, and Related Services 88 Private Households 89 Miscellaneous Services These exemptions do not excuse any employer from coverage by OSHA or from compliance with all applicable safety and health standards (which may include other types of recordkeeping requirements) . The recordkeeping exemptions apply to all eligible workplaces under the jurisdiction of Federal OSHA. However, 25 states and territories operate their own OSHAs. Employers in the following areas should contact the state agency ... determine if it has or intends to adopt the exemptions: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, and Wyoming. Connecticut, and New York cover state and local government employees only. RECORDS THAT MUST BE KEPT OSHA requires the use of OSHA Form No. 200, the Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and ...

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