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... One: Letter one Introductory letter by the agency principal and an agency Commercial Lines brochure. Step Two: Initial telephone call within two days of receipt of the introductory letter offering an Insurance Program Analysis. Step Three: Letter two Identifying the agency as an insurance specialist in the selected target market and offering references from current client base. Step Four: Letter three Identifying the carrier and the product that wed like to offer the prospect (carrier brochure) . Step Five: Telephone contact by producer to establish personal contact (within three days of receipt of Letter three) . Year Two Step Six: Letter four Identifying risks to the target market and ways to avoid them through appropriate insurance management. Step Seven: Letter five Identifying additional risk exposures to the market, tying carrier product to an insurance ... . Step Eight: Telephone contact to continue the relationship and offer an appointment. Step Nine: The agency (target market oriented) Newsletter specific product. Step Ten: Producer to establish appointment or drop-in visit goal to establish expiration date and/or quote coverage. Year Three Step Eleven: Letter six Second offer of no-obligation Insurance Program Analysis. Supply reference list. Step Twelve: Producer to verify expiration date and set appointment 120 days prior. Step Thirteen: Letter seven Specific risk identifier. Step Fourteen: Final call to attempt quote contact. Step Fifteen: Letter eight final letter from the agency principal offering agency's services. PROCESS The program is conducted on a set schedule, but not at regular intervals. For instance, one contact could be two weeks after a prior contact, but the ...

... than an issue of geography or race. Remove the words "white" and "Southern" from this definition and you'll discover that most of the nation is or comes from redneck lineage. &# 160 I'm a Cajun. Among ourselves we're called "Coon Asses." We're rednecks without all the pretentiousness and sophistication — and we're proud of it! Twenty-two years ago I went to a Polish wedding in Toronto and discovered by attitude and actions that they're rednecks too. Having spent much time in New Orleans, the most diverse city in the country, I now realize that we're lucky because most of the world is redneck! &# 160 Recently, I was in Huntington, Texas on business. After the meeting Sundra (pronounced Sondra), Lynn (her husband), and I ... time. Lynn became curious because he knew that trees weren't cut with machines, but by men with band saws. One day he asked the supervisor about these new tree-harvesting machines. &# 160 The "boss" explained that, although these machines currently didn't exist, if we planted the trees right — in perfect rows — the machines would be invented some day because straight rows and a large supply of trees would facilitate their invention. This supervisor understood the future. I'd bet all I own that this guy had very little "schoolin'" (brain tissue), but I'm equally certain that he had great experience (scar tissue) . &# 160 Lynn then took us back to the future. He told another story — and he's a master storyteller — about a timber contractor ...