Awarathon

MARCH 19, 2025

In the fast-evolving insurance industry, clarity in policy explanations can make all the difference in securing a clients trust and closing deals. With Conversational AI for Insurance Agents, companies can equip their teams with realistic, AI-driven roleplays to refine their approach and master the art of persuasion.

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Policies Insurance Insurance Training 52

Salesmate

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Amidst the ferociously competitive market in the insurance sector, you need a way to stay on top of your game. When you’re on the path of growth, you need to capture and nurture every prospect. Insurance agents deal with multiple tasks and clients every day. What is Insurance CRM? There’s close competition.

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Insurance Insurance CRM Policies 128

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The company that provides us with cyber-insurance required that our entire team watch a series of 21 training videos to make us more aware of how hackers operate, how easy it is to be hacked, and what we must do differently in order to protect our data, privacy and accounts. I found it challenging to write this article.

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Insurance Insurance Outbound Video 327

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Every salesperson has had at one time or another a prospect who just won’t move forward and buy. To create an engagement you might provide to the customer 2 websites you want them to look at to review what insurance companies look for in security systems. Again, what you’re doing is engaging the prospect.

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Prospecting Customer Insurance Insurance 212

Pointclear

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The most reliable and scalable approach to finding new B2B customers is outbound communications, whether by mail, phone or email, to potential prospects, using rented or purchased lists. B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title.

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Harte Hanks Lead Rank B2B Data 232

SocialSellinator

APRIL 9, 2023

Social media marketing is a powerful tool for insurance agencies looking to reach and engage their target customers. From increasing brand visibility to creating more meaningful relationships with prospects, the advantages of using social media strategies are limitless.

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Social Media Insurance Insurance Media 132

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 27, 2019

After prospects state an objection, say they're not interested, or tell the salesperson, "No," prospects tend to raise their resistance. When you use the wrong approach it will appear to the prospect as if you are using the hard sell and their resistance will go up even further. Replacement windows?

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Insurance Insurance Objections Up-Sell 264

MTD Sales Training

MAY 3, 2013

For a prospect making a decision to buy means taking the risk of a competitor coming by soon after with a better proposal that is a better fit to the prospects situation. How do we insure that we are. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Insurance Insurance Video Selling Skills 235

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

For the first time ever, optometrists can actually place targeted ads to audiences consisting of employees at companies with vision insurance. A sales enablement software company can now create an audience consisting solely of sales employees at companies with 20+ people in sales. Business data can be useful to consumer brands as well.

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Data Advertising Advertising Lead Rank 246

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

Gaius, who runs an insurance brokerage in Ohio wants to know how to get his new sales agents cold calling and building pipeline earlier in their training cycle, without making them feel overwhelmed and sabotaging their confidence. The question is, how soon can they start generating leads and setting up sales conversations?

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Cold Calling Hiring Guidelines GoldMine 83

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I bring this up because of reaction to my piece the past Monday on how to deal with prospects who are reluctant to commit. Well two things to consider, first, when I say walk away, it doesn’t mean that you can’t ever revisit that prospect in the future, whether that be three months, six, or a year, you can come back.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Insurance 282

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 20, 2025

What subjects, prospecting, qualifying, deal strategies, account management, call planning/execution, objection handling, closing? Unfortunately, the Sales Training industry, too often reinforces this thinking. “We provide sales training! Choose from our course catalog! F2F, virtual, elearning, we have it all. Choose all those you want!

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Training Real Estate Insurance Insurance 121

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In 1987, when I entered the life insurance business with David Zimmerman at National Life of Vermont, I learned that selling life insurance was truly "selling" and my experience with Nautilus had been merely "order-taking". Can your clients or prospects say the same thing? in Dallas, Texas. I thought that was selling.

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Insurance Insurance Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 214

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Qualifying Skills - Caliper looks at a willingness to ask questions in general while OMG looks at the specific information which a salesperson must identify in order to qualify a prospect. Trust - Caliper looks at general skepticism (an outlook on life) while OMG looks specifically at whether the candidate trusts prospects.

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Comparison Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 313

Sales 2.0

MAY 14, 2020

If a sales person makes $100k per year and we add 30% to take into account health insurance, taxes etc. Some math on the time spent doing this, reveals that companies and sales people could be paying a high cost for this work. Enterprise selling needs data.

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Data Enterprise Enterprise Insurance 396

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 8, 2018

Go above and beyond by sending handwritten notes, thanking prospects for the chance to talk. Be fast, honest, and amazing to impress prospects and keep current clients happy. Build an offering, product, and message combination that is both unique and appealing so that people feel compelled to reach out.

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Sales Qualified Lead B2B Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 257

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 9, 2012

I’m always learning—even when I’m writing about How to Attract Sales Prospects in a Tech-Focused World. So, I was surprised when a top salesperson I know told me he did not use LinkedIn for prospecting. So, what industries are best suited to benefit from LinkedIn prospecting? What’s your best prospecting technique?

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Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Industry LinkedIn 261

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 27, 2017

First with Nautilus Exercise Equipment, then in the insurance business and for the last 23 years with Anthony Cole Training Group. It’s been at least 25 years since I heard David Sandler, on a cassette tape, say; “there’s no such thing as bad prospects, just bad salespeople.” I’ve been working on growing sales for over 30 years.

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Prospecting Insurance Insurance Exercises 124

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

His path to Levelset was serendipitous he had tried to sell Wolf health insurance, thinking the company was much larger than it actually was. It wasn’t until 2018 five years into his tenure that they developed a structured approach to guiding prospects through the sales process.

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Scale Hiring Insurance Insurance 109

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 16, 2014

Prospecting, prospecting, prospecting. I was in my second year of my insurance career with National Life of Vermont. Tony, it''s prospecting.". After 30 years, it''s still prospecting! Even if I''m in this business for 30 years, prospecting is STILL going to be my biggest problem. The Fun Rule.

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Insurance Insurance Groups Prospecting 191

Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the key promises of generative AI for business is the ability to eliminate time-consuming, manual research and prospecting tasks for frontline go-to-market professionals. Existing or prospective partner companies could leverage this signal to proactively pitch their reach and engagement with key verticals to land a major investment.

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Prospecting Insurance Insurance Scale 130

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. Here it is – Make sure that, when you are presenting your solution to their problem, you are presenting ONLY to those prospects that are qualified. Guaranteed!

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Hiring Insurance Insurance Margin 201

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 8, 2013

They are the ones that appear to be smartasses because they are making the claims and recommendations without benefit of having had a meaningful conversation with their prospects. Think about some of the core services and products that nearly every business, your business, purchases: Health Insurance and 401K. Commercial Real Estate.

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Consultative Selling Outsourcing Services Telecommunications Real Estate 207

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2013

And everyone needs to make the most of their prospecting time. Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today, more than ever before, strategic partnerships, both formal and informal, are an important element of conducting business. The referrals and introductions which happy customers make for their sales reps. Deborah Penta.

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Insurance Insurance Trade Show Collateral 206

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 10, 2020

While our sales teams at WhiteHat Security have always been distributed, communicating with customers and prospects exclusively over the phone or video is a new challenge. When presenting to a client over the phone, the prospect may not be fully focused, and there’s not a foolproof way of knowing. Finding the Right Customers.

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Face-to-face Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 302

MarketJoy

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For example, if you provide a software solution designed for highly regulated industries, focus your efforts on healthcare organizations rather than trying to target healthcare, finance, insurance, and other sectors simultaneously. Promoting all your products or services to every prospect can cause confusion and overwhelm.

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Lead Generation Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 98

Smooth Sale

MARCH 13, 2025

Protect Yourself and Your Clients Clients want to know theyre working with someone they can trust, and one of the most significant ways to boost your credibility is to show that youre fully insured. The additional business will offset the cost of buying insurance.

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Insurance Insurance Hiring How To 78

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

Remember, this is an “elevator pitch” designed to inform and grab interest in a prospect during the time you’re in an elevator together (or during that crucial 20 seconds you’ve got on the phone). Here are the two rules: Make it brief – one sentence is best, two short ones if absolutely necessary. Get Access Today.

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Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Advertising Advertising 231

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2015

The biggest prospecting sin you can commit is not to prospect, but there are many others that are dangerous and can have almost as detrimental effect on your sales success, and more. People use this approach because they feel that it will make it easier for the prospect to accept a 15 minute meeting. Tibor Shanto.

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Prospecting Cold Calling Insurance Insurance 120

MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

We had a call from a company recently, trying to sell us business insurance. They had cold-called our support team and wanted to know if we already had business insurance for various aspects of our company. Personalised stories that ring true to the prospects you are talking to. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Insurance Insurance Cold Calling Competition 163

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2013

When salespeople do make calls they quickly learn that prospects no longer answer and don''t return calls from salespeople anymore. Salespeople give up on prospects without realizing that today it requires as many as 10-15 attempts to either reach or get a call back from a prospect. Don''t you still get calls from them?

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Opportunity Pipeline Hiring Real Estate 225

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. Qualified” means the prospect has: described a problem that has to be fixed. More Resources: Why is Qualifying Prospect So Hard eBook. Guaranteed!

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Insurance Insurance Margin Hiring 165

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this blog, we discuss why prospects object when it comes down to buying time, and why we can't always blame the prospects in these situations. Overall, salespeople must ask better questions to help increase sales, build better relationships, and help uncover their prospect's compelling reasons to buy.

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Prospecting Hiring Objections Sales 163

The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I got into sales only because I couldn’t afford car insurance due to my driving record, and I took a sales job purely because they offered me a […]. In fact, I’m not just proud — I’m very proud. But I admit that wasn’t the case early in my career.

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Insurance Insurance Selling Skills Sales 192

Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 10, 2020

The good part is this prospect isn’t saying no, rather, he/she is saying, “It is best to reschedule this call.” Prospect name} is really booked right now with very little down time. Comment: Another honest and realistic response based on what this—and many other—prospects are dealing with. What to do: Empathize—don’t pressure.

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Objections Nonprofit Face-to-face Call-back 233

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Qualifying Skills (Caliper looks at a willingness to ask questions in general while OMG looks at the specific information a salesperson must identify in order to qualify a prospect. Trust (Caliper looks at general skepticism - an outlook on life, while OMG looks specifically at whether the candidate trusts prospects. Closing Skills.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 244

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

But seriously, people talk about what they know, so if we help them understand what prospects want to know about, which is not product oriented. Being able to spell PRODUCTIVITY is not the same as understanding it or applying it in a way that moves the prospect’s objectives forward. Silence Sucks.

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Vendor Discount Insurance Insurance 255