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The Top 10 Secrets Every Insurance Agent Needs to Know to Grow Your Business!
Finding qualified prospects is difficult in itself for any business. But with the plethora of insurance agents and brokers out there hawking their policies on the Internet, how does the ordinary person find an insurance professional they can trust? In other words, how do does someone find YOU to manage their insurance needs?
The best answer is “word of mouth” referrals! A friend, colleague or someone in a related profession (think attorneys and accountants) recommends you as an agent who specializes in insurance products that meet a prospect’s need.
The point is to cultivate new professional relationships, while also maximizing the ones you already have.
Referral generation within the insurance industry
If you’re in a temporary slump for new business, and need qualified referrals to get you back on top, try any or all of these methods to revamp your prospect list!
Make the Most of Gazingle’s B2B Referral Network
Five Simple Ways to Keep Customers Coming Back
Repeat business is the lifeblood of any company. When your customers or clients are happy with your products or services, they will not only continue doing business with you, but they’re also likely to refer others! Busy professionals can sometimes forget these important steps once business has closed:
With Gazingle’s online referral system, everyone is happy: your customers, your fellow Gazingle members, and best of all, YOU…by way of repeat business!
finding (and keeping) a growing list of clients — the easy and inexpensive way!
It takes bucks to market any business successfully these days. But the challenges are exceptional when it comes to the highly competitive insurance market. Insurance agents need to continue upping their game to stay ahead of competitors and the increasing trend of the direct players in the wake of the many changes in the industry in recent years.
At the least, you need a website, perhaps brochures, a direct mail campaign, and definitely a social media presence. But what if the best marketing tool available doesn’t cost you a cent, and provides the potential for generating genuine referrals you can trust — referrals that can grow your business — and keeps on giving you more referrals through a rating system that tells the world you are the best at what you do?
Network online with other insurance brokers
Gazingle is not only an invitation-only platform for any business, but it has a database of insurance professionals who are already referring their clients to each other. Let’s say you specialize in auto and homeowners insurance, and another Gazingle member deals entirely in health and life insurance. Who is that agent going to refer his client to? The answer: another insurance professional with whom he’s already familiar and has been passing and receiving referrals with over a period of time. That’s what Gazingle is all about…passing referrals to professionals who have already qualified themselves by doing good work for their clients.
What is Gazingle?
At no cost to you, Gazingle is an online business referral site (as opposed to a “social” site) that makes it easy for professionals to refer themselves to each other, and easier for people to choose someone to work with, while, at the same time, building relationships that work in everyone’s favor! It has already been proven especially conducive for insurance brokers.
How it works
The Gazingle system has an added bonus that allows professionals to give each other a score or a rating, and thus other members can confirm your professional credibility. You couldn’t pay enough to make that happen with ordinary marketing tactics. Sure, people can give you kudos on LinkedIn and Yelp, but what about ongoing testimonials combined with a high rating from people who consistently refer you to others? A high Gazingle score just about guarantees you will be recognized and appreciated for the expertise you provide in your particular field.
Check out Gazingle and start developing reciprocal relationships with other insurance professionals today.
Business Development Made Easy — and inexpensively!
It takes bucks to market your business successfully these days. At the least, you need a website, perhaps brochures, a direct mail campaign, and definitely a social media presence. But what if the best marketing tool available doesn’t cost you a cent, and provides the potential for generating genuine referrals you can trust — referrals that can grow your business — and keeps on giving you more referrals through a rating system that tells the world you are the best at what you do?
An invitation-only platform for professionals to refer themselves to each other, Gazingle provides those tools at no cost to you on an online business referral site (as opposed to a “social” site) that makes it easy for professionals to refer themselves to each other, and easier for people to choose someone to work with, while, at the same time, building relationships that work in everyone’s favor!
What makes Gazingle different?
The Gazingle system has an added bonus that allows professionals to give each other a score or a rating, and thus other members can confirm your professional credibility. You couldn’t pay enough to make that happen with ordinary marketing tactics. Sure, people can give you kudos on LinkedIn and Yelp, but what about ongoing testimonials combined with a high rating from people who consistently use your products or services AND refer you to others? A high Gazingle score just about guarantees you will be recognized and appreciated for the expertise you provide in your particular field.
Check out Gazingle and start developing real business relationships.
Building Business Relationships we can Trust
“Truth in Advertising” is an actual law that U.S. businesses are required to follow for consumer protection. Even so, relying on Google or Yellow Pages ads, for example, may not be a best bet. Whether you’re the one advertising or the one looking for a reputable profession, how do people really know what they’re getting? Wouldn’t it be better to do business with someone who has “earned” a good reputation from first-hand referrals and testimonials rather than a paid-for ad?
Gazingle’s online business referral system makes that possible! An invitation-only platform for professionals to refer themselves to each other, it makes it easier for people to choose someone to work with, and consistently build relationships that save time and money. Gazingle is free to join.
A Win-Win for everyone!
The Gazingle system has an added bonus that allows professionals to give each other a score or a rating. The longer someone is a Gazingle member — and consistently provides good work — their score goes higher and higher. The win-win is that customers get qualified help based on the scores, the professional sent a referral by another Gazingle member gets a new job, and the referring member is recognized and appreciated for sending the referral in the first place. Now, that’s truth without advertising!
Calculating your Referral Fees
Getting started on Gazingle means you’ve taken a proactive step toward minimizing your businesses marketing costs, such as advertising or paying for multiple networking memberships with chambers, etc. Signing up for Gazingle’s referral management system is free.
Professional categories
Whatever type of service or product you offer, your business will be categorized by industry. So if Gazingle members or their referrals are looking for a plumber, for instance, they will be directed to all members who are plumbers. The same thing is true for attorneys, healthcare providers, hair stylists, accounting professionals, copywriters, etc.
Setting your fee
When you set up your Gazingle profile, you choose whether or not you will offer a referral fee, and how much it will be when it becomes closed business. You have three options: a flat fee, a percentage of revenue received, or a simple “thank you,” which can be in the form of a gift card. You will also tell us who can see your fees — all members, no one, specific trades — and based on that, only your selected members will see your referral fee.
How Gazingle makes money
Sending and receiving referrals through Gazingle is free. There are no upfront costs, membership fees, or upgrade charges. When a referral results in closed business, Gazingle receives 1% from each monetized referral. The service provider — the member who receives and executes the new business — pays the fee from the total revenue received.
How referral fees help
When one professional is searching for another, they will check to see if you provide referral fees and how much, which is likely to be an added incentive to refer business to you.
Keeping your Business Relationships Alive & Well
Gazingle helps you maximize your Business relationship
“Ask any marketing guru and you’ll hear that repeat business is your lifeblood,” says publicist, Wendy Taylor, owner of Taylor & Scott, Inspired Communications for Busy People. As a marketing professional myself, I know that developing and keeping relationships ‘alive’ is imperative for any small business.
“Gazingle’s powerful B2B referral network makes it easy to stay visible and ‘top of mind’ with past customers, while, in turn, it’s just as easy for them to remember you and refer other businesses your way,” says Wendy.
How it works
Gazingle’s rating-based referral system means your existing customers can not only rate your services or products, but they can see the ratings you get from other businesses. Your Gazingle Scorecard speaks volumes
As a Gazingle member, your referral network is at your fingertips via an online platform. You can monitor and track referrals, both incoming and outgoing, measure your success ratio and revenue generated, and communicate with other members about referrals.
Your online sales force
The concept is much like that of any networking organization geared for referral exchange, but there are no membership fees or meetings to attend. Gazingle is also a great tool for tracking how much business you give or receive from your current network.
The frosting on the cake
Every Gazingle member has the opportunity to give and receive referral fees — from a flat fee or percentage of a closed business to a simple “thank you” gift or card. It’s your choice. Just one more way Gazingle generates income when it comes to your professional reputation. Your individualized referral history is right there when members click on your profile. It’s like free publicity…other members will know you do a good job!
The concept of rewarding professionals for sending business your way is simple: in today’s competitive world, it makes sense to capitalize on the business relationships you already have. Gazingle is platform for establishing those relationships.
Rewarding your Gazingle partners
When you set up your Gazingle profile, you choose whether or not you will offer a referral fee, and how much it will be when it becomes closed business. You have three options: a flat fee, a percentage of revenue received, or a simple “thank you,” which can be in the form of a gift card.
When Gazingle members know you offer a referral fee and what it is, it becomes an added incentive to refer business to you.
Gazingle does the work for you
Gazingle’s referral management technology makes it easy for you to track — and for other members to see — the status of your referrals; i.e., when a referral is generated, when it is accepted, when it’s sold, and when it’s completed.
Increasing your revenue stream
If the concept of giving and receiving solid referrals to generate revenue is great, how about also getting paid for the referrals you give? Here’s how it plays out on Gazingle: (1) rewarding your referrals pretty much guarantees they’ll do business with you again; (2) your Gazingle Scorecard lets members see how many referrals you generate and receive (which only adds to your credibility and reputation), and (3) you will earn more revenue by giving good referrals that pay off!
Beyond Networking
Take your business to the next level with Gazingle’s B2B referral system — and earn more money in the process.
Yes, you’re the consummate networker, and that’s a good thing! By attending meetings and mixers, you’re creating relationships and building a concrete sphere of business contacts. But why not take networking to the next level by maximizing your existing business contacts and developing new ones — AND reap the benefit of getting paid for your referrals? Gazingle can help you do that.
By joining Gazingle’s “free” online platform, you have a system to create new business relationships and exchange referrals within the Gazingle community of like-minded professionals. Via an easy-to-use tracking system to monitor referrals, both giving and receiving, you have the added ingredient of giving and receiving referral fees.
Professional categories
Once your Gazingle profile is up, 100s of other members can search for your profession and select YOU to do business with. Whatever type of service or product you offer, your business will be categorized by industry. So, for instance, if a Gazingle member is looking for a plumber, they will be directed to all members who are plumbers.
All this and referral fees, too
When you consider the money saved to attract new business, such as the costs for advertising, direct mail, and printing flyers or brochures, offering and receiving referral fees via Gazingle’s online referral system make sense.
Gazingle members have a choice whether or not to provide referral fees for closed business. Members can offer either a percentage or a flat fee, or just a token of thanks, which benefits everyone doing business on Gazingle. When one professional is searching for another, they will likely check to see if you provide referral fees and how much, which could be an added incentive to refer business to you.
How Gazingle makes money
Sending and receiving referrals through Gazingle is free. There are no upfront costs, membership fees, or upgrade charges. When a referral results in closed business, Gazingle receives 1% from each monetized referral. The service provider — the member who receives and executes the new business — pays the 1% fee from the total revenue received.
