Forum: Offline Marketing
25th September 2015, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,012 Re: Sales God
I'm pretty good at getting attention arnt I?
The best way to get rid if someone like me is ignore me. But I see you went the route of further promoting me and for that I thank you. All publicity is...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th September 2015, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 Re: Insurance EDDM Critique
The illusions of personalization - that you spent time figuring out these peoples data individually - is powerful here. Also being very specific about benefits, including exact numbers, is very good...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
15th September 2015, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,050 Re: Home Insurance Leads
Yes, you can go far with referrals.
My accountant more than doubled the number of clients he sees, using only referrals. An electrician in my area boosted his business by over $100,000, strictly...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th September 2015, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,050 Re: Home Insurance Leads
Jayson, whether you use a live person, robo call,
mail, online or carrier pigeon, you still need to come up
with the right message for the right person.
Plus it has to make economic sense.
You...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th September 2015, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,050 Re: Home Insurance Leads
I am no longer in the P&C business. Just doing retirement planning but I have a few suggestions. BTW, I answered your PM Jayson. Here's what I forgot to put in the PM. When we set the appointment for...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th August 2015, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,050 Re: Home Insurance Leads
Jayson, 2 questions....
1 How deep is your understanding of what
a home insurer wants?
2 Did you read and implement my post
about re-setting buyer criteria when prospects phone in?
...
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Forum: Social Media
16th March 2015, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 754 Re: Facebook for lead generation
Hi Jayson,
If it's lead generation you're interested in, I'd recommend sending them to a squeeze page rather than your Facebook page.
Also, you might want to try PPV. It works awesome for lead...
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Forum: Social Media
5th March 2015, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 754 Re: Facebook for lead generation
Hi Jayson L,
For your Facebook ads, did you do any testing of your ads (what is called A/B testing) to compare different versions of your ad in order to see which version performs better? That...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd February 2015, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 861 Re: Generating auto & home insurance leads
Do you want to work with mobile homes? I am looking for someone to sell home insurance leads too. Mine would be nation wide though. I deal with many home buyers and sellers from all over the...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd February 2015, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 861 Re: Generating auto & home insurance leads
I don't know for sure, but my best guess would be they are aggregators of lots of lead gen sites, or direct mail campaigns, or TV ad spots. It is also possible that they provide leads from PPC ads...
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Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM)
8th November 2014, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 907 Re: Bing Marketing Help
Here are some issues I have found.
1. Your quote button is not prominent.
2. You are not selling benefits, eg
Here are 5 reasons to choose Averson Insurance Agency for your home and auto...
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Forum: Social Media
4th October 2014, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,122 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd October 2014, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,290 Re: Changing my business plan-could use help!
Have you tried creating and submitting an advice column that deals with the pros and cons of the various insurance products you sell...to your local newspaper? This can be a weekly campaign that...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th September 2014, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,290 Re: Changing my business plan-could use help!
WIIFM strategies. In your regulated industry, what can you do for referrers?
Network with newer people such as mortgage brokers and real estate agents
who do not already have professionals they...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th September 2014, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,290 Re: Changing my business plan-could use help!
Jayson, what if you added Life to your brokerage?
This will enable you to add to your existing client base.
I'm working with a Life Carrier now who has the biggest payouts
over the full range...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th September 2014, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,290 Re: Changing my business plan-could use help!
This is a marketing funnel problem pure and simple. I'd recommend you go to Digital Marketer and learn all you can:
http://easym6.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dm_flowchart-600px1.jpg
Funnel...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd September 2014, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
17th September 2014, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 Re: Insurance EDDM Critique
Your card's too busy with where the viewer's attention should go to.
Pick one thing, like the free gas card, and make it all about that.
GRAB THEIR EYEBALLS first - both sides - and then suck them...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
17th September 2014, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 Re: Insurance EDDM Critique
Your card reads as though they just get the $10 card for calling. You mention it once, and that's it.
Either take the gift card off of the postcard (because everyone wanting a giftcard will get...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th September 2014, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
11th September 2014, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 Re: Insurance EDDM Critique
Something worth testing...
When you list clients 1, 2, and 3, I like that you pointed out that they went from State Farm, Allstate, etc. to Averson and saved.
I would recommend drawing more...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th September 2014, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 Re: Insurance EDDM Critique
Hey Jayson,
I love the fact that you are offering two options to get the $10 gift card. One via online and the other by phone.
Last week I got a $20 Shell gift card from Traveler's...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th September 2014, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,687 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
31st August 2010, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 1,821 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th July 2010, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 10,432 Re: I Want To Be A Billionaire So Freakin' Bad
Here's what I'd do with a billion dollars:
1. Invest in some nice boxer shorts. If I'm going to be walking around in my underwear all day (which I would - and do now, for that matter), worn out...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st June 2010, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,885 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
8th June 2010, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 842 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
8th June 2010, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 842 Re: Creating Articles For SEO Linkvine
I outsource all my article writing. Then when spinning just spin huge pieces of text like whole sentences or even paragraphs. Takes me about 10 min. to spin a 350 word article to around 75% rewrite....
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
8th June 2010, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 842 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd June 2010, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 682 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th January 2010, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 590 Re: Could I sell this Website?
The price of a website is based upon the price that a buyer would place upon it...that will really determine the value. You could put it up on flippa for a price you think is fair and see what...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
27th January 2010, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 462 Re: Anchor Text Research, I need help
You could use a script like
Geo IP redirect PHP script - php html redirect script - geo targeting - keyword redirection (http://www.12scripts.com/scripts.php?scripts.id=2)
to detect keywords...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
27th January 2010, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 462 Re: Anchor Text Research, I need help
Hi Jayson,
The first thing you should do is remove any reference to the company you represent from any and all pages on your website that have been promoting. You can replace the company name with...
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
21st January 2010, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,249 Re: UAW Reviews
UAW rocks! I use UAW to build backlinks to blogs and articles. If you're going to use it to attempt to dominate competitive keywords, you might be disappointed. But using it to build backlinks to...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
5th January 2010, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 635 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
5th January 2010, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 635 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th January 2010, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 635 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th January 2010, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 635 Re: Are Your Keywords Increasing In The Serps?
If you send me your website and the keywords you are trying to rank for I can look at this and see if anything immediately pops out at me - if you'd like. I wont be able to respond by PM though.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
30th December 2009, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 982 Re: Do you believe the Sandbox exists?
Well, something like a "sandbox" does indeed exist. I stumbled upon a really good domain name by accident one time doing a search and quickly bought it. I built a site...a good site...top quality. It...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
29th December 2009, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,370 Re: SSL Certificate and BBB Accredited:
I thought about paying for the BBB when I started my company 8 months ago. Really I never had any problem getting business without it. After my clients talk with me for a few minutes I'm able to gain...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th December 2009, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,454 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
23rd December 2009, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 890 Re: Please Give Me Your Feedback on Linkvana
It used it and it wasn't for me because I feel it's too expensive for what it does.
That said, you can give it a try to see if it's for you. Their refund policy states that you can ask for a...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
22nd December 2009, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,370 Re: SSL Certificate and BBB Accredited:
I can vouch for the BBB accreditation as far as increases conversions. I have a B2B e-commerce site and at least 1 out of 20 callers mentions the fact that I have the BBB seal on the website. I...
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Forum: Website Design
2nd December 2009, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 744 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th November 2009, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 6,972 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
25th November 2009, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 639 3 1/2 month report update
I've written a bunch of posts in the past listing the various things that I've tried for a few new sites that have been up now for 3 months. I thought I'd share what I've learned.
Month 1
I...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st November 2009, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,622 Re: I'm about to get rid of my Wordpress Blog
Your site looks very good now...I would try reordering some of your menu items.
Also, placing an image within your header is a very easy fix, contact me if you need help.
-Christian
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st November 2009, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,622 Re: I'm about to get rid of my Wordpress Blog
Jayson, here's a sneaky way to make just the button clickable, if that's what you really want to do.
Don't mess with trying to generate an image map.
1. Create a 3x3 table the size of your...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th November 2009, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,622 Re: I'm about to get rid of my Wordpress Blog
That's more involved, using some code to specify the x,y coordinates defining the area you want to be a link. Are you sure you want to get into that?
I would at least try to make the whole image a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th November 2009, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,622 Re: I'm about to get rid of my Wordpress Blog
If you upload an image file through cPanel's file manager to the images folder on your site (usually there is a subfolder titled "images" in your public root folder; i.e., public_html/images/) then...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th November 2009, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,622 Re: I'm about to get rid of my Wordpress Blog
While there is a learning curve, WP has plugins for just about everything you want to do and the best thing about WP is that it is EXTREMELY easy to get the sites SEO optimized and get to page 1 of...
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Forum: Website Design
20th November 2009, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 649 Re: Converting Banner to HTML
in public_html create a subfolder, if there isn't one alreader
called /images
When you call www.yoursite.com/images you can see
a menu of the images you have in there. Upload your banner
to...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th November 2009, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 559 Re: Turning Banners to HTML Code Free
Why not just learn basic HTML?
Assuming you have the jpg/gif/png file for your banner, here is how to display your banner on your site.
<a href="http://www.sitebannerlinksto.com"><img...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
19th November 2009, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 698 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
19th November 2009, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 698 |
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
18th November 2009, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,406 |