April 2004  

From The Desk Of Pat Wedeking

Springtime with Only… 

I was struck last week by an interesting coincidence. We do remind each other around here to keep our voice mail greetings fresh, friendly and unique but Brad and I did not talk or coordinate our greetings last week.  I was moved when I went to leave him a message and heard that we both had talked about a similarity between springtime and what’s going on at Only Financial Group. 

It really is a good analogy… A light exists in spring not present on the year at any other period. The full deliciousness of the season is enjoyed with a stroll in the soothing sunshine and soft wind with flowers in bloom. 

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Want to maintain Lead Flow?
 Try CNRs...

Only Financial Group announces the creation of a new lead type…Call Now Requests. 

What if you could keep your lead flow more consistent and contain your cost of leads?

What if you could work leads of a greater value than the quote request leads we see in the marketplace? 

This lead has certain minimum quality characteristics, fits promotional necessities such as feasibility and flexibility AND has already earned positive feedback from OFG sales professionals who’ve been using it. We call this lead a Call Now Request (CNR). 

What’s a CNR? 

So what’s a CNR?  This is someone who has seen rates for life insurance and is requesting more information. The prospect arrives at TermOnly.com, they enter their information into the quoter, play with it a bit, and see the offers of several different companies. As you know, to the side of the quote there is a button that reads, “Request an Application”.  However, what if the prospect has this one small health issue they’re concerned about?  Or what if they want to make sure there is a real person behind this machine, or have a question about an existing policy and its affect on a new one, or one on service level to expect from a carrier, or say they want a policy on their spouse as well, or, or, or? 

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New LeadBoss now helps you manage your cases through underwriting! 

You asked for it, you got it! You already know LeadBoss as the premier online system for tracking your insurance sales leads.   Now LeadBoss helps you track your cases through the underwriting process!  As many of you know I come to InsuranceOnly after more than 15 years as a manager at CIGI Direct Insurance Services and I helped train many of the reps at eterm.com. 

 Joining the InsuranceOnly team has allowed me to help develop browser based lead relationship software that is the envy of the industry. The new LeadBoss has several new features including a “case management” tab, a “call log”, and new more intuitive lead statuses.  Lets take a tour through the updated program and see how it improves your daily workflow so you can earn more commission $$$'s while providing superior service! 

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Million Dollar Agency FOR SALE 

How much would you be willing to pay for an agency that produces one million dollars per year in annual production?  To establish a valuation some businesses use the gross revenue generated in a year as the business value.  Others take the net profits of the business and multiply that figure by a value somewhere between 5 and 10.  Using either of these methods, a conservative and fair “asking price” for our million-dollar agency would be $500,000. 

We have several agencies for sale here at OFG.  We’ve considered selling them for some time and have decided now to make a special offer.  This is an offer good ONLY for active OFG agents.  In exchange for placing all business through our channels and allowing us to train and support your personnel we’ve decided to let a few of these agencies go for $20,000.  Sound like fair arrangement? 

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2nd Annual OFG
Direct Response Sales Summit

September 30th to October 3rd, 2004
Denver, Colorado
 
“What is this event anyway?”

A gathering of direct sellers of life insurance to share ideas, nurture relationships and get better at what we do. The Only Financial Group family and other leaders in the industry will gather for a power-packed couple of days.

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  LeadBoss Q&A

How do I access the Case Management tab in LeadBoss?

We have split the status options in LeadBoss. We now have status options that pertain to calling (Call Log statuses), to selling (Lead statuses), and to case management (Case Management statuses). When a lead is set to “In Case Management” (which is a Lead status) the tab for “Case Management” becomes active. You’ll know it’s active because it turns green. A case manager OR agent can then access the case management tab and enter the appropriate notes and information. 

NOTE: If you change the Lead status to something OTHER THAN "In Case Management", it will be removed from this status and this tab will no longer be active. Therefore, only change the Lead status OUT of "In Case Management" once all case management processes are complete (the case has been placed, etc.)
 

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Sales Corner

Want more Sales??

 

Consider CNR leads and.........

 

If you are serious about direct response marketing, you need to be licensed and ready to accept leads from many, many states. Any additional state is a good state to get licensed in. Try Arizona, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Virginia, Alaska, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Utah for starters if you don’t already have those.  Work to be licensed in more than 30 states.  I large geographic footprint means more consistent flow of leads.

                       

Try ProducerLicensing.com  or  Cumberland-Licensing.com  for services that will take care of the licensing task for you.

 

Also, www.licenseregistry.com.  They currently offer licensing in 30 non-resident states and you have licenses in 5-10 business days.

 

Direct Response Sales Summit Sign-Up
 
September 30th to October 3rd, 2004
Denver, Colorado
 
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Please Join Us For Our Biweekly Teleconference's

iShare

 A monthly teleconference of the nations top producers in the Direct Response Market.

Next Teleconference New Day & Time!

Thursday
April 29th
at 12:00 PST

Open to all Only Financial Group vendors and agents.


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"Engineered To Make You Money"

A monthly teleconference of vendors, carriers and the nations top producers in the Direct Response Market

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Thursday
May 13th
at 12:00 PST

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