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Marketing with Partner XE

February 20, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Getting Most,Uncategorized   |  



Agency to Agency... Because Together Everyone Achieves More An interview with NASPA Board Member Steve Kramer, Kramer Insurance Agency, Langhorne, PA. Length of time on Partner XE: 1 year Question: How do you use Partner XE to market your business? CROSS-SELL You ...

Improving Business Processes

February 15, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Getting Most,Leading the way   |  



Love it or hate it, the internet economy and the “need it now” mentality that goes with it is likely here to stay. In this age of constant innovation and increasing technology, independent agencies that will prosper are those that ...

Best Practices for Going Paperless

February 01, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Getting Most,Industry Buzz   |  



New technology is increasing office efficiency (and therefore productivity) for independent insurance agencies who take advantage of it. When routine tasks can be implemented more quickly more work can be accomplished by fewer people in less time. The result? More ...

Increase Agency Efficiency

January 18, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Evaluating Your System,Industry Buzz   |  



Challenge: Inefficiency from dealing with different carrier interfaces Duplicate entry Multiple passwords Too much time spent on training Business Process Improvement (BPI) Goal: Save time and money by simplifying processes Solution: Adopt new workflows and/or systems that leverage Real ...

Benefits of Real Time

January 17, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Industry Buzz   |  



The following article was published by Jeff Yates, Executive Director of ACT. It is reprinted here with his permission.  Independent Agencies Prefer Real Time Over Carrier Portals Recent Survey of Over ...

A More Efficient Workplace

January 10, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Leading the way   |  



Looking Back at 2011

December 19, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Updates from the President   |  



Thanks for a Terrific Year! A letter from Alex Deak | President + CEO Greetings from SIS, On behalf of the entire SIS team, I would like to take a moment to thank ...

Agency Management System ROI

December 16, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Evaluating Your System   |  



Gauging your ROI when switching agency management systems. It is easy to look at all the things that frustrate you about your current agency management system and want to run to ...

In Independent Agents They Trust

November 30, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Industry Buzz   |  



Independent insurance agents get a vote of trustworthiness from small business owners We’d like to share with you a few excerpts from a letter we recently received from ACT Executive Director, Jeff Yates that speaks to the level ...

Brand Awareness via Facebook

November 17, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Industry Buzz   |  



3 tools insurance agencies can use to maximize their Facebook reach While there is a lot of buzz about social media these days, there are still quite a number of folks who question its effectiveness as a marketing tool. Some ...