Advertising, Paperless Office questions

[RandeeLouisiana]

I'm new to P&C but I've been in LH for 2 years. I am trying to get my office paperless and I'd like a duplex scanner. Can anyone recommend an efficient scanner that won't break the bank?

Secondly, I am looking into advertising with the yellow pages. Can anyone tell me if it's worth the investment of 130/month?? Do you get a lot of business from there?

Lastly, I've looked into InsurancePro...a few local agencies here use them and their sites are nice. My problem is for the managment and website it's 500.00 up front setup costs... Do you have a rep or is this a normal setup fee?

I've been sending out postcards to people who's business cards I've picked up, along with a monthly newsletter. I also joined Coldwell Banker TECs concierge program to become a preferred vendor for their agents... any other suggestions?

 

[warnerins]

I'm new to P&C but I've been in LH for 2 years. I am trying to get my office paperless and I'd like a duplex scanner. Can anyone recommend an efficient scanner that won't break the bank?

I have several Hewlett packard all-in-one scanners that work great. If you are going paperless I would suggest uploading and saving in pdf format.

Secondly, I am looking into advertising with the yellow pages. Can anyone tell me if it's worth the investment of 130/month?? Do you get a lot of business from there?

I've tried it before and wouldn't recomend it. Better to invest in online internet directory (my opinion)

Lastly, I've looked into InsurancePro...a few local agencies here use them and their sites are nice. My problem is for the managment and website it's 500.00 up front setup costs... Do you have a rep or is this a normal setup fee?

I love InsurancePro's agency management system. It does everything that I want it to. However with any P&C management system it lacks some marketing capabilities. I don't use them for website (designed my own). Probably should have used theirs.