Can I still sell insurance...

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

Please allow me to interject some reality into the situation.

If your financial picture is not rosy at the present time, I would:

• Get your Life and A&S license
• Find a full/part time job that pays you a salary, with benefits
• During your "off" time from your job, look in on forums such as this, read brochures, contracts, attend webinars, seminars, and do some mock proposals, spreadsheeting some side-by-side comparisons
• Get to where you're head is above water
• Buy yourself some nice clothes - not too expensive, but nice
• Begin to network, volunteer, book yourself as a speaker
• Develop some scripts and begin to cold call small business owners

DO NOT, AT THIS POINT, TAKE ANY ADVANCES. IF, GOD FORBID, ANYONE CANCELS, YOU ARE IN THE HOLE. DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

Just my two cents worth.

People can sense desparation (sp). If you're worried about getting collection calls, you can't concentrate on appointments.

 

[joshril]

Please allow me to interject some reality into the situation.

If your financial picture is not rosy at the present time, I would:

• Get your Life and A&S license
• Find a full/part time job that pays you a salary, with benefits
• During your "off" time from your job, look in on forums such as this, read brochures, contracts, attend webinars, seminars, and do some mock proposals, spreadsheeting some side-by-side comparisons
• Get to where you're head is above water
• Buy yourself some nice clothes - not too expensive, but nice
• Begin to network, volunteer, book yourself as a speaker
• Develop some scripts and begin to cold call small business owners

DO NOT, AT THIS POINT, TAKE ANY ADVANCES. IF, GOD FORBID, ANYONE CANCELS, YOU ARE IN THE HOLE. DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

Just my two cents worth.

People can sense desparation (sp). If you're worried about getting collection calls, you can't concentrate on appointments.

Sound advice. I don't recruit agents that can't self-sustain for at least 3 to 6 months... It's just too risky!

 

[lacy_amy]

Please allow me to interject some reality into the situation.

If your financial picture is not rosy at the present time, I would:

• Get your Life and A&S license
• Find a full/part time job that pays you a salary, with benefits
• During your "off" time from your job, look in on forums such as this, read brochures, contracts, attend webinars, seminars, and do some mock proposals, spreadsheeting some side-by-side comparisons
• Get to where you're head is above water
• Buy yourself some nice clothes - not too expensive, but nice
• Begin to network, volunteer, book yourself as a speaker
• Develop some scripts and begin to cold call small business owners

DO NOT, AT THIS POINT, TAKE ANY ADVANCES. IF, GOD FORBID, ANYONE CANCELS, YOU ARE IN THE HOLE. DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

Just my two cents worth.

People can sense desparation (sp). If you're worried about getting collection calls, you can't concentrate on appointments.

This brings up the other issue I am facing.....I need to stay working at my FT in order to pay my bills. I interviewed with some comanies that were 100% commission and I couldnt work my day job. Not gonna work. So I need to find something that will allow me to work PT in my off hours with my not so good credit.