MarcusP617
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I just passed the exam and got my FL State 215 license to sell life, health and annuities.
Right now my intent is just to embark on the career part time to make supplemental income. I have a 9-5 that occupies most of my time with a healthcare IT company that I am extremely happy with, but I am looking for other streams of income.
Initially I got my license because a mentor of mine who made his fortune selling insurance in Puerto Rico said he'd heard of a companies who provide "warm leads," which he said with my sales ability in the insurance industry, seemed like a win-win. As with everything, I fully anticipated there being a catch because an insurance agency that provides you with leads seems too good to be true.
The company is NAA, which I've done a lot of research on and heard mixed reviews. I know a lot of their leads you need to pay for and are recycled and I've heard a lot of people accusing them of being scammers. That being said, I'm sure there are also a lot of NAA agents making good money. Because of my B2B sales experience I'm not necessarily averse to cold calling and cycling through bad leads to stumble across some good ones.
Embarking on this career part time I think there's great value in that but there's pros and cons. I've also been approached by a friend who is a Senior Marketing Director at World Financial Group and runs his own agency. He has been extremely successful and made a lot of money (this is someone I grew up with and know his success is legitimate) but he had the right situation in place. There were some things concerning me with NAA where they emphasize a model where you don't make the residual income and get higher payouts up front, but they do have a commission structure where you can get residuals as well.
Ultimately I'm just torn as to who I should start practicing with. Figured I could get some insight from the forums on what factors I should consider (quality of policies, commission structure, lead generation, business model,) etc. in getting started and any recommendations for someone whose looking to get started part time.
Right now my intent is just to embark on the career part time to make supplemental income. I have a 9-5 that occupies most of my time with a healthcare IT company that I am extremely happy with, but I am looking for other streams of income.
Initially I got my license because a mentor of mine who made his fortune selling insurance in Puerto Rico said he'd heard of a companies who provide "warm leads," which he said with my sales ability in the insurance industry, seemed like a win-win. As with everything, I fully anticipated there being a catch because an insurance agency that provides you with leads seems too good to be true.
The company is NAA, which I've done a lot of research on and heard mixed reviews. I know a lot of their leads you need to pay for and are recycled and I've heard a lot of people accusing them of being scammers. That being said, I'm sure there are also a lot of NAA agents making good money. Because of my B2B sales experience I'm not necessarily averse to cold calling and cycling through bad leads to stumble across some good ones.
Embarking on this career part time I think there's great value in that but there's pros and cons. I've also been approached by a friend who is a Senior Marketing Director at World Financial Group and runs his own agency. He has been extremely successful and made a lot of money (this is someone I grew up with and know his success is legitimate) but he had the right situation in place. There were some things concerning me with NAA where they emphasize a model where you don't make the residual income and get higher payouts up front, but they do have a commission structure where you can get residuals as well.
Ultimately I'm just torn as to who I should start practicing with. Figured I could get some insight from the forums on what factors I should consider (quality of policies, commission structure, lead generation, business model,) etc. in getting started and any recommendations for someone whose looking to get started part time.