FE AGENT IN GEORGIA STRUGGLING NEED HELP PLEASE

[indiana260]

We just had a baby girl a week ago. I wanted to fly to Dallas for a builder's training that Ben is hosting next week.

I asked my wife and she said, "Fine!" But I wasn't born yesterday!

Cute baby. I have an 8 month old. It is a blessing but crazy going back to these days. Enjoy they go by fast.

 

[HoosierLife]

Cute baby. I have an 8 month old. It is a blessing but crazy going back to these days. Enjoy they go by fast.

Thanks! Yeah having 2 in diapers means I change a lot of diapers!!

 

[Todd King]

Thanks! Yeah having 2 in diapers means I change a lot of diapers!!

Lloyd's of London may have insurance for that! LOL

Congrats on the new arrival!

 

[WhoDey513]

What makes GA such a tough market?

 

[HoosierLife]

What makes GA such a tough market?

Agent saturation and low response rates?

 

[rousemark]

What makes GA such a tough market?

Been that way since Lester Maddox sold all those axe handles to Georgians that had no axe heads..

 

[cropduster]

I am 2 hours away from Macon

Better learn to drive all over in the south son

 

[NuUzr]

I don't think any of our agents are active on this forum. We have a very active agency group chat that they all talk to each other on.

How does Fex recruit new agents?

 

[jensing0406]

Are we talking how long before she notices or misses him?

Fine line between notices and misses him could be bit killing him

 

[Newby]

How does Fex recruit new agents?

FEX is very unique in that we don't want a million agents. We want to be the best place in the world for selling agents "not multi-level recruiters". We are much more of a boutique agency than any of the agencies that you see heavily advertised.

As far as getting new agents we do very limited direct mail a few times per year. Everything else (and most of our agents) have come from referrals from current agents, our website and many learn about us through this forum. Referrals from the insurance carriers is a pretty good resource also but those are completely unfiltered. The referrals from current agents are much higher caliber.

We have never actively recruited. Never emailed, telemarketed, or stalked forums with private messages. Many would say I've stalked forums with open messages. But My participation on the Insurance forum was the same back when I was just a selling agent and after creating FEX. Anyone that contacted us had to proactively do it. We never contact anyone unsolicited.

I think the passive recruiting and being very selective on who we accept has been a huge factor in our quality of agents. It's not a model for rapid growth. But we have grown larger and faster than I ever wanted to.