Feedback on Equis Financial?

[Suemazza4life]

These companies are set up for the managers to produce big numbers. I have an agency in my neck of the woods that constantly recruits new agents. The manager calls through the leads a couple times & snags the folks that always answer the phone. Then sells the leads to his downline agents as "A leads" at $42 per lead.

Saw his company post the leader board last week on LinkedIn and he place paid like 25k in one week. If you look closely you'll see all the managers producing huge numbers and the rest of the agents under them just doing okay.

Being a "Manager" is not just about recruiting agents, it's also about leading the field through personal performance. Not sure which of the managers you're talking about, but kudos to them for their production!

 

[Deadlily]

Being a "Manager" is not just about recruiting agents, it's also about leading the field through personal performance. Not sure which of the managers you're talking about, but kudos to them for their production!

I think you missed Broker4ever's point about the recruiter cherry picking through the A-Leads and then filling the downline's lead orders with what's left over. A low contract + a high lead cost is bad enough, but cherry picking through the leads first is not something I'd admire in any leader.

 

[nfl72]

People like to make fun of others whom we feel are in a less desirable position than our own, but we all have to start somewhere.

Me personally, I started selling cars in 1979. I was usually in the middle of the pack amongst 12 to 15 salesmen. One day I sold a car to a manager from Combined Insurance. He purchased a new Toyota that was on back order, which they all were, and it took about 45 days to get him one.

When he picked it up his new corona he stated to me, "you seem like a pretty good salesman and its too bad you don't have more cars to sell. How'd you like to sell something that you never run out of?"

I said, I'd love to so he sold me on Combined Insurance. So after selling cars for about 13 months, I went with Combined Insurance. I went through their training program , which was excellent at the time. They were some of the best trainers I have ever met in my life. I worked for them for one year and was one of their top producers, but I found being on the road most of the time I spent everything I made at the local bars and restaurants and chasing tail.

So after a year of being on the road partying etc I decided to go back to Toyota. I went back to the same dealership, Wheels Toyota of Lansing. Immediately I became their top salesmen by a wide margin. I went from selling 10 to 12 to selling 20 to 30 cars per month, consistently. I was a member of the the Toyota Sales Society, the top 1% nationally, my last eight years in a row.

We can say what we want to about working for Combined or NAA or Equis or whomever it might be. But if your lucky enough to have upper management who knows what they are doing and are willing to take you under their wing, like I did, the sky is the limit.

I will say this about my managers at Combined . Every single one of them started out by selling insurance and then when they got moved up into management, they still continued to sell on a daily basis. They sold during the day and partied with us at night.

I sold cars for over 19 years and sold Combined for 12 months. 99% of what I learned I learned while at Combined Insurance!

 

[goillini52]

I think you missed Broker4ever's point about the recruiter cherry picking through the A-Leads and then filling the downline's lead orders with what's left over. A low contract + a high lead cost is bad enough, but cherry picking through the leads first is not something I'd admire in any leader.

Somebody's new and been gulping the Kool-Aid.

 

[Suemazza4life]

I think you missed Broker4ever's point about the recruiter cherry picking through the A-Leads and then filling the downline's lead orders with what's left over. A low contract + a high lead cost is bad enough, but cherry picking through the leads first is not something I'd admire in any leader.

I appreciate his comment but as an agent, we all buy our own leads from the same source. My manager doesn't buy me my leads, although I have been gifted with some now and then. There's no "sifting" of the leads by the manager, unless he's giving me a bonus of some leads after I purchased some of my own. And those "bonus" leads, they're aged leads..takes more dials but I've sold some nice AP on those old leads!

 

[Suemazza4life]

Ah, sorry, thought I answered this awhile ago. My manager doesn't filter leads down to me. I buy my own leads, based on what market I'm in. I choose what type of lead I want and how old it is. We all buy leads from the same source. In fact, my manager doesn't even run in 90% of the same markets I do.

 

[Suemazza4life]

Somebody's new and been gulping the Kool-Aid.

I replied here and now somehow my post went to a moderator...just want to say that my manager doesn't filter leads to me. We all buy our own leads - either new or older from the same source. (or sources) My manager doesn't even run in 90% of my markets. I'm blessed to have them "bonus" me some older leads sometimes but he's not cherry picking, he'll pick up some extra leads now and then for me when he sees my lead order go through.

 

[javajnky]

These companies are set up for the managers to produce big numbers. I have an agency in my neck of the woods that constantly recruits new agents. The manager calls through the leads a couple times & snags the folks that always answer the phone. Then sells the leads to his downline agents as "A leads" at $42 per lead.

Saw his company post the leader board last week on LinkedIn and he place paid like 25k in one week. If you look closely you'll see all the managers producing huge numbers and the rest of the agents under them just doing okay.

Anyone doing that should be taken out by their agents and stoned.

 

[pcbinsurance]

Wow, the poor girl gets 45% on AmAm Easy-Term and she should be getting 120%. How horrible.

 

[jdeasy]

People like to make fun of others whom we feel are in a less desirable position than our own, but we all have to start somewhere.

Me personally, I started selling cars in 1979. I was usually in the middle of the pack amongst 12 to 15 salesmen. One day I sold a car to a manager from Combined Insurance. He purchased a new Toyota that was on back order, which they all were, and it took about 45 days to get him one.

When he picked it up his new corona he stated to me, "you seem like a pretty good salesman and its too bad you don't have more cars to sell. How'd you like to sell something that you never run out of?"

I said, I'd love to so he sold me on Combined Insurance. So after selling cars for about 13 months, I went with Combined Insurance. I went through their training program , which was excellent at the time. They were some of the best trainers I have ever met in my life. I worked for them for one year and was one of their top producers, but I found being on the road most of the time I spent everything I made at the local bars and restaurants and chasing tail.

So after a year of being on the road partying etc I decided to go back to Toyota. I went back to the same dealership, Wheels Toyota of Lansing. Immediately I became their top salesmen by a wide margin. I went from selling 10 to 12 to selling 20 to 30 cars per month, consistently. I was a member of the the Toyota Sales Society, the top 1% nationally, my last eight years in a row.

We can say what we want to about working for Combined or NAA or Equis or whomever it might be. But if your lucky enough to have upper management who knows what they are doing and are willing to take you under their wing, like I did, the sky is the limit.

I will say this about my managers at Combined . Every single one of them started out by selling insurance and then when they got moved up into management, they still continued to sell on a daily basis. They sold during the day and partied with us at night.

I sold cars for over 19 years and sold Combined for 12 months. 99% of what I learned I learned while at Combined Insurance!

And the rest you just wasted!!