Where to Find Good Training for New Agent?

[Guest]

I took the iliaa out of my signature file when it was pointed out that it made it look like I was pimping my association with every post.


Rick

I don't think anyone minded when you pimped ILIAA so often (as in this thread,) any more than I think people mind Rob "pimping" his services (which at least one person here vitriolically accuses him of each chance they get.)

As long as the board owner has no issue with people flogging their associations, recruiting other agents, hyping their books, selling their mailing, lead, or telemarketing services, it seems to be OK with most of us here.

Anyway, if people don't want to go the ILLIA route, there are tons and tons of training info out there... just as good or better than ILIAA... some free, some not.

Many GAs and FMOs have marketing and training programs on both products and how to sell them. There must be a dozen webinars a day by various GAs or carriers.

You might want to subscribe to the Virtual Assistant which has a ton of stuff for $23 a month with the first month free (and if you contract with some GAs you get a small discount. There is a list. (Note: I am not a subscriber but I like their stuff. Our own Norwayguy (Peter L) has VA so you might as him if it is valuable as a learning tool.)

There is NAIFA and NAHU which has training resources, but there you are talking some major dollars for membership.

Google for "how to sell xxxx insurance" and you will get lots of resources... ASJ, Producers Web, Life Insurance Selling Magazine, InsuranceNewsNet, Broker's World... there is no end to the amount of info available on what to sell, how to sell, and what it is you are selling!

If you spent a month just reading this board I think you would learn enough in the subject your want to go with in order get started.

Going down the "read-it-yourself" self-learning road will depend on your education level and/or how good of a "self-starter" student you are. Some people do better seeing videos or having personal instruction as opposed to reading text on what they want to learn.

One thing you might do is find someone locally or on this board and offer them a few hundred dollars to give you personal coaching lessons. That's what I did when I started... I paid our own John P. (healthagent) $250 to teach me health products and sales techniques.

You will find lots of alternatives out there, so look at all your options before deciding.

Al
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[agent2011]

Nothing wrong with promoting as long as you are helping in the process. It's when you promote and have no substance that it is a problem.

 

[biochemist]

Nothing wrong with promoting as long as you are helping in the process. It's when you promote and have no substance that it is a problem.

I couldn't agree more!!!

 

[VaDwayne]

Nothing wrong with promoting as long as you are helping in the process. It's when you promote and have no substance that it is a problem.

You only have 28 post on the forum;with that in mind, how do you or anybody else know who has substance. If you are payinf attention to only a couple of people on this forum, you can easilt be led astray, because Rick, Frank, Rob, John, me, and everybody else has their own agenda and opinions.

 

[osmolia]

I am an agent in Pa. I started my agency last year. I have life appointments with Assurity, Americo and Mutual of Omaha. I am interested in finding good IMO for life insurance. I am more interested in this for the training. I have had no formal training at all. I started in insurance with NAA, I was recruited, but quick left that. Then I just started on my own, but I think I would benefit from some good sales training. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[agent2011]

You only have 28 post on the forum;with that in mind, how do you or anybody else know who has substance. If you are payinf attention to only a couple of people on this forum, you can easilt be led astray, because Rick, Frank, Rob, John, me, and everybody else has their own agenda and opinions.

So i am not allowed an opinion with only 28 posts? Nobody was pointing fingers at anyone in particular, it was just MY opinion in general.

 

[Mark]

I have a free website. www.rosenthalfiles.com with a lot of my ideas and systems on it.

 

[VolAgent]

So i am not allowed an opinion with only 28 posts? Nobody was pointing fingers at anyone in particular, it was just MY opinion in general.

Don't worry, share away. He just doesn't want any one trying to steal the spotlight from his Rock Star bud.