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SAP99: Making the Transition into Telesales

Christopher Westfall has an insurance agency focused on helping seniors with Medicare insurance. Having been licensed for over 25 years, he has been helping seniors through his agency, from coast to coast, entirely by telephone for over 12 years. In this podcasts, Chris and Eugene Marchenko discuss the daily operation of his phone-based agency and provide tips to other agents making the transition into telesales from face-to-face sales of insurance.

See more at MedicareAgentTraining.com

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SAP 026: Medicare Supplement Marketing Tips from the Fair

At the Coastal Carolina Fair in Charleston, SC, I saw some very interesting similarities between the marketing tactics employed by the fair and those used by some insurance agents in the Medicare Supplement market.

Captive agents think that, somehow, every person can fit within their plans. This is often like fitting a square peg into a round hole. It is not always a good idea to attempt it!

Independent Medicare agents find the best solution in any local market and provide full transparency in the process. This allows the senior client to trust that they not only have the BEST available plan in their market, but they also know that this agent can continue to shop the market in the future, if their rate increases get out of the norm with their chosen carrier.

For helpful agent information, visit MedicareAgentTraining.com

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SAP 022: Just Activity? Or Successful Results

Over the years, Chris has learned the difference between just being busy for busy sake vs. doing things that will achieve the best, possible results for our time investment in this business.

Many agents still believe that writing applications all day is their only mission, and they’ll write an application on anyone that says, “Yes.” Those anxious folks that are very eager to get going with you should be the ones you spend the most amount of time trying to find out why they are disqualified from the beginning.

The art of asking the right questions, in this case – all of the health questions, before moving into an application setting AT ALL, is critical if you want to have enough time to spend with those that are qualified.

 

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SAP 013: Focus on Activity or Focus on Result?

Should a sales person focus on activity in their day or focus on a daily result?
One brings tremendous business, and one brings much stress.

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How to cold call for Medicare sales - from MedicareAgentTraining.com

SAP 011: Cold Calling for Medicare Supplement Sales

Can you successfully learn cold calling for Medicare Supplements?
Absolutely.

In a recent webinar, Chris Westfall interviewed Joe from Florida. Joe is a relatively new agent to Medicare Supplements and has started, just a few months ago, cold calling for Medicare Supplements.  He is doing very well and shares some of what he has learned.

Listen to the podcast, and view more material at MedicareAgentTraining.com

Joe obtained his discounted price on the predictive dialer, demographic suggestions and recommended states to sell in, from MedicareAgentTraining.com

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South Carolina Medicare Plans

SAP 010: Chris Westfall Radio Interview on Medicare Plans

Chris Westfall was given an opportunity to be a LIVE guest on a radio program in Charleston, South Carolina to talk specifically about Medicare plans.

Chris met the show’s host through networking locally in the Charleston, SC area.
This gave Chris an opportunity to present his web site for South Carolina titled, SouthCarolinaMedicarePlans.org

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