Posted On: October 16th, 2008 by Bob Richards
The generation of leads in the search to sell annuities is a vital tool in the overall sales technique, as the more leads that are generated and the higher the quality, the more possibilities of closing that lead and creating a sale. The problem for many annuity agents is that they look too deeply [...]
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Posted On: October 7th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Selling of annuity products is done either by the direct representatives of insurance companies or by agents who sell annuities on behalf of the insurance companies. Generating leads is the most important aspect of annuities. So let us now find how annuity lead generation is done. There are various ways of how it is done. [...]
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Posted On: September 30th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Annuity sales by insurance companies are a big revenue generator for life insurers across the country. Insurance agents sell various kinds of annuities like variable annuities, retirement annuities or deferred annuities. The annuity sales are made to individuals are based upon their requirements. However, it is important to follow the guidelines set by the National [...]
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Posted On: September 26th, 2008 by Bob Richards
An annuity buyer is a specialized firm which pays a lump sum cash for the annuity payments that are made in installments, i.e. a structured settlement. An annuity is designed to pay long term returns on the investments that has already been made by an investor. The role of an annuity buyer is understood when [...]
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Posted On: September 16th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Some conversations in our industry make no sense like the argument that variable annuities are great (made by those who sell them) or terrible (made by those that hate any product with fees, e.g. the Wall Street Journal). A variable annuity, like a corporation, is a type of entity. You would never argue that corporations [...]
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Posted On: September 15th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Annuity lead generation is not an easy task. Most people selling annuities resort to buying leads, but if you have been there and done that, then you would have realized by now that buying cheap annuity leads will never make you rich. Annuity lead generation has become tough because of the huge competition that exists [...]
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Posted On: September 14th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Annuity selling is not an easy job, but with a sound annuity marketing plan in place you can earn much more than you ever thought possible. Like all other jobs, selling annuities requires not just hard work, but being innovative, talent and an effort at out of the box thinking. Having a sound annuity marketing [...]
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Posted On: September 12th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Seniors and pre-retirees generally form a major percentage of people who buy annuities. This is so because people start thinking about earning a constant income post retirement at this age. On the other hand, at this seniority, most people also have enough money to invest in annuities and other financial products. There is a huge [...]
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Posted On: September 11th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Annuity selling has come a long way from the times when all it involved was cold calling, appointments and mailers. New concepts in annuity lead generation and follow up are turning around the fortunes of hundreds of annuity selling personnel around the world and you can also utilize the same concepts for generating annuity leads [...]
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Posted On: September 10th, 2008 by Bob Richards
Selling annuities is a highly competitive job, and while many prospects you meet might not have come across an annuity agent before they would have come across some or the other kind of financial agent and would be well aware of what a regular sales pitch could be. So the first thing that you need [...]
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