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Social Media Selfishness |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/26/2009 10:31 AM
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Once you’ve got the hang of social media you can start using it to benefit your brand and your company’s brand. The important thing, however, is to not be too selfish. Social networking sites are often referred to as crowded barrooms. You can tune out the conversations you don’t want to hear and lean into the ones that interest you. Do you want to be the person on the bar stool screaming about how great you are when nobody asked? No, no you do not.
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How To Attract 20 Something Buyers |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/22/2009 12:38 PM
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As a 20-something college student I have found that there are 3 words which can often be used to describe my current state: busy, stressed, and BROKE. Insurance isn’t usually a front-runner in my mind of things that trouble me. I don’t know what exactly I’m supposed to be looking for in terms of insurance, but I DO know what attracts me to invest my barely-there-bucks.
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5 Signs You Got What it Takes to be a Great Entrepreneur |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/22/2009 5:11 AM
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So you may be thinking, what the heck is an insurance agent doing blogging about being a great entrepreneur? As an insurance agent we are lucky in that we talk to people on a daily basis from all different types and sizes of business. We take the time to listen to our customers’ challenges, successes and failures. Also, as an insurance agent, it is important for our customers to do well. The more our customers can grow their businesses the more successful we will be as an insurance agency.
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10 Dirty Tricks of Insurance Companies |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/16/2009 8:53 AM
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Fact: Insurance companies use money earned from policyholder’s to invest. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that most investments aren’t winners these days. So how can insurance companies boost their profits? Some have fallen to the level of using these 10 dirty tricks to either win your business or lower your claim payments and boost their bottom line;
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The 5 W's of Social Networking |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/11/2009 1:57 PM
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In today’s world things are quickly shifting with advancing technology, making it ridiculously easy for people to never interact face-to-face. Smart phones, email, instant messaging, and new social media ventures like Facebook and Twitter intimidate people into thinking that they can no longer make a connection with the world. This is NOT at all the case. In the insurance industry and with small businesses a personable agent will make all the difference.Rather than running away from social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter we should be embracing it! The benefits of social media are endless and it is vital for brands to strike while the iron’s hot before the competition out-tweets them.
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Slip & Fall Not at My Restaurant |
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By Duffy Insurance on
6/5/2009 1:50 PM
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“A missing report over a slip-and-fall accident and disputed insurance claims may cost the Back Bay Restaurant Group Inc. more than a half million dollars.” –Naomi Kooker, Boston Business Journal
According to attorney David D. Dowd of Curley and Curley PC in Boston, “Slip and fall cases are as common as the sun coming up in the morning.” As a restaurant owner how can you protect yourself from being sued in a slip and fall claim? The next question is how can you do this without raising your restaurant insurance expense?
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Should I Purchase Insurance on a Rental Car? |
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By Duffy Insurance on
5/30/2009 5:50 AM
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So my good buddy, Chris, along with his lady pal moved down south last year. Long story short they have decided to move back to good old Boston Massachusetts. I guess they got tired of the warm weather and missed the snow.
I got a call from Chris this morning (I promise this story is true) and he said “hey Duff, the wife and I are renting a U-Haul to move all of our stuff home,
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Insurance Agents: Stop Selling on Price |
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By Duffy Insurance on
5/28/2009 4:27 PM
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I once took a sales training course. The instructor told the class that if all that you talk about is price when selling then, that signifies that money is all that you care about. And that’s all that your customer will care about. This means that they will buy from you if you’re the cheapest but, will leave you just as soon as your not. Do you really want to attempt to build a book of business on “price shoppers?”
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