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Sister Blog – Astonish Results News

• Newest Astonish Team Members are Software Geniuses! May 15, 2012
  Astonish has been busy scouting the best software developers in the biz and we’re happy to announce that we finally found them! Allow us to introduce our newest team members, Mike Benveniste and Kyle Bober. Mike joins the Astonish family to fill the role of Senior Software Architect and Kyle takes the title of Senior […]
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• ACT Now! Watch This Week’s eMarketing Minute on Insurance Journal TV! May 4, 2012
  In this week’s eMarketing Minute, Adam DeGraide sits down with Jim Armitage, the Chairman of Agents Council for Technology (ACT), and owner of Arroyo Insurance. They discuss his role with ACT and how the organization is helping insurance professionals embrace and leverage huge technological changes in the industry. The new video is available now exclusively […]
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• This week’s B.I.G. eMarketing Minute! April 24, 2012
  This week’s Insurance Journal TV eMarketing Minute features Jon Spaugy, the president of company council for Brokers Insurance Group. Adam DeGraide sat down with Jon to get the scoop on his rapidly growing organization. In this video, entitled “Brokers Insurance Group or B.I.G”, Jon’s passion for helping insurance agents to network, market, and grow is […]
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• Astonish is Publically Recognized for its Charitable Contributions April 20, 2012
  Last December Astonish raised over $28,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and now local publications are taking notice! Providence Business News recently published an article highlighting the company’s contribution to the charity. Astonish is honored to be included in such a prestigious local publication and to be a growing, […]
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• Astonish Results is Looking Forward to the 2012 TMPAA Mid Year Meeting! April 18, 2012
  From April 30th to May 2nd, Astonish Results will be meeting, greeting, and inspiring over 600 insurance program business professionals at the Target Market Program Administrators Association 2012 Mid Year Meeting. This year, the TMPAA meeting will be held in West Copley Place, Boston, MA, and is featuring Keynote speaker Ted Koppel and Industry Speaker [... […]
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Brother Blog – Astonishing Agencies

• Tune In to see Health and Life Solutions on Insurance Journal TV! May 18, 2012
  Tweet In this week’s eMarketing Minute, Tim Sawyer sits down with Mark Shuster, the President and Founder of Health and Life Solutions. The agency sells affordable life and health insurance in 42 states and has seen major growth and success since signing on with Astonish. In the video, Tim calls Mark the “King of Social […]
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• These Agencies are Rocking the Astonish System! May 15, 2012
  Tweet John Andrade Insurance and Better Business Planning Insurance are revitalized and excited to sell! After signing on with Astonish, these agencies attended training sessions that motivated them to implement digital marketing and other proven sales strategies. A new energy and culture in these offices is steering them toward success. John Andrade Insuran […]
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• These Agencies have seen Astonishing Results! May 11, 2012
  Tweet This month, we’d like to spotlight three agencies that are diving headfirst into the Astonish system and seeing great results! Preferred Insurance, Lloyd Pro Group, and Peck-Glasgow Agency are rocking their social media and VIOs and seeing awesome growth. They’ve become Astonish success stories! After attending Astonish training, Dan Muhlenkamp from Pr […]
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• Cheney Insurance has Achieved Astonish Results Success April 27, 2012
  Tweet After being inspired by Astonish’s email campaigns, Cheney Insurance dove head-first into capturing client email addresses and has reached heightened levels of success! The agency has dedicated itself to building and correcting their current client email database. Cheney Insurance, located in Damariscotta, Maine, and specializing in Maine life insuranc […]
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• St. Johns Insurance: Another Astonish Success Story April 20, 2012
  Tweet As Astonish reviews many of its successful clients, St. Johns Insurance is a true standout. Since signing on with Astonish in July, the agency has made several positive changes in its culture and procedures. This motivated agency is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and specializes in Windstorm Insurance. St. Johns Insurance has taken […]
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Cousin Blog – Ganis Consulting

• Are People and Recruiting Important to your Insurance Agency? May 21, 2012
  I’ve met 100’s of Insurance Agency Principals this year alone and a common challenge seems to be finding good people. When I ask what they’re doing to find people, there’s usually excuses, muttering and an epiphany that they’re not actually doing anything to recruit Insurance Agents, CSR’s or Account Managers. Every agency should have a Recruiting […]
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• Insurance Training Summit You Don’t Want to Miss May 8, 2012
  In October of this year, Astonish and several Sponsors to be named will be holding the eagent summit in Orlando Florida. I attended the eagent Summit in 2011 and it was amazing. There’s a great general session, and breakout training sessions on virtually any subject you can imagine. The Summit will have courses on Blogging, […]
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• Great Article on how Insurance Agents can Leverage LinkedIn May 7, 2012
  Our good friends at Insurance Journal published an article from the CEO of Astonish, Adam DeGraide. Here’s a short excerpt from the article with a link to read the entire piece. This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish Results. Since it focuses on business and networking opportunities as […]
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• Insurance Agencies Need a Digital Marketing Strategy April 30, 2012
  I taught a class this Saturday at the NetVu Conference in Anaheim, Ca and had about 40 Agencies in attendance. We discussed the Big Rocks of Digital Marketing and the participation of the agencies was amazing! As NetVu members, these are agents that have obviously embraced technology, but Digital Marketing seems to be a challenge […]
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• Come Visit us at the NetVu Conference in Anaheim Apr 26-28 April 26, 2012
  This week is the NetVu Conference in Anaheim California. Vertafore always puts on a great show with a First Class Trade Show, Education and Entertainment. We’re very excited to attend and highly suggest that you register. We’re a Platinum Sponsor at the event and I’ll be speaking Saturday at 8:15am. There are tons of exhibitors and […]
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Insurance Journal

• Vermont Motorist Texts While Driving, Crashes Into Police Cruiser May 21, 2012
  Vermont police say a 33-year-old motorist was distracted while writing a text message on his cellphone when he crashed into a police car. Vermont State Police say Jesse Clayton crashed into a Rutland police cruiser at about 1 a.m. last … […]
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• Louisiana Parish Wants to Dispose of State-Owned Katrina Properties May 21, 2012
  A St. Bernard Parish commission is debating what to do with about 2,000 parish properties sold to the state by victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Times-Picayune reports that a panel overseeing the properties will discuss what to do with the … […]
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• ACE Private Risk Adds Identity Protection Services to High-Net Worth Program May 21, 2012
  ACE Private Risk Services, the high net worth personal insurance business of the ACE Group, has launched personal identity protection services to help clients guard against and recover from identity fraud, as well as manage their reputation at no additional … […]
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