The MVP Podcast

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Jake Jines from The Insurance Alliance to bring you the sales tip of the month.  This will be the start of monthly episodes with Jake as we dive into many different producer sales tips ranging from cold calling, to prospecting, to quoting, to building relationships and we even might show you how to create effective sales proposals. Ep...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Jeremy Powers, owner of Powers Insurance Experts, joins the show to share his story and the tips and tricks that have elevated his agency over the last 2 years.  This is an episode you do not want to miss if you are stuck in the middle of what you should be doing as a young producer. Jeremy has a passion that is unmatched, and the things he is doing for his comm...

In this throwback episode of the Agency Intelligence podcast, guest host Mitch Gibson interviews Brian Blakely, the director of property & casualty insurance at Stonebridge Insurance and Wealth Management and host of The Good Life Small Business Podcast. Brian talks about what he learned from Bradley Flowers and how he started a podcast. Episode Highlights: Brian shares the best things to do in Ke...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Chelsie Sweazy, who comes to us from MJ Insurance, located in Carmel, Indiana! Chelsie started her career on the carrier side with Travelers, then just over 2 years ago, Chelsie jumped headfirst into the agency side with MJ Insurance as a Risk Management Consultant/Producer. Before I got to know Chelsie about a year ago, she and I wer...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson is joined by 3 of his fellow protege contestants, Sean Kirby, Jonathan Lugo, and Ryan Smith, to discuss Challenges 5 and 6 of The Protege (an Insurance Reality TV Show Competition produced by David Carothers) and the feedback they received from David. The last 5 months have been filled with weekly challenges, discussions, accountability, and coachin...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson is joined by THE Fabulous GloveBox Gurus (Danielle Driscoll, Nicole Mirich, Chelsea Stewart, and Natasha Hansen) to talk about their stories and the paths they took that led them to our amazing friends at GloveBox! After meeting the Gurus in Denver in January, I knew I had to get them on the show and learn more about them. These ladies are so passio...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Co-Founder and CEO of Wunderwrite, Peter MacDonald to discuss the things he learned as a young agent 7 years ago which gave him the tools and ability to build an amazing product like Wunderwrite. Peter also talks about the importance of building relationships and why it should be a common denominator in everyone's success strategy. If...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Vice President of Gordon Companies Insurance Services, Aaron Gordon joins the show to discuss the struggles some young agents experience in their first few years in the industry which can be very frustrating at times. Just getting started in the industry can be stressful, but with patience, hard work, passion, energy, and the willingness to learn, you can be pre...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with the "Flood Guru" himself, Chris Greene, to discuss why creating a consistent content strategy is so important for his business model. Recently, Chris launched a Flood Insurance Learning Center/Educational Video Library with thousands of different topics to choose from. We discuss the ROI of having a learning center like the one he sta...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson is joined by 4th Generation Insurance Agent, Ryan Smith from Smith and Sons Insurance Agency. The Protege Season 2 Contestant took time to discuss his path from studying Risk Management in college to helping young agents in Oklahoma and why this industry is the best-hidden gem out there.  Ryan also talks about why young agents need to have a " Board...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with nationally touring comedian, Executive Producer, CEO & Founder of My Breakup Registry, Podcast Host of The Future Role Model, and Glovebox Guru, Natasha Pearl Hansen to discuss why she decided to join the Glovebox team and why building partnerships is so important in everything we do in this industry. You can check Natasha out on all...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson interviews Joe Kampert, Agency Owner of Redwood Insurance Group in Austin, Texas to discuss what being a young agency owner is all about. Joe has built an agency around his passion for helping others. Throughout the show, Joe drops A LOT of helpful tips that will help you establish your foundation in this great industry. Episode Highlights: Joe shar...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Ron Shroyer, Vice President of Sales at Aureus Analytics, to discuss the future of tech and why it is so important to find tech that works for you and your agency.  Measuring your customer's happiness is a huge component of your retention. With Aureus Analytics' new product, Donna for agents can measure and collect all of this data fo...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Tamron Manning, Founder and Owner of Integrity Insurance Group in Lexington, Kentucky to discuss the highs and lows that he has experienced as a start-up agency owner in the last 3 months. Tamron opened up the doors at Integrity Insurance in October of 2021 and has hit the ground running. This guy is going places! Episode Highlights:...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with the Season 1 winner of The Protege, Derek Hayden. Derek joins the show to discuss his experience on the reality TV show and the things he has learned along the way that have led to Mr. Hayden's success. Yes, his favorite color is camo! Episode Highlights: Derek shares what led him to be in the insurance agency as a producer. (3:53) De...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Luis Leal from Leal Insurance Services. Luis joins the show to discuss the different types of marketing habits he has created, along with building a 1500 member Facebook "Dad's Group" that is a great lead generator for his business. Luis also discusses what his agency does the best at and they stick with being great at those tactics....

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Sean Kirby to discuss some of the top things they learned at their first-ever AI BrainShare. Episode Highlights: Sean explains that the BrainShare conference was different from any other conference he has been to. (4:55) Sean talks about the things he learned from Marcus Sheridan at AI BrainShare 2021. (7:03) Sean shares that he likes...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson goes solo to discuss why building your network is so important in this industry, along with discovering what processes work best for you as a producer. Not everyone has the same process, but we can all learn from what each other are doing. Episode Highlights: Mitch mentions why he loves using the analogies of baseball and insurance. (1:48) Mitch sha...

In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with Sean Kirby, CPIA, Insurance Agent at The Performance Group. Sean talks about his approach in the insurance industry and how The Performance Group Podcast became the connector of their community. Episode Highlights: What activities does Sean like to do outside of insurance? (3:55) Sean mentions what he learned about communication. (5:2...

We’re excited to announce that the first episode of The MVP Podcast, hosted by Mitch Gibson, on the Agency Intelligence Podcast Network is live!  In this episode of The MVP Podcast, Mitch Gibson sits down with agency owner of Portal Insurance and co-host of the Insurance Guys Podcast, Bradley Flowers, to talk a little more about his path and the things he’s learned along the way from being a young...