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Delivering bad news to current clients is an art. So is uncovering bad news from your prospects. In fact, the best and most wealthy insurance agents out there are typically the ones best at advising their current clients on industry trends, and uncovering pains/problems with their competition.  In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will explain how to d...

Writing small accounts may help you pay the bills, but, you'll never achieve wealth writing small accounts. In today’s throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht teaches you how to determine what size account you should prospect and how to be more successful at building a Book of Business. Writing small accounts may help you pay the bills but, you'll never...

Please .... do not be one of those insurance agents who have no strategy or process when it comes to presenting renewal quotes/proposal to the prospect! If you do that, you're more likely to lose than win. Why? Because, if you do that you're wingin' it and throwing mud against the wall to see what sticks. In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will give...

It's one thing to agree that targeting BOR's is a smart move but it's another thing altogether to develop a step-by-step process to winning signed Broker of Record Letters on a consistent basis.  In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will "build you a house" by explaining what the foundation is, what the four walls are, and what the roof is to winning m...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht explains how cold calling still works and it works very well for those who use the right script. Charles Specht will teach you what your script could be and how to effectively cold call in order to set more appointments with your prospects. Episode Highlights: Charles shares a poignant story from when he f...

Referrals, referrals, referrals! You've probably heard that referrals are great to get and have the highest win percentage when compared to other forms of prospecting. And, you'd be right to think that because it's true. However, most insurance agents and agencies do either a very poor job at systematically asking for (and receiving) referrals from their client base or COIs, or they have no proces...

One of the biggest reasons insurance agents don't achieve success as a producer is due to the QUANTITY of accounts on their prospect list. But the biggest reason overall is no doubt the QUALITY of the accounts on their prospect list.  In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will teach you how to increase the QUALITY of the accounts you are prospecting in...

Setting appointments with new prospects is hard. But it's also one of the most important things a producer needs to improve at in order to win new clients. "Scripting" (what you say or write to your prospects) is the difference maker for all of it. In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht outlines what is potentially the best prospecting script in the enti...

If you're like most insurance agents out there, you're not getting the new business commission results you know you're capable of. You're either not prospecting enough, prospecting inefficiently, not setting enough appointments, not sure how to transition to asking for the signed Broker of Record Letter, or how to close the business if you go through a quoting process. Usually, this boils down to...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht discusses the biggest problem insurance agents have. It’s not around prospecting or messaging. The biggest problem insurance agents have is their lack of success at getting their prospects to fire the incumbent agent in order to hire them. That is what this episode is all about.  Episode Highlights: Charle...

In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht teaches you how to determine what type of business you should target for prospecting. In other words, Charles will teach you the step-by-step process he takes his 1-on-1 coaching clients through to determine their own most profitable micro-niche focus. This is the topic Charles gets asked about most, which is why he...

In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht interviews one of his sales training clients, Man Phung. Man only started writing commercial accounts about three years ago but has been implementing the things Charles has been teaching, such as Thinking BIGGER, micro-niching down, utilizing the 12-Month Timeline of Services, etc. The result is that he's writing mu...

Most insurance agents don't know how to clearly articulate their value or adequately differentiate themselves in their prospect's minds. In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht explains how to best differentiate yourself with a written, objective, and strategic 12-Month Timeline of Services. Episode Highlights: Charles explains what should happe...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht discusses how the Jack-of-all-Trades is dead. The "generalist" producer is a thing of the past. Insurance agents who become experts in a specific area (Micro-Niche) get more clients more quickly and win significantly more signed Broker of Record Letters. Episode Highlights: Charles shares a story about a m...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht breaks down what those seven steps are and how you can do it, too! Episode Highlights: Charles mentions his book called, The Millionaire Producer. (1:49) Charles shares the first step: collect signatures and serve happiness. (3:00) What’s one of the most important and most expensive pieces of paper in the...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht talks about the five things insurance producers do each week that will guarantee them success. Stay committed to these five things and you'll be well on your way to building a $1,000,000 or more Book of Business! Episode Highlights: Charles explains a problem that he sees with far too many producers. (2:42...

Most insurance agents out there don't really know what they are supposed to be doing, as far as prospecting and selling are concerned. They have little training and often they're trained to do what the person before them has done, even if that person didn't achieve A+ results.  In today's episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht will detail seven things insurance...

In order to attract new clients, you must repel those who are not ideal for you. The right messaging will attract the right people, and you'll win more new clients with very attractive marketing that repels everyone you don't want. It works, but most agents haven't figured it out quite yet. In this episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht explains what you need to...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht discusses THREE things you absolutely need to get from your prospect if you decide to offer quotes, instead of being awarded a signed Broker of Record Letter on the current policies. Doing these three things will significantly strengthen your position to win, while not doing them is a dagger of death. Epis...

QUESTION: Are you 12X? Professional insurance agents aren't throwing mud against the wall to see what sticks. Super producers are in the right mindset, they have a plan, and they go for the jugular. They ask for the business, they demand attention, they require the insured's permission, they get awarded a signed Broker of Record Letters, and they build a $1,000,000 or more Book of Business. In thi...

Do you lack the Motivation to prospect for new business? Most insurance agents say they have a difficult time maintaining Motivation. However, I think the real culprit is something different and that it's because producers lack Confidence that they, therefore, lack the Motivation to prospect. But -- if the truth is known -- our host Charles Specht feels that something else is the real reason you l...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht teaches you exactly what you should say, and ask your prospect during your first meeting and -- specifically -- why you should ask for the signed BOR. Doing so tells you absolutely everything you need to know about your position in the process as well as how strong of a position the incumbent agent has wit...

Most insurance agents fail at selling insurance because they started on the wrong foot. They never achieved traction and so they failed. What I've found is that many agents lack traction because they don't know what they're selling or to whom they're selling. They are "generalists" and they achieve mediocrity every single day. If you want to become more successful at selling insurance, figure out...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht discusses the 12X Mindset, which results in one new client per month via Broker of Record Letter. Charles talks about the basic foundation of the 12X Mindset which is, 1) Stop offering quotes to non-clients; 2) Develop a Micro-Niche, 3) Target larger revenue-generating accounts, and 4) Target signed Broker...

In this throwback episode of the Millionaire Insurance Producer podcast, host Charles Specht gives the back story of his first ten years in the insurance industry as a producer. Charles explains why he stopped selling insurance and became a fee-based consultant to insurance buyers, how insurance buyers choose an agent, and how he eventually transitioned into teaching insurance producers how to win...