{"id":6378,"date":"2020-01-05T22:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T03:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2021-07-31T20:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T00:28:35","slug":"lead-generation-and-email-marketing-tips-for-insurance-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/lead-generation-and-email-marketing-tips-for-insurance-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Generation And Email Marketing Tips For Insurance Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you an independent insurance agent with a wide variety of insurance offers to sell? Or maybe you\u2019re a captive insurance agent homing in on a specific area of expertise? Either way, you require an abundant flow of leads if your business is going to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve thought about using email marketing or\nmarketing funnels to help you generate leads? If so, then I can relate. I know\nhow frustrating it is when you want to generate leads for your business, but\nyou have no clue how to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m so happy to share this blog post with you.\nBecause lead generation is an upstream swim unless you spend time strategizing\nyour lead generation campaigns in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s spend time thinking about your ideal insurance\nprospect and their core desires. That way, you\u2019re in a better position to plan\nan awesome lead generation strategy from the ground up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The First\nThing You Need To Know About Generating Leads As An Insurance Agent, Is What\nYour Ideal Prospect Wants!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I honestly believe that any lead generation campaign\nstarts with the end-user. In your case, your ideal insurance prospect. The\nstrategy of understanding what your prospect wants is vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s analyze your ideal insurance prospect. What are\nyou selling as an insurance agent? Are you selling auto insurance? Home insurance?\nLife insurance? Let me ask you this. What are you selling as an insurance\nagent? Are you selling peace of mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Are You Selling As An Insurance Agent?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Are you helping a business owner protect their business with liability insurance?<\/li><li>Are you helping a parent find the perfect auto insurance for their family?<\/li><li>Maybe you\u2019re helping to sell health insurance to low-income family members, and they need all the help they can get choosing the best plan possible?<\/li><li>Or maybe you sell life insurance to those parents concerned for the future of their loved ones?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Are The\nTop 10 Frustrations That Your Ideal Prospects Face As An Insurance Agent?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend time brainstorming your ideal prospect, and how you\ncan help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have experience working in the IT sector. (Yikes!) I\nknow from personal experience, that people are incredibly stressed out! I\nalways noticed that everyone was very stressed out when they experience tech\ntroubles. Can you relate as an insurance agent? Do you notice that your clients\nseem super stressed out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Always remember, that your insurance prospects are\nprobably stressed out when choosing a new insurance policy. Whether they\u2019re\nshopping for life insurance or new healthcare policy, their choices are nearly\nendless, and their choices aren\u2019t getting any easier these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, your ideal prospect is frustrated, and\nstressed out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s one of the major pain points you should consider\nas you brainstorm your ideal insurance prospect. Take me for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever it\u2019s time to choose new health insurance, it\u2019s\nthe most stressful part of the year. Can you relate? More importantly, can your\nideal insurance clients relate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep these ideas and frustrations in mind as you work to\ndevice marketing content and content marketing ideas for your insurance\nprospects in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let\u2019s\nBrainstorm The Pain Points That Your Ideal Insurance Clients Face<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They find their insurance choices overwhelming!<\/li><li>They find that their current insurance is lacking, but they\u2019re not sure what upgradeable options exist<\/li><li>They want to protect their loved ones and family, but they have no clue what insurance agents are trustworthy<\/li><li>They don\u2019t understand the different clauses, terms, and choices within each tier insurance plan<\/li><li>Your client may speak English as a second language and are frustrated because their questions aren\u2019t answered<\/li><li>They may have had a bad experience in the past with their insurance providers, so they don\u2019t trust insurance agents<\/li><li>They understand the value of insurance but aren\u2019t sure they can afford the cost<\/li><li>They want to protect the value of their home but worry that the home insurance won\u2019t cover them when they need the service<\/li><li>They\u2019re afraid of getting scammed, ripped off, or bamboozled by fine print within the insurance contract or plan<\/li><li>They\u2019ve been denied disability insurance, or other insurance opportunities in the past and their stress is now overwhelming as a result<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you relate to any of these pain points? If so, then\ntake note of them so you can work to address, cure and solve these problem\nareas that your insurance prospects likely face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, consider that your area of insurance expertise\nmight vary significantly. Your niche of insurance clientele may have specific\nand unique needs compared to other parts of the country, other demographics,\nother income levels, and insurance types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more you interact with your target insurance agent,\nthe more you can develop ideas of what pain points they experience. The more\nyou understand this information, the much easier it becomes when creating\ncontent, lead magnets, marketing funnels, and creatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is An\nAwesome Lead Magnet For Insurance Agents?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re trying to generate email marketing leads,\nit\u2019s critical to keep your ideal subscriber in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main reasons we spent so long brainstorming\nyour ideal prospect, is so you can easily create an awesome lead magnet to help\nattract your ideal client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you know the core desires of your ideal prospect,\nlaunching a lead magnet is a piece of cake. However, you might wonder, which\ntype of lead magnet choice do you have? Let\u2019s brainstorm a few hypothetical\nchoices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here Are Some\nCool Lead Magnet Ideas For Insurance Agents:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create lead magnet funnel that promotes a short e-book teaching how to find home insurance without getting ripped off<\/li><li>Offer a 100% free (and no-stress) consultation for any new health insurance prospect<\/li><li>Launch a survey funnel asking your clients questions about their insurance needs<\/li><li>Create a short webinar teaching your ideal client how to find the best life insurance that won\u2019t let their family members down when they need it the most!<\/li><li>Write a short email course explaining the top 10 errors business owners make when choosing liability insurance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few minutes, I brainstormed 5 different lead\nmagnet ideas for insurance agents across a variety of different insurance\nindustries. Based upon your field, and knowledge as an insurance agent, you\u2019ll\nprobably have even better lead magnet ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what\u2019s your best lead magnet choice as an insurance\nseller? In my opinion, you\u2019re only limited to your creativity! Your best lead\nmagnet choice has a lot to do with the type of insurance you\u2019re selling.\nBecause different varieties of insurance lead will naturally have different\ndesires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Type Of\nInsurance Are You Selling?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Liability insurance?<\/li><li>Long-term disability insurance?<\/li><li>Long-term care insurance?<\/li><li>Health insurance?<\/li><li>Life insurance?<\/li><li>Home insurance?<\/li><li>Auto insurance?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not sure what type of questions your ideal\ninsurance prospect might wonder, then&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Quora<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/answerthepublic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AnswerThePublic<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;are both amazing services for you to browse.\nYou can type in any question or keyword and then search real questions that\nreal people are asking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either of the resources above is perfect for diving deeply\ninto the psyche and demands of your ideal insurance prospect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armed with the knowledge of your ideal prospect, you can\nthen try your best to assemble a lead magnet that your ideal client will\nappreciate. Don\u2019t stress out too much about the format of your lead magnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here\u2019s How To\nBuild An Awesome Lead Capture Page As An Insurance Agent That Converts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that building a decent marketing page,\nor a landing page is elementary these days thanks to all the drag and drop\nbuilders. Even if you don\u2019t know how to program computer code, you can still\nlaunch an amazing marketing page that helps to promote your lead capture page,\nbridge page, or pre-sell page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ClickFunnels and Thrive Architect are two of my favorite\nmarketing and page builders. However, don\u2019t take my word as gospel. I always\nadvise you to research different marketing page builders! If you\u2019re interested,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/13-ways-to-build-a-website-for-your-small-business-easily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>I published a big list of page builder options here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here Are My\nFavorite Lead Generation Funnel Ideas:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can build a lead generation funnel that promotes an awesome lead magnet<\/li><li>You can build a survey funnel that pre-qualifies your insurance lead before they opt-in<\/li><li>You can build a video sales letter funnel that asks for the opt-in<\/li><li>You can build a webinar marketing funnel that asks for the opt-in<\/li><li>You can build a bridge funnel with a short video that promotes your insurance business<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Do You\nFollowup With New Insurance Leads?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One other question you might have as an insurance agent,\nis what happens after you generate the lead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, how do you followup? That largely depends\nupon your followup plan. You have endless options. If you\u2019ve read much of my\ncontent, then you know that I\u2019m a huge fan of email marketing. Email marketing\nis my favorite choice for just about all marketing channels. Email marketing\nrocks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, you have a boatload of email marketing options.\nOne of my favorite options, due to the relatively low cost and ridiculous ease\nof use, is a simple email autoresponder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Email\nMarketing Ideas For Insurance Agents?! But Wait, Isn\u2019t Email Marketing Dead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of experts, gurus, and amateurs alike keep saying,\nwriting about and blogging about how email marketing is dead. I couldn\u2019t\ndisagree more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of it this way. Do you have an email address? Do\nyour friends, colleagues, family members, and neighbors? The answer is likely\nan astounding \u201cyes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While social media marketing, Podcast marketing, and\nYouTube marketing are all massive these days, I believe that email marketing is\nstill the one piece that brings everything together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you agree that email marketing rocks, you\u2019re\nprobably wondering how you can use it effectively as an insurance agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Think Email\nMarketing Is Too Expensive Or Difficult For Your Agency? Think Again!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I want to let you know that email marketing tools\nlike MailChimp, MailerLite, AWeber, and GetResponse are either free or\nridiculously cheap to use. So, there\u2019s no cost barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the email marketing tools of yesterday that were\ncumbersome and difficult to use are gone! These days, most email marketing\ntools seem &#8220;drag and drop&#8221; simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how once you generate the email lead, your job is to\nfollow up with awesome content. If you\u2019re not sure what type of email content\nto use, then let\u2019s brainstorm more on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Genius Email Marketing Ideas For Insurance Agents:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Send weekly tips talking about common mistakes that your clients make when choosing an insurance option<\/li><li>Share the latest news in your industry<\/li><li>Share videos, Podcasts, or webinars that teach your ideal prospect tip related to your industry<\/li><li>Invite your subscribers to connect, ask questions, or get in touch by clicking reply to the newsletter<\/li><li>Invite your subscribers for a free consultation now and then<\/li><li>Share any of your content shared on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn<\/li><li>Promote your latest blog post or article that you\u2019ve published in your industry<\/li><li>Share your latest promotions, discounts, rates, or insurance policy updates<\/li><li>Promote your phone number and landing pages throughout your newsletter!<\/li><li>Include a bold call to action to contact you, or to otherwise enter your sales process<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Huge Email\nMarketing Tip For Novice Insurance Agents Or New Email Copywriters\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One final email marketing tip is to create an awesome\ncontent calendar. That way, you can always brainstorm and think of cool email marketing\nideas in advance. Otherwise, it\u2019s all too difficult to fall into writer\u2019s block!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plan your content with plenty of time to spare. Try to\nwrite your email campaigns in advance, so when the time comes to hit \u201csend\u201d,\nyou\u2019re prepped and ready to go without delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If You Ever\nHave Questions About Promoting Insurance Or Lead Generation For Insurance\nAgents Then Please Never Hesitate To Ask!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank you so much for reading this humble blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know how frustrating it is when you try to generate\nleads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing\u2019s more frustrating than when you\u2019re trying to\nhelp people, but you can\u2019t reach them. That\u2019s exactly why I\u2019m ridiculously\npassionate about lead generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope that this humble blog post serves as a great\nbrainstorming tool for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever have any questions, never hesitate to drop me\na line!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, I wish you the absolute best. And thanks for\nreading! Without you, this content is for naught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cordially and humbly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Mike \u201cInsurance Leads\u201d DeVincent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>MrComputerScience.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an independent insurance agent with a wide variety of insurance offers to sell? Or maybe you\u2019re a captive insurance agent homing in on a specific area of expertise? Either way, you require an abundant flow of leads if your business is going to survive. 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