Branding Beyond Expectations: Finding Success in Your Agency’s Identity
When my husband was transferred from a fast-growing, metropolitan area to his company’s corporate headquarters in a small town in...
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tonya4162
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Embracing Authenticity: Building an Insurance Agency Around Your Own Dream
If you followed the Olympics (or haven’t been hiding under a rock for the last 3 weeks), you might have noticed an unlikely figure...
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tonya4162
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Training Your Clients
Throughout the day, when I walk by Maribelle, my 3.8 pound chihuahua, she rolls over on her back and squirms, looking up at me with her...
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Tonya Lied
- Sep 22, 2023
- 2 min
Find your sunlight.
My 3.8-pound chihuahua loves her sunlight. If they had contests for lounging in the sun while in air-conditioned comfort, Maribelle would...
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Shane Tatum
- Aug 29, 2023
- 1 min
The AARP Packet
I received an AARP packet in the mail yesterday. Depressing! I was having a great birthday, officially turning half a hundred. I mean it...
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Shane Tatum
- Aug 17, 2023
- 1 min
Getting Unstuck!
Sometimes its hard! More than anything getting unstuck begins with simply starting something. Anything. Something little, something big....
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Shane Tatum
- Jul 13, 2023
- 2 min
Working with family is best! But only when family does what family is supposed to do!
That was a quote from my Dad around 20 years ago. It's still true. I work with a lot of family. My wife and I have worked together for...
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Shane Tatum
- Jul 6, 2023
- 2 min
It's not always bad to receive a bad review!
It might help you. The thing that I have learned the hard way is to own my mistakes. Yes, it makes you vulnerable. Sometimes it also...
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Shane Tatum
- Jun 29, 2023
- 1 min
What is normal, may not be normal at all.
Interest rates aren't up, they are just back to normal. Insurance carriers changing 12 month auto policies to 6 month auto policies isn't...
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Shane Tatum
- Jun 8, 2023
- 2 min
Game Tape can change everything!
I recently watched the move "Air: Courting a Legend", based on Nike's search for relevance in basketball and one talent scouts'...
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Shane Tatum
- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
Being consistent is hard, and I failed
Being consistent is hard, and I failed! Several months ago, I decided to commit to being better on social, and through that decision I...
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Shane Tatum
- Apr 26, 2023
- 2 min
Stop Quoting!
Stop Quoting! It sounds crazy for an insurance agent to make that statement, especially an independent insurance agency. I mean, the IA...
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Shane Tatum
- Apr 18, 2023
- 1 min
Relationships are Everything
Relationships are everything! Yes, you need food and water and air and shelter, but you understand, right? I was reminded of the...
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Shane Tatum
- Apr 10, 2023
- 1 min
Be Wary of Dabbling
Be wary of dabbling. That can be said for any business, but it is truly critical for Independent Insurance Agencies. Choose your focus...
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Shane Tatum
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
Age Is Just A Number
Age is just a number. Especially when it comes to starting and owning an Independent Insurance Agency. This resonates with me more today...
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Shane Tatum
- Mar 27, 2023
- 1 min
Personal Lines Insurance Agents Are Not Dead
Personal Lines Insurance Agents are not dead. As a matter of fact, they're flourishing. Automation and the crafting of low touch, high...
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