The Insurance Dudes
New to the high-octane world of insurance agency ownership with The Insurance Dudes© ? Looking for answers on how to make it happen?
Hosted by industry veterans Jason Feltman and Craig Pretzinger, this podcast is your no-holds-barred guide to dominating the insurance game. With decades of combined experience and a track record of building some of the most successful agencies in the business, Jason and Craig are here to share their hard-won insights and proven strategies.
You're here just in time for Season 4 of the Insurance Dudes©. Craig and Jason powered through Covid, amassing over $10 million in new annualized auto premium in just a couple years. We were locked down anyway, what else was there to do?
This power team launched the Insurance Dudes© Podcast back in 2018. Learning bits and pieces of the overall blueprint by simultaneously growing their books and audience, the duo set their eyes from solely growing their own agencies, to an intentional and service-driven mission to help other agents avoid all the costly mistakes it took them to get to where they are now.
Each week, The Insurance Dudes© tackle the hot topics and challenges facing insurance agents and agency owners. From lead generation and sales scripts to hiring, training, and everything in between, no topic is off-limits and no punches are pulled.
This isn't your typical dry, technical insurance podcast. Jason and Craig bring a fresh, irreverent approach to the mic, infusing each episode with their signature blend of humor, storytelling, and straight talk.
They'll make you laugh, they'll make you think, and most importantly, they'll give you the tools and inspiration you need to take your insurance business to the next level.
So whether you're a seasoned veteran looking to stay sharp or a hungry newcomer ready to make your mark, The Insurance Dudes© Podcast is your essential listen. Tune in each week for actionable advice, insider stories, and a hefty dose of insurance industry reality.
It's time to strap in, turn up the volume, and join The Insurance Dudes ©
on the ride of your professional life. Let's sell some policies!
Keywords: insurance sales, insurance marketing, insurance leads, insurance agency, sales training, sales strategy, insurance industry, entrepreneurship, p&c leads, p&c telemarketer hiring, p&c telefunnel, insurance telefunnel, insurance agent, insurance agency ownership
The Insurance Dudes
We Are Insurance Dudes And Insurance Dudettes
We Are Insurance Dudes And Insurance Dudettes
- We celebrate our team and give them the credit for wins
- We Take the responsibility for our agency’s failures
- We keep our eyes on the road, not in the rearview mirror
- We constantly look for solutions to problems instead of complaining about problems
- We keep a positive outlook because, for us the glass is ALWAYS overflowing
- We’re decisive and not afraid to make a decision
- We Invest heavily in our teams not our egos
- We only focus on the things we can control to reach our desired outcomes
- We love our team and our family
- We are balanced and feed our minds, souls, bodies, and hearts.
- We stay away from negativity
- We constantly try to improve ourselves, teams, businesses, and life
- We take care of others with no expectations in return.
- We control our emotions, temper, because we see the big picture
- We are kind, loving, and generous to those around us
- We are eager to share and help our peers and even our competition, to elevate the playing field
- We take responsibility to adjust our mindset and attitudes daily, to be the leader everyone can depend on
- We never compromise these values so we may serve our family, our team, and our clients at the highest level
- We will never give up on this mission
- We are Insurance Dudes and Insurance Dudettes
This week for Motivation Monday, The Dudes Talk about unifying your vision - an important piece to developing your culture and creating staff buy-in.
MONDAY MOTIVATION - YOUR SUCCESS MANTRA:
Mindset is EVERYTHING and belief, reinforced, becomes Reality!
YOUR Mindset helps your team meet your goals. Over the years, there was not a huge amount of variance in the overall performance of our agencies based on the level of day to day work we as leaders put in as operators: answering the phone, doing endorsements, solving client problems, addressing challenges. We could put in 60 hours, still have plenty to do, and in looking at agency KPIs, not move the needle along at all. The role of the leader is not to be mired down in the day to day details. Imagine if Warren Buffet was at the Geico call center answering calls!
You ARE your agency’s Warren Buffet. Own it!
Once we understood the importance of finding people who could and would fill in the gaps in areas where our time was being spent fruitlessly, when we were able to set aside our egos, and delegate responsibilities and empower team members, using processes and systems, productivity soared. Between Us, we have 5 locations, and two commercial buildings, writing over 700 policies a month, I have more freedom than ever to pursue the goals and dreams we have always wanted to.
Busy is way different than effective.
Managing processes instead of people takes a lot of pressure off of the business owner. If the PROCESS isn’t being handled, we will have conversations around how the most important metrics aren’t being met and then rect
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Craig Pretzinger & Jason Feltman
The Insurance Dudes