Fresh Faces & Features
CONTENTS:
- Fresh Faces & Features
- What Can We Do For You?
- New Login Option
- Has the Weather Affected Your Business?
- Database Cleansing – Some Surprises
- Know Any Proficient Perl Programmers?
FRESH FACES & FEATURES
I hope you’ve noticed but if not, we’ve got some new fresh faces on our home page. A bit more diversity; a bit more variety. We also repositioned the two call-to-actions; that for Search and Enroll. Over the years we’ve vacillated between our first “I Need an Agency; I am An Agency” to this new version “Find an Agency; Enroll My Agency.” Any thoughts to contribute?
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
Every year’s there’s a new crop, a new batch of enthusiastic agency business folks. Some come to that table with previous experience; others are brand-spanking new, when you’ve been at it as long as we have, you sometimes forget what newbies want and need. So – regardless of your status, if there’s something you need with regard to agency business development and you don’t find it here, let me know.
NEW LOGIN OPTION
No big deal, but it occurred to us that a “can’t- miss” login location should be on the home page adjacent to where you started in the first place. We did the same for searching clients.
HAS THE WEATHER AFFECTED YOUR BUSINESS?
Here in Virginia they’ve gotten pretty good at clearing the roads after a storm, but the side streets and rural roads take 2- 4 days before they are passable and safe. That means many people are either faced with a dangerous commute or they stay/work from home. Your location will certainly affect what happens at your place – any unusual or interesting “weather stories” you can share that we can share? I also want to express our condolences to any of you impacted by fire, land or mudslides, floods or blizzard conditions. Mother Nature is a formidable foe!
DATABASE CLEANSING – SOME SURPRISES
It was more than a little bit overdue, but with the respite recently during the “snow” issue, we rolled in to conduct a database clean-up. BTW, let me explain something you may have missed. In your profile you have five (5) places to enter someone’s name and contact info. If any of our emails get sent to any of those five, any one of those can elect to OPT-OUT. When that happens (if we don’t check to confirm), that action will take your profile OFF-LINE. You can’t be found in a search nor can you be invited. It’s rather common that the alternate new business contact moves on, and when they do, may still get forwarded email. They mean well when they OPT-OUT, but without knowing it, they can do you damage.
As an aside, I was surprised by the attrition we saw. It didn’t discriminate by size either; most small to medium, but some big guys as well. Some of that was the result of mergers – it’s a job in itself to stay current with agency health. Hope you are healthy!
KNOW ANY PROFICIENT PERL PROGRAMMERS
Finally, we’re looking to connect with proficient and capable Perl programmers. Some of our website and database is running in Perl and we’re looking to make new contacts. If you know of someone available for a 1099 opportunity, please let me know or have them reach out to me directly.
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