Reinventing Your Insurance Marketing System For Significant And Improved Lead Generation Results!
What is the key to an effective insurance marketing system that attracts a constant flow of new clients? The answer to this question is simple: target a niche. Let
me explain...
A common mistake insurance agents make is using a shotgun approach when it
comes to marketing. Meaning, everyone is a prospect. Effective marketing matches
the right message to the right market. Or as Dan Kennedy, author of NO BS Direct
Marketing, puts it, "Message to market match".
These days, people are bombarded with thousands of advertising messages through
television, radio, the Internet, direct mail, and many other advertising alternatives.
As a result, response rates (on what were once effective marketing systems)
have dropped significantly.
Why You Must Improve Your Insurance Marketing System Today
An insurance marketing system that targets a large demographic will get a much
smaller response rate compared to an insurance marketing system that targets
a specific niche. Let me give you an example…
Not too long ago, one could compile a list of people ages 55 to 75, with half
a million in net worth or more, and income of 75,000 and above, send a direct-mail
piece, and get a significant number of leads.
If you tried this today, chances are, you would get a meager response at
best. Even seasoned, well-paid copywriters are having trouble squeezing out
a decent response rate.
Sure, you might be thinking, anyone in the above age group with that kind of
income and net worth needs insurance and financial planning. That's true. But
these people are being doused with insurance and financial services product
offerings every day. Plus, nothing separates these companies from each other.
However, if you target a message to a specific niche, for example, 'pilots'
or 'dry cleaners', your chances of getting a good return on your marketing dollars
can increase significantly.
Let me give you a marketing message example:
Here is an untargeted, average financial services marketing slogan…
"How to Plan for Your Retirement"
Here is a targeted marketing message…
"Attention Cessna Skyhawk Owners: FREE Seminar Reveals How To Live Debt-Free
So You Can Pay Off Your Cessna Loan and Retire Earlier!
This targeted marketing message, needs work because I don't fly, and I don't
know exactly what this market needs or wants. The idea here is to get you thinking
differently about your insurance marketing and hopefully uncover breakthrough
marketing messages that will attract new clients to your practice.
For an insurance marketing
system to have the best chance of success, it's important to carve out a
niche, find out what their needs and wants are, and create a marketing message
that your niche will respond to.
Do
you know your market? Read this article to find out a very critical area
you are probably ignoring.
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To You,
Brian
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Author, Million
Dollar Prospecting Letters
www.Insurance-Leads-Advisor.com
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