Subject: Re: Re: For New Agents

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: Jennifer I find it interesting that you would compare State Farm and Allstate to NAA. Being a captive agent for one of those companies hardly compare to the freedom provided in the arena that NAA provides. : Second as with all success I agree that hard work is necessary. When people are talking about six figures the first year in most companies I would question their integrity, however I would not say the same when it comes to NAA. There are several examples of people who worked extraordinarily hard and have made six figures their first year. : With the unlimited free leads, just remember that nothing is free. Somebody is paying for it. This is where I agree with you. If a manger promises you free leads. Just keep in mind that it is a temporary thing and that you will be eventually stepping up to the plate and taking the burden yourself. : Only selling of our leads? I have no idea what company you were working for but that is certainly not how we work at NAA. Leads are families who in turn can help you find other families, also keep in mind that we all have warm markets to work off of. All of these are encouraged in NAA : I question what kind of leads you were getting. Most of the leads we get are not telemarketer leads and as with life some people are no longer going to be interested and some are going to be struggling in life but does that mean that they are garbage. Your inability to work the leads given to you and the lack of patience to let the system work does not mean the whole system is corrupt. When a starting agent is going to pay a cost for a lead. : Lets say its $20 a lead and they start at a 55% commission, they buy 10 leads that $200 invested. And lets say they only help one family out of that ten. Which by the way is very below average for NAA and the Annual Premium is $1000 they just made a $550 commission, subtract the $200 lead cost, you just made $350. I don't know about you but I will trade $200 for $550 any day. And as with all things you will get better with time. That 1 out of 10 turns to 2 then 3.... you get the idea. Patience and plugging into the system is what makes all the difference. : Go with the big companies? What kind of advice is that? Your profitability comes with your own work not the mangers. If you are willing to plug in and get on the calls it is more work to not be successful then to actually make it. A small but expanding agency could be a better choice because you will get more individual attention versus a giant agency. : Your last statement is interesting. If the managers is making money and the agents are not there are several things to take into consideration. First how much are the agents actually following the manager. The manager could be one of the best and brightest and just have a bad back of agents. Even if you were with the worst manager in NAA if you listen to the MP3's and the conference calls you cannot help but expand yourself and become profitable. Rely on yourself instead of others. : I hope that this helps any new agents who are thinking about joining NAA. If you have any questions you can call me at 612.280.6344 or email me at zackarychapple@yahoo.com

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