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As a busy executive, you are many things to many people—leader, advisor, advocate, friend. While meeting the goals of your organization is still a priority, your role has definitely diversified. Ours has too.

We are BFC. Thirty years ago, our sole focus was commercial printing. As the marketing communications industry evolved, we saw an opportunity to provide innovative solutions to assist companies across all industries in streamlining their data management, communications and printing efforts… Continue

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(from Yahoo!Tech News July 7, 2009)

The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software.

It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims' machines. The victims don't need to do anything to get infected except visit a Web site that's been hacked.

Security expert… Continue

If you have read this blog in the last 6 months you would have read me use the term virtual real estate. As I said then I did not coin the word but like it some much, I try and use it whenever I find an excuse.

I have been thinking about a post like this for a while and think it is a good time to write it. I have been speaking with a few clients or late about how they can increase their exposure online without spending lots of money.

A few conversations later I have come up with a few ideas an… Continue

The advanced market matrix is complex and interconnected. It is an amalgamate of life settlements, annuity rescue, premium financing and arbitrage opportunities through creative financial concept strategy implementations.

Don’t wait to expose your clients to advanced concepts; you’ll lose your client to a competitor. Worse, you could find yourself on the wrong end of a lawsuit because you neglected to execute your complete fiduciary responsibilities by letting a prospective client make life and… Continue

Build a niche website around one of your main products. In this way you can drive as second site up the rankings. Using Wordpress as a Content Management system allows you to deploy a good quality, low cost website that is easy to manage and update.

Also being a focussed site allows the search engines to easily rank for one particular product. Maybe it is a small niche insurance product such as 4x4 Insurance or Modified cars.

Using Wordpress gives you lots of flexibility and allows you to crea… Continue

From ALL FACEBOOK RSS:

The Community Platform API
Up until now the Facebook API has mostly been related to users, their relationships, and their profiles. In other words it’s the social graph API. Facebook Pages is the community platform for businesses. That perspective will help Facebook differentiate itself from Twitter (who has rapidly become a customer relations communications tool) and also justify the opening of API features for Pages.

One other thing to suggest that this won’t happen is… Continue

Even during our current economic conditions, a lot of people are still purchasing their own insurance policies. One reason is that their insurance policy can serve as their bargaining chip when they come up short on expenses. For instance, a person’s health insurance covers most of the bills whenever they fall ill. Second, it adds a strong layer of security and protection over them. Insurance can entice them to take more travels since they know they are insured. They can even use the insurance p… Continue

There is a big buzz about getting numerous leads for insurance agents and companies these days and how to best go about getting these leads. Getting these leads can be done in a couple of ways. Two of the options including hiring a lead-generation company or doing it by yourself.

Doing it yourself can be somewhat cost-effective but may sometimes fall short of expectations in terms of the number of leads you get and the quality of these leads. Letting a lead-generating entity do this work for yo… Continue

Running and managing an insurance company is no easy task. Getting people to even consider your company for your insurance policies is even an even harder task to try and do.

Nowadays, with such stiff competition in the market, the challenge of persuading your leads to consider you among other insurance companies is tremendous. Nevertheless, there is a way for you to beat your competition to the punch. That is through running after the right kinds of leads: insurance leads.

What Are Insuran… Continue

Increasing the number of prospects who can help with your goal to experience revenue growth should be done properly to avoid wasting good leads.

How you get in touch with these prospects and how soon you get in touch with them can mean the difference between a prospect lost and a prospect gained.

Getting in Touch with Insurance Leads to Make Them into Prospects

The timing and the manner of getting in touch with your insurance leads will tell you if you are going to earn a profit or not… Continue

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In the current issue of Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL), Barry Zalma comments on a report in Newsweek Magazine that stated a concern those tough economic times drive people to crime. The magazine noted that “tough economic times have put a strain on the relationship cash-strapped drivers now have with their vehicles.” Newsweek accepts the fact that insurance fraud and owner-give-ups by burning or otherwise destroying cars to collect insurance or avoid debt, are unsupported an… Continue

Every successful business relationship is built on one thing: Trust. In 1975, our founder extended his hand to his first customer and BFC’s reputation as a trustworthy and reliable partner began.

With that foundation, we have been able to diversify our services and more acutely respond to the specific needs of our healthcare and insurance clients. At BFC, we create custom data management and delivery solutions to help streamline and automate processes, save valuable time, and reduce your overal… Continue

I finally reached black belt in taekwondo after 3 years of hard work. Now, if anything, the 5 tenets of success (courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, indomitable spirit) have taught me to be patient and not to lose sight of my long term goals. This industry can be brutal and weeds out the ones not fit. God willing, I will be here another 13 years.

Are you on Facebook?

Now as an insurance agent, you may be thinking, “My kid is on Facebook,” or “All the teenagers gossip on Facebook,” or “It’s such a time-waster. Why would I get involved or care?”

That’s a great question. To learn how Facebook can help your insurance business, click here.

Join us on Facebook by… Continue

Rogue hot-water heaters + Hapless pole dancers + Hungry four-legged friends = Very strange insurance claims

In this month’s National Underwriter P&C, writer Phil Gusman shares an array of…interesting…stories about insurance claims as presented to him by a handful of insurance professionals. To read the crazy claims, click here.

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Barack Obama at a recent rural elementary school assembly in East Texas, asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands once every few seconds, holding the audience in total silence.

Then he said into the microphone, 'Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence..'

Then, little Richard Earl, with a proud East Texas drawl, pierced the quiet and said: ''Well, dumb _ _ _, st… Continue

As a busy executive, you are many things to many people—leader, advisor, advocate, friend. While meeting the goals of your organization is still a priority, your role has definitely diversified. Ours has too.

We are BFC. Thirty years ago, our sole focus was commercial printing. As the marketing communications industry evolved, we saw an opportunity to provide innovative solutions to assist companies across all industries in streamlining their data management, communications and printing efforts… Continue