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12th Annual YAC Charity Golf Outing at Forest Akers Golf Course
September 15, 2010 all day
Join us on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan, for the 12th Annual YAC Charity Golf Outing. This event promises to provide a great day of golfing and a grand memorial banquet featuring prizes and awar…
July 8
Fred Cole commented on Fred Cole's video 'YAC Video Contest'
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April 7
Fred Cole added a video
YACVideoContest
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April 7
Fred Cole added a blog post
What is the MCCA and why does it exist? The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) is a non-profit association established in 1978 by the Michigan Legislature. At present, the MCCA pays for all medical expenses for people with auto-related…
April 6
Fred Cole commented on Kevin Telfair's group 'Insurance Employment Opportunities'
Ten Jobs on MI Future Job Board http://ow.ly/1sCby Commerical Lines, Personal Lines, CSR, Commerical Auto... please click the link to learn more.
March 30
Fred Cole added a discussion
Jobs
Job Postings   To start off, today on March 12, 2010, there are 6 job postings for Michigan on this site: http://careers.mifuture.org/search/results/
March 12
Fred Cole added an event
Great Producers at MAIA Offices, Lansing, MI
March 24, 2010 to March 26, 2010
Hit your sales targets with the Great Producers Program It has often been said that the only difference between a good producer and a great one is 3–5 percent of knowledge and application. MAIA’s Great Producer Program is designed to help your prod…
March 11
Tamara D. Johnson replied to Fred Cole's discussion 'Standard Letters to Clients'
I don't know if this will help, but I create templates for this sort of thing and keep them in a seperate folder. You can always change the clients name and address and save and or print it to senfd it out if you can't set it up for a mail merge.
March 10
Fred Cole commented on Fred Cole's event 'YAC Spring Conference - the Hoedown'
Video: http://www.insurancecampus.org/video/yac-2010-spring-conference
March 8
Fred Cole added a video
YAC 2010 Spring Conference - Hoedown
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Michigan Young Agents Council will host their 41st Annual Spring Conference from June 9th -11th, 2010 at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island. For more details or to register, visit http://secure.michagent.org/yacconference.htm
March 7
Fred Cole added an event
YAC Spring Conference - the Hoedown at Mission Point Resort
June 9, 2010 to June 11, 2010
Michigan Young Agents Council will host their 41st Annual Spring Conference, the Hoedown, From June 9th to June 11th, 2010. The event will take place at the Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island. The three day event will include classes, reception…
March 6
Fred Cole replied to Traci Hutchinson's discussion 'Computer Service'
"This action proof to be a win, win situation. This is a true art work, which will be a success story." I fail to see how this addresses the question of a HIPAA certified computer company. Posit: "Sarah Jones" is a bot.
March 2
Fred Cole replied to David O. Bisbee, CPCU's discussion 'Reaching out to younger and prospective insurance professionals'
David, I don't check out the InsuranceCampus forums often, so sorry for the late reply. In Michigan, we've set up a non-profit to address this issue; MiFuture. More details can be found here www.mifuture.org. There's also a video up on Youtube and h…
February 23
Fred Cole added a discussion
Standard Letters to Clients
Is there a standard letter to send to a client in the event the rating of the insurance company drops?
February 22
Fred Cole and Mark Meurer AgentMenu.com are now friends
February 21
Fred Cole commented on Fred Cole's event 'MAIA's 19th Annual Convention'
Over 100 exhibitors and 1,000 people in attendance for Wednesday; walk-ins should raise it to 1,200 or more. Gubernatorial candidate panel Wed AM - confirmed are U.S. Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, State Repres…
February 21

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Understanding the MCCA

What is the MCCA and why does it exist?

The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) is a non-profit association established in 1978 by the Michigan Legislature. At present, the MCCA pays for all medical expenses for people with auto-related medical injuries that exceed $480,000 (effective July of 2010). This state mandated law requires the MCCA to assess insurance companies an annual fee on each registered automobile and motorcycle the company insures in Michigan.

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At 9:36am on July 9, 2009, Walt Podgurski said…
Fred,

Thanks for joining Insurance Campus.org!

How to “Get Started” at Insurance Campus.org

Insurance Campus.org now has over 1500 members from 17 countries and I want to personally thank you for your interest. The medium is new to us and we are going through a bit of a learning curve on how to make this a tremendous networking and communication tool for everyone. We have started a “Tips for using Insurance Campus.org” help list that you can access by clicking the “forum” icon at the top of the page and select the “Tips for using Insurance Campus.org” that includes:

Every Tuesday is “Make A Friend Tuesday” at Insurance Campus!
Privacy & How To Send A Private Message To Another Member Of Insurance Campus.org
How to play external songs and podcasts on your page
What 16 countries have one or more members at Insurance Campus.org?
How to change the “theme” on your home page
How to “Get Started” at Insurance Campus.org
What is the URL of my Insurance Campus.org Home Page
How to Upload Your Image / What to do if your picture is not displaying properly
Using the search bar
Starting a Forum Discussion
Starting your own Group
Adding a Photo to your page.

We will try not to broadcast too many messages to the entire group, but we wanted to let you know where to start for assistance. The “power” of this site is the user-generated nature of the content and we look forward to see how the members control it.

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The best way to get started may be to use the search bar located in the upper right corner. Type in a keyword(s) area of interest and everything related to that topic will be listed for you. That is why it is to your advantage to have your profile filled in as much as possible – this is how other people find you.

This community has over 1,500 members. That is good; having people to network with and share information with is why it was started, As the site grows, however, it becomes more challenging to find those people that you have the most affinity with - the people you really want to meet that can be of value in your business and have thoughts and ideas that relate to your interests.

So another way to get started is to either join a group, start a group, or post a comment in a group you are already a member of. As the site evolves I believe the groups you join and engage with are where you may find the most value from participation.


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Every Tuesday is “Make A Friend Tuesday” at Insurance Campus.org

We want Insurance Campus to be a place where you can increase your network of contacts and help provide access to information.

“At the end of a year, if you do nothing but make one new relationship each Tuesday, you will expand your network by 52 insurance professionals, and by the multiple of all their business relationship contacts as well.

“By establishing Tuesdays as Make A Friend day, it reduces some of the reluctance to reach out to somebody where there has been no previous introduction. If nothing else, there is the common affinity of being a member of Insurance Campus.org.” Of course you don’t have to wait until Tuesdays to reach out and make new friends with someone you don’t know.

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Sample Friend Invitation:

I see that you have a page on Insurance Campus and I wanted to invite you to be part of my network.

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Here is some information about privacy and sending private messages.

No information appears on any member’s page, except what they put there and the e-mail address used to register is never shown.

If a person wants to send a private message to another member, there is a send a message icon in the left column right next to the envelope icon. This will send a private e-mail to the other member, but does not reveal the actual e-mail address it is being sent to.

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Social Media is new to most of us, and there is no rush, but I do encourage you to make a friend today, and update your profile today, and join a group today.

Insurance Campus is about networking and expanding your circle of business relationships. Reach out today and ask somebody to be in your network, it may result long-term in new business relationships, new avenues for growth and revenues and career options.

Let’s take the advice of Napoleon Hill who said: “It is always your next move.”

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Why are so many members’ photos cropped at the top? Because the software defaults to a square photo and is programmed to crop the top if a rectangular photo is uploaded. You can upload a new photo if your existing photo isn’t what you want, or you can e-mail your rectangular photo to Michael@insurancebroadcasting.com, and Mike will crop it correctly and e-mail it back to you for you to upload.

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Did you know that your Insurance Campus has it own URL that you can give to others? You can see what it is by clicking on the “My Page” icon when you log in to Insurance Campus and look in the browser bar at the top of the page. For example, my URL is http://www.insurancecampus.org/profile/WaltPodgurski. You can also put your Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook URL on your page to make it easy for people to find you at other social media sites.

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We are working to make Insurance Campus.org the largest insurance networking site on the Internet and a valuable networking tool for each member. It may take a short time to completely populate the site applications and groups, but we think you will see the vision and potential of the site immediately.

Let us know if we can be of any assistance.

Walt Podgurski – 888-282-1765 – walt@insurancebroadcasting.com
 
 
 

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