February 10, 2012 
         

Face-to-Face or Cyberspace?



MDRT Immediate Past President Philip E. Harriman, CLU, ChFC
Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Many of us who have been in the profession for a number of years generate sales through “hands-on” face-to-face activities that increase our visibility in the community.  We meet our clients in our neighborhoods, at our kids’ after-school activities, or through involvement in community organizations.

 

Yet today, many MDRT members are also becoming more comfortable leveraging technologies such as e-mail and Web sites (and blogs!) to connect with clients and improve efficiency.

  • What tips do you have regarding the use of technology?
  • What questions do you have?
  • How can we all find more success by combining “high touch” and “high tech” sales techniques?

 


READER COMMENTS
Christopher Lim
Thursday, January 5, 2006

I have learned that submitting postings on Internet Forums and Blogs has to take a positive perspective.

Sending an email to a client should follow up with a phone call. I should not leave it to my client to call me. Same practice should be applied to new prospects.


READER COMMENTS
Brad Elman
Thursday, December 8, 2005

The best way to "meet" people is still through human interaction, if for no other reason than it's fun. Volunteering at school, serving on boards, and being involved in the community is a great way to give back and meet people at the same time. The "tech" piece comes in the form of keeping track of these people and communicating with them.

Whenever I meet somebody I would like to remember I call my dictation service (copytalk.com) from my cell phone and leave myself or my assistant a note to either put them in our database or to send them an article. My biggest problem is that as busy as I am, I forget things if I dont have a system to keep track of them. Technology is my work-around!




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