Hello Insurance Dream! Good post! You can probably see my irritation, regarding the internet stuff. I was a web designer in a past life and I swear if I read one more idiotic thing about some stupid DNS report I think I'll go crazy. In reality, DNS reports mean next to nothing. There are all kinds of factors that affect those reports and history. Hosting, administrator changes, forwards, if the domain had to be re-registered for some reason and on and on and on. Actually, for that matter, you can almost have the DNS read and say anything you want. They're just not really indicators of anything and just don't mean what some people think they do. The internet in general any more is just nuts. You can buy positive reviews from Yelp, you can remove negative reviews and/or suppress them through Brand.com and well, I'm sure you get the picture.
Let's talk about a "trail", though. Interestingly, you mentioned NAA. I'll say they have a trail. When you're recruiting 100 agents a week at the local Holiday Inn Express week in and week out, selling leads, tapes, seminars and T-shirts you're going to have one heck of a "trail". Maybe this particular company is just different in the sense that they're not a MLM recruiting monster. That'd be a good thing, I think. I understand this to be a call center model. Call center models are just different. Maybe some change was made somewhere along the line. Look at Insurance Wholesalers, for example. They were Insurance Wholesalers forever and now they're ASUREA. New name, new brand, new history, new DNS and so on. I'm only saying that there are lots of reasons and possibly some simple answers to some of the questions you have. Maybe, you should call them and ask them these questions. Also, you mentioned wanting to speak to someone who's actually worked with them, and I applaud you for that, ask them to speak to one or two of their agents, so you can get a direct perspective. Again, I'm sure you see my point.
One last thing about the forum, and ANY forum for that matter, I don't think people understand that when you go and post about something you don't understand or give an opinion on something you've never had direct experience on you're actually hurting the forum and rendering the whole thing useless. It makes it a valueless outlet to get any real credible information and that's not good or helpful to anybody. I just wish more people would use this outlet in the manner you mentioned. Don't give me an opinion on something you've never experienced and have no direct knowledge about. Let me ask a question and get direct information from someone who actually has the direct knowledge and experience. In short, "if you don't know, don't post". Following this simple rule, these forums would be SO much more valuable.
Let's talk about a "trail", though. Interestingly, you mentioned NAA. I'll say they have a trail. When you're recruiting 100 agents a week at the local Holiday Inn Express week in and week out, selling leads, tapes, seminars and T-shirts you're going to have one heck of a "trail". Maybe this particular company is just different in the sense that they're not a MLM recruiting monster. That'd be a good thing, I think. I understand this to be a call center model. Call center models are just different. Maybe some change was made somewhere along the line. Look at Insurance Wholesalers, for example. They were Insurance Wholesalers forever and now they're ASUREA. New name, new brand, new history, new DNS and so on. I'm only saying that there are lots of reasons and possibly some simple answers to some of the questions you have. Maybe, you should call them and ask them these questions. Also, you mentioned wanting to speak to someone who's actually worked with them, and I applaud you for that, ask them to speak to one or two of their agents, so you can get a direct perspective. Again, I'm sure you see my point.
One last thing about the forum, and ANY forum for that matter, I don't think people understand that when you go and post about something you don't understand or give an opinion on something you've never had direct experience on you're actually hurting the forum and rendering the whole thing useless. It makes it a valueless outlet to get any real credible information and that's not good or helpful to anybody. I just wish more people would use this outlet in the manner you mentioned. Don't give me an opinion on something you've never experienced and have no direct knowledge about. Let me ask a question and get direct information from someone who actually has the direct knowledge and experience. In short, "if you don't know, don't post". Following this simple rule, these forums would be SO much more valuable.
