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The Insurance Buzz episodes

February 13, 2023 115: Delegating Tasks As A CEO with Aissa Triassi
What's in this episode:
- Getting through hard times while running a business
- Taking care of your people
- Delegating tasks
- Moving the needle
- Lessons from corporate America

About Aissa:
Aissa Chanel Triassi, aka Ice, owns a private insurance brokerage in southern California. She has a passion for making sure her clients are fully protected; leaving them unexposed if an unforeseen tragedy occurs. She prides herself on taking a consultative approach when assisting families and business owners. Ice specializes in commercial insurance, but makes sure to take a consultative approach to insure that all of her client's assets (life, home, auto, rv, motorcycle, etc) are protected at the best value without compromising coverage and leaving them at risk.
Over the past 10 years, she has worked throughout Arizona and California to assist families and business owners with all of their insurance needs.

Contact Aissa:
Instagram: @aissachanel
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aissasanchez/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AissaChanelAgency/
Website: www.aissachanelagency.com

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38 min
February 09, 2023 114: How You ACTUALLY Set a Goal To Set Yourself Up For Success in 2023
What's in this episode:
- Setting goals that set yourself up for success
- What are SMART goals?
- Breaking down goals into smaller tasks
- The reason behind your goals

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32 min
February 06, 2023 113: Your History Doesn't Define You with Family First Life CEO Shawn Meaike
What's in this episode:
- Starting an insurance company from scratch
- Challenges of growing a business
- Carving out time for your non-negotiables
- Importance of competition
- Telling your authentic story

About Shawn:
Shawn Meaike is the founder and president of Family First Life. In late 2013, Shawn launched Family First Life, currently a multi-million-dollar independent marketing organization. As Shawn describes it, he is “building a company that truly puts both the families of our clients and the families of our agents first.” Family First Life is now represented by over 17,000 licensed agents in almost all 50 states marketing mortgage protection, final expense, life insurance, and annuities. Prior to launching Family First life, Shawn worked as an independent insurance agent, selling final expense, mortgage protection life insurance at a high level for several years.

Contact Shawn:
Instagram: @shawnmeaike
Youtube: @shawnmeaikeofficial
Family First Life: www.familyfirstlife.com

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58 min
February 02, 2023 112: Invest In Real Estate Today with Seena Ghetmiri
What's in this episode:
- Should you invest in real estate?
- How you can set yourself apart in the Airbnb space
- Changing your career path to follow your passion

About Seena:
Seena is a former dentist turned real estate entrepreneur and host of the "Ghet Investing" podcast. After realizing he no longer found joy in dentistry, Seena made a full 180 and threw himself into the world of real estate. Now, he and his wife are conquering the Airbnb space. Seena wants to show others the power of investing and inspire them to start building their own portfolios.

Contact Seena:
Instagram: @seena.ghetmiri
Airbnb Account: @peachouse.denver
Podcast: https://www.ghetinvesting.com/

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46 min
January 30, 2023 111: Always be hiring and here's how to do it with guest expert Kevin Mylnarek
What's in this episode:
- Finding consistency through a solid routine
- If you have great people, you can do great things
- Making harder choices now makes your future life easier

About Kevin:
Kevin Mlynarek is married to his wife, Jenn, and they have 3 kids Gabriel, Macy, and Marissa. In March 2007, he opened his first scratch agency. Since 2007, he opened up 4 additional start-up locations in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2014. Kevin generated over 20 million in organic growth in 15 years. He attributes his success to his outstanding staff and providing 1st class customer service every day and community involvement. He has been on the Regional Advisory Board and moved to the National advisory board. Kevin is also the co-founder of Ideal Traits online personality assessments, which has helped over 12,000 Insurance agents nationwide hire over 55,000 staff with their hiring process and employment selection needs. Kevin’s team is most proud of 4 Best in Region, “Agency Achiever Awards,” and 2 #1 “Best in Company overall,” and has been inducted into the Allstate “Hall of fame!” He is a nationally known speaker in the insurance industry and is always willing to share their team’s best practices while remaining a coachable student of the business! Kevin now has a little extra time on his hands since July 2022, he sold his last agency, all of which have been sold to his staff. Kevin plans to reinvest his time in his family, hobbies, and of course, his passion for helping Agencies achieve their true potential!

Contact Kevin:
https://idealtraits.com/

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44 min
January 26, 2023 110: [HIGHLIGHT] Top leaders sharing their tips on how to take your culture and leadership to the next level
In this episode, we have highlighted some of the most downloaded and interacted episodes with industry experts sharing their golden nuggets on how to take your company culture and leadership to the next level. The Insurance Buzz turns 1 in January, so every Thursday in the month of January, we are taking some of the most talked about topics in our industry and in business ownership and sharing the highlights of 2022.

Listen to the full episodes here:
Episode 25: The Ability To Change Peoples Life: Interview with Jason Chafe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/025-the-ability-to-change-peoples-life-interview/id1606064185?i=1000556174903
Episode 55: From burnt out to MDRT, how this agent completely changed everything by changing this: Interview with Ulyanna Chung https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/055-from-burnt-out-to-mdrt-how-this-agent-completely/id1606064185?i=1000570298634
Episode 75: Mindset, grit and how leading by example = success: Interview with Rob Dow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/075-mindset-grit-and-how-leading-by-example-success/id1606064185?i=1000580649536
Episode 81: My job is education, your job is decisions: Interview with Laura Harris https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/081-my-job-is-education-your-job-is-decisions-interview/id1606064185?i=1000582882670
Episode 40: Investing in your team and the importance of training: Interview with Charlie Pelt https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/040-investing-in-your-team-and-the-importance/id1606064185?i=1000563984570

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20 min
January 23, 2023 109: How this agent leverages social media and her brand to grow in today's market: Interview with Katie Myers
What's in this episode:
- What it was like starting a new biz during the heart of the pandemic
- Leveraging your brand to grow your biz
- Katie's hardest and best part of her first year in biz

About Katie:
Katie Myers is a wife and mom to three. She opened her agency in March 2020 in southern Wisconsin. Katie enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and playing with the 3 family dogs, Foxy, Chase, and Luna.

Contact Katie:
Facebook: Business- @katiemyersjanesville
Personal- https://www.facebook.com/katie.maggie.503?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Tiktok: katiemyers61
Instagram: katie_maggie23
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-myers-388515105

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41 min
January 19, 2023 108: [HIGHLIGHT] Some of our best sales tips and strategies to take your business and bank account to the next level
Industry experts give all their golden nuggets on how to take your business and bank account to the next level. In this episode, we have a highlight of some of the most downloaded and interacted episodes talking about the topic of sales tips and strategies. The Insurance Buzz turns 1 in January, so every Thursday in the month of January, we are taking some of the most talked about topics in our industry and in business ownership and sharing the highlights of 2022.

Listen to the full episodes here:
Episode 16: Call, Quote, Meet, Repeat and the importance of keeping it simple: Interview with Mitch Mammoser https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/016-call-quote-meet-repeat-and-the-importance-of/id1606064185?i=1000552807881
Episode 82: How storytelling leads to sales and making an incredible impact in the world with Alex Street https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/082-how-storytelling-leads-to-sales-and-making/id1606064185?i=1000583288372
Episode 20: My Top 3 Closing Techniques https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/020-my-top-3-closing-techniques/id1606064185?i=1000554356683
Episode 31: The annoying things you SHOULD be doing: Interview with Drew Griggs https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/031-the-annoying-things-you-should-be-doing-interview/id1606064185?i=1000558600426
Episode 48: How a team member went from 60 policies a month on average to over 100 policies consistently, EVERY SINGLE MONTH! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/048-how-a-team-member-went-from-60-policies-a/id1606064185?i=1000567487331

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14 min
January 16, 2023 107: Could your business run if you weren't there? Here's how we set up our business to be completely out of office and disconnected for 3 weeks
What's in this episode:
- Preparing your business for time off.
- The exact strategies we implemented.
- How it affected our business, our relationship, and ourselves.

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36 min
January 12, 2023 106: [HIGHLIGHT] How to grow your bank account and your money mindset with some of the top money tips and strategies!
Industry experts break down some of their money tips and what they do and say on a daily basis to have success in the area of money. In this episode, we have a highlight of some of the most downloaded and interacted episodes talking about the topic of money and money mindset.
The Insurance Buzz turns 1 in January, so every Thursday in the month of January, we are taking some of the most talked about topics in our industry and in business ownership and sharing the highlights of 2022.

Listen to the full episodes here:
069: Financial freedom is a birthright! Interview with Mel Abraham https://www.buzzsprout.com/1894698/11261169-069-financial-freedom-is-a-birthright-interview-with-mel-abraham.mp3?download=true
071: Stop selling and start strategizing in real estate and financial investments: Interview with Real Estate Pro Steve Valentine https://www.buzzsprout.com/1894698/11301894-071-stop-selling-and-start-strategizing-in-real-estate-and-financial-investments-interview-with-real-estate-pro-steve-valentine.mp3?download=true
088: What to focus on in a recession in your agency: Interview with Matt Sutika https://www.buzzsprout.com/1894698/11668267-088-what-to-focus-on-in-a-recession-in-your-agency-interview-with-matt-sutika.mp3?download=true
027: Preventing a bad year starts with preventing a bad day: Interview with Scott Smith https://www.buzzsprout.com/1894698/10414991-027-preventing-a-bad-year-starts-with-preventing-a-bad-day-interview-with-scott-smith.mp3?download=true
093: If you don't treat yourself like a millionaire you will never be one with guest expert David Neagle https://www.buzzsprout.com/1894698/11770438-093-if-you-don-t-treat-yourself-like-a-millionaire-you-will-never-be-one-with-guest-expert-david-neagle.mp3?download=true

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27 min

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