This summer the Interwebs were abuzz with Weird Al Yankovic, who released eight new parody music videos in eight days to promote his new album, Mandatory Fun.
Independent agents have another tool in their arsenal to improve search-engine optimization, thanks to a recent partnership between a new Internet-marketing firm and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).
K&K's new Internet platform creates association-branded Web sites that provides quoting, binding, purchasing and immediate certificate generation.
Twenty percent of agents and brokers in a reader poll said they are considering using social networking for marketing, but less than 25 percent currently employ it, according to an exclusive American Agent & Broker survey.
Consumers' buying and shopping habits have changed. Think about what you do when you're thinking of buying a new product or service. For most people, the research process starts by going to the Internet and searching for that product or service.