The resources made available by ARG National are a combination of our in-house expertise and partnerships with the outside partners that have proven to be “the best in class” in their respective fields.
What our affiliates have to say:
• “The products and services we have with ARG National allow us to meet all of our clients' needs and close the door on competition.”
• “Being able to say, 'Yes we can' has made all the difference for us.
We are a much stronger agency.”
• “The easy access to expert support for all the products and services makes us look good to our clients.”
• “Diversification of products and services has created new revenue sources and greater profits.”
ARG National affiliates benefit from a national advertising campaign
that is designed to create brand name recognition for ARG National and local market awareness for each ARG National affiliate agency.
Three to four hundred ad placements per year will be used in national and local trade and association magazines.
The theme of the campaign is the “Locally Owned National Benefit Consulting Company.”
The ads will emphasize the benefits to local employers of doing business with their business neighbor versus a national "alpha" consulting company, emphasizing the superior expertise, resources and local knowledge of the ARGN affiliate agencies.
Private labeled direct to employer electronic marketing programs are conducted by ARGN for affiliate agencies in each marketing area.
Our team of marketing and I.T. experts will tailor electronic marketing campaigns that are designed to create name recognition for each ARGN agency, differentiate the ARGN agency from the competition and uncover new prospects for ARGN products and services.
Every product and service available to your agency through ARGN has a sales assistance component attached to it.
The type and degree of sales assistance varies by the product or service, economical considerations and the level of assistance that your agency desires.
Services include:
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Needs analysis
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RFP process
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Proposal preparation
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Expert onsite sales presentation
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Internet sales presentation
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Telephonic/Internet Expert and Agency Team Sales
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Agency sales presentation education and preparation
When an affiliate agency has a question or a problem, the ARGN Advisory Board is there to help.
The senior management team of ARG National and the aggregated knowledge base of all affiliates are available for the consultative needs of each affiliate.
The ARGN Advisory Board can be used for strategic planning, a sounding board for ideas, human resource solutions, an information and knowledge data base, industry referrals and succession planning.
The Agency Expert is the solution to your agency automation needs.
It is a full system for the Life, Health, P&C insurance and investments industries.
From single producing agents and growing agencies to the largest brokerage operations in the world, Agency Expert has provided an irreplaceable tool in the Tracking, Production and Management of their clients and prospects.
The Agency Expert features are too numerous to list here.
A small sample includes:
In order to compete at the highest level, an agency must have the right people, the right products/ services and the right image, but it must also operate at the highest possible level of Operational Excellence.
The foundation upon which Operational Excellence is built is individual Organizational Excellence (OE).
Until each member of your agency’s team masters organizational excellence, you cannot realize your full potential.
ARG National offers its affiliates a Microsoft Outlook-based program that will allow your agency to achieve the highest possible level of Organizational and Operational Excellence.
This program was developed by Diversified HealthCare Services, Inc., the parent company of ARG National, and has been in practice in the DHS Companies for over ten (10) years.
The program encompasses personal organization protocols for each team member and a work flow management system for your entire agency.
The key components of the system include email, calendar and task management.
Every product and service offered through ARGN has an internet educational program component.
These educational programs are conducted on a regular basis or as needed.
They are designed to educate and equip your agency team with the knowledge necessary to be comfortable with the products and services available through ARGN in order to discuss them with clients and prospects and to identify opportunities.
The educational programs are not intended to prepare your team to take the place of the ARGN experts in each area, but rather to enable them to participate in the prospecting and sales process with the particular ARGN partner expert.
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