Insurance agents and brokers which provide personal lines coverages can leverage Facebook to extend their marketing reach. Though commercial lines agencies can likely gain more benefit from LinkedIn, there is some applicability to them too. There are four important Facebook features agents and brokers can utilize. These include: Facebook News Feed, Facebook Contests, Facebook Ads and Facebook forms.
Facebook News Feed
The Facebook News Feed can be helpful to identity personal lines coverage opportunities. Think of it this way, Facebook news feeds are full of people who are getting married, having children, buying new homes or relocating. These all represent opportunities to approach prospects online or offline to offer insurance related services.
Facebook Ads
Facebook allows organizations to create targeted ads. Use Facebook Ads to generate inquiries, quotes and to collect prospect contact information. Often, the best way to make this approach work is to offer contacts a free service or promotional opportunity in exchange for their information.
Facebook Contests
Contests on Facebook are another good way to collect prospect contact information. Creating a contest is easy with platforms like Wildfire (now owned by Google) and Votigo. Agencies need to determine what they want to offer as a prize, and then encourage entrants to share their information, and then share the contest details with their contacts.
Facebook Quote Forms
Though agencies and brokers would typically try to drive prospects to their insurance websites, it’s important to note that they can create a form directly in Facebook, allowing prospects to quickly share their contact information (or to request an insurance quote). This makes it fast and easy for prospects to interact with agencies, without requiring them to leave their Facebook environment.
Facebook offers many opportunities to connect agents and brokers with their targeted prospects. Insurance agency owners or executives interested in learning more about insurance social media marketing and lead generations can contact the insurance marketing experts at StartUpSelling at (518) 222-6392.