Astonish’s One-Day Modern Consumer Training Hosted by QQ Solutions on Thursday, April 11

Warwick, RI, 04/01/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Florida and surrounding areas to attend a free one-day sales and marketing training event hosted by the QQ Solutions on Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Aventura, FL.

Local insurance agency principals, owners, CEOs, and presidents are welcome to attend at no cost.

The goal of the training is to provide education on the following:

• How the everyday insurance consumer has changed.
• How that change affects the way insurance agencies do business.
• How you can use that information to sell more insurance.

Agencies will learn how to find modern consumers and generate more leads. They will learn how to apply best practices utilized by top agencies in the country. They will learn how to create a new agency culture centered on selling more and retaining more clients. And they will learn how to use social media to find, sell, and keep more clients.

The one-day training event will take place at the Residence Inn by Marriott Aventura Mall at 19900 W. Country Club Dr., Aventura, FL 33180. Astonish is holding more than 20 Modern Consumer training events around the country in 2013 and is looking for partners that serve independent or local insurance agencies. Contact Joe Amaral at 401-921-6220 ext. 352 for more information.

Agencies can also search this list of upcoming Modern Consumer training events to see if one is coming to their area.

About Astonish:

Astonish is on a mission to change its clients’ lives by changing their business. The company firmly believes the local distribution channel is the greatest asset of the insurance industry and is dedicated to helping this channel (including insurance agencies, firms, and individuals) adapt to the modern landscape of the Internet consumers in order to thrive and not get left behind.

Astonish has grown to become a leader in providing digital marketing solutions to the insurance industry. Since 2006, Astonish has built a complete business growth system. The Astonish system leverages three main arenas to help their clients grow: marketing, technology, and training.

At the core of the Astonish system is the Virtual Profit Center (VPC). Astonish designed and developed this proprietary software as an advanced automated Customer Relationship Marketing/Management tool (CRM) specifically for the insurance industry.

Astonish was founded by Adam DeGraide, CEO; Tim Sawyer, President; and John Boudreau, COO. It is headquartered in Rhode Island, with an office in Orlando, Florida. The company employs just over 100 employees and has marketing and sales representatives in more than 20 states.

Astonish was recently ranked 267^th on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S.

About QQ Solutions, Inc.

Named by South Florida Business Journal in October 2011 as one of the 25 fastest-growing technology companies in South Florida, QQ Solutions is a software as a service (SaaS) company that provides feature-rich, affordable solutions that help independent insurance agencies grow revenues, enhance productivity and operate more efficiently.

QQ Solutions strives to delight its customers by exceeding their expectations in product quality, customer service, training & support, and by meeting their evolving needs through a program of continuous product development and improvement incorporating the best available technologies.

The company’s QQ Evolution 2 agency management system allows agencies to focus on making money anytime and anywhere. QQ Evolution 2 offers agencies the best set of features and capabilities to grow and manage your agency at a very low price with no contract and no setup fees. It’s easy to get started, easy to implement, and easy to get training at no additional cost! Agency data are maintained in our state-of-the-art data center. And, our Service Level Agreement guarantees system availability. Agents can access the system securely from their PCs or notebooks, wherever they have an Internet connection. Plus, we perform great conversions from virtually any competitive system. It’s all about value and service.

QQ WebRater is the state-of-the art Web-based auto insurance comparative rater that runs from the agent’s PC or Mac Web browser, wherever they have a broadband Internet connection. QQ WebRater quotes up to 6 cars and 6 drivers, provides real-time rates, pulls MVRs, binds policies, bridges to carriers and seamlessly integrates with QQ Evolution 2 agency management system. QQ WebRater Platinum Edition includes QQ WebAgent, a consumer portal that adds real-time auto insurance quoting to the agency’s website, along with lead distribution and management with the integrated QQ Marketing Dashboard.

QQ Solutions’ headquarters is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where the company employs 65 people in software development, product management, product support, professional services, marketing, sales, IT, finance, and administration.

To learn more about QQ Solutions products, please call the company at 1.800.940.6600 or visit the QQ Solutions website at: QQ401Solutions.com.