One-Day Modern Consumer Training for Insurance Professionals Hosted by PIA of Michigan on Thursday, April 25th

Warwick, RI, 4/19/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding areas to attend a free one-day sales and marketing training event hosted by the Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Livonia, MI.

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 One Under Bar & Grill, 35780 5 Mile Rd. #2, Livonia, MI 48154. 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.