Archive for December, 2007

I have a close girlfriend who is an insurance agent and comes from a family of insurance agents. She tells me that one of the things that most new insurance agent lacks is Insurance Marketing.

When my friend first started she didn’t have any marketing plans. She made cold calls to get business but it was really tough. No one wanted to see her to get any insurance quotes. After a while she realised that she needed direction. She needed a better marketing plan than just cold calling and hoping for business to turn up.Its really not that easy to set up and establish your own home-based business such as an insurance business. One must have a good marketing plan and stick to it. One must also take advantange of technology. These days, apart from just making cold calls, one can even use the internet to get real-time insurance leads.

These insurance services can be really useful but you must pick the right one to help in your marketing plan. The best way to find a good insurance marketing service, just like anything else, is to shop around, make comparisons and do some research before using the service. With the right insurance marketing service, your insurance business can really soar and you can stand out among the crowd. Good luck!

I have to admit it. I’m a blog junkie. The other day, I was trying to change my blog template for my blog for mothers (new and not so new mothers). I was still using the old blogger because, well, simply because old habits die hard (or rather because I am afraid of change).

I finally got round to switching and finding a new template which I liked and then…..just as I started the change, I could not access Blogger. Arrrgggh! Thumps Chest! Pulls hair! I was incensed! I could not get to continue to do the changes to all my customization. Meaning, I had a plain blog without all the scripts and codes I had put in over time.

I kept on checking but still I could not access Blogger and I was really frustrated. Hahaha. What a silly blog junkie I am. I finally went to sleep and did the changes the next day. I don’t think I’ve finished putting in everything but I wonder how many people are like that. When you do a change to your blog, do you have to complete the changes in one session or go mad thinking about all the codes that are no longer running on your blog? (Like I did) Lol!

I wish to impart some knowledge about our Chinese culture to the kids but its hard when I don’t know it very well! Mum passed away when I was 10 and there was no one else to tell me the tales or pass on the Chinese culture to me via word of mouth.

So, the only way for me to tell my kids about their Chinese Culture is through books such as these: Story of the Year. It is a fun story about the origin of Chinese New Year. Books that have stories about Chinese Culture are a great way of teaching the kids about their culture.

For my blogger friends living in North America, you will be pleased to know that Better Chinese is now giving a 10% discount on your entire order when you include a Story of the Year book with your purchase. This Better Chinese promotion will last till January 15th 2008. Just nice for the holidays.

For the others, there is always the free online trial to encourage your kids to learn Chinese through stories.