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Free Samples for 2012

Wow, what a start to the year. We get a lot of great feedback on customers who have made the sale with the free second opinion approach. This is not rocket science. We have several employers facing substantial premium increases. We also have CD rates at 1% and annuities paying 3%. Credit is still incredibly hard to access and there are several people who have questions and queries. The average business owner or consumer with substantial assets or risk at play really wants to know they are getting knowledge and not just information. This is where you come in.

We know anyone can go get five million names for $500 in five hundred places on the internet. Where the real magic, or heavy lifting as we say, comes in is to be able synthesize, cultivate and create a sense of urgency out of the raw information. Data is data, however, live calls and face to face appointments is what we are all really needing more of. The day is free and the data is yours to keep. Call one of our marketing consultants if you have additional questions. As always, first come first serve.

1st Quarter 2012

What a great start to the year. We have never had a promotion as successful as the Buy 1 Get 1 Free we are running for 1st Qtr. 2012. We have never sold out all available campaign hours until now. We are not accepting new campaign start date requests until mid to late February. If you have received a promotional offer from our outbound telemarketing team or E contact team please respond to the marketing consultant that contacted you for hours availability. All campaigns are started on a first come first serve basis. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from 4more Appointments. Our office will reopen January 3rd and we look forward to setting a record number of appointments in 2012. While the bar is definitely set high, we have broken our record the past five consecutive years. Give us a call to find out about our latest promotion.

50 Facts About The U.S. Economy That Will Shock You

“Even though most Americans have become very frustrated with this economy, the reality is that the vast majority of them still have no idea just how bad our economic decline has been or how much trouble we are going to be in if we don’t make dramatic changes immediately,” writes The Economic Collapse (TEC).

For those unfamiliar with this site, TEC is an economic blog that regularly compiles a comprehensive list of the most startling and unsettling facts about the U.S. economy.

Why? Because Americans need to understand that U.S. economy is precariously balanced on the edge of full-blown collapse.

“If we do not educate the American people about how deathly ill the U.S. economy has become, then they will just keep falling for the same old lies that our politicians keep telling them. Just ‘tweaking’ things here and there is not going to fix this economy,” the site explains.

Indeed, America’s economic situation has become increasingly unstable. However, what’s arguably more disconcerting than the state of the U.S. economy is the fact many Americans are largely–if not completely–unaware of just how serious things have become.

“America is consuming far more wealth than it is producing and our debt is absolutely exploding,” TEC explains. “If we stay on this current path, an economic collapse is inevitable. Hopefully the crazy economic numbers from 2011 that I have included in this article will be shocking enough to wake some people up.”

It might behoove Blaze readers to share the facts listed below with family and friends.

“If we all work together, hopefully we can get millions of people to wake up and realize that ‘business as usual’ will result in a national economic apocalypse,” writes TEC.

Here are the 50 economic numbers from 2011 that will shock you (via The Economic Collapse):

1. A staggering 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be “low income” or are living in poverty.

Ratings, Reviews, and Credits

What are we as Americans to think of the downgrade of America’s AAA credit rating by Standard and Poor’s? Well, the stock market definitely responded negatively so far. But let’s keep a few things in mind about ratings. The first question I always think of is who is doing the rating? Secondly, what is their track record on other ratings in the past? Standard Poor’s has been fantastic over the years, except for some huge cataclysmic failures. Standard and Poor’s had high ratings on World Com, Enron, Orange County California city bonds. Now we might say this is recent history but how about Lehman Brothers, Country Wide and AIG ratings before the meltdown…?
Again, great ratings in companies that were huge financial companies that squandered billions and billions of dollars, tens of thousands unemployed, billions in retirements up in smoke and all were examples of the most egregious violations of business ethics, risk management and investment mismanagement.

Take the rating downgrade with a grain of salt . First of all, if America’s credit rating is going down what about everyone else’s. Do you think investors are going to start loading up on Euros? Foreign companies know that America has solid judicial systems where even foreign countries can get their day in court. Can you say this about Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia? Hell no. Then it gets down to Australia, Canada, Britain, Switzerland and Japan. These countries as financial options have been there for decades. Other than Switzerland, the others are our best allies already with their own economic struggles.

4More Appointments and Navy Diver Olympics 4

Once again the next Navy Diver Olympics is just around the corner, December 3rd to be exact. We have been sponsoring the event since its inception. The event is designed to show a little love and respect towards some of the absolutely toughest guys in the military. Everyone is familiar with our famous US Navy SEALS. LCDR. Tiko Crofoot is an Annapolis graduate, a navy SEAL and holds every record that we have. Mr. Crofoot has even challenged all comers with a $1,000 bet that not only can no one beat him, none of the girls can beat his girlfriend either. Check out this guy’s record setting routine. Our top managers and supervisors at 4More Appointments compete annually for the all expense paid trip to San Diego to see the event. Their competition is based on revenue, recidivism rate and overall customer satisfaction score.

As a part of our commitment to patriotism we give back. We have several local and national co-sponsors who donate cash, gear, gift certificates, hotel stays, meals…you name it. In an effort to raise money and awareness of our event and cause we offer you, our customer, a special offer. For all of the 3rd Qtr. 2011 anyone that purchases a Basic, Standard or Deluxe package you can buy another one of equal value or less for $500. Please make the check payable to Navy Diver Olympics, Inc. As a token of our appreciation we provide you with free advertising on our website for life. We will also be providing you with a care package valued at over $100. If you would like to take advantage of the promotion simply contact one of our marketing representatives. Hoo Ya.

Health Care vs Annuity Sales

As the roll out of Obama health care sweeps across America the changes that were predicted are now coming to fruition. There have been several carriers who have entirely pulled out of the health insurance market while others have drastically cut commissions to agents. If employers have more employees that are electing not to sign up with the company sponsored plan that also means less commission. This is basically the government’s plan already taking shape. The point is if it is not profitable for the agents to sell health insurance they are going to have to find something else to sell. There are several health insurance campaigns always running here at 4More, both consumer and employee benefits. There is definitely a need out there and if you are selling group or individual now is the time for acquisition of new clients. You might not make a fortune acquiring their employee benefits but you also might find they have other needs other than just health insurance for themselves or their employees.

Ever think about selling annuities? With fixed interest rates around 1% the 3-4% offered by most insurance companies in their fixed annuities is compelling. 50% of all seniors have money in CD’s. The call is pretty simple for business owners. “I know you are probably not real happy about a lot of the premium increases going on now with your health coverage but I would like to let you about a little good news piece regarding your retirement planning. Would you be interested in doubling your income?” Then we ask a couple brief fact finders wanted by our client and then transfer the call live or set up the appointments.

We recommend calling business owners for a couple reasons;

1. They have the cash and the need.
2. We can leave messages on their answering machines
3. Exempt from Do Not Call compliance
4. Most are feeling some sort of pain right now and a good 2nd opinion is warranted.

Best wishes with the 2nd Qtr. 2011!

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce

The Cedar Rapids Chamber of commerce has been instrumental in the rebirth of Cedar Rapids after the floods of June 2008. The downtown Cedar Rapids business district was completely wiped out from the devastating floods. The chamber was there to distribute funds to downtown business owners through the Jump Start program. The chamber continues to strive to find new ways of getting business and commerce back to the city. The purchase of the Crown Plaza by the city of Cedar Rapids is finalized and only the beginning. This multi million dollar rehabilitation will help put a new face on the already changing city landscape. 4More Appointments is a proud member of the chamber and we support the other business owners helping to bring Cedar Rapids back.

1st Qtr. 2011 Soar For More Final Statistics

We would like to congratulate Team Piersanti and our Cedar Rapids team for finishing first in the President’s Club Soar For More Contest. Steve’s team specializes in setting appointments for insurance and financial campaigns. We know there was a lot of controversy involving the final score related to the March Madness contest. The contest outcome created a one week overtime shoot out between Team Piersanti and Team Lind. The title, the travelling trophy and the trip to Stockholm, Sweden go to Steve, congratulations. As a consolation prize Team Lind received a complimentary team builder at the local establishment of their choice. Better luck next time, Erik.

The Numbers

1. Team Piersanti (7,487 total points, 421 appointments, 338 live call transfers)
2. Team Lind (7,440 total points, 441 appointments, 301 live call transfers)
3. Team Murphy (5,881, 330 total points, 244 appointments, 219 live call transfers)
4. Team Dumont (5,114, 311 total points, 211 appointments, 189 live call transfers)
5. Team Hegland (4,241 total points, 179 appointments, 160 live call transfers)
6. Team Wood ( 2,110 total points, 101 appointments, 94 live call transfers)
7. Others (419 total points, 22 appointments, 14 live call transfers)

2Nd Qtr 2011 we have our NBA Finals Contest. One manager will get the chance to go to one game of this year’s NBA Finals. The manager must win out on total points and have the winning team already picked from the beginning. The following teams have qualified for the NBA Finals this year.

1. Chicago
2. Indiana
3. Boston
4. Miami
5. Philadelphia
6. New York
7. Orlando
8. Atlanta
9. Los Angeles
10. San Antonio
11. Memphis
12. New Orleans
13. Dallas
14. Portland
15. Oklahoma City
16. Denver

2nd Qtr. 2011

We would like to thank all of our customers for a great start to the year. Many of our clients took advantage of the 1st. Quarter 2011 Navy Diver Olympics promotion. We appreciate all of your support and hope you enjoyed the promotional products from our sponsors. Yes, we will continue to offer goodies on all campaigns. We are committed to recognizing this community of patriotic heroes. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan has now lasted longer than any other war in American history. We also give a portion of all donations to Wounded EOD Warrior. IED’s are the number one cause of casualties in the war and the people that render these safe are Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians. You can learn more about both at www.navydiverolympics.com and www.woundedeodwarrior.org

This quarter we have cooked a up a couple spring time promotions that are guaranteed to create even more satisfied customers out there. First, we are bringing back the (Buy 1 Get 1 Free) promotion for 2nd Quarter. That means any campaign that you purchase throughout 2nd Quarter 2011 we will double you up. This means double the leads, double the hours and double the performance. The promotion is based on available hours and will be offered on a first come first serve basis. This promotion unfortunately is not available for current customers, sorry.

Regarding any of the negative comments posted about our company; anyone here forward who can find any documentation, in any civil or criminal court, that we have been found negligent or guilty of anything we will offer you a free annual lease of our services. This is valued at over $60,000. Good luck, we have been in business since 2006 and have serviced thousands of customers. Although we can’t promise success on all campaigns at all times, we challenge anyone to do it better, more legitimately, more transparent with better performance at a better price point than ours.

We look forward to your success in 2011

Richard Pamenius