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    <title>Insurance Happy Hour - Episodes Tagged with “Insurance Agencies”</title>
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    <description>Change in the insurance industry is speeding up. Consumers are also changing. Let's talk about industry news and trends, technology and marketing. Hosts: Becky Schroeder and Laird Rixford
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    <itunes:subtitle>It's happy hour, and we're talking insurance.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>On the Road at #Elevate18</title>
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  <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>On the Road at #Elevate18</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We were on the road this week and recorded at Agency Nation/TrustedChoice.com's conference Elevate. Also, we discuss how marketing is an investment and what to do instead of cutting marketing when money gets tight.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We were on the road this week and recorded at Agency Nation/TrustedChoice.com's conference Elevate. Also, we discuss how marketing is an investment and what to do instead of cutting marketing when money gets tight.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.elevateconference.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Elevate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.getitc.com/emailmarketing/customercommunications/images/safeco-lead-source-board.jpg" alt="The Safeco lead source board at Elevate"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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<p><a href="https://www.elevateconference.com/" rel="nofollow">Elevate</a></p>

<p><img src="https://www.getitc.com/emailmarketing/customercommunications/images/safeco-lead-source-board.jpg" alt="The Safeco lead source board at Elevate"></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We were on the road this week and recorded at Agency Nation/TrustedChoice.com&#39;s conference Elevate. Also, we discuss how marketing is an investment and what to do instead of cutting marketing when money gets tight.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.elevateconference.com/" rel="nofollow">Elevate</a></p>

<p><img src="https://www.getitc.com/emailmarketing/customercommunications/images/safeco-lead-source-board.jpg" alt="The Safeco lead source board at Elevate"></p>]]>
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  <title>Having the Right, Ethical Focus</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</author>
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  <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Having the Right, Ethical Focus</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We need to remember as an industry who we're serving. It's the clients. It's the clients who have and want choice.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>43:51</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We need to remember as an industry who we're serving. It's the clients. It's the clients who have and want choice. We discuss ethics in the industry and how consumers should be the only group we as an industry serve. That plus, do you find a job to fit your passion? Or, do you find passion in your job?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurances-flawed-business-model/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Insurance's Flawed Business Model&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/06/what-to-eat-in-the-texas-suburbs/562559/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;What to Eat in the Texas Suburbs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://candysdirt.com/2018/06/13/that-time-the-atlantic-published-some-complete-hooey-about-dining-in-texas-suburbs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;That Time The Atlantic Published Some Complete Hooey About Dining in Texas Suburbs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>We need to remember as an industry who we&#39;re serving. It&#39;s the clients. It&#39;s the clients who have and want choice. We discuss ethics in the industry and how consumers should be the only group we as an industry serve. That plus, do you find a job to fit your passion? Or, do you find passion in your job?</p>

<p><a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurances-flawed-business-model/" rel="nofollow">Insurance&#39;s Flawed Business Model</a><br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/06/what-to-eat-in-the-texas-suburbs/562559/" rel="nofollow">What to Eat in the Texas Suburbs</a><br>
<a href="https://candysdirt.com/2018/06/13/that-time-the-atlantic-published-some-complete-hooey-about-dining-in-texas-suburbs/" rel="nofollow">That Time The Atlantic Published Some Complete Hooey About Dining in Texas Suburbs</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We need to remember as an industry who we&#39;re serving. It&#39;s the clients. It&#39;s the clients who have and want choice. We discuss ethics in the industry and how consumers should be the only group we as an industry serve. That plus, do you find a job to fit your passion? Or, do you find passion in your job?</p>

<p><a href="http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/insurances-flawed-business-model/" rel="nofollow">Insurance&#39;s Flawed Business Model</a><br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/06/what-to-eat-in-the-texas-suburbs/562559/" rel="nofollow">What to Eat in the Texas Suburbs</a><br>
<a href="https://candysdirt.com/2018/06/13/that-time-the-atlantic-published-some-complete-hooey-about-dining-in-texas-suburbs/" rel="nofollow">That Time The Atlantic Published Some Complete Hooey About Dining in Texas Suburbs</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Getting Our Groove Back</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</author>
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  <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Getting Our Groove Back</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
  <itunes:author>Becky Schroeder &amp; Laird Rixford</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>We're back! Becky and Laird talk about ITC's big news from the last few months.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>40:28</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In this week's episode, Becky and Laird discuss ITC's major equity investment from the private equity firm Accel-KKR and what has us excited about ITC's future. We also discuss the industry's opportunity for change.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.getitc.com/release/2018/04/04/itc-receives-majority-equity-investment-from-accel-kkr#.WxqaU4onaHs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;ITC Receives Majority Equity Investment from Accel-KKR&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this week&#39;s episode, Becky and Laird discuss ITC&#39;s major equity investment from the private equity firm Accel-KKR and what has us excited about ITC&#39;s future. We also discuss the industry&#39;s opportunity for change.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.getitc.com/release/2018/04/04/itc-receives-majority-equity-investment-from-accel-kkr#.WxqaU4onaHs" rel="nofollow">ITC Receives Majority Equity Investment from Accel-KKR</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this week&#39;s episode, Becky and Laird discuss ITC&#39;s major equity investment from the private equity firm Accel-KKR and what has us excited about ITC&#39;s future. We also discuss the industry&#39;s opportunity for change.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.getitc.com/release/2018/04/04/itc-receives-majority-equity-investment-from-accel-kkr#.WxqaU4onaHs" rel="nofollow">ITC Receives Majority Equity Investment from Accel-KKR</a></p>]]>
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