Cultivating Excellence: Creating a Dynamic & Inspiring Work Culture with Melissa Stallings & Whitni Ward of Stallings Insurance Agency.

Stallings Insurance Agency, located in Douglasville, GA, has a fun and engaging culture evident through its social media presence. You'll enjoy seeing Melissa & Whitni's infectious personalities that shine through in everything they do.

The Stallings agency's fun and engaging culture is evident through its social media presence. You will enjoy host Stacie King and featured trainers Melissa Stallings, Agency Principal, and Whitni Ward, Agency Manager at Stallings Insurance.

In this episode, we learned the steps you need to take to build an exciting and fun work culture in your organization.

We cover topics like:

-What expectations do you set for your work culture, and what does it mean to you?

-How can business owners or managers create an empowering environment? 

-What role does transparency play in nurturing a positive work culture?

-Are there any specific practices or initiatives that can enhance employee engagement and satisfaction?

-How can organizations encourage a healthy work-life balance and employee well-being?

-Having an unconventional approach to hiring, what techniques do you use to find candidates to fit your work culture?

-What potential challenges or risks are associated with implementing unconventional hiring methods? 

-How can companies measure the success of their unconventional hiring strategies?

-What steps can organizations take to create a supportive and adaptive environment for new hires?

-How can companies continuously evolve their work culture and hiring practices.

Ema is an expert in video marketing with over 10K LinkedIn followers and 5K TikTok followers that tune in to the videos she shares every day. 

The main focus of her videos is to share advice on change management and to educate and encourage insurance agency owners and producers as they navigate their digital transformation journeys.

However, what we love most is that she shares so much of herself in the videos she creates. She shares stories of her life as a Mom, a business professional, or a Speaker who travels the country sharing her knowledge. 

Ema is always authentic, and she shares so many great stories that we trust and love more about her with every video she posts.

You can reach Ema on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emaroloff/

Or on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@emaroloff7690 

To reach host Stacie King, you can contact her at sk@stacieking.co

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Episode Four of this podcast features a special guest, James Jenkins, who is the founder and CEO of RiskWell Insurance and the host of The Agency Freedom Podcast. James shares his wisdom and experience in the insurance industry, discussing the importance of building relationships with clients and finding solutions to fit their unique needs.

He also shares insights into how he has grown his business and created a successful podcast to help empower other insurance agents to do the same. Listeners will come away with a better understanding of the insurance industry and valuable advice on entrepreneurship and building a successful podcast.

James is a true believer in the power of podcasting to connect with people locally and online. He's so passionate about it that he's here to share his best tips for starting your own podcast for your business. Trust us; this is an episode you don't want to miss!

For questions about this episode or the Social Jazz platform, you can reach Social Jazz at hello@socialjazz.com

For podcasting questions, you can reach James Jenkins on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riskwell/

His email address is: james@jamesjenkins.com

For questions about podcasting or digital marketing consulting services, Stacie King can be reached on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacieking/ 

Stacie's email address is: sk@stacieking.co

Creative Strategist and Lead Senior Marketing Coach at BxB Media, Angela Kiel shares her best tips on how to get in front of your buyers on social media. Before BxB, Angela spent 20+ years in food service, customer service, and management. 

Fun Fact: In Angela’s hospitality days, she cooked and served meals to Whitney Houston, Tilda Swinton, Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, David Lynch, Tom Hiddleston, Richard Gere, the entire broadway cast of Les Miz, and more! Join Angela to learn exactly what will move the needle when targeting new clients and how to keep your existing client base engaged.

Outline of topics: Channels: FB, IG, Tiktok, YouTube, Podcasts Content Ideas: Rule of 4, Post types and ideas Becoming a Subject Matter expert Tools: Canva, Photoshop, Social Jazz, etc. Content Calendars and reminders Company Internal Process - believe it from the top down. Reviews (on all platforms)

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BxB Media can be reached at https://bxbknowshvac.com/

Host Stacie King, can be reached on LinkedIn

Social Jazz can be reached at hello@socialjazz.com.

Our special guest is Brandon Lee. Both Brandon and host Stacie King are located in Georgia. Brandon is a Father of Five, a Jeep owner who loves hiking & dad jokes. He’s also a fractional transformation leader who has worked with many organizations and clients. 

Brandon focuses on training sales professionals, specifically social prospecting and social listening, which helps create more customer conversations faster. In this episode, these two discuss how strategic commenting is the most underutilized and effective sales and prospecting activity. Brandon shares its importance and how it can create more engagement and relationships with clients and prospects.

Over the last four or five years, Brandon has studied engagement and social selling techniques. His research proves that when we are active on social media through commenting, our profile, influence, and ability to create first conversations with ideal customers increased upwards of 200%.

In this digital and social era, commenting is the modern form of listening. You must let your network know you are listening and paying attention to what they share. Take a listen to this episode, and learn how!

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This episode features host Stacie King, and the wonderfully exuberant and fun Kimiko Donahue, CIC, Senior Agency Success Manager with Openly as they discuss building a personal brand while promoting your business. Kimiko is such a wonderful example of how you can be your true self and a professional in the insurance industry.

She's also a Mother, a talented performer with an amazing voice, and a professional shooter! Join these two as they break down the basics and share tips on how you can expand your personal brand today!

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