In light of the current economic environment, we have created "Simple Solutions for Difficult Times - 9 Tips to Boost Your Revenue with Provada". This online guide will provide you with ideas to help solve important client problems while creating sales opportunities for yourself.

We have included tips on a variety of subjects including annuities, defective trusts, IRAs, long term care insurance, life settlements, policy reviews, and more!

You can access the guide by going to our 9 Tips Website.  Make sure you click on the "Learn More" link after each tip for the detailed explanation along with other useful information.

Please let us know if you have any questions or need any assistance in implementing these or other ideas into your practice.

The other day I went to Barnes and Noble to find a book on a topic I wanted to learn more about. I normally buy books on Amazon but this situation was ideal for a brick and mortar purchase. I wasn’t exactly sure which book to buy and had compiled a short list of those I wanted to review.

So I wandered into the store and walked around for a few minutes until I found the desired section. I then spent a few more minutes looking for the space where my first book should have been located. And of course, it wasn’t there. So I searched through neighboring books to see if perhaps it was put on the shelf in the wrong place. No luck. I repeated the same process, with the same results, for the second book I was hoping to browse. My search for the third and final book was successful.

While I found that last book to be interesting, I was really hoping I’d have at least a couple of choices. So I walked over to the check-out counter just a few feet away and approached a Barnes and Noble representative who was unoccupied as there was nobody in line. I asked him if he could look up a couple of books to see if they were in stock. His response: “Customer Service is upstairs.”

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