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In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, host David Carothers is joined by Josh Gurley. They discuss what are one-liners that producers utilize and the main action that PEOS does.

Episode Highlights:

  • Josh mentions one of the best things that happened to him through the pandemic. (3:26)
  • Josh shares his favorite one-liner. (4:16)
  • Josh shares one of David’s favorite one-liners of his. (4:55)
  • David shares the type of one-liners he likes to use. (5:34)
  • Josh shares a story from one of the largest accounts in their agency. (16:46)
  • David mentions the number one thing that PEOS does. (20:12)

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “I think everybody’s got to have a good one-liner and you have to be able and willing to share it with people. People like to joke around that you don’t have to be all business and serious all the time. It’s good to break stuff up with a laugh.” – Josh Gurley
  • “One of my favorite things to say to people is, that sounds like the quote, hope and hope method to me. They go out and get a quote. They ask you if they can give you a quote and they hope that their quote is cheaper. I hope they get the business and I hope to god that the other guy did it right because all they’re doing is copying and pasting what the other person did.” – Josh Gurley
  • “If you change this product in any way, then we need to know that you have insurance. We want to be additionally insured on your policy because we want to put some space between whatever the event happens in us.” – Josh Gurley

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