Wanted: Reader tech tips

Plenty of your less tech-savvy colleagues out there still need some convincing, and what could be more compelling than real examples from producers who are reaping the benefits of these tools? Explain to them how it's not difficult or expensive to implement many of these things and that it really can speed things up, help illustrate concepts to customers or keep the prospect pipeline filled.

In the April issue (and on LifeHealthPro.com in March), we'll also have content dedicated to the best new apps for producers, how producers can safely use social media, analysis from LIMRA about how producers are using technology, and our Producer Roundtable, where three tech-y producers will share how they've embraced modern tools and what it's done for their successful practices.

Few would say life insurance producers as a group are ahead of the technology curve or have even kept up. Today's consumers, however, have gotten used to tech-enabled service, and they want it from this industry just as they expect it everywhere else. We want to help more producers bridge the technology gap. Help us out by emailing your tips to me, or share them immediately via the comment tool below.

For more on producers and technology, read:

• 4 thoughts seniors have about technology
• High touch or high tech?
• 3 ways technology will change the way we do business in 2013
• Life agents: Are you ready for the multi-channel consumer?