Curious about how your use of technology at work compares to other producers? Take this quick 7-question quiz and you'll find out a lot about how your high-tech proficiency (iPads, social media, Skype, custom apps, e-signatures and more) stacks up against your colleagues taking the quiz, plus related statistical findings from studies including LIMRA's Producer Use of Technology Survey. If you want to share your thoughts on any particular aspect of the quiz or results, please use the comment tool below.
Question One
Do you currently utilize a tablet computer such as an iPad during meetings with clients and prospects?
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Question One Results
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LIMRA's Producer Use of Technology survey found that 21% of producers currently own tablet computers, with independent (26%) and affiliated (23%) producers most likely to have them. Tablet owners praise them for mobile functionality on screens large enough to share with clients and prospects. More than half of tablet owners use them to take notes or show presentations while meeting with clients and prospects. Among the uses are to show brochures, run illustrations, access client account information, and for product information and real-time quoting tools. Producers 46 and younger are more likely to own a tablet (26%) than producers ages 56-64 (18%).
Question Two
Do you currently utilize social media for business purposes?
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Question Two Results
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LIMRA's Producer Use of Technology survey found that 49% of producers currently utilize some form of social media. The study revealed that 69% already use or plan to use social media, and 20% have no interest in any social media.
Question Three
If you utilize social media, what is the primary site you use?
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Question Three Results
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According to LIMRA's Producer Use of Technology survey, LinkedIn is the primary social media site used by producers, with 56% currently using it or planning to do so. Facebook (47%), Google+ (17%) and Twitter (13%) followed in the survey's rankings.
Question Four
If you do not use social media (or use it as much as you would like), what is the primary barrier that keeps you from doing so?
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