Kenneth Thames

In looking for new homes most people have a few things that they look for and want to know about when they are deciding where to live. They look at the schools, their job, the community, churches in the area. All sorts of things. Well I would like to introduce you to a church that would be a great place for them to worship. It is Temple of Praise C.O.G.I.C. There are a lot of things going on there but most importantly, they will find Jesus there. The spirit of God dwells in the Temple. Pastor Ervin King is a man of God who is lead by God. He preaches and teaches directly from the word of God and gives what the Holy Spirit gives him. His ministers are Spirit led and teach directly from the word.

Holiness is the way of life taught at Temple of Praise C.O.G.I.C. They believe that you have to be holy to see God and they will teach you how to be holy and will help you live holy. They are located at 3941 E 13th Ave. Gary, IN 46403. The church sits 15 mins from Portage, 25 mins from Crown Point, 10 mins from Hammond, 45 mins from Chicago, and just a few minutes drive from anywhere in Gary, IN. They are there to welcome you or your clients with loving open arms.

Their Sunday morning service starts at 10:00 AM promptly. They also have Sunday school at 8:30 AM and Sunday night bible study at 6:30 PM. If you're looking for a church home, you would be at home at Temple of Praise C.O.G.I.C.

You can also view them on the web at www.templeofpraisecogic.com.

I've been working closely with the Real Estate community for a while now and I still trying to figure out ways to help you more and more. I am now focusing on helping you as the agent and the broker. I am with Aflac. I want to know how I can help you protect yourself against injury or illness that would come upon you or your family. I know how Aflac will help cover you. I just need to know, how can I get the word out to you so that you will be able to see the value of the service. I am in NW Indiana and I love helping people protect their finances.

I know the importance of income coming into your home and during this time of "recession" we need to make sure that we are keeping the flow coming in during good times and bad times. One way is to make sure that if you are hurt or sic and have to go to the hospital to get it taken care of, there are ways for money to continue to flow. Aflac is a way to make that happen. I would really like to meet with you to help you understand what it can do.

You can take a look at my page www.kennethinsurance.com and see just what Aflac can do for you. I look forward to speaking with you.

Kenneth M. Thames

As most of you who read my blogs know, I'm in the insurance business. I sent an e-mail at one time. I gave a story about how a person was riding a horse and the horse bucked him off and caused massive injuries. I went on to explain how our insurance could have helped the person in that situation. I then asked the person to relate that experience to their lives and see how an insurance policy would be able to help them in their lives.

We all are doing things in our lives everyday that could turn disastrous and a policy could help.

She responded to the e-mail and No thank you. I don't respond to scare tactics.

I told her, I'm so glad you don't because no one wants to be scared into doing anything but you should respond to AWARE tactics, because you need to be aware that everyday things that you think are routine can, in a second, change your entire life and you need to be aware what's available to you.

But that got me to thinking. Are people really that afraid of making a decision that they will come up with things like this? And this lady was in sales. If sales people don't recognize the difference between scare tactics and aware tactics, how much more would our prospects and even our customers confuse the two?

What are you doing in your presentation that may be viewed as a scare tactic when you were simply trying to make a prospect AWARE of something? What are you doing to avoid that appearance? Just curious. Thanks.

As most of you who read my blogs know, I'm in the insurance business. I sent an e-mail at one time. I gave a story about how a person was riding a horse and the horse bucked him off and caused massive injuries. I went on to explain how our insurance could have helped the person in that situation. I then asked the person to relate that experience to their lives and see how an insurance policy would be able to help them in their lives.

We all are doing things in our lives everyday that could turn disastrous and a policy could help.

She responded to the e-mail and No thank you. I don't respond to scare tactics.

I told her, I'm so glad you don't because no one wants to be scared into doing anything but you should respond to AWARE tactics, because you need to be aware that everyday things that you think are routine can, in a second, change your entire life and you need to be aware what's available to you.

But that got me to thinking. Are people really that afraid of making a decision that they will come up with things like this? And this lady was in sales. If sales people don't recognize the difference between scare tactics and aware tactics, how much more would our prospects and even our customers confuse the two?

What are you doing in your presentation that may be viewed as a scare tactic when you were simply trying to make a prospect AWARE of something? What are you doing to avoid that appearance? Just curious. Thanks.

As I was thinking today on what to write about, I began to compare and contrast (learned that in high school language arts class) the sell of insurance and the sell of real estate. I began to think about what are the similarities and what are the differences. Of course the differences are somewhat quite obvious. You sell a house. I sell insurance. After all, what is insurance? You can see it. Can't touch it. Can't smell it, paint it, put flowers on it, you can't show it to people, can't take people on a tour of it. What is this thing called insurance and how does it compare to real estate?

When you show people real estate, you are showing an actual SOMETHING. Something they can see, touch, smell (sometimes not so pleasant), all that good stuff. They are purchasing SOMETHING. So what is it that I do?

I sell them a promise. I don't even sell the piece of paper the promise is written on. I sell a PROMISE. A promise of protection. I promise that if this happens then my company will do that to protect you. If you break your arm, my company will give you money to help with your bills. If you get cancer, my company will give you money to make sure your roof stays over your head. If you have to stay in the hospital, my company will give you money to make sure that you are able to recover properly.

But isn't that what you do as well? You sell a promise. You sell a promise that when it rains outside, it will not rain inside. When the wind blows outside, it won't mess up your hair on the inside when you have your windows closed.

We both sell a promise of protection. We both make sure that our clients will be able to survive long term. Insurance and Real Estate definitely go hand in hand.

Aflac will be able to help you and your clients with protecting their financial future. One thing to remember about homeowners insurance is there is no insurance that is designed to pay the homeowner if they have an accident inside their own home. Aflac will plug that hole for them.

Indiana and Illinois agents - talk to me and I will help you.