Monday Minute

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MARKETING

Growing your Business with Simplicity Marketing part II
The Truth About Annuities:

The Truth About Annuities turnkey workshop system is designed to help you attract a highly targeted audience of motivated annuity buyers. It will give you a multi-marketing platform for communicating how FIAs can be a hallmark of a successful retirement plan, by helping to provide retirees with the safety of principal and income for life. Strategies. This program has a 1.1 % average direct mail response rate.

**This workshop performs best as a Dinner Seminar

Contact your ADC for more information on this as well as other Turnkey Presentations.

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SALES

Sharpening your Saw

Below are three books many of our ADC’s are reading and recommending to their advisors to read in planning for 2026 and beyond.

Think and Grow Rich contains “The Secret”, which has been put to a practical test by thousands of people from almost every walk of life.

The Slight Edge is a way of thinking; a way of processing information that enables you make the daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire.

The Science of Scaling reveals a revolutionary framework that helps individuals and companies scale bigger and faster than they ever thought possible. In fact, individuals and companies that apply this framework routinely grow 10–100x within just three years.

Grow Your Business Bigger and Faster Than You Think Possible

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PRODUCTS

American Equity IncomeShield 9
Increased Premium Bonus

Effective November 25th-The Premium Bonus is increasing to 14% on all first-year premiums, helping contract owners kickstart their retirement income savings. This bonus applies to both the contract value and the Income Account Value (IAV).

Contact Your ADC to learn more about additional changes and the new business rules.

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