Lloyd Lofton Jr. L.U.T.C.

Lloyd Lofton Jr. L.U.T.C.

Conyers, Georgia, United States
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Experience

  • Power Behind The Sales Graphic
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    Marietta, Ga

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    United States

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    Greater Atlanta Area

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    Marietta, Ga

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    Atlanta, Ga

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    Greater Atlanta Area

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    Greater Atlanta Area

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    United States

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    USA

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    Marietta, Ga

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    Atlanta, Ga

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    Des Moines, Iowa Area

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    Des Moines, Iowa Area

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    Knoxville, Tennessee Area

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    Anaheim, Calif

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    La Habra, California

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    St. Charles, Mo

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    Alton, Ill

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • National Speakers Association, Georgia Chapter Graphic

    First Friday Coffee Chair

    National Speakers Association, Georgia Chapter

    Economic Empowerment

    Come meet and get to know the NSA Georgia community in a relaxed and casual atmosphere.
    This is a great way to learn and share ideas, as well as network with your peers.
    Aspiring speakers welcome! Members, Associates, Vendors and Friends are welcome!

    Learn more here: http://www.nsageorgia.org/page/FirstFridayCoffee

  • Program Committee

    HALCYON LANDING - ANAHEIM INTERFAITH SHELTER - HALCYON

    - 5 years 7 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    Provides transitional housing and savings programs for working adults with dependent children. Single and two-parent families welcome.

    Provides shelter, programs, and supportive services to homeless families with dependent children who desire to make the transition to permanent housing, full-time employment, and self-sufficiency. It is a 9-unit apartment complex. There are on-site workshops to help with performing a job search, life skills, budgeting, an parenting skills. Helps families…

    Provides transitional housing and savings programs for working adults with dependent children. Single and two-parent families welcome.

    Provides shelter, programs, and supportive services to homeless families with dependent children who desire to make the transition to permanent housing, full-time employment, and self-sufficiency. It is a 9-unit apartment complex. There are on-site workshops to help with performing a job search, life skills, budgeting, an parenting skills. Helps families obtain permanent housing, employment, and self- sufficiency. For more information visit: http://halcyonlanding.blogspot.com/

  • DAYLE MCINTOSH CENTER FOR THE DISABLED Graphic

    Program Committee

    DAYLE MCINTOSH CENTER FOR THE DISABLED

    - 4 years 8 months

    Social Services

    The Dayle McIntosh Center (DMC) is governed by a volunteer board of directors composed of community leaders with expertise in business, finance, public relations, education, and programming. A majority of the directors are individuals with disabilities. The board sets policy, conducts strategic planning, monitors and evaluates service delivery, plans and oversees budget implementation, and engages in resource development.

    Recognized as businessman of the year 1995.

  • Toastmasters International Graphic

    Rotating Roles

    Toastmasters International

    Education

  • Title I Office Major Rules and Policies

    Arizona Department of Education IASA Committee of Practitioners

    - 2 years 1 month

    Education

    Advisory role on rules and policies committee for Title I funding.

  • AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC Graphic

    Business Mentor

    AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC

    - Present 9 years 9 months

    Economic Empowerment

  • Advisory Council Member

    GoDaddy Customer Council

    - Present 2 years 7 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Council members play a significant role in the development of new products and services.

  • Agent Advisory Board

    Senior Market Advisor Magazine

    - 3 years 4 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Coaching and outreach to agents and advisors in the financial services industry.

Publications

  • The World-of-sales Demands Change-part-3

    ThinkAdvisor Magazine

    The author makes the case that CRMs do more for the CEO than they do for the sales rep.
    He sees the idea of the reps entering their own CRM data as insane.
    He says sales reps need to have data updated automatically, in real-time.

    See publication
  • 11 Best New Presentation Books To Read In 2020

    BookAuthority

    11 Best New Presentation Books To Read In 2020
    As featured on CNN, Forbes and Inc – BookAuthority identifies and rates the best books in the world, based on public mentions, recommendations, ratings and sentiment.

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  • No, There Isn't A New Way of Selling in 2020

    InsuranceNewsNet

    Every day I see emails, posts or banner ads proclaiming “The New Way Of Selling” or “The Old Way Is Dead!”

    What I’m told - in fact, what they want us to believe - is that there is some magical new way of selling.

    We’re told we’re not smart enough to understand that the way we’ve been doing it all these years is no longer effective.

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  • Is Your Agent A "Producer Prime?"

    InsuranceNewsNet

    “In the bottom floor of Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle you will find a store called Amazon Go. It’s a store of the future where customers shop for groceries, pick items up and just walk out of the store without standing in a checkout line or interacting with a store clerk.”

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  • InsuranceWebX Featured Mentor

    InsuranceWebX

    Featured InsuranceWebX mentor, helping agents and advisors grow their practice.

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  • Tax Code Changes That Can Spark a Client Conversation

    InsuranceNewsNet.com

    Charitable giving and college expenses are just two important areas that have changed in the tax code.

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  • How To Prevent These Five IRA Transfer Mistakes

    InsuranceNewsNet.com

    In this article we discuss the five most common mistakes people make with their individual retirement accounts and how a professional adviser can help make sure these mistakes are avoided, or at least minimized.

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  • The Sidewalk Executive

    On Amazon

    Selling is communication, helping your clients understand you and who you are and why you can satisfy their needs. Whether you struggle with prospecting, working leads, getting the appointment, making the presentation or closing the sale this book illustrates in detail how to successfully complete each step of the sale.

    From asking questions, listening skills to learning key phrases that move the sale forward you will find tips you forgot and skills you need. Moreover you will find tips…

    Selling is communication, helping your clients understand you and who you are and why you can satisfy their needs. Whether you struggle with prospecting, working leads, getting the appointment, making the presentation or closing the sale this book illustrates in detail how to successfully complete each step of the sale.

    From asking questions, listening skills to learning key phrases that move the sale forward you will find tips you forgot and skills you need. Moreover you will find tips on creating a business plan, a marketing plan, getting referrals in addition to sample scripts, key phrases and you will find two complete sales presentations in two different markets as a model to build your own presentations. You should read this book to learn sales from the basics to the advanced or to improve the skill sets you have and create more activity for better results. You will improve your results 15 – 40% in as little as 2 – 4 weeks while reading this book so start with chapter one and make more money TODAY!

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  • Is it a Hunch? Or is it Something Else?

    InsuranceNewsNet Magazine

    Have you ever had a “hunch” about what a prospect or client is thinking or how the meeting is going? Have you had that “gut feeling” that your prospect or client may not be telling you what is really going on with them?

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  • Seven Trial Closes That Lead to Sales

    InsuranceNewsNet Magazine

    Customers today can purchase insurance from many avenues, whether from telemarketers or over the Internet. One reason carriers have contracted with advisors is that it is easy for people to procrastinate when purchasing financial and insurance products. Advisors help in bringing about action on the part of the prospect.

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  • Can Key Employees Disable a Business?

    Insurance Forum

    In today’s economy this is becoming the most important question a small business can ask. And they may need to determine the answer to this question sooner rather than later.

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  • Ice Added to Supreme Court Ruling

    LifeHealthPro

    On June 12, 2014, a unanimous Supreme Court ruling claimed that “inherited Individual Retirement Accounts” are not shielded from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. This decision is slated to clear up confusion about the status of unspent IRAs that parents leave to their children.

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  • Aging myths and their impact on your practice.

    Retirement Advisers Magazine

    Boomers continue to influence life stages and impact your practice as they age into this next phase of their life.

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  • Product, Feature or Benefit?

    Retirement Adviser Magazine

    What do people buy, product, feature or benefits?

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  • Sales tips: a contrarian view

    Retirement Advisors Magazine

    Questions matter when helping clients "buy".

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  • The Social Security Tax Surprise

    Tax Professionals Resource

    Signing up for Social Security is the last step in a relationship with our federal government that retiring individuals have been involved in their entire working lives. Each pay period, these individuals had money taken out of their paychecks that they believed would play a large part in their retirement income. When they complete this step, many may experience "The Social Security Surprise" as they see part of their Social Security check being taxed.

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  • The Place Where Guidance and Retirement Meet

    Retirement Adviser Magazine

    You client has called you and said they are thinking about retiring, they have seen articles in the newspaper with retirement tips and a friend of theirs suggested some web sites to look at, now they want your input.

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  • A Split Annuity Strategy

    InsuranceNewsNet Magazine

    A split annuity Roth conversion strategy can help your clients increase their spendable retirement income while reducing the conversion tax to a more manageable amount.

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  • Critical Illness Insurance: Mortgage Protection

    Life Insurance Selling Magazine

    For many Americans their home represents both security and peace of mind. This article looks at creative ways to protect your home during a critical illness recovery or the passing away of a loved one.

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  • Principles of Leadership

    ProducersWeb

    We often mistake management for leadership. In this article are some ways to know the difference.

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  • Making a Sales Team Successful

    CHRON.com

    Putting together a successful sales team will require a large number of different elements, including extensive training. Make a sales team successful with help from the chief operating officer of American Eagle Financial Services Inc. in this free video series.

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  • Spinning the Wheel of Fortune

    Senior Market Advisors Magazinne

    Being the star in our own business means we have to be good at spinning the wheel of fortune to keep ourselves in front of prospects.

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  • Whole Life as a Wealth Transfer Plan

    InsuranceNewsNet magazine

    Insights And Solutions To Protect, Grow, And Transfer Your Wealth.

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  • Whole Life as a Wealth Transfer Tool

    InsuranceNewsNet Magazine

    The leading edge of the baby boom generation is now celebrating 60th birthdays, wielding trillions of dollars in spending power. Mature consumers represent a great opportunity for advisors.

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  • Questions Gather, Objections Disclose Information

    ISO & Agent Magazine

    An industry related magazine for credit card, gift card and merchant services. My article on using questions to help the merchant pick up lost sales.

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  • The Social Security Tax Surprise

    InsuranceNewsNet Magazine

    How your clients can reduce taxes they may be paying on their Social Security and increase their monthly disposable income.

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  • Longevity Risk...Can We Be Optimistic?

    AnnuityNewsNow

    A two part interivew by Scott Drake from AnnuityNewsNow with me on my two part article in Senior Market Advisor Magazine.

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  • An Aggressive Plan To Grow Your Agency

    Life Insurance Selling Magazine

    First of a three part series of articles in Life Insurance Selling Magazine.

    See publication
  • Agent Recruitment

    The Wealth Channel - American College

    Series of interviews with The Wealth Channel for American College

    See publication
  • Interviews with "The Wealth Channel" through American College

    The Wealth Channel

    A series of interviews I did on Practice Management with "The Wealth Channel", through American College.

    See publication
  • Principles of Leadership

    ProducersWeb.com

    We often mistake management for leadership. In this article are some ways to know the difference.

    See publication

Patents

Projects

  • Senior Insurance Marketing Association

    - Present

    SIMA connects insurance agents who specialize in selling senior insurance products such as Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Long Term Care, Final Expense, and more. SIMA members enjoy free training, online materials, focused professional networking, and much more.

    Other creators
    See project

Honors & Awards

  • 1 of 11 Best New Presentation Books To Read in 2020

    BookAuthority

    11 Best New Presentation Books To Read In 2020
    As featured on CNN, Forbes and Inc – BookAuthority identifies and rates the best books in the world, based on public mentions, recommendations, ratings and sentiment.

    https://bookauthority.org/books/new-presentation-books

  • Memberships

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    Faculty for 1.5 PDC Re-Certification credit hours HR Certification Institute (SHRM Recertificaion Provider 2017)

    Agent Advisory Board for Senior Market Adviser Magazine.

    Judge 10th Annual American Business Awards - Stevie Awards program

    Honey Creek Country Club and Golf Course Home Owners Association.

    Member National Association of Sales Professionals

    Member American Senior Benefits Association

    American Small Business Chamber of Commerce

    Global…

    Faculty for 1.5 PDC Re-Certification credit hours HR Certification Institute (SHRM Recertificaion Provider 2017)

    Agent Advisory Board for Senior Market Adviser Magazine.

    Judge 10th Annual American Business Awards - Stevie Awards program

    Honey Creek Country Club and Golf Course Home Owners Association.

    Member National Association of Sales Professionals

    Member American Senior Benefits Association

    American Small Business Chamber of Commerce

    Global Speakers Federation

    Direct Selling Association

  • State Approved CE Instructor

    Georgia Department of Insurance

    CE instructor in Annuity courses.

  • Instructor

    Department Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    8 hours CEU credits

    Handling Lying, Dishonesty and Stealing

  • Instructor

    Department Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    2 hours CEU credits

    Suicide Assessment

  • Instructor

    Department Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    4 CEU hours

    Crisis Intervention

  • Instructor

    Department Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    6 hours CEU credits

    Understanding Consequences Part I - III

  • Instructor

    Department Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    16 1/2 hours CEU Credits

    Emancipatioin Skills Part I - 4

  • Instructor

    Department of Social Services

    CEU State Approved Instructor -

    4 hours CEU Credits

    Conducting Investigations

  • Interagency Collaboration Award

    Orange County Department of Education

    Collaboration Service to Interim Care Facility Glassell School - on site NPS school curriculum.

Organizations

  • National Speakers Association Georgia

    First Friday Coffee Chair

    - Present

    NSA Georgia First Friday group is held the first Friday of each month and is attended by individuals who have been thinking about or want to learn how to be a professional speaker, workshop/seminar presenter or be more proficient in their speaking opportunities. Many experienced speakers attend and add to the learning knowledge shared. Join us: http://www.nsageorgia.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=785763&group=

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