Throwback: Brewing up Big Developments with Bobby Schmidt

In this throwback episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers and co-host Kyle Houck interview Bobby Schmidt, Director of Digital and Product Marketing at Zywave. Bobby discusses the cloud-based portfolio of solutions and how they are continually working to strengthen the technology platform.   Episode Highlights: David introduces Bobby Schmidt. (1:29) Bobby shares his work background. (2:06) David mentions that Zywave is an excellent tool and he uses it at Florida Risk Partners. (5:04) Bobby says that two of their flagship products are the Broker Briefcase and ModMaster. (6:48) Bobby shares that they wanted to invest substantially in R&D and obtain a thought- out acquisition strategy to become a central partner. (9:00) Bobby says the Broker Briefcase has the ability to boost sales and marketing. (9:19) Are data points done on an individual account by account basis or by industry segment? (13:01) Kyle says the Zywave was introduced to him by when they first met to discuss his onboarding. (15:05) Does the level of data that we get through using the Broker Briefcase campaigns lag compared to what we can get from HubSpot? (24:01) Bobby says they use a marketing automation system in their marketing team. (26:51) Does Bobby foresee anything on the horizon where we’re able to use Zapier integrations? (27:24) What’s on the horizon for Zywave right now? (31:25) Bobby says that leveraging data from miEdge makes prospecting smarter and easier. (32:25) Bobby talks about the MyWave to Client Cloud portal. (37:06) Bobby says that Zywave’s advanced learning management system is applicable to P&C. (37:50) Bobby believes that they can meet the needs of any agency because they have different suite options that are certain solutions packaged together at different levels. (39:48)   Tweetable Quotes:  “A full-service insurance agency, that's absolutely something Zywave does provide.” - Bobby Schmidt. “The possibilities really are endless, and how to fuel the other technology that we've already built are currently in the works.” - Bobby Schmidt “Your system of truth is your source of truth.” - Bobby Schmidt   Resources Mentioned : David Carothers LinkedIn Kyle Huock LinkedIn Florida Risk Partners Bobby Schmidt LinkedIn Zywave