Articles by Lauren Knapp

Lauren Knapp is the Midwest Sales Manager at Wells Media Group, Inc., responsible for advertising sales for Insurance Journal as well as all online products (InsuranceJournal.com, MyNewMarkets.com, mobile media marketing, webcasts and podcasts). Prior to her 4 years at Wells, she has worked in advertising sales for top international publishing companies Thomson Financial and Maclean Hunter. Lauren currently serves on the City of Hope National Insurance Industry Council and has served on the Board of the IMCA (Insurance Marketing and Communications Association). She graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in journalism and lives in Chicago. Lauren can be reached at 800-897-9965 x161 or lknapp@InsuranceJournal.com.

A Blog on Blogging

To do a little research into the history of blogging, I just did a Google search and found 13,000,000,000 results for a word that didn’t even exist until the late ’90s. (It’s a shortened word for web log – in …

It Helps to Have a Village

I was recently asked to join the team for the latest product from Wells Media Group, a website and eNewsletter called Carrier Management. I was brought in to sell advertising space, and when I joined the rest of the team, …

Mobile Phone Habits Are Changing. Is Your Company Ready?

This past Cyber Monday was the biggest one-day online sales day in history according to a study by IBM. Sales were up 30% over last year with spending reaching as high as $2 billion. One big reason for the upswing …

Investing In Your Agents

Merriam-Webster defines marketing as an “aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer.” What if there was a way for you to truly help this process along while building a stronger relationship with your agents… Have you …

And the winner is …

It’s the Academy Awards for the insurance industry … a star-studded evening featuring the best of the best in insurance marketing, communications and advertising. I am talking about the 54th Annual IMCA Showcase Awards, and the deadline to enter your …

Why Didn’t We Think of This Before?

Sometimes there is a marketing gem so brilliant, yet so obvious, you can’t believe someone didn’t think of it earlier. A great example of this comes from a guilty TV pleasure of mine … The Young and the Restless. The …

See You at the IMCA Annual Meeting

There is one industry event I look forward to more than any other during the year. It’s the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association Annual Meeting. This year, it will take place at the Hilton Toronto from June 26-29. It’s a …