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The Max Revenue Show — 176 episodes

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How AI Helped This Producer Hit $800K in 7 Months (On Pace for $1.2M+) | Luke Berry

2

Cold Calling Isn’t Dead - It’s the Most Efficient Way to Grow with Clayton Wood

3

State of the P&C Market Mid Year 2026 with Brandon Schuh

4

80% of Insureds Aren't Interested, Here's How to Move Them

5

Top 10 Lessons We Learned From Interviewing Top Producers

6

QUICKY: 3 Proven Talk Tracks to Win More BORs

7

The Social Selling Playbook for Insurance Producers with Sims Tillirson

8

How To Write $350k a Year By Just Dropping In | David Steenstra

9

2026 Mid Year State of Benefits Address | Luke Berry

10

How To Write $1,000,000 a Year (Yes, Revenue)

11

Better Than CE: Environmental & Pollution with Tanya Andolsen

12

QUICKY: How to Find 3-Star Prospects With 5-Star Potential

13

From Building a $1.6M Book to Building a Best Practices Agency with Josh Gurley

14

QUICKY: Micah's Simple Proposal Strategy That Wins Deals Like Crazy

15

Your Pipeline is Never Big Enough with Micah Salas

16

Prospect with Data, Win with Total Cost of Risk | David Carothers

17

The New Reality of Winning with Captives with Will Allen

18

How To Build Program Business, Automate Your Lead Gen, and Own Your Niche with Andrew Wagley

19

Due Diligence vs. BOR Only Debate | Micah Salas & Nick Aube

20

Culture, Comp, Equity: The Formula for Building & Attracting Top Producers

21

A Wake Up Call For Top Producers | Scott Barker

22

How To Dominate a Niche with Andrew Meinster

23

How To Manage Your Time Like a Top Producer with Luke Berry

24

Is This AI Startup the Future of Insurance Agencies?

25

How the Captive King Built a $2M Book Leading With Captives | Rich Varrato

26

From Top CFB Recruit to Top EB Broker | Jeb Blazevich

27

Blazing a Path For the Next Generation of Insurance Producers | Justin Tatum

28

How To Build a $1.3M EB Book and Have Fun Along the Way | Alex Rodriquez

29

He Wrote $1M in 12 Years, Then Doubled It In 4 | Dave Slocum

30

He Built Two $3 Million EB Books Then Became the CEO | Tim Leman

31

Providing Value Far Beyond Coverage Expertise with Top Producer Houston Harris

32

The Huge Opportunity Most Benefits Brokers Are Ignoring with Dr. Eric Bricker and Joe Wilson

33

From Stuck at $600K to Multi-Million Dollar Producer with Guffy Wright

34

The Evolution of a Top Producer: From Intern to Heavy Hitter with David Goldsmith

35

3 Reasons Benefits Brokers Struggle to Scale While Others Skyrocket

36

How To Build a $7M+ Book of Business Team Selling with Ryan Garzon and Myriam Leal

37

What Every Benefits Broker Needs to Know About Vendor Stacks in 2026

38

How Trey Griffy Turned HOAs Into a $1M+ Niche Homerun (300+ Associations Served and Counting)

39

My Benefits Sales Process From Start to Finish with Luke Berry

40

How Bryce Ellis Built a $1.3M Book at a 3-Man Agency In His 20's!

41

5 Biggest Mistakes Benefits Producers Make (And What To Do Instead) w/ Luke Berry

42

WithCoverage, GLP-1s, and Affordable Healthcare

43

How Michael Built a 7-Figure Book Serving Churches and Nonprofits

44

Rules For Thee, Not For Me: The Hypocrisy of the Howden and Brown & Brown Debacle w/ Brandon Schuh

45

How Tony Brunini Writes $750K+ a Year In This Unique RE Niche

46

Live Rapid-Fire Objection Handling w/ Micah

47

Maduro, McRibs, and Carriers Lighting Money on Fire

48

From Selling Knives To Becoming A Multi-Million Dollar Producer by 33 with Luke Berry

49

Add This One Thing to Your Routine to Make 2026 Your Best Year (Plus Q&A)

50

Brown & Brown Gets Roasted In Court (And Much More)

51

$1M In His First 5 Years w/ Raymond White

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How To Handle Tough Renewals Without Losing Your Client

53

Micah Answers Your Questions

54

LWI: Howden Goes Oceans 11 on Brown & Brown

55

Break Free From The Prospect To Prospect Cycle

56

How To Win Deals Even When You're NOT The Cheapest

57

How Top Producers Keep Growing (While You Stay Stuck)

58

How To Set Up BORs Like a Pro

59

How To Get Dangerously Good At Coverage

60

The Art and Science of Submissions

61

10X Your Prospecting With This Pre-Game Routine

62

New Producer Bob Had Questions, I Gave Him the Truth

63

How To Educate Prospects (Without Being a Tool)

64

6 Lessons From Starting Over 4 Years Ago

65

What You Need to Know Before You Pick a Niche

66

3 Rookie Producer Mistakes That Will Keep You Broke

67

How To Make People Like You

68

5 Keys To Effective Follow Up

69

How To Keep Clients Forever

70

How To Write $100k in the Next 12 Months

71

How to Escape Burnout, Boredom and Start Growing Again

72

What To Expect In Your First 3 Years (As a Noob Insurance Producer)

73

The Daily Routine of a $1,000,000 Producer

74

You Ask, Micah Answers | Listener Q&A

75

A Practical Guide To Quoting | The Max Revenue Show

76

The Insurances Sales Skill No One Teaches

77

First Meeting Formula

78

The 3 Foundations of Cold Calling

79

Does Size Really Matter? Micah Wants To Know

80

When They Won't Sign Your BOR

81

Why Everything Gets Easier When You Pick a Niche

82

Unconventional Truths Every Producer Needs To Hear

83

Due Diligence Explained

84

BOR vs Quote: The Strategy Shift That Grew Our Books

85

7 Objections Producers Hear (And How To Handle Them)

86

The Only Cold Call Script You'll Ever Need

87

What It Actually Takes To Be A Successful Producer in 2025

88

When To Pivot & When To Stay The Course

89

Newbie Writes $450k in Year One (WTF!)

90

How To Talk With 109 Decision Makers in 30 Days

91

Developing a Million Dollar Mindset

92

The Death Of The Old School Producer

93

Why "One Agent" Is Best, Dealing With Consultants, and C.O.M.P. Updates

94

Deal or No Deal? (Trey Learns His Fate)

95

Trey's First Real Opportunity of 2025, The Fastest Way To Build a Book, & Hogwash Sales Advice To Ignore

96

Why Producing Is So Hard, Follow Up Facts, and The Truth About Content Marketing

97

Real Talk From The Trenches - 241206

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Real Talk From The Trenches - 241204

99

What To Do After You Get The BOR (Plus COMP Updates)

100

COMP 005: Micah Reviews Trey's Month 1 Numbers

101

COMP 004: Trey Makes First Presentation of 2025

102

Micah Reviews His Best Year Ever

103

COMP 003: What If I Don't Find Anything During Due Diligence?

104

Is Quoting UnEtHiCaL?

105

COMP 002: Follow Up, Focus, and Active Listening

106

COMP 001: Trey Struggles To Hit 200

107

Confessions of a Mediocre Producer

108

Be Bold Or Get Rolled (Here's How)

109

Micah Gets His Azz Handed To Him

110

Is InsuranceXDate Really Worth It?

111

What The Gurus Get Wrong (And What To Do Instead)

112

Listener Q&A

113

Top 5 Mistakes New Producers Make

114

Are You Prospecting Like A Pyramid Scheme? (And What To Do Instead)

115

Stop Overcomplicating Prospecting (Here's How)

116

Who's Gonna Buy From Me?

117

The Great Banff Debacle of 2024

118

The Curious Case of Ruben M. (Plus Q&A)

119

How To Sell Risk To Underwriters

120

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Coaching Call)

121

The World's Greatest Voicemail Strategy (Plus Q&A)

122

Busting Common Myths About BORs (Plus HQ Q&A)

123

A Conversation with Sales Superman, Justin Michael

124

How To Move "Stuck" Prospects

125

How To Sell More With LinkedIn (Even If You're Ugly, Uninteresting, and Unoriginal)

126

How Often Should I Follow Up With Prospects?

127

Tales From The Trenches #003

128

7 Things I'd Tell Myself As A New Producer

129

The 3 Types Of Prospects (And How To Sell To Each Of Them)

130

Networking, Due Diligence, and Mardi Gras

131

We Made Something For You (Details Inside)

132

How To Play The Long Game

133

The Ozempic of ProducerLand

134

045. How To Crush Your 2024 Goals (Just Do This 1 Thing)

135

044. The Lazy Producer's Way To $1,000,000

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043. Talking All Things BOR

137

042. The 10 Commandments of Cold Calling

138

041. Micah's NEW "Super Duper Special" Cold Call Opener

139

040. A Better Way To "Network"

140

039. Our 2023 Numbers Revealed (Plus Our 2024 Goals)

141

038. The Pitfalls of Mentorship & Team Selling

142

037. John's On The Chopping Block (Here's Our Advice)

143

036. Ian Cognito Update and the Producer Metrics That Really Matter

144

035. DOANP, Mentorship, & A Producer's 2 Best Friends

145

034. Biz Owners Are Like Horses (Here's Why)

146

033. Dynamite Drop-Ins (For Scared-ey Cats)

147

032. The "Big League" Account With A "Bush League" Agent

148

031. The Secret "F Word" of Top Producers

149

030. Tales From The Trenches #002

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029. How To Defend Your Accounts (From Other Agents)

151

028. How To Close BOR's

152

027. Stop Selling Insurance, Start Selling Due Diligence (Here's How)

153

026. The 3 Types of Producers & 10 Lessons From New Nike "Air" Movie

154

025. Two Goobers Getting Deep & The Producer Playbook

155

024. How To Get Past The Gatekeeper (5 Strategies For The Not-So Faint of Heart)

156

023. 3 Common Hurdles You'll Face When Selling With BORs (And How To Overcome Them)

157

022. 3 Cold Call Openers That Actually Work In 2023

158

021. Subscriber AMA #001

159

020. Tales From The Trenches #001

160

019. How To Win When You're The Underdog

161

018. When To Quote & When To Walk Away (The Quoting Filter)

162

017. How To Write Bigger Revenue Accounts

163

004. Weekly Scorecard, New Tech, & The Producer's Journey

164

015. The Killing of Max Revenue & How To Grow On LinkedIn

165

014. How To Run A Research Meeting

166

013. Listener Q&A

167

012. Peaks & Valleys & Focus, Oh My!

168

011. The 5 Most Common Objections Producers Hear (And How To Overcome Them)

169

010. How To Pick Your Niche

170

009. What Is A Tech Stack?

171

008. How To Bulletproof Your BOR

172

007. Overcoming The Fear Of Cold Calling

173

006. The Million Dollar One-Sheeter

174

005. How To Sell With BOR's

175

003. Our Week 1 Scorecards & Enjoying The Process

176

002. The Ups & Downs of Starting Over