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The Max Revenue Show — 162 episodes

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Your Pipeline is Never Big Enough with Micah Salas

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

3

The New Reality of Winning with Captives with Will Allen

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

A Wake Up Call For Top Producers | Scott Barker

8

How To Dominate a Niche with Andrew Meinster

9

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

10

Is This AI Startup the Future of Insurance Agencies?

11

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

12

From Top CFB Recruit to Top EB Broker | Jeb Blazevich

13

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

14

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

15

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

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

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Providing Value Far Beyond Coverage Expertise with Top Producer Houston Harris

18

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

19

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

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

21

3 Reasons Benefits Brokers Struggle to Scale While Others Skyrocket

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

23

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

24

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

25

My Benefits Sales Process From Start to Finish with Luke Berry

26

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

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

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WithCoverage, GLP-1s, and Affordable Healthcare

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

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

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

32

Live Rapid-Fire Objection Handling w/ Micah

33

Maduro, McRibs, and Carriers Lighting Money on Fire

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

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How To Handle Tough Renewals Without Losing Your Client

39

Micah Answers Your Questions

40

LWI: Howden Goes Oceans 11 on Brown & Brown

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Break Free From The Prospect To Prospect Cycle

42

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

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How Top Producers Keep Growing (While You Stay Stuck)

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How To Set Up BORs Like a Pro

45

How To Get Dangerously Good At Coverage

46

The Art and Science of Submissions

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10X Your Prospecting With This Pre-Game Routine

48

New Producer Bob Had Questions, I Gave Him the Truth

49

How To Educate Prospects (Without Being a Tool)

50

6 Lessons From Starting Over 4 Years Ago

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What You Need to Know Before You Pick a Niche

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3 Rookie Producer Mistakes That Will Keep You Broke

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How To Make People Like You

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5 Keys To Effective Follow Up

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How To Keep Clients Forever

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How To Write $100k in the Next 12 Months

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How to Escape Burnout, Boredom and Start Growing Again

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

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

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You Ask, Micah Answers | Listener Q&A

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A Practical Guide To Quoting | The Max Revenue Show

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The Insurances Sales Skill No One Teaches

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First Meeting Formula

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The 3 Foundations of Cold Calling

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Does Size Really Matter? Micah Wants To Know

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When They Won't Sign Your BOR

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Why Everything Gets Easier When You Pick a Niche

68

Unconventional Truths Every Producer Needs To Hear

69

Due Diligence Explained

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BOR vs Quote: The Strategy Shift That Grew Our Books

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7 Objections Producers Hear (And How To Handle Them)

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The Only Cold Call Script You'll Ever Need

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What It Actually Takes To Be A Successful Producer in 2025

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When To Pivot & When To Stay The Course

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

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How To Talk With 109 Decision Makers in 30 Days

77

Developing a Million Dollar Mindset

78

The Death Of The Old School Producer

79

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

80

Deal or No Deal? (Trey Learns His Fate)

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

82

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

83

Real Talk From The Trenches - 241206

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Real Talk From The Trenches - 241204

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

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COMP 005: Micah Reviews Trey's Month 1 Numbers

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COMP 004: Trey Makes First Presentation of 2025

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Micah Reviews His Best Year Ever

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

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Is Quoting UnEtHiCaL?

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COMP 002: Follow Up, Focus, and Active Listening

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COMP 001: Trey Struggles To Hit 200

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Confessions of a Mediocre Producer

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Be Bold Or Get Rolled (Here's How)

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Micah Gets His Azz Handed To Him

96

Is InsuranceXDate Really Worth It?

97

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

98

Listener Q&A

99

Top 5 Mistakes New Producers Make

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

101

Stop Overcomplicating Prospecting (Here's How)

102

Who's Gonna Buy From Me?

103

The Great Banff Debacle of 2024

104

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

105

How To Sell Risk To Underwriters

106

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Coaching Call)

107

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

108

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

109

A Conversation with Sales Superman, Justin Michael

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How To Move "Stuck" Prospects

111

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

112

How Often Should I Follow Up With Prospects?

113

Tales From The Trenches #003

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7 Things I'd Tell Myself As A New Producer

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

116

Networking, Due Diligence, and Mardi Gras

117

We Made Something For You (Details Inside)

118

How To Play The Long Game

119

The Ozempic of ProducerLand

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

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

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043. Talking All Things BOR

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042. The 10 Commandments of Cold Calling

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

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040. A Better Way To "Network"

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

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038. The Pitfalls of Mentorship & Team Selling

128

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

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

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

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

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

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

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031. The Secret "F Word" of Top Producers

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030. Tales From The Trenches #002

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

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028. How To Close BOR's

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

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

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025. Two Goobers Getting Deep & The Producer Playbook

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

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

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022. 3 Cold Call Openers That Actually Work In 2023

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021. Subscriber AMA #001

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020. Tales From The Trenches #001

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019. How To Win When You're The Underdog

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

148

017. How To Write Bigger Revenue Accounts

149

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

150

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

151

014. How To Run A Research Meeting

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013. Listener Q&A

153

012. Peaks & Valleys & Focus, Oh My!

154

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

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010. How To Pick Your Niche

156

009. What Is A Tech Stack?

157

008. How To Bulletproof Your BOR

158

007. Overcoming The Fear Of Cold Calling

159

006. The Million Dollar One-Sheeter

160

005. How To Sell With BOR's

161

003. Our Week 1 Scorecards & Enjoying The Process

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002. The Ups & Downs of Starting Over