Survey results from brokers Ecclesiastical have suggested that brokers are new to using social media as a way of carrying out business . A total of 250 brokers were polled and the results showed that over half contact clients only once or twice annually , with 94 % contacting clients to issue renewal ##s and 95 % regarding an upsell or different products . Just 25 % of brokers have used LinkedIn in the past year and 21 % have used Twitter .
Survey results from brokers Ecclesiastical have suggested that brokers are new to using social media as a way of carrying out business. A total of 250 brokers were polled and the results showed that over half contact clients only once or twice annually, with 94% contacting clients to issue renewal reminders and 29% regarding an upsell or different products. Just 22% of brokers have used LinkedIn in the past year and 21% have used Twitter.