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Your first survey, end to end, in about 10 minutes.

Four steps. Plain English. No insurance jargon. By the time you finish this page, you will have a branded survey link to share and a clear picture of what happens when a prospect submits.

  1. Pick your vertical

    Choose the survey that matches the prospect.

    We have four surveys ready to send today. Pick the one that matches the kind of business you want to talk to. Each survey is 7 questions, plain language, about 3 minutes for the prospect to finish.

    Do this

    1. Open the survey library and skim the four surveys.
    2. Click the one that fits the prospect — trucking, restaurant, HVAC, or carrier scorecard (for trucking carriers reviewing their compliance posture).
    3. Read the questions on the survey detail page so you know what your prospect is going to see.

    You end here

    You know which survey you are about to send and what the prospect is going to be asked.

  2. Grab your link

    Get a survey link with your name on it.

    Every survey link can carry your agent slug. When a prospect submits, the response is attributed back to you — not to the agency, not to the platform.

    Do this

    1. Take the survey start URL — for example, https://seven16survey.com/surveys/trucking/start
    2. Add ?agent=your-slug to the end (your slug is what we assign you on day one — e.g. ?agent=jdoe).
    3. Add UTM tags so you know which channel worked — e.g. &utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=dm. Skip this if you are not sure yet; defaults still work.
    4. Final shape: https://seven16survey.com/surveys/trucking/start?agent=jdoe&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=dm

    You end here

    You have a one-line URL that you can paste into a LinkedIn message, an email, a text, or a QR code.

  3. Send the link

    Share it the way you already prospect.

    Best result: a short, plainly-written LinkedIn DM that opens with the prospect's business, then invites them to take a 3-minute coverage checkup. No hard pitch, no application, no quote request.

    Do this

    1. Paste your link into LinkedIn DM, LinkedIn post, email, text, or a QR code on a flyer.
    2. Lead with one sentence about their business. Example: "Saw you run a regional reefer fleet out of Indy. Built a 3-minute coverage checkup for trucking — want to see where you stand?"
    3. LinkedIn will auto-render a preview card with the survey branding when you paste the link. That preview tells the prospect this is a real tool, not a phishing link.
    4. If the prospect asks what it is: it is a 3-minute coverage checkup, not a quote and not an application. They will see a tier (e.g. "Coverage Gaps Likely") and a recommendation.

    You end here

    The link is out. The prospect clicks it, sees a clean survey on their phone or laptop, and submits.

  4. Open the call with context

    Read the brief. Then make the call.

    When the prospect submits, we generate a result tier, a lead priority score, a recommended next action, and surface their full answer set on the lead record — so you can see what they are worried about and how urgent it is before you call.

    Do this

    1. Sign in to your Producer Portal at /portal/sign-in — your private workspace shows live completion counts the moment they land (email alerts coming soon).
    2. Each scored prospect carries a tier (Coverage Gaps Likely, High Exposure, etc.), a lead priority score (0-100), a recommended action, and the full answer set. The per-prospect brief view is rolling out to the portal; today those briefs are surfaced for follow-up so your Hot prospects don't wait.
    3. Lead Priority 80+ = same-day call. 60-79 = within 1 business day. 40-59 = nurture cadence. Below 40 = long-term list.
    4. Open the call by referencing the prospect's actual concerns — premium movement, certificates, claims, capacity. Skip the generic discovery script.

    You end here

    Your first conversation starts on the topic the prospect already cares about. You sound prepared because you are.

What a branded link looks like

Read your link from left to right.

https://seven16survey.com/surveys/trucking/start?agent=jdoe&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=dm

  • truckingThe survey vertical. Swap with restaurant, hvac, or dotintel-carrier-intelligence.
  • agent=jdoeYour slug. Without this the response still arrives but is unattributed.
  • utm_sourceWhere you sent the link from. Common values: linkedin, email, text, qr.
  • utm_mediumThe format. For LinkedIn: dm, post, comment.
Reading the result

Lead priority tells you when to call.

80–100 Hot

Same-day call.

High risk signals, high buyer intent, real urgency. Move first.

60–79 Strong

Within 1 business day.

Coverage gaps or intent signals worth a real conversation.

40–59 Nurture

Educational follow-up.

Not ready today. Add to your educational drip or LinkedIn cadence.

0–39 Low

Long-term list.

Keep visible. Re-engage when the prospect's situation changes.

Where agents win first

Four ways to put your link to work this week.

Renewal book sweep

Send the vertical survey to your top 20 renewals 60-90 days out. Use the answers to walk into the renewal review with new conversation starters.

LinkedIn-warm list

Send the survey to LinkedIn 1st-degree connections you have not talked to in 12 months. The 3-minute ask is much lower friction than "want to grab a call?"

Vertical positioning post

Post your branded link with a 3-paragraph LinkedIn post about the most common coverage trap in your vertical. Lets you lead with expertise instead of a pitch.

Referral re-engage

Send the survey to past referral sources who never converted. The result gives you something concrete to follow up on.

Guardrails

Know what the survey is — and what it is not.

It is not a quote.

The survey produces a tier and a recommendation. It does not bind coverage, generate a premium, or constitute a quote. Be explicit about that with your prospect.

It is not an application.

We do not collect SSN, DOB, banking info, or driver records. Plain business-language questions only.

Compliance is on you for unsolicited outreach.

LinkedIn DMs to connections are fine. Cold SMS / cold email require consent under TCPA / CAN-SPAM / CASL — same rules you already operate under.

Suppression is automatic.

If a prospect unsubscribes, they are added to a suppression list and never get retargeted by the routing engine.

Ready when you are

Pick a vertical, grab your link, send one DM today. The first prospect submission usually arrives the same week.