Category: Blogging

  • 6 Ways to Support Your Mental Health in 2024

    As we begin to settle into 2024, many of us are thinking about New Year’s resolutions.  The start of a New Year signals a time for change, reflection and a sense of ‘starting afresh’. This year, you can seize the new year’s spirit of renewal and make mental health your top priority!

    A healthy mind will increase your self-esteem, attract positivity, and help you break those persistent bad habits. Don’t make the mistake of only writing ‘improve mental health’ on your New Year’s resolution list. To ensure success, you need to have a plan.

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  • It’s Open Enrollment Season: Are You Prepared?

    Choosing the right benefits during open-enrollment season is so important and can help save money. It can also give individuals and families broader support with their health. Benefits like medical coverage are particularly important with high inflation having such a big impact on people’s budgets.

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  • Are You on Track to Retire? 6 Tips to Save for Retirement

    According to most retirement savings statistics, saving for retirement is something a lot of people put on the backburner.  Until it is too late, that is.

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  • What Employees Want: Financial Wellness

    “Financial Wellness” is getting a lot of buzz these days — and for good reason!  After all, today’s workforce is overwhelmed by mounting student debt and other rising expenses.

    Financial wellness refers to a person’s overall financial health and is one of many factors that makes up employee wellbeing.  We often think of wellbeing as related to physical and mental health, but financial stress impacts a person’s health as well.  When employees are stressed about their financial situation it effects their productivity, attendance and engagement in the workplace.

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  • The Secret of My Success–Featuring Ed Ligonde, Nielsen Benefits Group

    SUCCESS

    We all chase it. We all look up to those who have it. We all describe it differently.

    In this blog series, the eTekhnos team talks with our partners in different industries about success and what their secret has been to achieving it. For our inaugural post, we interview Ed Ligonde, the Executive Vice President at Nielsen Benefits Group in Westlake Village, California. Ed was recently named one of the “40 Under 40” by the Pacific Coast Business Times of 40 up-and-coming businessmen and women under 40 years of age. He has also been named the 2019 Employee Benefits Adviser Rising Star by Employee Benefit Adviser Magazine.

     

    What is the one character quality you possess that you believe puts you on the road to success?

    Staying hungry!  I want to keep learning, challenging the status quo, and surrounding myself with amazing hard-working professionals and intelligent leaders who challenge me to be better.  My clients and my teammates become the beneficiaries of any new initiatives I learn or become proficient with.

     

    What is one pivotal moment in your life that you think set you up for the success you are seeing today?

    I believe it’s a couple of things–both of which happened very close in time. First, it was finding my “why” – once I figured that out, everything changed. I believe employee benefits is “the benefit of being an employee” and so, as a benefit consultant, I have an incredible opportunity to help employers enhance the employee experience.  By finding my “why” and fostering more of a consultative approach rather than a traditional transactional insurance-based approach, I’ve been able to build strong and long-term relationships with clients and business professionals. Second, I can point to transitioning to my new firm and being under the tutelage of our CEO Craig Nielsen as helping build my success.  Craig inspired confidence in me and gave me the tools and the support to find success and be as innovative as possible.  He is incredibly supportive and my teammates here at NBG are equally supportive and positive.  My wife has been my #1 fan, the unwavering support, especially during challenging times, is priceless.  I believe when you look at your success, you need to look around you and commend all those who have been in your corner. 

     

    How do you prioritize your day/week to make you successful?

    First, I focus on my teammates. I like to check in with them weekly—even if it’s a friendly text to see how they are doing. Then, I focus on my clients to ensure we are hitting our timelines and that they are happy. Finally, I focus on professional growth and learning, as well as new business opportunities, to continue to foster the growth of our firm and national footprint.

     

  • Check out this awesome custom video from eTekhnos! | Texas Benefits Agency Marketing

    Videos are the hottest trend in social media. In fact, Buzzsumo’s research on 880 million Facebook posts in 2017 found that video posts have the highest average engagement and twice the level of engagement of other post types on average. The video team at eTekhnos produces informative, custom videos each month. Take a peek at this one on the Benefits of Health Insurance.

     

  • New Website Launch for BJA Partners!

    BJA Partners has been providing honest advice & protecting what you value most for more than 35 years! We are thrilled to showcase this through their new website creation.

    Check out the website at bjapartners.com

    Contact us to learn more about custom website design, SEO optimization, email marketing, and social media solutions!

  • Website Launch for SBC!

    We are so excited to show off Stephens, Bastian & Cartwright, LP’s new website! Based in Decatur, Texas, their approach is strategic, consultative, educational and analytical.

    Visit the site at sbcinsurance.net!

    Contact us to learn more about custom website design, SEO optimization, email marketing, and social media solutions!

  • New Website Launched for Nielsen Benefits Group!

    We are excited to show off our new website creation for Nielsen Benefits Group! They are a trusted and innovative employee benefits consulting firm challenging the status quo of typical offerings.

    Visit the website at nielsenbenefits.com to learn what they are all about! Explore their blog that we post for while you’re there as well!

    Contact us to learn more about custom website design, SEO optimization, email marketing, and social media solutions!

  • New Website Launched for Lamb Little!

    We want to show off Lamb Little & Co’s new website that we helped create! Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, they provide Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, and Personal Insurance for Clients Nationwide.

    The site is easy to navigate, clean and concise, and has everything potential or current clients need to know.

    Visit the new website at lamblittle.com

    Visit their blog while you’re there to see the postings we do for their site and social medias as well!

    Contact us to learn more about custom website design, SEO optimization, email marketing, and social media solutions!