Cruise Planners hosted a two-day workshop at its Home Office in Coral Springs, FL, that delved into all the best practices and to familiarize themselves with the new proprietary applications that the company has rolled out. Franchise owners who attended had an opportunity to engage, ask questions and in turn learn about how to best leverage technology within the Cruise Planners platform.
Tech Days offers an interactive, hands-on approach to learning and includes Q&A sessions, giving advisors the opportunity to get one-on-one tech advice and instruction from the Home Office Tech Team.
In addition, workshops also included:
- Ask Maxx: A free-form session where advisors got to ask the Tech leadership any questions they had from any of the various tools they have to work with.
- Social Media: The exclusive CPsocial Program continues to help franchisees grow their digital marketing with tips and tools on social, search and online reputation.
- Triggered Emails: Agents learned more about this time saving, automation tool that sends emails to clients without having to manually doing so.
- CP Mobile, Data Protection & Best Practices: CP Mobile focused on all the features of the Cruise Planners Mobile App for consumers. Data protection and best practices was an opportunity for the advisors to learn the best ways to protect themselves and their business online.
- Trip Summary: Cruise Planners’ new and improved tool that allows agents to create customized summaries and itineraries for clients.
- LivePlanner: Cruise Planners’ patent-pending application that allows advisors to plan trips with clients in real-time and gives them options to push itineraries and options that is akin to zoom, but with more features geared toward agents.
- Find A Hotel: Advisors learned more about this tool powered by Navitrip that gives them access to hundreds of thousands of hotels and allows them to adjust the commission.
- SEO: This workshop focused on SEO basics and how to leverage your website tools in CP Maxx for maximum search engine exposure, content using key words and best practices.
Cruise Planners hosted two prior Tech Days events this year as part of a combination Boot Camp/Tech Days workshops that took place in Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale, allowing advisors in different parts of the country easier access to the event.
Good to know: The next Tech Days workshop will take place July 13-14 and September 28-29 at Cruise Planners’ Home Office in Coral Springs.
For those interested in becoming a franchise owner, visit www.cruiseplannersfranchise.com.
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