Social Media Continues to Drive Business Marketing Strategies

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Over the course of his career as an Idaho-based entrepreneur, B. Todd Bailey has launched several successful companies. He most recently founded Rise2Pro.com, a business development firm in Nampa, Idaho. At Rise2Pro, B. Todd Bailey helps businesses and entrepreneurs succeed through professional consulting services in areas such as social media marketing.

In addition to facilitating communication among friends and family members, social media plays an important role in helping companies raise brand awareness. In fact, with seemingly everyone connected all the time, using digital tools and media channels to reach potential customers has become an essential part of the marketing strategies of many businesses.

Once dominated entirely by Facebook, the social media landscape is now home to many platforms that marketers can use to spread a company’s message. One way to ensure that this message gets out there is to implement a marketing strategy that uses several platforms at once. Simply maintaining a presence on social media, however, is not enough. Companies need to ensure that their content is relevant, engaging, and up to date with current trends in communications and digital media.

In recent years, the rise in mobile has changed the way content is delivered. Mobile-friendly messages and apps, on-the-go updates, and video are all relatively recent trends that will likely stick around. Future social-media trends that marketers can prepare for include the growth of augmented reality, messaging apps, live streaming, and influencer marketing.

Rise2Pro Training Systems

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Idaho resident Todd Bailey has years of experience as a global Internet entrepreneur, consultant, and mentor. In addition to serving as the principal of Fortress Risk Management and Stronghold Risk Management, Todd Bailey recently founded Rise2Pro.com, which is based in Idaho.

Started in 2015, Rise2Pro is a website that offers coaching and social media marketing guidance to entrepreneurs. In addition to a free book and several weeks of one-on-one mentoring, Rise2Pro offers clients training in three ways:

– Live video training: a course that helps entrepreneurs develop outlines for videos and avoid common mistakes.

– Facebook marketing training: a course that focuses on increasing Facebook engagement by building awareness of the algorithms used by the platform.

– Instagram marketing training: a business-oriented session focusing on the identification of business leads and future clients as well as tips on writing effective social media posts.

Interesting Facts about Cruise Liners

 

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Todd Bailey is an entrepreneur and insurance expert who heads businesses in Idaho and Colorado. In addition to his work with Rise2Pro.com in Idaho and Fortress Risk Management LLC in Colorado, Todd Bailey writes journal articles and presents his ideas in through various speaking engagements. When not working, he enjoys traveling and going on cruises.

Below are some interesting facts about cruises from around the world:

– Owned by Royal Caribbean, Harmony of the Seas is, until 2018, the largest cruise ship in the world. Delivered in May 2016, it is 1,188 feet long with a gross tonnage of 226,963 GT. It has an accommodation capacity of over 5,479 guests and consists of 2,747 guest staterooms.

– The first ever woman to captain a large cruise line is Karin Stahre-Janson, a Swedish national. In 2007, she was honored with the Monarch of the Seas by Royal Caribbean.

– Every year, more than 10 million people set off on cruises from over 2,000 ports of call all over the world. Of these 10 million travelers, 80 percent of them embark from North American waters.

Rise2Pro Sets Path to Success for Networking Marketing Professionals

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Fortress Risk Management principal B. Todd Bailey possesses nearly a decade of experience in risk management and analysis, which he uses to provide risk management and captive insurance consultation. B. Todd Bailey also serves as the founder of Rise2Pro.com, a professional development platform for network marketing professionals.

Rise2Pro operates on the idea that belief in oneself is a core component of success and provides clients with the necessary resources and support to take control of their lives. Designed to empower clients by elevating them to the level of professional, the platform delivers guidance and introduces the appropriate knowledge sets for financial, mental, and emotional freedom. Furthermore, it offers an improvement over traditional professional development models by incorporating the workplace’s rising reliance on technology.

The pathway to success through Rise2Pro’s model focuses on a series of seven skills. In order to access training for these skills, clients must become an affiliate of Divvee, a social membership network that combines aspects of social media and massive consumer focus groups.

About Captive Insurance

 

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An experienced business leader and entrepreneur, B. Todd Bailey offers comprehensive marketing training as the founder of Rise2Pro.com. He also provides professional risk management advice as principal of both Stronghold Risk Management and Fortress Risk Management. One of B. Todd Bailey’s areas of expertise is captive insurance strategy.

Unlike conventional insurance models, which involve one party purchasing coverage from an entirely separate and independently operating second party, captive insurance involves an insurance company that is wholly owned and controlled by its policyholders. In other words, companies that employ the captive insurance model, in effect, insure themselves. This arrangement is only valid in specific US states or foreign counties with special enabling legislation.

In order to take advantage of the benefits of captive insurance, insureds must be willing to put their own capital at risk and operate outside of the commercial insurance marketplace. Capital insurance must not be confused with mutual insurance, in which issuance is controlled by an independently operating entity, or self insurance, in which companies simply cover gaps in their existing commercial policies.

What Is the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation?

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The owner and principal of Fortress Risk Management, LLC, B. Todd Bailey donates to multiple charitable and philanthropic organizations. One such entity to which B. Todd Bailey commits his resources is the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation, which uses its knowledge of essential oils and various partnerships to fulfill its mission of empowering communities struggling with poverty worldwide.

Beginning in 2008, doTERRA was created by business professionals and health care providers to share the benefits of essential oils with the world. Today, over 2 million wellness advocates around the world sell doTERRA products, continuing to spread their health benefits to those in need.

Essential oils are naturally occurring in many different compounds, from seeds and bark to flowers and roots. Today, with the exception of food preparation and beauty treatment, they can be used for emotional and physical wellness.

The Healing Hands Foundation began as a company simply donated to charities and community projects. After the decision to make a more personal impact, it was registered as a nonprofit and is now partnered with other organizations such as Mentors International and Operation Underground Railroad to help those from low-income backgrounds, save children at risk, and make communities more self-sufficient.

Captive Insurance as an Effective Risk Management Tool

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A mentor and business coach, B. Todd Bailey is the founder of Bailey Mentoring, a professional service helping entrepreneurs expand their business. Also a principal at Fortress Risk Management LLC, B. Todd Bailey analyzes the insurance risks of clients and advises on captive insurance.

Captive insurance companies are formed by Fortune 500 companies to insure the risk of owners. They are owned directly or indirectly by the insured. With captive insurers, the insured companies put up their own capital to create the insurance company working outside the commercial insurance marketplace to achieve flexibility in their risk financing.

Captive insurers are an effective risk management tool. They can issue policies, collect insurance premiums, and even settle claims. They offer broader coverage outside the conventional scope of regular insurers, stable pricing, and control over the insurance program. Furthermore, the insured not only have an ownership stake in the captive but also benefit from its profitability.

Unfortunately, captive insurers are expensive to form and continuously administer. Formation and capitalization costs may run to over $200,000, while administration costs may go over $100,000. This limits the appeal of captive insurance to a small number of large companies.

Trout Unlimited’s Headwaters Youth Program

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B. Todd Bailey serves as principal of Fortress Risk Management, LLC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he conducts risk analysis for business clients and determines their need for supplemental insurance. Outside of his role at Fortress Risk Management, LLC, B. Todd Bailey supports Trout Unlimited.

Dedicated to conserving and restoring coldwater fisheries and watersheds throughout the United States, Trout Unlimited relies on the support of its more than 150,000 members to carry out its work. In addition to striving to ensure the next generation can enjoy healthy coldwater fisheries, Trout Unlimited hosts several programs to educate youth.

One such program is the Headwaters Youth Program, which teaches young people about the importance of conservation through hands-on activities in their local waters. As part of the program, students engage in the Trout in the Classroom curriculum, which teaches them about stream habitats and gives them the opportunity to raise trout and monitor tank quality.

The Headwaters Youth Program also includes fly-fishing clubs and leadership summits. Through participation in the program, young people learn to be good stewards of US rivers.

A Primer on Captive Insurance

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A global entrepreneur and business leader, B. Todd Bailey has served as a manager for Fortress Risk Management LLC since 2010. In this role, he combines risk management strategies to help clients across multiple industries control risk and increase efficiency. B. Todd Bailey is also mentor and business coach with Bailey Mentoring.

An effective risk management tool, captive insurance companies are created and wholly owned by one or more non-insurance companies. In other words, they provide a type of self-insurance that covers the risk of their owners. Captives must be formed in specific states or foreign countries known as captive domiciles, which have particular legislation to allow captive company formation. Bermuda is the largest offshore domicile, while Vermont is the primary domicile within the United States. Currently, 28 states allow for the formation of captive companies, and more than 7,000 captive insurance companies operate worldwide.

For more information on captive insurance or to explore unique insurance options from Fortress Risk Management, visit www.fortressrisk.com.

Reinsurance – An Affordable Risk-Mitigation Solution

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For over six years, experienced financial services and insurance professional B. Todd Bailey has served as a risk management consultant with Fortress Risk Management LLC. In his role with the company, B. Todd Bailey helps organizations manage risk through solutions such as captive reinsurance.

A form of corporate self-insurance, a captive is an insurance company that is established and owned by one or more non-insurance companies to manage the insurance risk of its owner(s). Captive insurance is an attractive option because it offers many advantages, including price stability, expanded coverage, claims control, and asset protection.

Although they are an effective risk-mitigation tool, captive insurance companies are expensive to form and manage, so they are usually only formed by large business entities such as multinational corporations. Fortunately, middle-market enterprises have access to reinsurance captives, which offer many of the same benefits at a lower cost.

A reinsurance captive is a more affordable option because it operates on a nonadmitted basis and does not issue policies directly to insureds. This means that reinsurance captives are exempt from burdensome compliance requirements that lead to the high administration costs that regular captives face.