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Upcoming LIMRA Conference to Explore Marketing Innovation
5/6/2021
WINDSOR, Conn. May 6, 2021 – Sharon Scanlon, senior vice president, Customer Experience and Producer Solutions, Lincoln Financial Group, will kick off the 2021 LIMRA Marketing Conference, held virtually on June 2-3, 2021. In her opening remarks, she will talk about how building a rewarding customer experience isn’t just about an intuitive website or a friendly voice on the phone — it’s about making a measurable impact on customers’ financial futures.
Ketty Trivedi, chief marketing officer, Prudential Group Insurance, will follow with a discussion on integrating and automating customer engagement to target, engage, activate and measure the customer journey, leveraging predictive analytics. Both speakers will then join Katie Bartling, vice president, Marketing Communications and Internal Sales, Sammons Financial Group, for a moderated interactive session addressing current key marketing issues.
On the second day of the conference, Americus Reed II, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, will talk about creating and fostering “brand communities” that connect to deep levels of emotional and social affiliation, and cultivate lifelong loyalty with consumers.
The Marketing Conference draws hundreds of industry professionals involved in all areas of marketing — product, consumer, producer, digital and strategy. Attendees will learn the latest research and consumer insights as well as trends in digital communications, advertising and branding.
Additional highlights include:
- Financial Wellness for Marketers: Alison Salka, senior vice president and director of LIMRA Research, will moderate a panel with John Proana, director of participant engagement & enrollment, Prudential Group Insurance, and Whitney Queen, president of Mentoro. The panel will discuss trends in financial wellness and how to use marketing to engage and educate employees about the importance of these programs.
- Agile Marketing: Melissa York, marketing specialist in Annuities, The Standard, will talk with Ayush Maxwell Massey, assistant vice president, Sun Life Financial, about how agile practices can be used to help improve speed, transparency and adaptability of traditional marketing.
- Marketing Fails and Faux Pas: Leah White, director of marketing for Modern Woodmen of America, will host a round-table discussion on mistakes and lessons learned from marketers in the financial services industry.
Members of the press are welcome to attend the event at no cost. Please email media contacts below for more details.
For more information and to register online, please visit https://www.limra.com/marketingconf.
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