Quotes from Shawn's agents
"After 40 years in this business, I have finally found an FMO and marketing rep who do exactly what they say they will do. Advisors Excel makes such a claim and they do all that they advertise and more. This is the most amazing and satisfying relationship I have ever had in the great business.
-Greg G.
“After 20 + years and multiple FMO relationships, it’s refreshing to partner with a group that is as dedicated to the success of our practice, as we are to the success of our clients
Shawn is truly a trusted partner in our practice. His commitment to service has meant staying late and going in early to support our activity. We simply wouldn’t be as effective in our
practice without Shawn’s complete dedication to product knowledge, proposal preparation and interacting with the entire staff at Advisors Excel, on our behalf.
Thanks Shawn, you’re not only a trusted partner but you’ve become a good friend, as well. God bless you.”
-Willard S.
"I like working with Shawn Sparks because he gets me answers I need quickly, he sends me good news paper articles that I like to show prospects, and he truly appreciates the business I give Advisors Excel." They seem to go out of their way to come up with the BEST gifts and programs that make me believe they really appreciate my business. NO other
marketing group has ever impressed me like this before."
-Frank P.
"I started my journey at Advisors Excel with a phone call from Shawn. Since that day he has helped me close business, given me new fresh ideas and responded to any request for help with a great attitude. Thank you Shawn for all of your help."
-Cindy M.
"Shawn is terrific to work with. Always responds quickly with the answers I need to write business. He always goes "above and beyond the call of duty".
It's great to have someone in the "home office ", who knows what it's like to be in the field!"
-Doug M
"I've worked with several marketing organizations and I've never had a person work as hard for me as Shawn has. I know he helps other advisors, but he makes me feel as if I'm the only advisor he works with. Oh, and by the way, he just happens to be a really good guy."
-Kyle M
"I have been w/ several marketing organizations over the last 12 years and Advisors Excel is the ONLY one that delivers on what they promise their agents! They provide every tool you need to achieve your goals. I am so thankful Shawn Sparks did not give up on me when I was captive with another marketing organization/ FMO. His service has well exceeded my expectations! At first, I considered tranferring only a couple of contracts to them to test their commitment to me because of the dissappointment I've had in past with other FMO's. However, after a few weeks of outstanding service and learning about the other benefits they offer their agents I immediately moved all of my contracts over to them. Thanks Shawn and Advisors Excel for all that you do!"
-Jeff K
Shawn Sparks
Vice President of Marketing
Visit www.shawncsparks.com
Background:
Shawn started his career at Personalized Brokerage Services in Topeka, Kansas. In a little under 2 years he quickly rose to the top as an advanced marketer at PBS. During his time, Shawn served as their Annuity Sales Director prior to joining Advisors Excel. After being at Advisors Excel for a few years he has quickly built one of the most successful books of business in the country as a marketing representative. He currently assists over 75 of the top advisors in the country with marketing and business building needs and works with them in building and maintaining their business. He believes that Advisors Excel is the largest, strongest, and, simply put, the best FMO in the country and realizes his responsibility is to bring the many tools of the company to help the advisors meet their goals and find more clients they can help.
Education:
Graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Business Finance.
My personal goal:
I set my goals high, and hope to have the largest book of business in the nation as a Marketer. Much like Advisors are constantly marketing to clients and prospects, I strive to market myself to Advisors. I enjoy building my book of business one agent at a time and believe I have a lot to offer. I specialize in working with high end producers and feel by focusing in on those advisors that I have learned a lot more as to what they want and need from a marketer. I really enjoy meeting and working with new advisors each day. A big part of my job is getting to know them and “listening” to them. As simple as it is, if I listen, I’ll find exactly what each and every advisor will value from in our relationship. I believe that idea sharing should be an integral part of what I do for the advisors I work with. Because I am blessed to work with some of the best in the business, I believe sharing ideas amongst them will help sky rocket their business as much or more than anything else I can ever do. Personally, I strive to live my life based off of a value system and a strong foundation built on faith.
Message to Clients:
I wake up every morning excited to go to work. I feel I have been blessed to have an opportunity to work with such great people on a day to day basis. I’m lucky to have found a career that I am passionate about and enjoy along with a great company who has set a very successful model for me to maximize my potential. I’m lucky that I work with a small group of agents that do a lot of production as opposed to a lot of agents that do a little bit of production. This makes my job a lot easier and makes it so that my advisors that I work with are not a number, but a person who I can get to know and feel good about working with. Thank you all for trusting me and putting your confidence in me. Together I know we can all hit our goals year after year and end up achieving our dreams. I was told at a very young age by my father “surround yourself with successful people and you will soon find yourself as successful”. We all pick who we work with and who we choose to build relationships with and I am honored to work with each and every advisor that I work with. My personal guarantee to you is that I will work harder for you than any other marketer in the country. I believe that great service, consistent idea sharing, and over-communicating timely information is the key to a very successful relationship.