Astonish Results Tale

Long ago, when the Internet was not quite the shopping, information and social enterprise that it is now, a company was born with the goal of helping independent car dealerships survive the rising tide of automobiles being sold direct to consumer. The company founded by Rhode Island native Adam Degraide came to be known as BZ Results, and it’s growth over a three year span was, astonishing.

With a proven system and burgeoning clientel, BZ Results was destined for the big leagues. The call came on July 2004 when luminous business service provider Advanced Data Processing (ADP) offered a handsome $120 million for the company.

A passionate competitor at heart, Mr. DeGraide found comfort not sipping cocktails on tropical islands, but rather helping small to medium sized business owners compete with mega-corporations. Enter business partners Tim Sawyer, John Boudreau and Astonish Results.

Since 2004, Astonish Results has been helping insurance and real estate professionals navigate the technology, sales and customer service landscape.  The culture change Astonish Results brings is commonly referred to as a digital marketing system but actually consists of social media strategy, CRM tools, sales training, search engine marketing, website design/optimization and most importantly…fun. It’s now 2010 and the Astonish represents nearly 200 insurance agencies throughout the country.

Because many of our insurance partners have their own community enrichment programs and social media programs, we’ve created Astonishing Agencies to highlight the astonishing things we see happening every day. If you’re an insurance agency owner and haven’t considered Astonish Results in the past, ask about our agency management system today and don’t look back.