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Aug 2024

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The financial services industry is ever-changing as the market evolves and consumer expectations shift. Standing out – and winning – as a bank, lender, or credit union looks different today than once before. Join Total Expert Founder and CEO Joe Welu as he speaks with leaders across modern financial institutions and the methods that are helping them stand out from competitors while building a loyal customer base. You’ll walk away with leadership and innovation strategies you can put into action in your organization to help you drive growth and create customers for life.

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August 6, 2024Episode 633 min

Respecting Transactions by Humanizing the Homebuying Journey

At the core of Prosperity Home Mortgage, they are hyper-focused on communication, which includes everyone in the homebuying process. That includes the real estate agent, the lender, and the borrower. For President and CEO Justin Messer, that means thinking beyond the transaction and evaluating every engagement between those individuals throughout the homebuying journey. To create that trust requires you to constantly rethink and optimize each interaction, seeking a flawless experience by keeping each individual involved in the transaction protected and highly informed. Justin sat down with Joe Welu on the latest episode of Expert Insights to detail how Prosperity has unpacked its customer experience to identify and fill gaps to humanize the customer experience at every level and stage of the journey.

July 16, 2024Episode 526 min

Incubating AI Specifically Designed for the Mortgage Industry

The technology conversation of GenAI has moved so fast since OpenAI and Chat GPT burst into the public eye. But are businesses just buying into the hype of AI, and does it really benefit their goals and needs? For Shashank Shekhar, Founder and CEO at InstaMortgage, he is taking AI's capabilities and augmenting them for mortgage and lending companies to solve challenges specific to the industry to improve efficiencies and productivity. What started as a curiosity has turned into creating a tangible way to positively impact business operations for loan officers, processors, underwriters, and other key stakeholders in the lending process. Learn more about how InstaMortgage builds on large language models and trains them to become more relevant to the mortgage industry in the latest Expert Insights podcast episode with Total Expert Founder and CEO Joe Welu.

June 11, 2024Episode 428 min

Activating Data the Right Way for a Targeted Purpose

The technology buzzwords for the last few years have been AI analytics, data analytics, and automation, but businesses are still unsure how to leverage those advancements in their systems. Leveraging data and connecting systems correctly requires companies to consider what they are trying to accomplish with their information. Cogneesol recently partnered with Total Expert to help the insurance industry work toward structuring and organizing data to give them a full view of their pipeline. On this episode of Expert Insights, Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Welu was joined by Cogneesol COO Ashim Khurana and Head of Tech Services Soumojit Ghosh in Minneapolis. During their conversation, they discussed addressing the root of technology innovation, how to activate existing data, and how Total Expert’s partnership with Cogneesol through Applied Epic can help insurance agents spend more time connecting with customers.

April 2, 2024Episode 342 min

Enhancing Education and Engagement for Medicare Insurance Agents

Medicare agents and agencies have gone through drastic changes over the last 20 years, making adapting and growing with the times challenging for all involved. With a constantly growing customer base, education and personal communication has become a greater necessity to maintain and grow in an expanding marketplace. So how do you become more of a trusted advisor, leverage and grow your business, and navigate constantly changing dynamics at once?Ahead of their panel together at the Medicarians conference in Las Vegas, Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Welu sat down with Guided Solutions Executive Director of Medicare Blake McCoy to tackle industry nuances and discuss the past and current challenges that agents face.

March 12, 2024Episode 228 min

2024 Housing Market Outlook, Analysis, and Insights

The housing market narrative for 2024 is shaping up to be part mystery, part thriller, part blockbuster. We know rates will come down, but when and how much? When rates do come down, what will be the biggest priorities and opportunities for lenders? And, what can lenders and loan officers do right now to help prepare for the next market shift? Total Expert Founder and CEO Joe Welu sat down with HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins to look at the data, analyze the trends, and discuss what the future holds for the industry.

January 9, 2024Episode 121 min

Increasing Customer Lifetime Value in Financial Services

Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Well, Chief Lending Officer Da Catinella, and General Manager of Banking James White came together to discuss how shifts in the market as we enter 2024 will impact both financial institutions and the consumers they serve.With rates expected to drop throughout the year, new opportunities and new challenges will present themselves. So the question becomes: how do lenders, loan officers, bankers, and other financial services professionals leverage technology like Total Expert to identify high-quality opportunities, proactively engage customers, build relationships, and maximize the lifetime value of those relationships?Visit TotalExpert.com/customer-intelligence to learn more.

December 21, 2023Episode 1310 min

Risks & Opportunities Around the Rate Environment in 2024

It’s a star-studded episode of the Expert Insights podcast as Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Welu is joined by our in-house industry experts, Chief Lending Officer Dan Catinella and General Manager of Banking James White, to talk about the huge news around interest rates. Join us as they discuss what the Federal Reserve announced, how it will impact the financial markets, and what risks and opportunities this will present for modern lenders, banks, and credit unions in 2024.

December 15, 2023Episode 128 min

Maximize the Rate Environment and Seize Refinance Opportunities

Wed. Dec. 13, 2023 ended on a positive note for lenders as the Federal Open Market Committee and Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, made clear statements that rate hikes are completed and they intend to make several rate cuts in 2024. This crystal clarity should introduce stability to the market with a continual downward trend in mortgage rates through next year—and lenders should expect an increase in refinance activity. Total Expert has consulted with CEOs and production leaders this week and there was more optimism in the air than there has been all year. Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Welu and Chief Lending Officer Dan Catinella sat down to discuss the importance of seizing this opportunity to maximize refinance activity now.

October 23, 2023Episode 1119 min

Key Takeaways On The Dreamforce Conference: Partnering With Salesforce To Solve Current Market Challenges With Patrick Hanley

What’s in it to partner with Salesforce? That’s the question we will discuss today. Joining Joe Welu in this episode is the Vice President of Partner Ecosystem at Total Expert, Patrick Hanley. Bringing with them from the Dreamforce Conference are some of their key takeaways from Salesforce’s largest event. Patrick shares the trend of AI and how Salesforce continues to invest in them. Joe shares the importance of the trust layer in the data. Let’s join Patrick and Joe in today’s conversation to find value in partnering with Salesforce.

October 11, 2023Episode 1122 min

Better Together with Salesforce: 2023 Dreamforce Recap

Join Total Expert Founder & CEO Joe Welu and VP Partner Ecosystems Patrick Hanley as they discuss the invaluable insights and they took away from experts across the technology and financial services industries while at #Dreamforce2023. As a proud Salesforce partner, we’re excited to share our experience from another incredible event. We’ll also discuss the strength of the Total Expert and Salesforce partnership and how it unlocks value and offers the best possible solution for joint customers.