Formation by Strongside StrategyTalk with Sam
Office software for independent Medicare, life & final-expense agencies

Never miss another recert.

Formation is a private office app built around the way your agency already runs. Carrier contracts, licenses, recerts, call-backs and client follow-ups live in one place, and at 7 every morning an email tells you what needs you.

It isn’t a CRM. It works next to the one you have.

20-minute phone call with Sam, who builds it himself · No pitch · A written plan, yours to keep
Your morning, on one screen
Your agency’s office · Today
Good morning. 4 things need you today.
● Checked 7:00 AM
27 other things checked · All on track

In use today

In use every day
Built with a working Medicare & final-expense agency, and running their office every morning.
Sound familiar?

You sell policies. The paperwork runs on its own clocks.

You’re not disorganized. You’re keeping track of too many dates in too many places, and none of them reminds you.

AEP
Oct 15 – Dec 7

Seven and a half weeks when every hour spent chasing paperwork is an hour you’re not sitting with a client.

Miss one carrier’s recert and you can’t write their Medicare Advantage plans this AEP. One season, one carrier, every client who wanted that plan.

A different way

Why it fits your office when other software didn’t.

The usual wayCRM, spreadsheet, wall calendar, sticky notesFormation
Who has to adaptYou learn the software’s way of doing things.The software is built around the way your office already works.
Setting it upYou squeeze your work into someone else’s boxes.Screens use the words you already use: carriers, recerts, call-backs, AEP.
Knowing what’s dueOnly right if someone remembered to update it.Checks everything each morning and emails you what needs attention.
What you payPer person, per month, and it goes up at renewal.A one-time build and one flat monthly price. Your staff are included.
Your informationIt sits in their system, and they decide what changes.Your agency’s own private system. Take a copy of everything, any time.
When you need a changeSend a request and hope.Ask me, and we add it in the next round of work.
Who has to adapt
The software is built around the way your office already works.
Setting it up
Screens use the words you already use: carriers, recerts, call-backs, AEP.
Knowing what’s due
Checks everything each morning and emails you what needs attention.
What you pay
A one-time build and one flat monthly price. Your staff are included.
Your information
Your agency’s own private system. Take a copy of everything, any time.
When you need a change
Ask me, and we add it in the next round of work.
A Tuesday at a typical agency

Here’s what slipping looks like.

Where the work really lives today, what it costs you, and what changes when the software fits the office.

The problem
Two dozen carrier contracts, recerts on different clocks, and call-backs written on whatever was nearby.
How it runs today
  • Chasing carrier contracting paperworkEmail
  • Tracking license and recert datesWall calendar
  • Returning missed callsSticky notes
  • Checking in with clients every six weeksMemory
What it costs

Until a carrier contract clears, you can’t write that carrier. A stalled application turns into a client you couldn’t help.

What it’s worth fixed

Every hour you stop spending chasing paperwork is an hour you can spend in appointments.

Where the work lives on a Tuesday
EmailRe: Contracting paperwork. No reply in 16 days.
Sticky noteCall back! FE quote. Said it was important.
Wall calendarRecerts?? Check which carriers.
CRMHundreds of clients. Nothing says who to call next.
4 places to check · None of them reminds you
What we built
  • Today
  • Carrier contracts
  • Licenses & renewals
  • Call-backs
  • Client follow-ups
  • Projects
What changed

A contract that goes quiet gets flagged on day 14, not discovered when the commission doesn’t show up.

See what’s inside →
How the morning email works

Know what’s slipping before it slips.

You tell us what “too long” means in your office. Every morning, Formation checks every carrier, license, call-back and follow-up against your rules, and emails you only what needs you. There’s nothing to go hunting for.

You enter a contract or a license once. After that, Formation does the remembering. It counts the days, watches the dates, and tells you when something needs you.

  1. 01 Your rules
    • No word on a contract in 14 days
    • License renewal inside 90 days
    • Recert due inside 45 days
    • Call-back not returned by end of day
  2. 02 We check every morning
    Every record, every morning, against rules written in plain English.

    Want 10 days instead of 14? Change it in Settings, and tomorrow’s email follows it.

  3. 03 One short email
    A short email at 7:00 AM with only what needs you.

    It’s in your inbox and on the app’s Today screen, with a link straight to each item. If everything’s on track, you hear nothing.

What’s inside

Every screen named the way an agent says it.

Works withGoogle CalendarAgencyBloc calendarthanks.ioAsk about yours
Your numbers

What a few hours a week are worth.

Formation doesn’t sell policies for you. It gives back the hours you spend chasing contracts, recerts and call-backs, so you can spend them with clients. Tap the numbers to make them yours.

Example: what it could mean in a year
$16,100
See what it costs →
Protect

Avoid 1 missed recert, worth about $2,900 in first-year commission.

$2,900commission protected
Keep

Keep 8 more clients a year, each worth about $300 a year in renewals.

$2,400renewals kept
Time back

Get back 3 hours a week of chasing paperwork, at $75 an hour.

$10,800hours back for appointments

These are example numbers, not results. Use your own. Based on 12 months and 48 working weeks. Commission varies by carrier, product and state. Your written plan shows fixed prices for your office.

How it gets built

Up and running in weeks. Paid for one piece at a time.

  1. Day 1

    A 20-minute call

    You walk me through a normal week: what slips, where things live, and what “too long” means to you.

  2. Day 3

    Your written plan

    The screens we’d build first, what your morning email would watch, and fixed prices for each option. Approve it online if you like it.

  3. Week 2

    Your first screen

    You sign in and see your own carriers and licenses in it.

  4. Weeks 3–6

    The rest, piece by piece

    Each piece adds something you asked for, and you use it as soon as it’s ready.

  5. Ongoing

    Monthly upkeep

    Hosting, backups, updates and small changes, for one flat monthly price.

Every piece has to earn the next one.

You pay as it’s built, and each piece ends with something you’re already using. If one doesn’t earn the next, stop there. You keep what’s built and take a full copy of your information with you.

In use today

Built for an independent agency. Running every morning.

An independent agency · Medicare & final expense

Seventeen carrier contracts, two license renewals, and no sticky notes.

17
carriers tracked
Every
recert date watched
Every
missed call logged
See how it works →
“I don’t know how I would have gotten through AEP without it.”Owner, independent Medicare & final-expense agency
What it costs

You’ll know the price before we start.

Builds start at
$5,000
Most agencies invest
$10–18k
Paid one piece at a time as it’s built
Monthly upkeep from
$200
Your whole staff included

A one-time build, one flat monthly price, and no charge per person. On our call I’ll give you a range for your office. Your written plan gives you fixed prices to choose from.

Option A

The essentials

Carrier contracts, recerts and licenses, with the morning email watching all of it.

  • · Screens named the way your office talks
  • · Morning email on your own rules
  • · Built for you and your staff
  • · Up and running in about 2–4 weeks
Option BMost agencies

The whole office

Everything on one Today screen: carriers, licenses, call-backs, client follow-ups, projects and your calendar.

  • · Everything in The essentials
  • · Call-backs, follow-ups, projects and links
  • · Custom connections to the tools you already use, like your calendars or card service
  • · Works in your phone’s browser, or save it to your home screen
  • · Up and running in about 5–6 weeks, piece by piece
Every agency

Monthly upkeep

Hosting, backups, security updates and small changes, for one flat monthly price.

  • · Your agency’s own private system
  • · Up to 10 small changes a month
  • · Your whole team, no charge per person
  • · Take a copy of your information any time
Talk with Sam about your office →

Your information

Questions agents ask

The questions agency owners actually ask.

No. You tell me how your office runs, in plain words, and I build it. If you want to change a rule later, like “warn me 60 days out instead of 90,” it’s a box in Settings.

Start with a conversation

Let’s talk about how your office runs.

Twenty minutes on the phone. You tell me how a normal week goes and where things slip. Within two business days you’ll get a one-page written plan. It’s yours to keep whether we work together or not.

  • 01The screens we’d build first, named your way
  • 02What your morning email would watch for
  • 03Fixed prices you can approve online

You’ll talk to me, Sam Brown. I build it myself.

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AEP runs Oct 15 – Dec 7

Get through this AEP. Have a system ready for the next one.

Book the call now, between appointments. We build after Dec 7, so everything’s set up and tested well before next October.

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